Community Events

If you’re feeling a bit lonely and would love some company, come along to Creative Connections in Torquay.  Bring your art/craft project, play some card games or just come for a cuppa and chat.  Everyone is welcome!

2nd Tuesday of each month

9.30am to 12.30pm

$5 includes morning tea

Sponsored by The Living Room Church

For more info, call Sue on the number below.

Connect on Facebook to see upcoming dates.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/thelivingroomchurch

Address:
Oak Tree Place Hall,
25 Anderson St.,
Torquay

Phone: 0413 748 158

Looking for a warm meal and friendly company this winter? You’re invited to Winter Warmth — a free bowl of soup, a welcoming space, and a chance to connect with others in the community. Come as you are, bring a friend, and enjoy a relaxed chat. Everyone is welcome. We’d love to see you.

Date: Every Wednesday (excluding school holidays)

Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Where: Belmont Highton Baptist Church

Address: 43 Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont, VIC, 3216

The Rainbow Baby Coffee Morning is an informal gathering for families (including children/babies) who have welcomed or will be welcoming a baby into the world following a previous loss during pregnancy or infancy.

Meetings will take place on the fourth Friday of the month (except in December/January, and September due to a public holiday).

Head to website to RSVP.

Date: Friday 26 June

Time: 10:00am to 11:30am

Where: The Sprout About Cafe

1 Martin Street, East Geelong, 3219

Website: [email protected]

Mobile: 0494 098 035

**FREE EVENT** for the disabled community.

If you’d like to get active, learn a new skill and meet new people, then this FREE ‘Come & Try’ golf clinic is for you!

Curlewis Golf Club – third Friday of each month between 2pm and 3pm. Therefore, next clinic is on Friday 17th July.

This clinic is open to all ages and genders who are living with autism, intellectual disability, vision impairment, amputation, limb difference, neurological conditions and many other disabilities.

Curlewis Golf Club is also home to a ParaGolfer. This all-terrain, revolutionary mobility device allows individuals to move into a standing position, replicating the full golfing experience. It is used by individuals with paraplegia, quadriplegia, spinal injuries, cerebral palsy, and more, as seen on the TODAY Show and 7 Sunrise.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL (even though this is free)

Website: https://events.humanitix.com/come-and-try-golf-for-the-disabled-curlewis-vic

Email: [email protected]

Address:
Curlewis Golf Club: 1279/1419 Portarlington Rd, Curlewis

Phone: 0432090887

Is there more to life than this?

Alpha is a safe space to explore life, purpose and the Christian faith, and share your point of view.

Alpha is free and everyone is welcome.

Date: Begins Sunday 19th July, 2026

Time: 3pm - 5pm

Where: All Saints' Anglican Church

Hitchcock Avenue

Barwon Heads, Vic, 3227

The Elia Hub in Norlane offers a safe space for young people around Geelong to meet after school. Run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, the hub is open every second Tuesday during school terms for teens to get together for a game of basketball and other activities plus fresh fruit smoothies.

Every second Tuesday
3.15pm to 5pm
Free program. Donations accepted
For more info, contact the email below.

Email: [email protected]

Address:
22-24 Donnybrook Rd.,
Norlane

Alpha Youth creates space for young people to explore their questions about life, faith and purpose together. There's nothing you can't say, and you don't have to say anything at all.

You're Invited

Have a conversation on life, faith and purpose.

Date: Starts Sunday 19th July, 2026

Time: 3pm - 5pm

Where: Living Waters Anglican Church

35 Draper Street

Ocean Grove, Vic, 3226

Website: www.alphayouth.io

Geelong Healing Rooms offers a safe, welcoming space for anyone in need of healing. Compassionate teams are available to stand with you in faith and pray for physical, emotional or spiritual healing.

No matter what your background, you are welcome to receive prayer and experience the love and power of God.

They meet on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Friday’s of the month - 11am - 1.00pm at 230 McKillop Street, Geelong.

Closed on public holidays and in December and January.

Website: http://healingrooms.com.au

Address:
230 McKillop Street, Geelong & 156 Purnell Road, Corio

Phone: Abrama Carmel 0494 183 389

Club Solo’s purpose is to minister to single adults with Christian values in Australia. Club Solo is not an introductory agency! It is a ministry to singles.

Phone: Contact Gail on 0400 662 352

Alpha is an opportunity to explore life, faith and God in a friendly, open and informal environment.

Website: https://alpha.org.au

Creation Ministries International provides answers to the Origins debate based on the truth and authority of the Bible.  CMI are now hosting free, live online events where you can view the presentations and interact with the speakers.

Website: https://creation.com/live-online-events-faq-s

The Reading Writing Hotline is a free national telephone referral service for adults.  There isn’t an age limit on learning to read and write, and it’s never too late to start.

Want help with reading, writing or basic maths?  Call the hotline now or head to the website below.

Website: https://readingwritinghotline.edu.au/

Phone: 1300 6 555 06

VM – Victorious Ministries – is a group on WhatsApp that is strictly focused on the Lord and the Truth of God, encouraging and inspiring others in faith and drawing them to his righteousness.

To join, call Timothy on the number below.

Phone: 0423 221 523

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program for anyone struggling with a hurt, habit or hang-up of any kind. It provides a safe space where the power of Jesus Christ is encountered within an encouraging community to set you free from all issues that are controlling of your life!

For more information about the program including times and locations, head to the website below.

Website: https://www.celebraterecovery.org.au/

Ladies, are you interested in joining a community of book lovers who read wholesome Christian books?  Join the online Christian women’s book club, Blossoming Through Books, on the last Wednesday of each month and read your way through 2025.

Head to the link below for more details. Or check out their Facebook Page.

Website: https://blossomingthroughbooks.online/online-book-club/