Small Boat Big Sea
At smallboatbigsea we have a reputation for “doing church differently” but that’s not how we see it. In fact, we don’t think we “do church” at all, let alone differently. We are simply a community of Jesus-followers who prefer people to programs, and worship-in-action to worship-in-a-building. We’re a tight knit bunch, deeply committed to working together in God’s mission in Christ to bring peace and hope and love to the world – including our own world in Manly as well as the whole world out there. MORE
Lounge (Sunday service)
The Lounge is church stripped of its formality. We follow a simple liturgy:
- Blessing
- Eating (we share in a community meal, we bring food to share with everyone and visitors and guests eat freely)
- Adoration towards God
- Teaching
- Sending (one of our regulars would share about what they do in a typical week, then we reflect to them the ways we see they image Jesus in what they do, and send them to continue to bless people).
The lounge is held every Sunday at 5:30pm.
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News
Greening Up the Boat
The community of Small Boat Big Sea is taking action to become more sustainable by greening up William Street Studios. Under the NSW Governments Climate Change Fund (Public Facilities Program) our community was granted funding to undertake water and energy upgrades to the community building in Fairlight. The upgrades include installing energy efficient lighting, a [...]
New missional community in the city
Some of our crew have recently started a new missional community in near the city. Check out Meanwhile in Erskineville for more info.
Easter Mass with guest DJ – Saturday Apr 7, 7:30
A chilled space to consider the meaning of Jesus this Easter. Settle back in the Lounge for a chilled and ambient Easter Mass – candles, wine and music by a guest DJ. Featuring short prayers and Bible readings, and a talk from Mike Frost. A very special way to connect to the Easter story and [...]
Collide
Collide is a gathering of various missional churches for a night of music, teaching and story driven by the question – what is church supposed to be doing in the space between. The space between the world of here and now and the world yet to come.
Street pastors
Some of our crew are engaged in a new venture to bring peace late at night into the often violent pub district of Manly. It’s called being a street pastor. The objective is to care, listen and help people. It’s simple but we are hoping it will have an effect on alcohol related violence on [...]
