At Lakeside, we believe that each person who walks through the doors of our facility is created for more. That’s why our tagline is “Where It’s More Than a Game.”
We believe every individual is created with purpose, and ultimately, that purpose is found in coming to know Jesus as Lord. This conviction is at the heart of all that we do at Lakeside. We want to see people discover who God has created them to be, grow in their relationship with Jesus, and live with purpose.
As part of this, we believe that coming together on Sundays for our worship gatherings is an important part of understanding more about how we were created to live. At Lakeside, we are passionate about seeing all people grow to know and love Jesus, and we see our Sunday gatherings as an integral part of that journey.
What to Expect on Sunday
Here’s just some of what you can expect when you join us on a Sunday morning:
- Faithful and creative worship experiences
- Relevant and engaging teaching from God’s Word
- Warm fellowship and genuine community
- Kids and youth programs
- An opportunity to connect with us over great coffee from our Time Out Cafe.
We would love for you to join us and experience what happens every Sunday at Lakeside. Whether you’re exploring faith, looking for a church community, or simply wanting to know more about Jesus, you are warmly invited.
We also have a range of other events, programs and activities taking place throughout the week. Contact the church office to find out more—we’d love to connect with you.
Join us on Court One at 9:30am – 11:00am, every Sunday.
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Our History
The story of Lakeside is one of pioneering and stepping out in faith.
In the late 1980s, Leeming Baptist Church met in a local community hall. It was a church that had a desire to reach its community with the life-changing message of Jesus. The church grew, and soon it was looking for land to build a facility that could meet all its growing needs, as well as be a place for community outreach.
There was a 20-acre site in North Lake that looked perfect. The only problem? It was zoned recreation. However, the Senior Pastor, along with others, saw this as an opportunity. An opportunity to step out in faith; an opportunity to build a facility that would be used Monday to Sunday; and an opportunity to use sport as a platform to reach the community with the Gospel.
A building committee was setup and the vision of a Church building a Recreation Centre had begun. No one had ever done this before — it was pioneering work. The cost to build the Recreation Centre came in around $2 million.
On the 26th February 1992, Lakeside held its very first church service on Court One. The Recreation Centre was officially launched with an Open Day on Saturday 14th March. Lakeside is not a church that meets in a Recreation Centre, rather Lakeside is a church that owns and operates a Recreation Centre.
Today, Lakeside is a vibrant facility with around 8,000 people a week participating in programs and sporting competitions. The very nature of Lakeside is that it’s a meeting point, a third place, a hub where people connect and their lives crossover, whether on the basketball court, in the Time Out Cafe or gathering on a Sunday morning. We endeavour to make the Centre a place where the so called ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ meet on a daily basis.
Part of our missional mandate is to run a great facility, which the community can enjoy and benefit from. We strive to be Christian in vision, mission, ethos and practical operation, but the facility is there for the whole community to use and enjoy.
While we endeavour to run a great community facility, providing quality services and programs that develop and grow people in all areas of their life — physical, mental, spiritual, and social; Lakeside’s heart is a vibrant church that is passionate about seeing people say “yes” to Jesus.
J Oswald Sanders once said, “What does success matter if we have no standard, no vision of ultimate goals, no purpose larger than laying bricks on bricks?”. Lakeside was never just about being a Recreation Centre; there has always been a larger purpose. From the beginning, the thread that bound the church together was the deep desire to reach out to the community. Today, Lakeside is a church that still has that deep desire, that larger purpose, that bigger focus.
Our Mission
To inspire and develop the Whole Person to live a life of purpose for Jesus.
Our Vision
To become a Centre of Hope where lives are transformed and we passionately follow Jesus in all that we do.