08/06/2026
Sam Thomson is already a living legend at Blackwood Hills Baptist Church where he has been Youth Pastor for nearly 50 years, and at Schools Ministry Group as SA’s longest serving school chaplain at Blackwood High School for over 35 years.
Sam has mentored generations of young people, and shared Jesus with thousands in his own unique and humble way (often involving some form of camping, hunting, or traveling).
Today he has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours for “service to youth through pastoral care” (which honestly sounds like an understatement to us!)
Congratulations Sam. Your life and ministry is a testimony to God’s grace and a model of faithfulness.