Northern Ireland Community Relations Council - Services - Community Relations Groups

Contact: Rev. Ruth Patterson

4 Thornhill Road
Dunmurry

Tel: 028 9062 1867

E-Mail: office@restorationministries.co.uk

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Aims and Objectives

The focus of the work of Restoration Ministries is healing and reconciliation in the Irish context and beyond - to those who have been in any way diminished or trapped in their own personal lives or through their communal history. From its base at Restoration House, through a ministry of reconciliation, healing, hospitality and prayer, Restoration Ministries seeks to provide a place of safety where people can tell their story and be heard, a place to help people develop a vision and a place where people can feel welcomed and loved. Restoration Ministries seeks to be an image of unity in diversity, to be an effective inspiration beyond its size and to see others develop a ministry of reconciliation.

Projects and Activities

Listening on a one to one basis to promote healing and reconciliation.
Monthly cross-community gatherings on a particular theme. Group activities built on the premise that if you change the conversation, you change the culture. Hospitality evenings bringing people together from different sections of the community. Joint Protestant/Catholic Bible Study. Availability of the Director to speak at a wide variety of events with a focus on reconciliation in the context of adult education throughout the island and beyond. Quietly supporting groups struggling for justice. The production of a monthly newsletter for 'Friends' who now number 700 - in Ireland and other parts of the world.