Partner Churches
The continuing success of the project depends on bringing more partners into the project so our growth will continue at present rates. There are many benefits of becoming a partner church including:
- Direct relational involvement with a FFS and its local community – all our partners love the fact that they not only know where all their money goes, they can see who it helps, see the differences over the 3 years of the farm school, and have a chance to get to know and build relationship with the members. Many churches encourage letter writing between members of their church and their farm school.
- Opportunities to visit the project – generally 1 week long, getting insights into the project, the community, as well as plenty of opportunities to minister in the power of the Spirit.
- Opportunities to grow in faith to see healings/miracles while ministering there.
- Opportunity to let visits boost your church's ministry at home.- team members return home with bolstered faith to see the same here as they saw at the project.
There are 3 Levels of involvement for partner churches:
General partner – many churches make an initial donation to the project or a specific aspect of it while assessing their churches ability to take on a full FFS. Smaller churches often give part of their Harvest offering.
Full Farm School partner - Churches commit to partnering with one specific farm school for the 3 years of their assistance. Costs at present are £7,000 per year. So far all churches who have started with one farm school have gone onto partnering a 2nd when the 1st has finished 3years. All have also visited with a team at least once.
Deanery Partner –Some churches have taken on the task of not only sponsoring one or more Farm schools but finding other churches whom they have relationship with to become partners with them in a specific Deanery- usually 3-4 parishes.
Present partners.
UK -
Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow, London
St.Peter's Church, West Harrow, London
Church of the Ascension , Balham, London
Oak Tree Anglican Fellowship, Acton, London
St. Cuthberts, Wembley, London
Holy Trinity & Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Kent
St.Mungo’s Church, Balerno, Edinburgh
International –
Elimkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden
Woodlands Church, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
+ Strong links with New Wine Scotland,
Finland, Holland and Wales
Project Chairman Rev’d Bruce Collins and a team at a farm school Field Day where they show their local community what the project is about.
Rev Fraser Mc Dermott ministers to St Cuthbert’s FFS – The Lords Peace, after sharing a meal together. They visited in Nov. 2008.
A visiting team from Harrow working with the Ekwanda orphan farmers on their plot.
If you are interested in knowing more about becoming a partner please contact Project Manager:
Neil Johnson
On mobile: 07821 831 699
Email: masenoproject@yahoo.co.uk
Website: masenoproject.co.uk