From 16–19 October 2026 we will gather as a whole church for our annual camp at The Collaroy Centre on the coast north of Sydney. Four days together — fellowship, rest, prayer, and God’s Word for every age.
This year’s theme is “Follow Me”: a series of five sessions on discipleship and growth. Each session answers one part of the question “What does it mean to follow Jesus?” — from the radical call to follow Him to the ongoing call to bring others along.
Programme
Friday evening — Following means responding to a call
Mark 1:14–20 · Luke 9:23
Discipleship begins the moment we stop managing Jesus from a distance and start going where He goes. The disciples didn’t fill in a form — they heard His voice and left their nets at once. Following Jesus is a response to a Person, not enrolment in a programme, and the word “daily” reminds us it is not a one-time decision but an everyday choice.
Saturday morning — Following means being shaped by the Word
Psalm 1 · Joshua 1:8 · Matthew 7:24–27
A disciple who follows Jesus but never sits under His Word is like a traveller walking a map he has never read. Psalm 1 paints two lives — a tree by streams of water and chaff scattered by the wind; Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with two builders whose houses meet the same storm. The question is not “Do I read the Bible?” but “Is the Bible changing me — my values, my reactions, my direction?”
Saturday evening — Following will cost you, but gives more in return
Luke 14:25–33 · Philippians 3:7–14
Jesus never hid the cost of following Him: sit down and count the cost before you build the tower. Yet Paul, writing from prison, counts everything he once had as “rubbish for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ.” The cost is real — relationships, reputation, plans — but those who have paid it gain so much more that they no longer call the loss a loss.
Sunday morning — Following means growing in the church
Colossians 3:12–17 · 2 Timothy 2:2
God never designed discipleship as a private matter between you and Him. You cannot be patient alone; you cannot forgive alone — these fruits only ripen in relationship. The church is not a place you arrive at already grown up; it is the place where God grows you. Paul’s strategy in 2 Timothy 2:2 spans four generations: entrust to faithful people what you received, so that they can teach others too.
Sunday evening — Following means bringing others with you
Matthew 28:18–20 · Acts 1:8 · John 15:8
The Great Commission is not a graduation ceremony for mature Christians. Making disciples is the very shape of discipleship: from the first day of following, we are called to witness, to invite, and to walk alongside those just beginning. The new believer shares their story, the growing believer walks with a newcomer, the mature believer multiplies the pattern. Fruitfulness is the proof of discipleship, not the reward at its end.