What is North Queensland Christian Convention?
North Queensland Christian Convention is an opportunity to gather as followers of Jesus Christ for a weekend of hearing God’s word, praising him in song, speaking with him in prayer and encouraging one another with fellowship.
Meet the Speaker:
Paul Grimmond
Paul Grimmond is our guest preacher at NQCC26. He will be speaking about ‘God’s lessons from the School of Life’ with four talks from Ecclesiastes.
Paul is currently the Vice Principal and Head of the Ministry Department at Moore Theological College in Sydney.
From Paul:
I came to know Jesus as Lord and Saviour in high school and have been growing in my understanding of what that means ever since. In recent years that has involved a growing thankfulness for God’s sustaining grace. I love my church family at St Matthias, Centennial Park who help me to understand his grace more fully. I love encouraging people to see from Scripture how the whole of life belongs to Jesus and is lived as a response to him. That’s why I love teaching students to preach and faithfully minister God’s truth in all of the circumstances, seasons and trials of life. Rest involves God’s gift of family, photography and playing and writing music.
Paul is married to Cathy and they have three young adult children who have all married and left home.
Local Speakers
In addition to our special guest speaker, we have several local pastors who will be speaking at NQCC 2026 on ‘Life in Jesus’ from the book of John.
Peter Davies
Peter is the Associate Minister at Cairns Presbyterian Church.
Tom Pountain
Tom is the Rector at Ross River Anglican Church in Townsville, and chair of the NQCC organising committee.
Matt Goldman
Matt is the Assistant Minister at the Good Shepherd Anglican Church in Cairns.
Kids Program
During both morning sessions, there is a structured children’s program for ages Prep – Yr 6 which includes Bible teaching, craft and games and a creche for 1-4 yr olds. There will also be something specific for youth during the second talk on Saturday and Sunday. All leaders will have appropriate Childsafe training and approvals.
2025 Program
Saturday
08:30am | Registration
09:00am | Session 1
10:30am | Morning Tea
11:00am | Session 2
12:30pm | Lunch
Afternoon: Free Time
7:30pm | Session 3
9:00pm | Young Adults social
Sunday
09:00am | Session 4
10:30am | Morning Tea
11:00am | Session 5
12:30pm | Lunch
Afternoon: Free Time
4:30pm Session 6
Monday
09:30am | Session 7
11:00am | Pack up and head home
Location
The venue for NQCC is Mission Beach State School, Webb Rd, Wongaling Beach.
Accommodation
You will need to arrange your own accommodation for the conference.
Some options include:
Tasman Holiday Parks – South Mission Beach
Mission Beach Resort
Mission Beach Hideaway Holiday Village
Eco Village – Mission Beach
Mission Beach Camping and Caravan Park