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ASPLEY UNITING Church’s ideas of an AM service changed recently.
It wasn’t Sunday morning and it was FM when they joined Brisbane radio station 96.5FM for a broadcast at the Aspley East State School.
There was plenty of service as congregation members helped with breakfast, inflated balloons and coloured-in with children during the The Family Show broadcast.
When the radio station called, Aspley Families Minister Rev Mel Perkins saw the outside broadcast as a great opportunity to build on the church’s child care ministry.
“Our centre cares for children and offers a ministry to the whole family, caring for parents, grandparents and siblings,” said Ms Perkins.
“We’d like to offer parenting programs in the long run and build a new worshipping community. Who knows what shape that might take?”
96.5FM Mission and Partnership Coordinator Billy Diehm recognised the community connection Aspley Uniting has through its children’s ministry.
“For a long time churches have tried to build bridges to the community for people to come across,” said Mr Diehm.
“This type of partnership involving a community activity and broadcast is more like a stepping stone that brings a church and the wider community a little closer together.”
Photo : The Aspley Uniting Church team at the 96.5fm live broadcast. Photo by David Oates
