Past Events

Too tired to pray? Too angry? Too confused to find the words? You're in good company — and you're in exactly the right place to begin. Join us this Sunday as we kick off Honest to God: Great Prayers of the Bible — a series about what happens when real...

This Sunday we welcome guest speaker Rev Neville Taylor, who brings over 30 years of pastoral experience across four churches, from a new church plant to revitalising a small inner-city congregation and serving a suburban church with a strong community focus. Alongside his ministry background, Nev has worked as a...

Join us this Sunday as we worship God together through Bible, prayer, song and fellowship. We will be led by our Wednesday Evening Small Group as they share with us what they have learned about love during our recent series, "What's Love Look Like?" Morning tea and a light lunch...

Join us this Sunday as we worship together. Bible, prayer, song and fellowship. Special guest speaker is Rev Beth Jackson - Head of Ordination and Head of Mission Catalyst - Baptist Union of Victoria. Beth loves journeying with those who are moving through the formation process toward Ordination as they...

Join us this Sunday as we worship together. Bible, prayer, song and fellowship. Special guest speaker is Rev Brett Mitchell - Regional Pastor – Metro - Baptist Union of Victoria. Brett works with pastors and church leaders, helping to develop flourishing local churches. Morning tea follows the service. All welcome

What does love look like when it refuses to go it alone? This Sunday we reach the final week of our series What Does Love Look Like? with Living as Collaborators. From the very beginning of his ministry, Jesus called people into community — unlikely companions bound together by a...

A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Len will be held at the Ivanhoe Baptist Church, 1 Livingstone Steet, Ivanhoe on Thursday 18th June 2026 at 2.00pm. You are invited join us as we give thanks for Len. The service will be followed by refreshments. The service will be livestreamed...

What does love look like in a world that is broken — a world that, if we're honest, often feels far from what it should be? This Sunday we continue our series What Does Love Look Like? exploring Living as In-betweeners. As followers of Jesus we live in the tension...

This Sunday we launch our What Does Love Look Like? series based on the work of Baptist Mission Australia, exploring how imitating Jesus shapes us into people who bring beauty, healing and restoration to the world around us. Plus communion. Sunday 7 June, 10am. Everyone welcome. Daily supporting devotional reflections...

It started with wind and fire and people spilling out into the streets with a story they couldn't keep to themselves. That was Pentecost — the birthday of the church, the moment everything changed. Two thousand years later, the story is still moving. It moved through a small German village...

At the heart of the Christian faith is a word we don't always expect: choice. God invites. God doesn't coerce. And the freedom God gives us to respond is not a weakness in the design — it is the whole point. This Sunday we explore what it means to live...

Our modern streets, neighbourhoods, and cities, are full of people who feel unseen and unknown — and most of them aren't waiting for a programme or an event. They're waiting for someone to notice them, sit with them, and simply show up. This Sunday we explore what it looks like...

The early church turned the world upside down — not through arguments or influence, but through love that people could actually see. They stayed when others fled. They gave when others hoarded. They cared for the sick, the poor, and the dying in ways that baffled a watching empire —...

You have a story. And someone out there needs to hear it. We live in a world where there a some very loud voices, but voices of many are muted — ordinary people who know what God has done in their lives but haven't found the words, the moment, or...

God has a love letter for the world — but for millions of people, it hasn’t arrived yet. Over 1,000 languages still have no Bible translation. This Sunday we explore what it means to be part of delivering it. Join us as we discover our place in God’s big, big...

Two thousand years ago, Jesus gave his followers a mission that has yet to be finished. This Sunday we explore the Great Commission — not as a relic of history, but as a living call on every believer today. From God's promise to Abraham to bless all nations, to the...

He is Risen! This is the day everything changed. After the quiet of Good Friday and the waiting of Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday bursts open with the best news the world has ever heard — the tomb is empty, death is defeated, and Jesus is alive. Come and celebrate with...

Each Good Friday, Christians from across our local area walk together through the streets of Ivanhoe as a public act of witness — remembering the way of the cross and the love of Jesus who walked it. This year, join us as we walk together as one community, united across...

The cross is the centre of everything. On Good Friday morning, we pause. We remember. We sit quietly with the weight of what Jesus gave — his body broken, his life given, his love complete — and we let that sink in before the celebration of Easter Sunday. "God demonstrates...

On the night before the cross, Jesus gathered his friends, took bread, poured wine, and said — remember me. We invite you to come as you are and gather again around the table — to slow down, to be still, and to remember together what love looks like. "Do this...

In a house in Bethany, a woman breaks open an alabaster jar of precious perfume worth a year's wages and pours it on Jesus' head. Some call it wasteful. Jesus calls it beautiful—a prophetic anointing for his burial. Immediately after, Judas goes to the chief priests and offers to betray...

The crowd cheers as Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey. But this Messiah isn't what they're expecting. The next day, he returns to the temple and causes chaos in a dramatic act of upending tables, scattering crowds and questioning assumptions. Yes, we are a week early for "Palm Sunday"...

What is the "One Thing" that shapes your life? A wealthy young man runs to Jesus and kneels: 'What must I do to inherit eternal life?' He's kept all the commandments. But Jesus says, 'You lack one thing: sell everything and follow me.' The man goes away sad—the only person...

A father watches his son suffer. The disciples try to help but fail. In desperation, he comes to Jesus: 'If you can do anything, help us.' Jesus challenges his faith. And then the father prays the most honest prayer in the Bible: 'I believe; help my unbelief!' This Sunday: What...

Join a global movement of prayer spanning more than 170 countries as we gather for the 2026 World Day of Prayer. This international ecumenical service brings together Christians of all denominations in shared worship, prayer, and fellowship that transcends borders and cultures. Experience the richness of global Christian unity as...