Saturday, March 1, 2008

Australia - Brisbane

Brisbane, Australia

Name of Church:
Kenmore Baptist Church


Location:
Kenmore, Brisbane

Website:
http://www.kbc.org.au/

Music:
contemporary, hillsong, hymns, rock, acoustic (kinda everything depending on worship leader)

Speaking:
biblical, most pastors used to be teachers, very knowledge based, although starting to get into gifts of holy spirit

Childcare:
both morning services have creche and sunday school up to grade seven.

Favorite Thing:
600+ young people worshipping in one building at one time, good teaching

What would you change?
can be too teacher style preaching.

Can I wear jeans?
I do, some people on stage do, so yes, I would say you can wear jeans



Name of Church:
Northside Christian Church

Location:
Brisbane, QLD

Website:
www.northsidechurch.com.au

Music:
Contemporary worship at both our 9am and 6pm service: our 6pm is louder!

Speaking:
We're all about equipping people to be the church 24/7 - so you will hear teaching and preaching that communicates timeless truth in a timely way. Messages go for 25-40 minutes, depending on the service. We are a pretty conversational bunch and favour authenticity, hope, faith and love.

Childcare:
Childcare and Kid's Church runs during our 9am service with some great parents rooms, supervised creche and a Kid's church that is fun, caring, safe and teaches children all about God. There is no childcare at our 6pm service - but there is a parents room.

Favorite Thing:
Gotta be the people! (The free tea, coffee and hot chocolate after the service isn't bad either!)

What would you change?
I would change.... me - but God and I are working on that! ;-)

Can I wear jeans?
Absolutely you can wear jeans... or shorts, or a suit. The outside isn't important - it's the heart that counts!

Australia - Springwood

Springwood, NSW - Australia

Name of Church:
Springwood Baptist Church

Location:
Springwood, NSW

Website:
http://springwoodbaptist.org.au/

Music:
We have 4 services, one tends heavily towards hymns, and they get louder and more modern from there.

Speaking:
The speaking is a mix of culturally relevant, and old-school Bible

Childcare:
The 10am and 4pm services have a creche, and there is a kids church at 10am.

Favorite Thing:
My favourite thing is the friendliness.

What would you change?
I would add more parking.

Can I wear jeans?
Of course you can wear jeans (even thongs (or flip-flops if you are American).