Community Projects
TACT are praying for God's blessing on our communities. Jesus had compassion on people, seeing many as harassed and scattered. Today His love and care are shown through His people in practical, social and spiritual ways. TACT supports and provides spiritual care for all the activities below, though each one is set up under its own scheme.
You can read reports on many of these projects in the January 2019 TACT AGM Report - click here to view: TACT AGM Reports January 2019.
To find out more on any of these projects, click on the '...Go to' link at the foot of each section.
HELP AND ADVICE
HEALING ROOMS
The Healing Rooms is a place where anyone can receive prayer for healing with a team trained in Christian healing ministry. Everything is completely confidential.
DATA (Debt Advice, Tavistock Area) is an organisation run by volunteers from TACT churches, freely available for the benefit of any in the area who may need its services.
FOOD BANK - Pockets of desperate need in Tavistock and surrounding villages have sparked the creation of a foodbank in the town - in spite of the area's prosperous, middle-class image, there are people facing real hardship.
...Go to Help and Advice page for more details on these projects.
IN OUR SCHOOLS...
Open the Book - "Enabling every child to hear the story of the Bible at school in their primary years." The TACT 'Open the Book' team presents 15-minute assemblies of Bible stories, reflections and prayers in the Tavistock and the Mary Tavy & Brentor Primary Schools each week.
...Go to the In Our Schools page for more details.
WORKING WITH YOU
Street Pastors and Prayer Pastors are Christians drawn from a cross-section of local churches with a concern for their local community. They seek to provide a reassuring presence by patrolling and praying for the streets of their town late at night.
School Pastors - at present we have 10 School Pastors and 10 Prayer Pastors who have completed the training.
Catalyst is an inter-denominational trust set up and supported by TACT, by employing a worker who works with young people in and out of schools and who also acts as a catalyst in setting activities up, e.g. School Pastors and Youth Mentoring.
...Go to the Working with you page for more details.
MORE RELAXED
Run by women, for women...
Taste & See is an event run by and for women for support, friendship and food. Hear a different perspective each time from a guest speaker and share in a delicious meal!
Food for Thought is a supper meeting for men. The idea is to provide a convivial social occasion where men can meet and enjoy drinks, a good meal and a talented after-dinner speaker.
...Go to More Relaxed page for more details.
