DaySpring began in September 1991 with a group of 13 people (7 adults and 6 children) who had a desire to see a contemporary and relevant church established that would provide a place for people to enjoy the presence of God. DaySpring has grown rapidly over the years to become the community it is today of more than 1200 people.

Our Senior Leaders are David and Narelle Crabtree who, along with a great group of gifted staff and volunteers, desire to see God’s plan and destiny fulfilled in the lives of all people.

Our hope is to see the message of the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ and the Empowering Presence of the Holy Spirit touch the lives of each person with whom we come into contact.

 

Relationship
To live in the unending extravagance of God’s pleasure to such a degree that we consistently experience His healing, joyful and life-giving power and to express that grace and love to our families and everyone around us.

Empowering
To be a resource of inspiration and education as we connect people, churches and communities to the possibilities found in God’s Empowering Presence.

Adventure
To joyfully live as an extension of God’s hands, bringing hope, love and the atmosphere of Heaven into every place we go.

 

We believe that this is a great time to be a Christian.

We believe that God is the Eternal One - infinite, wise, holy, powerful, unchangeable and ultimately happy. He exists as the One Living and True God in the three persons of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

We believe that God sent His only Son, Jesus, into the world. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, as fully God and fully man in one person, He is Spirit-filled humanity as God intended us to be.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is also the Spirit of Jesus and indwells every believer in Jesus as an abiding Helper, Teacher and Guide, received as a conscious experience, for life and ministry.

We believe that Grace is God’s constant Empowering Presence, enabling and authorising believers to accomplish His will on earth as demonstrated by Jesus. That is, declare the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven, preach the Good News, announce peace, make disciples of Jesus, heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead, and work in all the power of the Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus will return in person to bring about the final defeat of Satan and his works, the resurrection of the dead, and the final judgement.

 

Prayer is the heart of DaySpring. We take a very intentional but non-mystical approach to prayer and intercession.
We love to get close to God, hear His heart and pray. We seriously believe He hears and answers!

Want to get involved?
Each Sunday, we meet in front of the stage to pray at 9:10am (before the 9:30am service) and 5:40pm (before the 6:00pm service). We also have several prayer groups that meet throughout the week. See the Information Counter for more info.

Kids are a valued part of our church community. We also have a high value on families worshipping together. For these reasons we all stay together for worship time.
After worship, we have a short break which gives parents a chance to take their children to their appropriate areas of Dayspring Kids.

Nursery for babies up to 18 months & parents Toddlers for kids aged 18 months – 3 years old KinderChurch for kids aged 3 – 6 years old Kids Church for kids in school years 1 – 6.

For more information on DaySpring Kids, head over to our Information Counter or talk to our Kid's pastors, John and Penny.