In 1993 the ACT Housing Trust asked the Baptist Community Services if they would like to run a community centre in the Stuart Flats complex in Manuka which they had set up and had been unable to run satisfactorily. We said 'yes' and we painted the whole centre, tidied it up and modified it as a joint effort between three churches: the Baptist, Wesley Uniting and St Paul's. We opened for business 21 April 1994.

The aim of the exercise is to help underprivileged people in our immediate vicinity and through a series of developments (trying different things) we now open on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday from 12.00 to 2.00 to make available to anyone who calls in, free bread, free emergency food parcels and a cuppa if required . Also a ladies group is operating from 10.30 to 12.30 Wednesdays. About 30 people are involved from all three churches of which ours supplies about ten. Others supply food through 'Mother Hubbard's Cupboard', soup, and used clothing. We supply up to 35 parcels on a Sunday and normally up to 15 on Tuesdays and Fridays.