08/05/2026
What does it sound like when 100 people raise a glass to five years of honest conversations about God, s*x and hope? 🎉 It sounds like Saturday night. 🥂
Over 100 of you gathered with us to celebrate 5 years of Big Kids' Table, and honestly, we're still processing what an absolute joy it was. 🥳
There was food. There was laughter (a lot of it). There were stories from past team members that had us tearing up one minute and belly-laughing the next. There were familiar faces, brand new ones, and people who've been quietly cheering us on from the sidelines for years finally meeting each other in person.
And underneath all of it was this realisation we kept coming back to:
This work has never belonged to us. It belongs to a community.
To everyone who came, prayed, supported, and celebrated with us, thank you. To everyone who couldn't be there but has championed BKT from afar, thank you. The encouragement in that room reminded us why we started, and why we're not stopping.
We also took a moment to look back at what God has done over five years:
🍽️ 63 schools, churches & organisations partnered with
🍽️ 98 multi-workshop programs delivered
🍽️ 5 Australian states reached
🍽️ 3,875 young people heard the gospel in our secondary workshops (since July '24 alone)
🍽️ 564 said yes to Jesus, first-time commitments and recommitments
We still can't quite get over the impact.
And the table's getting bigger. The next chapter means reaching more schools and churches, training more presenters, subsidising workshops for communities who can't otherwise afford them, and walking alongside this generation for the long haul.
We shared a $25,000 goal on the night to fund what's next. We're at $10,000 so far, which means we're $15,000 away from making it real. If you weren't able to give on the night, or you weren't there, there's still room to partner with us here https://bkt.org.au/support-us/give/
To the team, the supporters, the schools, the churches, the parents, and every young person who's ever pulled up a chair, thank you. Here's to five years. And here's to the next five.
If you were in the room on Saturday, what's the moment that's stuck with you?
