10th Sept 2025

The Gathering Conference... is now LIVE!

We are so excited to launch the program details and open rego for The Gathering Conference!! Held onsite over the weekend of Oct 17-19, we are anticipating a high value, high impact weekend together of being equipped and growing in community together.

Meet our Keynote Speakers

Rob and Bonnie Giles. Together, Rob and Bonnie pastor Northridge Vineyard Church and carry a beautiful heart to pursue Jesus and the fullness of His Kingdom (and empower others to do the same). They bring a Gospel-heart and loving faith-filled vision of what it means to encounter Christ's Kingdom.

Get excited for our Elective Workshops

There will be two elective workshop opportunities at The Gathering Conference, to be equipped by passionate experts in their field. Below is the description of one of our workshops:

"Good Work! Finding and flourishing in all the assignments of life. In this workshop we will briefly explore the theological foundations for work as a disciples and consider: how we discern specific roles and assignments throughout life, and consider our work as ministry, and the ways in which disciples work distinctively."

This workshop will be presented by Rev. Scott Morrison (former senior pastor of Georges River Life Church, who completed his doctoral thesis on this topic).

To read more about all our elective workshop presenters and electives,

and to see the Conference Program visit www.nvbc.info/thegathering

Adult Tickets: cover all keynote sessions, workshops, conference materials and both lunch and dinner on the Saturday (plus other sneaky snacks along the way).

Kids Tickets: cover an amazing kids program that runs from 9:30am-3:30pm on Sat, and includes Bible Stories, Crafts, Giant games, Inflatable slide, Lego and a special event. There will also be prayer stations running Fri night for years 4-6, a move night on Sat for kids who like to stay up late and our full Kingdom Kids program on Sunday morning.

Click above to rego or for more info

Transformation Story!

from Meg Salan (one of our NVBC young adults)

A few sermons ago Travis preached on the subject of “cultivating our feed”, Travis exposed the importance of guarding our hearts on the exposure of our screens and how the “devil doesn’t need to destroy you… he just needs to distract you.” 

Being born in 2005 I’ve always been exposed to a screen, my schooling was heavily based on my IPad as well as my entertainment; therefore I’ve grown into the habit of picking up a device whenever it was available (which is all of the time). This negative habit has increased drastically over my teenage years, this has resulted in me spending most of my free time scrolling on social media and procrastinating anything and everything. I’ve always been aware that my obsession with a screen (particularly social media) was something I needed to gain control over, however I never wanted to put the time or effort into changing my ways.

This was until Travis exposed that the “Devil doesn’t need to destroy you. He needs to distract you.” During those words I felt a wave of conviction wash over me. I then (ironically) picked up my phone to look at my weekly screen time, on Instagram and TikTok.. I had spent 20 hours mindlessly scrolling just in one week... This hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve always complained that I “never had enough time for God”, how “I don’t have time to read the Bible” or “that my life was way too busy to just sit and be with God”, but in the moment I realised I had more than enough time for God. I just wasn’t using it. 

From that moment I knew I needed to change. God had given up so much for me, so surely I can give up time for him. As I put down my phone I felt a push from God to delete TikTok, as I stared at my phone sitting on the floor the excuses started to roll in; “what if I need to contact one of my friends through TikTok?” “I’ll miss out on all of the new videos from content creators” or worst of all “I am going to miss out”. As I debated these thoughts in my head I felt an even stronger push from God to get rid of TikTok. That extra nudge from God drowned out the thoughts and I deleted the app. 

From that Sunday I have reduced my social media time drastically. I went from 20 hours a week to only 58 minutes. This time difference has already had a positive impact. I now dedicate more time for God, as I’ve made a habit of reading my Bible every morning during breakfast. This has helped me grow closer to God. On top of this my sleep schedule has improved, I am no longer staying up until the early hours of the morning on social media; as well as staying in bed for hours ‘doom scrolling’ in the morning. I’ve also found the time to do activities that I enjoy like reading, as I previously procrastinated things I like doing. My attention span has increased as I can now message someone and wait for their response rather than quickly flipping to Instagram. 

Overall cultivating my feed hasn’t been easy, I’ve definitely thought of going back onto social media and scrolling again to get that quick serotonin boost. However I knew that it was in my best interest that I needed to cut it out. I am still improving on my screen time as it has partially been redirected to other apps (which are an improvement to TikTok and Instagram) yet are still somewhat distracting me. 

In summary, if you are thinking of cutting down your screen time I really urge you to do it. It has been a journey (that I am still traveling) but in these short few weeks I have already noticed an improvement!

We highly encourage you to join Meg on such a journey!

If the message notes would be helpful, they are here: 23rd Aug newsletter

From Rebecca Malietoa

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all those who have reached out with so much love and support since Pale‘s passing. The kids and I are truly humbled and overwhelmed, and filled with a sense of peace and joy seeing just how many lives have been touched in some way by the person he was.

His funeral will be held on Monday 15th September:

11am - 12pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (6 Kerrinea Rd, Sefton)

1 - 2pm at Rookwood Cemetery (exact location tba), followed by a wake from 2pm.

Times are strict so humbly ask that you allow time for driving and parking etc. In true Pale fashion we will be starting and finishing on time without delay. 

Lots of love from Rebecca, Izaiah, Azalea, Malakai and Ezekiel.

This Saturday

Sat 13 Sept, 2 - 4pm.

This Saturday the women of NVBC will join together for a time of connecting over afternoon tea while serving our community by packing hampers for people facing homelessness. All are invited to return any non-perishables to contribute in the next few days (to the church office). Ladies, you can still rego for the afternoon tea here.

This Sunday

This Sunday we continue our Taking Ground series in the AM with Neil Harris sharing on sustainable rhythms and pace (a very important topic for our modern-paced lives!).

At night we are hosting a Combined Churches Prayer & Worship night for the Coast Baptists. RSVP's are ESSENTIAL (and will close tonight due to the overwhelming response!).

If you are coming, together let's show our NVBC hospitality by carpooling and parking offsite and then walking the rest of the way (if you're able to)! Thank you.

Operation Christmas Child

You can collect your OCC box and instruction pamphlet from this Sunday at the info desk.

Cru Coast Day Camp

Oct 7 - 10

Have you registered yet? Our upcoming Cru-Coast Day Camp is shaping up to be another great week of school holiday fun, community, activities and sharing Jesus. Open to any in primary school, this is a wonderful invitation opportunity for any friends who may not be connected in any church. Find out more: https://crudaycamps.com.au/cru-coast

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