New listening minister

Brett Reid is getting to know Ngaio’s and Crofton Downs’ quiet places.

He’s getting to know the little spots where people go to seek peace – the place by the stream where the chattering of the water offers comfort; the bridge where you can watch the eels swimming upstream.

And he’s discovering it’s busier and louder places too – places where folk gather for coffee; after school drop offs; where new houses are being built, and new families are moving in; and where people are working from home, divided by fences.

He’s getting to know these things because he’s just joined Ngaio Union Church as Community Minister, alongside Ngaio Union’s Minister, Sue Brown.

“Brett will be out and about, talking with people and listening to people,” she says.

Brett’s no stranger to the area though.

He lives just down the road in Tawa, and before he began theological study, was leader of ‘Merge’ - the youth group organised by churches in Ngaio, Wadestown, Khandallah and Johnsonville working together.

“Most of all I want to hear [people’s] stories,” Brett says.

“We all have a story, and I’d love to hear theirs.

“I might share a cuppa with them. I make a pretty good coffee, and tea too.”

Brett believes these little moments of attention and kindness build into something bigger.

“They slowly build community. Being kind and open makes a big difference, particularly in our covid-weary, climate-challenged world,” he says.

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