This picture below really speaks - Simply Caring!

STREET MINISTERS: A photo of an original member of Agape Street Pastors visiting the Homeless.  An existing founder member is seen here in Oct 2007 first 'washing' and then applying simple 'first aid' - simply helping by doing emergency treatment for a man who was a rough sleeper!

This is our 'Loving gift of presence'.   We do care! 

We also want to help reduce crime and violence in our City.  Gun and knife crime is at an all time high.   We have three main areas of operation and our aim is to work with the local authorities, the police, and other service agencies in our City.

OUR MISSION

The Three-fold ministry of STREET MINISTERS Project :-

1). The STREET MINISTERS Project evolved to meet the specific needs of our current younger generation, with our 'Gift of Presence' to those who are on the streets at night time, in and out of the take-away businesses, restaurants, pubs, clubs and leisure centres of Milton Keynes.  We train normal everyday people, to be street 'Pastors' and 'Ministers' and equip them as pastors, to be out on the streets, where the people meet and interact, especially at night time. 

Friday night - and our trained street pastor's are patrolling the City Centre and Xscape areas in central Milton Keynes and hopefully making it a safer place to be. Volunteers are very welcome

2). The STREET MINISTERS project also offers help for the homeless clients in our City, and in our street pastoring role we offer friendly advice, and  often simple support, like hot drinks and food.  

We offer to help homeless people find shelter and put them in touch with the various agencies and resources that may possibly become available to them. 

We may also offer simple spiritual guidance and point them to counsellors and/or life coaching from other volunteers or agencies (only where appropriate and required by our clients).

Team leader of local Soup runs - Pastor Chris Nwuga

3). The STREET MINISTERS project also currently do visitation work for the vulnerably housed population.  

 We are training new street pastors to work, where they may offer support and back up, for the people who have moved into properties with little support, and who also may need help to work out their finances, or just feel isolated and lonely and want company of another human being to talk to, etc.

The STREET MINISTERS Project is well under way and already training the third batch of street pastors for this unique street work to the homeless in what is a worthwhile street pastoral role for this interesting, relevant and radical new type of work. 

STREET MINISTERS are currently recruiting and training more people for this Kingdom work in MK, but we are offering this training to all other areas of the UK and Internationally.  We need area coordinators elsewhere, to take on this vital role, in uniting all the Churches to move as one in their own Towns and Cities. 

Street Ministers wish to offer support to other communities elsewhere, as trainers, helpers and role models, to teach other street 'pastors' and 'minders' to go out on the streets in the evening, or the early hours of the morning; to make the inner City areas a safer place to be. 

There is a need for prayer support and intercessors in particular.  There is obviously a need for day workers too and those who may be involved for administration.  We also need friends to be hosts in offering some refreshments before a group of Street Ministers go out at night.  

The STREET MINISTERS project have different ways to minister to the community at large. 

Our current group of people are trained as street pastors to have a caring role for the community. They are not there on the streets to proselytize people, rather to just to simply pastor and care for them outside the church walls, on the City streets. 

Street pastoring workers are also out operating a Street Patrol duty at the weekends This is now operating under the name of MK ANGELS in collaboration with the 'After 8 Group' - A night time initiative sponsored by the Central Milton Keynes Partnership and in conjunction with the Council, City Centre Managers, Police and  Local Businesses.

This is currently on a Friday night, around the main City Shopping Centre and the Theatre districts, although this could be developed to take on more night patrolls, once we have more volunteers from the local churches and others also. 

Please - Don't hesitate to Volunteer... 

Your City needs you....!

Our Street Pastoring offers support help and guidance to anyone in need.  We want to support the City's Police activities, by perhaps, taking the burden off of them, for example we may wait with a person who has been injured, or in distress until professional help comes along. 

We can also bring a calming influence. We are also available, as sober witnesses (extra eyes to help the general public) around the clubs bars and restaurants, to therefore assist the prevention of crime and violence.

STREET MINISTERS are there to simply be a friendly 'presence'.  A true act of love, in this simple 'Loving gift Of presence' to our Cities.   This has such a calming effect on the people out at night time.  People tell us that they somehow feel much safer with us there! 

This has been born out by other similar inner City projects like Street Pastors and Street Angels

These organisations have shown that there is a reduction in crime and violence on the Streets, since they have been out, by up to 42% recently.

Our uniqueness as an organisation here in Milton Keynes is that we also serve as a covering to the homeless and visit them to serve hot drinks and wholesome snack foods, late at night, from around 10pm until approximately 1am - most nights, as our main priority. 

Photo at the top:  

One of our Street Ministers, giving simple aid to a homeless person.  This homeless person had not managed to wash, or change his socks, and infection began to set in.  We stopped the infection and had him walking normally very soon 

Jesus washed His disciples feet...  

This lady is acting in a Street Pastoring role washing a man's feet, prior to bandaging them.

As a non-Christian, you may wish to know about how you can help in the Interfaith arm of our Work, for this worthwhile input to the social community.

Anyone may help us, as there are so many ways to help and contribute to this work. 

Please partner with us and donate to this worthwhile work..... Remember just £5 per week can keep a homeless person alive and help with the runing costs of this operation. 

Contact us today and really make a difference. 

A big thank you, in anticipation of your generosity in partnering with us. 

STREET MINISTERS

Angels Of The Night - SIMPLY CARING!

This is offered under the Fresh Inspirations Charitable trust based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire ,England. UK.  1117603.