Month: March 2021

Celebrating Easter together as Soul Revival Church

Soul Revival is a church with six gatherings across four Campuses. So Easter is a special time at Soul Revival Church, because we celebrate Easter as one Church. This year we will celebrate at three gatherings over the Easter weekend.

And we can sing at all of our Easter gatherings!

GOOD FRIDAY (April 2)

We kick off our Easter Weekend on Good Friday as we celebrate the victory Jesus won for us on the cross. There will be plenty of Hot Cross Buns to be enjoyed afterwards. And we can sing!

9:30 am at the Factory, 40A Flora Street, Kirrawee

EASTER SATURDAY (April 3)

Come and enjoy a coffee and a chat from 5:00 pm as we celebrate Easter Saturday together. Then stay back for dinner after the gathering. And guess what? We can sing!

5:00 pm at the Factory, 40A Flora Street, Kirrawee

EASTER SUNDAY & BAPTISMS (April 4)

On Easter Sunday we celebrate that Jesus is Risen and the new hope we have in Him. In case you missed it, we can sing!

8:30 am – bacon and egg rolls

9:30 am – open air service by the river

10:30 am – baptisms in the river

Swallow Rock Reserve, Grays Point

* Bring your own picnic rug or chair, parking is limited so make time to park nearby and walk down to Swallow Rock Reserve.

Meet Joel McMaster

My name is Joel McMaster and I am married to Karen. We have three children – Leon (7), Everly (5) and Remi (7 months). We have been lucky to be part of Soul Revival from the very beginning and love serving here.

My role will be focused on three main areas:

(1) Overseeing the Soul Revival Digital gathering and the amazing team behind it; (2) Building the Shock Absorber podcast into a weekly release schedule (starting very soon!) (3) Developing a Shock Absorber network for churches and pastors who are interested in expressing church in a similar way to Soul Revival

In the near future, we will also be releasing the first volume of the Shock Absorber book and holding a Shock Absorber conference later in the year.

I’m really excited to be serving God in this role and building His kingdom. I’d love your prayers for us and can’t wait to get stuck in! We are really grateful for everyone’s support.

International Women’s Day was celebrated this week in various ways across the community and across the world. So in line with this, across all our gatherings this weekend, we will have an interview with a different woman from the Soul Revival family. We hope you enjoy getting to know some of the faithful women who are part of our church.

Meet Louisa Zhang

Louisa is a member of our West Ryde Connected Community. Born in Sydney, she grew up and still lives in the suburb of Eastwood with her younger brother. Louisa attended Ryde Secondary College, and then majored in Finance and Psychology at UNSW. Currently she works at Woolworths in the Data and Analytics space.

To get to know Louisa a little better, we asked her the following questions.

Q. How did you first encounter Jesus?

A. Reading about Jesus in the Bible at youth group.

Q. As a committed Christian, how do you balance your priorities and responsibilities?

A. I try to manage my own energy and holistic health well, and plan ahead so that urgent doesn’t trump the important.

Q. What are some of the things that matter to you as a Christian in 2021?

A. Gratitude, community, and innovation

Welcome to Brayden Wall

We were excited to welcome Brayden to our pastoral team late last year as our student pastor.

Brayden commenced study at Moore Theological College this year studying a Bachelor of Divinity.

Brayden is happily married to his wife Bek. Bek works at the Australian College of Theology as an Academic Administration Officer. Bek is also involved in the welcoming and youth teams.

Brayden’s responsibilities will include the oversight of the Friday gathering and being part of the youth team.

Brayden is a big fan of music and Liverpool FC and will happily discuss these topics at length. Bek and Brayden are also awaiting the arrival of their new Cavoodle – Ivy.

We are extremely excited to partner with Brayden and Bek in ministry and please keep them in your prayers.