A place of hope and healing through encountering God in creative community.

Why Beyond?

Beyond’s mission is equip the bride of Christ to fully embrace the arts as a way to experience freedom in worship, communion with God and to be a prophetic voice to the culture around us.

Our vision is to be a place of hope and healing through encountering God in creative community. To create a safe space for men and women to hear God’s voice, grow in faith and to discover their identity and purpose using the arts, creativity and the beauty of His creation.

A number of years ago, God gave me a vision of taking creative ministry space out of the traditional shape of a church congregation and beyond structures of church life and to create a space using the gift of creativity and partnering with the Holy Spirit to bring freedom, hope and joy into our own lives and the into the lives of the community around us.

I have personally found so much healing and freedom through my own creative journey using photography, hand lettering, art and journalling to connect with God. This experience led me to bring art and creativity into the churches that I have served in as a ministry lead and a pastor. I have established an arts ministry within the church and have run creative inner healing workshops, creative encounter events, church services using the arts and trained and led prophetic art outreach teams. I have witnessed God move powerfully through these spaces and bring healing and restoration to many people, which is always such a privilege.

Values

  • We are created to be in a relationship with the Triune God. Providing a space to encounter the living God, through his abiding presence, hearing his voice and fixing our eyes on Jesus, is at the core of every Beyond event. We invite everyone to spend time listening and responding to the Holy Spirit and to learn to hear his voice. It is only in encountering Jesus that true transformation is possible.

  • We are all made in the image of the creator and so each one of us carries God's creative DNA. Using colour, painting, writing, photography and other creative mediums opens a door to experience God in a new way and to discover our voices and to find healing and hope in community.

  • We are a community where everyone is welcome to join and where authenticity and wholeheartedness is valued. We intentionally create a safe and encouraging space where we can all take risks in creativity and in hearing God's voice and in sharing our stories.