Church Family News, March 2026
Welcome to Hobart Baptist Church
10AM SUNDAYS – Doors open from around 9:30am
SPECIAL NOTE! On Sunday 29 March we will be honouring the work and service of our long-time organist Paul Turner. If you have appreciated Paul’s organ playing over the years, Sunday is a great day to come and particpate.
MORNING TEA: YOU ARE WELCOME! Come and have a cuppa in the Soundy Lounge after the 10am service. Esteem will be open afterwards.
WATCH: LIVE on YouTube at 10am Sunday
HBC YOUNG PEOPLE – Kids’ Church resumes on Sunday 8 February
Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Brigade resume on Friday 13 February
Youth and Young Adults are currently in recess
SUNDAY SERMONS DURING MARCH 2026
With Jesus series continues until Good Friday 3 April 2026
1 March 🍷 Tested and True/Temptation, David Knox; Matthew 4:1-11
8 March Light in the Darkness/Ministry Highlights, Hyland Smith; Mark 1:14-15; 16-45
15 March 🍷 Glory Revealed/Transfiguration, Ryan Conway; Matthew 17:1-13
22 March, The Path to Surrender/Gethsemane, Joanna Sinclair; Matthew 26:36-46
29 March The King Who Conquers, Kelvin Smith; Matthew 21:1-11
🍷 Communion service
HBC ROOM USE OR HIRE: For enquiries regarding room use/hire, please email Connie Sim (connie@hobartbaptist.org.au).
CONNECTER DISTRIBUTION
The monthly HBC Connecter is available from the first Sunday of each month
All items for April are due by 5pm Monday 30 March to:
connecter@hobartbaptist.org.au
If you have any updates or adjustments, please also email the same address.
Jenny will retire from creating the Connecter during 2026, but can train her successor. Email her using the above address, or have a chat to Matt, to enquire about encouraging our church family in this important way.
TASMANIAN BAPTISTS’ RECHARGE
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY, MARCH 2026
- Sun 1 Mar 10am service
- Thu 5 Mar 6:30pm Fostering Hope Online Training, Option 1
- Sun 8 Mar 10am service
- Tue 10 Mar 10am Les Petits Wombats, Playgroup for French speakers, Gibson Hall
- Thu 12 Mar 10:30am Ladies’ Coffee Morning, Esteem Cafe
- Fri 13 Mar 11am Fostering Hope Online Training, Option 2
- Sat 14 Mar 9am-3pm Kamara’s Heart Cafe
- Sun 15 Mar 10am service
- Mon 16 Mar 10am Men’s Discussion Group
- Sun 22 Mar 10am service
- Tue 24 Mar 10am Les Petits Wombats, Playgroup for French speakers, Gibson Hall
- Sat 28 Mar 9am-3pm Kamara’s Heart Cafe
- Sun 29 Mar 10am service followed by Church Members’ Meeting
MINISTRY REVIEW 2026 – IT’S ON!
The HBC leadership has invited Tas Baptists to help us discern where we’re heading as a church. This is an opportunity to highlight what we love about HBC, and speak into where we are going.
We want as many people as possible to be part of this process. The review includes a general survey that anyone who is part of HBC can complete. The survey is available online HERE or use the QR code, at right.
Paper copies will be available from Kelvin Smith on Sunday 1 March. Or if you would like help to do it online, Kelvin can help you that morning, before or after the service.
Join a Comment Group on Saturday 7 March. Comment Groups are an opportunity to listen to one another’s reflections on HBC, to broaden perspective beyond your own. These groups will have a maximum number of participants. To sign up, use the sign-up sheet available on Sunday 1 March. (Or reply to the email sent on Tuesday 24 February.)
THANK YOU!
QUARTERLY CHURCH MEMBERS’ MEETING
Sunday 29 March, after the 10am service
All are welcome at the members’ meeting coming up on 29 March when the 141st Annual Report for 2025 will be presented, and an application for official membership will be approved.
KAMARA’S HEART CAFE
9am-3pm, Saturdays 14 and 28 March
John Kamara and his family will again treat all comers to delicious home made treats every fortnight using the Esteem Coffee Lounge facilities.
This Café is dedicated to supporting children and their families in Africa, and every cent of profits goes directly to this important cause.
This year, there is also the option to order meals in advance which can be collected when the Cafe is open. To browse and order meals, use this WhatsApp link: https://www.wa.me/c/61425474496. Or call/SMS to order: 0425 474 496
Your support truly makes a difference.
UPDATE FROM JAN YAWAN
Very dear friends at Hobart Baptist Church.
You have truly been my/our church family since you commissioned me to head off to Thailand almost 49 years ago. I have been so thankful to know your love and support since that time …
How special it was to send off the first group of Karen refugees from the camp very close to us in Thailand to our church family in Hobart Baptist. You graciously welcomed them to their new church home there.
I look forward to catching up when I can make a trip to Tassie …
JAN YAWAN
READ Jan’s full email > | READ Latest Yawan News > | READ BMA Thanks to Supporters >
FOSTERING HOPE MENTOR TRAINING
Mentoring program for children in care
Fostering Hope’s Mentoring Program seeks to match adults with young people between 7 and 12 years old in care. Mentors are people who choose to spend time with a young person, invest in them, and be an extra support in their life. For children growing up in care, they also are someone who isn’t paid to look after them!
Mentoring is powerful for people of all ages, experience and research shows that mentoring has incredible potential to help people grow and reach their full potential.
If you think this might be something you can do, or if you would like to find out more please get in touch with Ellie and the Mentoring Team, come to an introductory session or training day, or you can apply to become a mentor.
MUST SEE: Mum I See War EXHIBITION
In the Soundy Lounge
The mission is to offer new perspectives on armed conflict worldwide through the eyes of children who endure it and provide opportunities for individuals to take action to change the future of those children living through war today.
See all the devastating artwork in the Soundy Lounge, and weep.
More artwork at misw.org
SMALL GROUPS AT HBC
Youth & Young Adults – in recess
The Youth & Young Adults group (aged 16-25) meets on Saturday nights at HBC, 6-7:30pm.
Speak to Matt Henderson for more info.
Men’s Discussion Group
You are welcome to join the very lively group of gentlemen who meet at the church on the third Monday of each month at 10.00am. The next opportunity will be on Monday 16 March.
For further information contact Geoffrey Clarke 03 6244 8838.
Ladies Coffee Morning
Ladies welcome to join the monthly Thursday morning coffee catch ups. These are held on the second Thursday of the month from 10:30am-12 midday at HBC. The next one is on Thursday, 12th March 2026.
The Battery ON HOLD
Thursday night prayer time at HBC is on hold, but please don’t stop praying!
TITHES, GIFTS AND OFFERINGS
‘Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.’
2 Corinthians 9:7
We thank all who give faithfully on a regular basis, as without this support we would not be able to operate. Your offerings support our budget: and through that it enables the church to continue to be an important part of the North Hobart landscape and the place from where we can prophetically serve the City of Hobart.
It is where we can know the benefit of worshipping with others, where we hear the stories of Jesus and how they apply to us, where we are encouraged in our journey with Jesus, from where we can share God’s love with others and help them to know and trust in God themselves. Our influence can also be far reaching – there is no limit to God’s love through our deeds and actions. Thank you for your generosity.
EFT is a great way to ensure regular giving and as well there are offering boxes available for use as you leave the Sanctuary.