Stump

Edify's STUMP one-week mission trip reaches out to Brisbane's Fortitude Valley to connect with community and services in the area. A proven model in Sydney, Edify plans to plant the program in Brisbane, to run alongside the Sydney base.

Edify's STUMP, the Short Term Urban Mission Program takes youth from their environment and into the realities of urban-based social work.

Coordinator Nathan Moulds said the program was established after they identified an interest for issues of injustice from youth, but their lives had little or nothing to do with the poor, and the passion they have for social justice was left unrealised as the poor were 'a concept, the disadvantaged were just an idea or an image on the television screen.' The Stump program becomes the vehicle to transport the youth onto the coalface and teaches them to connect with the poor and marginalised.

Stump relies heavily on proven methods of ministering, relayed by Robbin Moulds through the 'build a bridge' technique; in order for you to gain the trust of another there has to be a bridge of communication, which goes both ways.

http://salvos.org.au/edify/

Stump runs several times a year for 16-28 yr olds, primarily in the school holidays.

Produced by Mark Tipple.