Our Spiritual Growth
Spiritual Growth commences at the cradle and continues on throughout life.
Within the Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay, encouragement and support is available for all ages.
Children
At the Family Service, Godly Play is held in the parish hall for those who are 3 to 6 years of age.
Once children advance from Godly Play or are older than 6 years of age they graduate to Kids for Christ ; a primary aged programme designed to meet the spiritual needs of this age group.
On a Friday afternoon after school, Generator ; a primary school age programme is provided to enable young people to meet together, bring friends, have fun and games as well as learn about the Christian faith and explore their own spirituality.
Youth
HiWay ; a young people’s programme for High School age is held on a Friday evening. This is an opportunity for lots of fun, making new friendships and feeling more self-confident. The young people learn to trust one another and grow as a community of friends. They have amazing opportunities to learn about the Christian faith and make their own decision about Jesus.
The combined Anglican parishes of Cleveland, Manly, Waterloo Bay and Wynnum coordinate SAILS at Bayside ; a sailing and kayaking programme for young people.
Adults
For young adults and above, the Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay in conjunction with the Uniting Churches of Wellington Point and Thorneside and Mary McKillop Catholic Church coordinates an Alpha course as a place to begin to understand what it means to follow Jesus.
The parish is keen to encourage its members to attend a Cursillo weekend. Cursillo is a short course of encouragement run across the Diocese of Brisbane. It is only a weekend away but it can lead to a whole new life.
The Church encourages adults to see themselves as life long learners. So the Church provides a number of different groups to encourage people to learn more about life and faith.
For those who wish to delve deeper into the background of the Christian faith, the parish has available the Education for Ministry course. This is a four year course. As the name suggests it is for equipping people for ministry within the Church.
Further formal study is available at St Francis Theological College
EfM - Education for Ministry
EfM is a small group operating within the Parish, but using a very different format to other groups. It is a 4 year program, but participants are asked to commit for 1 year at a time. Therefore it does not fit into the “Taste and See” mould of other groups. eg try a group for a few weeks or months to see if you like it. It does however embrace many of the elements of other small groups such as worship, prayer and pastoral care.
Cursillo - Enriching your Faith and Christian Life
The Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay has a strong membership of parishioners who have attended a Cursillo weekend and who continue to meet together regularly for worship, fellowship and share in a “pot-luck” dinner. They constitute an integral part of the church and enjoy lively uplifting songs of praise and through their faith contribute substantially to the life of the church.
Alpha Courses
Come along to Alpha: make lots of new friends; eat good food;
ask all the difficult questions you have about religion and spirituality;
have fun; and discover that there is a lot more to life.