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Eat, pray, live!

Published: May 07, 2012

It's not unusual to hear people express concern about the death of young people in churches and church communities. However the parish communities of the Maitland region are proud to host a ground-breaking initiative called ACTiv8.

Youth Team leader Anne Maher says the latest deveopment represents a model that she hopes and belives might one day spread throughout her diocese and even farther afield.

"As a leader with a background in the social sciences, I was finding it difficult to cope with the work generated in youth ministry, even with the extraordinary support of several devoted volunteers. Yet I wanted to expand the ministry, so I asked for assistance from the regional community."

The latest dimension of the ACTiv8 model involves three first year university students living in community, sharing a flat at the Bishop's House Maitland.

 

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