Brackenhurst Methodist Church beyond the barriers

We are very blessed at Brackenhurst Methodist with a very high level of lay involvement. Numerous ministries exist where a person can get involved, and our people do!. These opportunities for service include the different ministries and areas of service listed on this web site and:

pastoral care givers, hospital visitors, counsellors, prayer chain warriors, door, welcoming, communion and vestry stewards, digital display operators, sound engineers, bible study leaders, catering and tea serving, coffee shop catering, banner creating, flower arranging, money counting, youth ministry leaders, garden and building maintenance, library and local preacher's.

If you feel called to exercise our gifts in a particular area of ministry, or perhaps in an area that hasn't been listed, please contact the church office at 011 900 1503 and speak to one of the pastoral staff.

Jubilee is a ministry that aims simply to meet people's needs and share the love of Jesus in a hands-on way. Jubilee operates at various levels, from serving food to marginalised people in our church to mission trips to the ends of the earth. We serve by feeding, building, befriending, collecting and distributing, planting and any other ideas God lays on our hearts. To find out where you can help please contact Nicki on 072 224 3988 or Noleen on 073 147 6122.

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Harvest Ministry is a means to fellowship with other Christians in our church through meals served at the 14h00 Sunday service.

Koinonia Ministry comes from the Greek word meaning fellowship. Through this aspect of Jubilee we aim to grow in fellowship with other churches in our Circuit and to offer assistance and support to the less privileged within those communities.

Samaritan Ministry is a ministry through which we visit with the less privileged and marginalised people in our community (on the streets) to show God's love for all his children.

Over border Mission enables us to visit with missionaries in neighbouring provinces and countries and offer them our support.

Threaded dreams is a non-profit organisation which reaches out to teenagers who have lost one or both parents to serious illness and who live with siblings, grannies or aunts. The project is run by 10 adults and aims to provide each of 35 teens with a small income, to teach them responsibility and most importantly self-worth.

We meet with them one afternoon a week after school, and each week each child is provided with enough beads to make four items of jewellery of one design. We show them how to make one item and they then have to finish the other three items and return them the following week.

Once a month the children pack their jewellery using a card with their photo and name printed on which we then send to England or America to be sold.

For more information or if you want to get involved please contact Mike and Barbara Thomas on 011 908 5715.