Welcome to the April edition of South News! 

April heralds one of the busiest times in our church calendar with our numbers historically swelling over the 10,000 mark over the Easter weekend.  Please join us in praying that those who participate in our Good Friday and Easter weekend services are truly blessed by their experience. 

With our new TV ad currently on air, and the impetus toward church attendance at this time of year, we are expecting many visitors and are praying for each one of them to be touched by their experience of faith and ‘church’.  Of course, this is a great time to extend the invitation to your own family, friends, neighbours or associates to come along and check out one of our many services.

The Good Friday services, entitled ‘Broken for You’, promise to be a time of reflection, drama and worship, with Phil Baker delivering a short message. Four service times, are offered at our City Campus including 8:45am, 11:00am, 3:45pm and 6:00pm.  Services will run for approximately one hour and Children’s programmes are available at all services except 6:00pm.

Communion will be served 30 minutes prior to each service so we encourage you to arrive early for this and for pre-service reflection and devotions.  On Good Friday we also launch our new late night prayer meeting, ‘Face Down’.  This will start at 10:00pm and finish at midnight at our City Campus and will be hosted by Neil Chisholm. 

On Easter Sunday, Aly Passauer will speak live at the 10am service at Cockburn Central.  Our Children’s programmes will also be operating and there will be Hot Cross Buns for everyone after the service.  Come along early and enjoy the Easter celebrations!

If you are a musician or singer and would like to be involved in the Worship Team at Cockburn Central, we would love to know. Commitment required is only two Tuesday nights a month – once for rehearsal and once for CM night - as well as pre-service rehearsals when rostered.  You would not be required to rotate between all the services and can elect to be rostered at Cockburn Central only if you prefer.

If you would like to know more, or are interested in joining the Worship Team at Cockburn Central, please fill in a Volunteer Card at the Information Desk on Sunday or come along to our next EMPOWER Clinic night on Tuesday 17 April at the City Campus for Orientation.  More details in the Update or contact Simone Cole on 9416 0097, or email simone.cole@riverviewchurch.com.au for further information.

Our next South Baby Dedication will be held on Sunday 6 May during our 10am service.  Our Baby Dedications are significant occasions in the life of our church, undergirding our commitment to the role of spiritual partnership with parents as they raise their children in faith. 

If you would like to register your child or children to be dedicated, please contact our Weekend Services Coordinator, Hayley Przybula at the church office on 9416 0000, email hayleyp@riverviewchurch.com.au or alternatively complete a registration form this Sunday at the Info Desk.  Once you have registered your child, you will receive a confirmation pack with details from Hayley. 

With many people wanting to join Connect Groups in the southern areas, we are currently looking for Connect Group Leaders. We have a huge need for leaders of all ages and types.  If you are interested in leading a Connect Group or would like to host one in your home, please do not hesitate to contact Dave Ryder on 9416 0028 or email daver@riverviewchurch.com.au for further details or come and see us in the Lounge on Sunday for more details. 

You can also register your interest to attend our next Connect Group Leaders Training by contacting Dave at the church or come to the Lounge on Sunday.  The training course runs for four consecutive weeks, commencing on Sunday May 6 at the City Campus during the 8:45am service.

If you would like to accelerate your spiritual growth then our new mid-week training course - Accelerate - is for you.

Starting this Thursday 5 April at Cockburn Central, Accelerate will provide the opportunity to learn and grow together as we study God's word in a more detailed way.  Accelerate will follow our monthly themes and all sessions will run from 7.30-9.00pm. You can register for Accelerate online at www.riverviewchurch.com.au or contact Haydn Nelson at the church office for more details.

Ladies, if you would like to meet other ladies from Cockburn Central at Hertime Days or would like to share a ride to Hertime Days, we would like to hear from you. Please contact Shirley Sargeson by emailing shirls@iinet.net.au or alternatively register your details at the info desk on Sunday, and Shirley will contact you directly.

We have a fantastic youth program on Friday nights at the City Campus from 6.30pm to 9.30pm for high school students. We realise it may be difficult to transport you teenagers to the City on Friday nights so we currently run a bus every Friday night during the school term departing Winthrop Baptist College car park at 6.00pm and returning at 10.00pm.

The youth team and their south bus driver Ross White, would love to extend this route to start from Cockburn Central to allow high school students who live further south the opportunity to come along.  We are also looking at a second pick-up point in the Willetton area.  If you would use a bus departing from Cockburn Central, we would love to hear from you so we can let you know when it commences.  Please contact Chelsea Jones at the church office or email youth@riverviewchurch.com.au

Our next New People’s night is happening on April 14 at the City Campus.  The night is open to any person interested in learning more about Riverview Church and provides the unique opportunity to meet the Leadership Team in a small intimate setting. To register for the next New People’s Night, please contact Dave Ryder at the Lounge on Sunday or at the church office on 9416 0028.


Well that’s all the news to the minute.  We wish you and yours a safe and blessed Easter Season.

God bless you richly!

Alyson and Marcus