Prayer
The Prayer Ministry Portfolio has in place a number of prayer gatherings
each week, which have the purpose to saturate in prayer different areas that the church is functioning in:
Friday Intercessor’s meeting
Sunday Morning Prayer (before Sunday service)
Community Prayer Team meeting (6 days a week @ the Church)
Alongside these initiatives is the Prayer Chain that works via E-Mail,
and is working very powerfully to reach out into the church family with
prayer requests that come in.
Mission
We continue to support many overseas missionaries in their work in the field, including workers with Tranzsend, World Vision, Bethel, WEC, Orphanages in Nepal, and different individuals. A dedicated team of 4 people meet together to discuss our endeavors and seek God on the work at hand.
Seniors
Our Seniors group has many great activities to keep us all busy, such as movie nights (complete with jaffas, popcorn and ice cream) trips around the Waikato, visiting a variety of places and events. We also have fund raiser events and interesting speakers that come to teach us things about growing old gracefully, with style.
Men’s Ministry
The Men’s Ministry in TABaptist is about to be relaunched in 2021. Watch this space.
Women’s Ministry
Our Women’s Ministry looks for opportunities for the women to share and connect on a deeper level than is often possible in other settings. These get-togethers are carefully planned to also be ideal for non-Church friends to attend and feel comfortable around like-minded women.
Children’s Ministry
Our Children’s Ministry Curriculum is based around presenting Christ-centered, Bible-based teaching that is relevant to practical living and empowers children to lead and impact in every sphere of life. We also have fun times as we learn to explore more about what it means to know and enjoy God as our Heavenly Father. The Ministry covers all ages, from a supervised Creche age right through to early teens.
Community
As part of our aim as a church family, we have set in place some very exciting initiatives that are reaching into the far corners of Te Awamutu and the surrounding districts. We are involved in, and run events such as our Day of Blessing where many of the authorities of Te Awamutu openly accepted prayer by the Christian leaders of our town, our own Clothing Swap, prayer for businesses, High School Connections which includes ‘Noodles’ to those without lunch. Alongside these wonderful initiatives we also work with the community in reaching people for Christ by have the doors open during the week to feed and befriend the street people who have made our kitchen a welcome part of their lives.
Pastoral Care
Here at TABaptist we have our own care plan that intentionally connects us together and stays in touch with the congregation, by utilising everyone within the church. The Pastoral Care Team is made up of 8 key leaders, with everyone in the church family being allocated to one of 8 groups that these leaders are responsible to care for. We also have a ‘Crisis Care Team’ that is utilised whenever a situation is referred to them that is beyond the scope of the carers. This includes Councillors, Police, Doctors, and of course the Elders and Pastor.
Small Groups and Home Groups
We continue to be supported by many home-groups and bible study groups either weekly or fortnightly, alongside the Youth Discipleship Group that meet on a Thursday. We also have many small groups that meet up during a calendar month; these include Crafts; Card Making; and Drop-in-Cuppa;a Baptism Course, and a Youth Leader’s Discipleship Course. We even have a open door home-group that revisits and explores the sermon of the week every week to further the thoughts that we are challenged with from the pulpit on Sunday.
Worship Ministry
We also have a dynamic worship ministry that leads our sunday services into the heart of God to encounter him through praise, prayer, prophecy, words of encouragement, scripture reading, and of course our weekly sermon slot. Through this engagement we equip the body of Christ to be all they are called to be in the marketplace of life.
Youth
At TABaptist we have a dedicated Youth Ministry that gathers and equips our youth to engage with God in all facets of life. This is lead by a full time Youth Pastor who is dedicated to seeing Jesus made No. 1 in their lives, as they face an ever-changing world of confusion and opinions that are often contrary to the will of God.