• Music-based activities

    Whānau love these sessions, full of waiata/songs, rhymes, and music activities followed by free play. The team from your community of faith will be resourced and supported with all they need to create educationally rich interactions. Laughter and delight will abound.
    Whānau come to meet new friends, eat great cake, learn together, and enjoy a safe space to engage with their little one. Instead of reinventing constantly, your team will be supported with a framework for mission, content for sessions, and the knowledge they are never wondering, ‘what shall we do next?’

    Suitable for whānau with pēpi/babies through to those tamariki/children not yet at school

  • Story-based activities

    When tamariki/children get to engage in messy play, mātua/parents and carers love that it’s not happening at their house! Your community of faith’s team will be resourced and supported with a book to read, achievable craft suggestions, learning through waiata, and more, followed by free play.

    Whānau find these sessions nurturing, calm, and engaging. Whānau also love the chance to engage with their little one, enjoy the company of others from their neighbourhood, learn together, and eat great cake.

    Instead of searching endlessly for content, you’ll be supported with a framework for the session, content that keeps whānau returning, and a consistency of mission focus.

    Suitable for whānau with toddlers through to those not yet at kura/school

  • Pēpi/babies

    As the journey of parenting starts, whānau are keen to get guidance in how to connect with their pēpi. These sessions last eight weeks and prioritise the intimate connection each matua/parent needs to create with their little one for attachment to be experienced.

    Through waiata and rhyme, mātua develop their confidence in engaging, learning ways to communicate and grow their relationship with pēpi.

    Sessions can be delivered on-line, although in person is best. These times are nurturing for matua with pēpi, and for mātua as they take advantage of maternity leave or the very early days of relationship

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Solutions that align with your purpose

If your community of faith is looking for a way to strategically connect with your neighbourhood, look no further. mainly Ministries provides a proven method for authentic connection through mission frameworks. Here’s what existing partners say:

Every 2-3 weeks, we remind whānau, “We are members of this church and …” One lady asked, “What IS Easter about?” Kōrero/the conversation delved into the story of Jesus, His sacrifice and resurrection. Pho’s faith background didn’t include the Easter story. Realising this question provided a bigger opportunity for engagement, Sandra put together a list of simple Bible references. Easily found through links accessible on their phones, māmā/mothers found truth and continued to explore with the team the real message of Easter.

Peter made it a priority to drop in each week. Brett, one of the dads, enjoyed chatting about life. Together, Peter and Brett have been exploring faith through The Word One-to-One. Last year, Peter led the church in using Alpha for whānau from the group to explore life’s meaning. Three mātua attended – one whose faith had become secondary to life’s pressures. She now reads her Bible and has re-engaged. Another Alpha is planned, being held at a café in the evening. More mātua have signed up.

Our group only started five months ago and already two whānau have engaged in faith. One has been attending a Bible study group. The other, after getting to know our team, felt comfortable to accept the invitation to attend church.

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