HeARTreach: Reaching Hearts Through Creativity

The Vision

Isaiah 61: 1-3 -- “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor…”

For the past 3 years I have had a growing vision to take creativity onto the streets and into communities, making workshops available to people who might otherwise never tap into their own creativity. Together with other artists, musicians and people with a heart for outreach my vision is to provide opportunities for individuals to express themselves through art, drama, music, puppetry, etc. Whilst getting alongside people in this way we would look for the chance to speak into their lives and pray with them in a very natural way, asking Jesus to minister specifically to them. Workshops will be adapted to all ages and situations – churches, community centres, youth and children’s clubs, groups for the elderly and on the streets – and will be offered free to those taking part. The vision has already begun to be outworked through visits to Bulgaria, where we have taken workshops into orphanages linked with Antioch’s partner churches in that country. This work will be ongoing through future team visits.