Ministry centres have been a part of the life of our diocese in various forms over the years and we currently have number of centres from those open full time with staff, such as St Alban’s ministry Centre in Muswellbrook, op shops to church halls open for coffee mornings once a week. The parish of MICA is also looking at opening a spirituality centre soon in partnership with Samaritans and the diocese.
All these ministry centres provide great contacts with the community that we can continue to build on to provide a base for fresh expressions of church. In order to help all our centres and potential centres to grow we are forming a network of ministry centres in the diocese with the following aims:
- to encourage, develop and find specialist staff who will run programs in the spirituality of physical fitness, art, music, ecology and personal development
- to share ideas and provide prayerful support to one another
- to build community as a base for courses Introducing Christianity and for forming local fresh expressions of church
- to develop links so that people can be involved in a connected ministry centre when they move around the diocese
If you would like to add engaging programs to a ministry centre in your parish or establish one then please post a comment. Or you may be interested in being part of a networking team.
I will develop a new page on this web site to list the exciting new workshops that are being developed which you may like to see run in your area.
