Riverview Review 2023 - Flipbook - Page 51
PAULA
HADFIELD
CONNECT & FORMATION GROUPS
Connect Groups provide ways
for Riverview Church people
to share life on a regular basis.
Connect Groups are spaces where
friendships are formed through
prayer, worship, hospitality and
service.
and hearts to create safe and
sacred spaces in homes, parks,
café’s and onsite at Riverview.
broader initiatives designed to
bless the most vulnerable in our
city.
Connect Groups help people to
integrate faith and work-life, faith
and family life, faith and relational
friendship.
Each Connect Group is
encouraged to focus on five key
elements: Connection, Content,
Conversation, Communion and
Commission. This forms the
framework for how and why
people can gather and grow
together.
We have incredible group leaders
at Riverview who give their time
In 2023 all Connect Groups were
encouraged to participate in two
In support of Riverview’s
Emergency Relief Programme,
Connect Groups were invited
to contribute food items for
community Christmas hampers
and partnered with our Gifts
of Hope Team by shopping for
Christmas gifts for children who
may otherwise not receive a gift
at Christmas.
46