Stories

I’d like to tell you the first thing I experienced after George Floyd died while being arrested by a police officer in the United States on 25 May 2020.
I wish it was fury. I wish it was disgust. I wish it was grief.
But it was none of those things.
It was the urge to look away.

Fresh Hope has five strategic themes emerging from our ethos within a 100-year horizon framework. One of these themes is ‘Pioneering’. The primary objective is: to stimulate, catalyse, broadcast, encourage and resource Fresh Hope Pioneering in partnership with our existing churches with relentless passion and intentional strategy.

Local resident Wendell Charles NeSmith is a regular face at the FoodHut run by NationsHeart Christian Community in Canberra – but it’s not just access to low-cost food that draws him.

What learnings are emerging for leaders as we move towards a “new normal”?

Fresh Hope Engage today launched their annual Winter Appeal, raising funds for those affected by the distress of isolation.

Kingsway Community Care, an arm of Kingsway Community Church, last week opened the only crisis accommodation for women with children in the Georges River area, in partnership with Georges River Council and Fresh Hope Housing.

As coronavirus restrictions continue to loosen, Fresh Hope pastors are navigating a range of challenges when it comes to ascertaining how and when to begin meeting together again.

Fresh Hope has five strategic themes emerging from our ethos within a 100-year horizon framework. One of these themes is ‘Transformation’. The primary objective is: To promote kingdom living as normative within the Fresh Hope network as embedded ethos.

Vulnerable members of our communities have been strongly impacted by the coronavirus crisis. In many cases, social restrictions have amplified existing vulnerabilities while reducing access to much-needed supports.