Basement Ministries - Everyday life, Everyday Mission For any enquiries please email: basement_ministries@yahoo.com.au  THE BASEMENT STORY Basement Ministries (Basement) is a ministry unit of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. In 2005 a group of seven young adults were seeking a practical and culturally relevant way to express their faith. Consequently, they felt God calling them to create a new faith community. Basement Ministries began by meeting regularly for a time of worship and teaching in a lounge room. At the end of the first 12 months we outgrew the lounge room space and the Shed, in Amaroo St, Reid, became our home for the following three years. After our move, we began to expand our ministry as we sought to be involved in the community beyond Sunday worship and the community lunch and cafe ministries evolved. Since January 2009 Basement Ministries has been seeking where to next in regards to a home as we felt it was time to move out of the shed. As an interim measure our Sunday gathering now happens at Iceburg Cafe in Gungahlin. Basement Ministries is a team led church. Our Leadership team are licensed lay ministers for the Anglican Church; each member oversees one of the different ministry areas.   We have grown and changed as we continue to question what church looks like for us in our cultural context. Rather than having one central congregation that grows in number, our missions will, and are already starting to, establish small faith communities of their own. These indigenous communities will each have a different look and feel to them, as they develop organically from within their specific mission field. As such, Basement functions as an umbrella organisation that unites, supports and empowers a network of small faith communities.   We are now located at the Bogong theatre within the Gorman House Arts complex. Parking on Batman Street, Braddon.    FLATS COMMUNITY LUNCHES - 1230pm Once every quarter.    One of the ways Basement serves the local community is through facilitating free community lunches and activities at the Currong and Allawah flats in Civic. This ministry started in May 2007 and has given us opportunities to serve and be an active example of the love of God within the community. This ministry started as a monthly free lunch and as some residents attended more regularly they have become involved in organising the lunches. In November 2008 Basement Ministries was blessed with a grant to financially support the expansion of the Flats Community Lunch. The start of 2009 saw the beginning of this expansion with an increased presence within the flats community. At present there is community time with activities and games each Wednesday afternoon. These activities are designed to help the people living at the flats to actively engage with their immediate community, build support networks and through service and prayer our team will begin to introduce them to Jesus.   OUR NEW WEBSITE    www.basementministries.org