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REFLECTING ON OUR iHUB EVENT
What an incredible evening we had at the iHub on Friday, 14th November. I left the event deeply encouraged, inspired, and grateful. The atmosphere was filled with genuine connection, generosity and a shared passion for making a real difference in the lives of those doing it tough in our city. A special thank you to Bill and the iHub team for hosting us so beautifully. Your support, preparation and heart for the community were evident in every detail. Thank you also to everyone who attended, asked questions, listened to our story, and took the time to understand the work we do on the streets each week. We were honoured to showcase the history of Jesus Cares, the impact we’ve seen over the last 38 years, and the vision we are believing for as we move forward. Seeing people engage so deeply, whether through conversation, interest in volunteering, or offering skills and resources, reminded us again that this ministry is carried not by a few, but by a community. We look forward to continuing the conversations started on Friday and working together to expand the impact of Jesus Cares across Sydney.
Blessings, Nadia Muller, CEO
UPDATES FROM OUR BROOKVALE TEAM
The Jesus Cares chapter of outreach on the Northern Beaches in Warringah Mall, Brookvale, occurs every Friday 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm in the open car park near Pittwater Road. We have managed to build a great community of regular guests, some of whom travel from as far as Sydney's outer suburbs. The evening is always enjoyable. We put on praise and worship music with a boombox every night, but more recently have been blessed to have Lisa Cotton come along once a month and do live praise and worship singing with her mic, speakers and the whole set-up.
We always put on a barbecue and are sure to bless our guests with God's love, generosity and provision, providing a range or rotating meals from sausage sizzle, to hamburgers, always with all of the trimmings and toppings, chicken or beef stir fry's, Mexican inspired dishes, curries and they likes, additionally we provide deserts, chocolates, soft drinks and bottles of water, as well as groceries courtesy of Aldi, to take home.
We have a regular evangelist on our team, Shira, assisted by her friend John, who often leads anywhere between 10 to 30 in the sinners/salvation prayer, praise God! We hand out a book of the Gospel of John as well as the Jesus Cares salvation prayer flyer to each one that says the prayer so they can learn more and grow in Christ, to those that we feel are more genuine, we usually provide a Gideons mini Bible, and for those that we feel led, we provide the larger full Gideons Bible. We have already this year handed out, I'd say 3 boxes of Bibles, and a good couple of boxes of Gospels of John.
We also often have the opportunity to minister and pray for our guests, and many have as a result attended our church, and no doubt been inspired to join church's elsewhere too.
We are also more recently blessed by other churches also sending helpers to serve on a Friday night.
We praise and thank God for all that he is doing, and pray a mighty blessing of abundance, blessing and provision to all of our helpers and sponsors in Jesus’ name!
Blessings, Shaun Thompson, Ministry Coordinator
KIRRIBILLI ON FRIDAYS
It’s been almost 5 months since Jesus Cares Ministry started ministering to the people living in Kirribilli, and I must say that we have already made some strong connections there. This part of town is again a bit different to what we are used to due to its geographical situation and affluent economy. The Green Towers was the first large public housing development completed in 1954 and contains some 309 dwellings. From what we’re hearing, people really appreciate our coming on Friday nights, especially when we bring the guitar and sing with them. The residents are very proud of their surroundings, and everything is very well kept. We truly enjoy our conversations with them, but we wish we had someone who could speak Chinese too, as many of them don’t speak English and find it difficult to communicate. If you happen to know anyone who might be willing to help with translation regularly, we would be so grateful to hear from them, it would make such a difference!
Valérie, Ministry Coordinator
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