Missions

Missions

CK is here from Myanmar this week

Learning about Myanmar We have built up a good relationship with partners in this country- You can find out more here. This week we have a visit from CK Hrang Tiam.  Join us on Thursday night to meet CK and here a little of his story. About CK CK is the principal of Myanmar Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (MEGST) in Yangon.  CK completed his MTh at SAIACS, Bangalore, India, in 1998-99, before being recruited as the very first full-time lecturer at…
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Rising Sun – life in a multicultural community

Global Connections in Mission would like to invite you to this event in early October. Increasing cultural complexity Building bridges across different races and cultures often seems scary, yet if we really are going to “love our neighbour” we need a fresh level of mutual understanding.  In 2016, more than 125,000 international students came to New Zealand from more than 100 countries.  Over 1,000 refugees arrive from more than 20 countries and many more migrate to our shores. How do…

Fight is not a bad word – Freeset Fabrics

Freeset Fabrics Last year we were able to spent a day in this community with Freeset Fabrics.  It was a big day, listening to their stories and just watching as the women worked the looms.  We had been able to invest a little in the initial development of this project. To go and see the impact it was making was very moving. This is the story of one of the women at Freeset Fabrics.  Settle in, get a coffee and…

Freeset Fabrics – Weaving Freedom

Last year we had the absolute privilege to go to Freeset Fabrics.  It is in an old cinema building in a distant village in West Bengal.  The streets are dusty and crowded. Upstairs above the main intersection in town is the old cinema building now filled with weaving looms.  Here some rural women in this community are finding freedom.  We had invested in a project to enable some young women to gain the skills to take roles in a new…
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International Student Ministries

Join us next Sunday 30th at 6:30pm – get inspired by International Student Ministries, how God is working through them and learn about what Yvette is doing in her role in this area. Who are International Student Ministries of New Zealand (ISMNZ).  ISMNZ came into being in late 1999 at just the right time, when the numbers of international student enrollments went from thousands to tens of thousands. Over 100,000 international students study in New Zealand every year. They leave their…

Priyasha’s story – freedom in Kolkata

Freeset and Freedom.  Take a moment to listen to Priyasha’s story, one of the many women we sat with in Kolkata. Freeset is a fair trade business offering employment to women trapped in Kolkata’s sex trade. They make quality jute bags and organic cotton t-shirts, but their real business is freedom!  They would like to see the 10,000 sex workers in their neighborhood empowered with the choice of leaving a profession they never chose in the first place. We partner with them in this…
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Raising funds for Women – Quiz Night

Grab a group of your girlfriends and come along to raise money for Freeset.   Friday August 7th  6:30 for a 7 pm start At church – 1 Joseph Banks Drive Whitby At the moment we are supporting six young women on the first Freedom Opportunity programme.  This is a management training programme aimed at developing young women, from poor backgrounds (who are considered to be at-risk of trafficking) who have achieved a good educational standard and have demonstrated potential for…