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Ministry outlets
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Providing supportive haven
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Teaching and Nurture
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- Hampers
- Hospital visiting
- Casserole bank
- Telephone Ministry & Link persons
- Sponsors (fellow-travellers)
- Group Life - needs related
- Age related (youth)
- Emergency baby-sitting
- Briefing and debriefing facilities for those in ministry
- Newsletter-drop
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- Worship of varying expression and intent (outreach and/or nurture)
- Kid’s Church
- Religious Instruction in Schools
- Bible Studies
- 'Whole People of God' lectionary related studies
- Age related groups
- Needs related groups
- Topic related teaching groups eg. Gifts of the Spirit, Evangelism, Counselling Skills
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Prayer
- Prayer Group (wider needs)
- Prayer Chain (for emergencies)
- Ministering Gifts of the Spirit
- Prayer Vigils
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Addressing unjust structures of society
- Awareness seminars
- Social action
- Motions for synod
- Lobbying
- News items for Newsletter
- Lifestyle witness
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‘Acts of Compassion
(for love’s sake)
- Welfare work
- Use of ‘Redeemer’s Community Centre’ by non church groups
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Fellowship
- Parties
- Progressive dinners
- ‘Guess who’s coming for dinner’
- Breakfasts
- Hikes
- Tennis days
- Parish camps
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Pre-Evangelism
- Kid’s Clubs
- Letterbox drop
Evangelism
- Seeker services
- Christianity explained courses
- Person to person witnessing
- Equipping to witness
- Links with group life of church
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Time, Talents and Money
- Stewardship Sunday
- Offertory
- Fund raising
- ‘Call testing’
- Responsible lay-leadership
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