What will I find at Blackwood Hills when I visit?

The Blackwood Hills Experience
The Pastoral Team
Small Groups
The Message
The Music

Some of what you will find at Blackwood Hills Baptist are:

• A Relaxed and Friendly Atmosphere
• Relevant Contemporary Messages
• Various Worship Styles to Meet Your needs
• Loving, Caring Childcare during all Services
• Interactive Children's Programme in our AM Service
• Exciting Youth Groups

The Blackwood Hills Experience

Everyone's experience is different. People find that our church meets all kinds of needs. Read below what some of our people say about their own experience as an attender at Blackwood Hills Baptist Church.

"Fulfils my need to learn about God; and to worship and serve Him within a loving extended family."
Sue

"Blackwood Hills is for me a place of purpose and acceptance and a place where I can express my faith and love for people."
Brandon

"BHBC to me is a caring, nurturing and loving extended family for me, my wife and boys to grow and flourish in God's love."
Garry

"A place where I feel I belong and can be happy working for the Lord."
Ron

"To belong to BHBC means belonging to a fun-loving, caring group of people who not only say they love each other, but put love into practice in every area of their lives in service, sacrifice, word and deed. This is Blackwood Hills. This is love."
Pete

"Informal, love, joy and fellowship"
Rob

The Pastoral Team

Rev Brandon Chaplin, Rev Melinda Cousins and Youth Pastor, Sam Thomson

The Blackwood Hills Baptist Church Pastoral Care Directory has a number of levels of people who can help you with many situations, or just if you want to chat.

Brandon Chaplin

Rev. Brandon Chaplin is our Senior Pastor. He has been a full-time member of the Pastoral Team since 1994. He provides dynamic leadership to the church, is a creative thinker, and is greatly respected both within the church, and in the wider community. Brandon is also Chaplain to AFL club Port Adelaide (since its inauguration in 1996) and is recognised by the coaching staff as a significant and popular member of the support team.

Sam Thomson

Youth Pastor Sam (Rob) Thomson has been a full-time member of the Pastoral Team since 1990 and has more than 25 years experience working with youth. He is widely known and greatly respected in the community, and is the longest-serving High School Chaplain in S.A., having worked at Blackwood High School since 1989. His leadership of the church's ministry to our large group of young people is exemplary.

Melinda Cousins

Rev. Melinda Cousins is our Associate Pastor and has responsibilities in Small Groups and Worship. Melinda is a qualified lawyer and has taught Old Testament at Burleigh Baptist Theological College. She plays a vital role in preaching, service-leading, health ministry, forward-planning and is particularly popular with young people. She has been on the Pastoral Team since 2002.

Ray Frost

Ray Frost is married to Shirley and they have 3 adult children. He has been an Elder of the church for more 25 years. Ray is a solicitor and former lecturer at the Bible College of South Australia, is involved in our prayer and health ministry, and preaches regularly.

Katrina Beck

Katrina Beck is a young Mum and with her husband Adrian is raising 3 Primary aged children. She has pioneered a number of ministries in the church in regards to prayer and keeps an active interest in Munchkins Playgroup and Cafe 72. She is also a Senior Constable with the SA Police.

Jeff Grigg

Jeff Grigg is married to Wendy and they have 5 children. Jeff has had a long history in the church and has taken a special interest in Marriage Enrichment. He oversees our Pastoral Guidance Committee. Jeff works in the Information Technology industry.

Small Groups

Serving God and ministering to others is one of our top priorities; as is growing in the knowledge of God's Word and His ways. Our Small Groups seek to achieve this in the following ways:

• Encouraging every regular attender to be a committed member of a Small Group
• Meeting weekly or fortnightly and being provided with sound resources for the study of the Bible
• Keeping in touch with the needs of their members and those around them and constantly seeking to fulfill those needs
• Providing a caring environment, where many "acquaintances" have developed into life-long friendships
• Sometimes going on holiday together; or just for the occasional picnic; or maybe out to dinner; or to catch a movie

The Message

At Blackwood we make every effort to communication the truths of the gospel and their application to our lives. Check out our latest message.

The Music

We worship a mighty God and His presence is to be celebrated. With our contemporary worship style we seek to lift up the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We do this by being contemporary in our worship style, whilst respecting our great Christian heritage. Over the years members of Blackwood Hills Baptist Church have written and performed songs in keeping with the truths of the gospel message. Come to one of our services for a taste of our music.