Reigning in Grace Ministries NZ Suicide Prevention Trust and the Emmanuel Trust

Jack Gielen Jack has lived in the Waikato region of New Zealand all of his life. He has worked as a freezing worker, union delegate, wastewater operator and salesperson. Jack currently hosts a show called "From the Fringes" on Community Radio. He is a pastor/counsellor and political activist and his range of experience, along with running, rowing and musical interests, readily enable him to relate to the people of Hamilton and Aotearoa, New Zealand. Jack's family and friends know him as a lovable and compassionate humanitarian and visionary. Jack is the founder and secretary of the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Trust which has been operating since 2002. He is also the pastor of the Church of Zion and the writer of the book "Daystar Apostleship". Music from his two original albums "Phoenix Bird Arising" and "Lighthouse Lightbearers" is downloadable from this site.

Gloria Bridgeman Gloria Jean Bridgeman was born in Taumarunui on the main trunk line. She sees herself as a humanitarian poetess and a peace activist. She also promotes people power and is invloved in transforming the community. She has four adult children: Steve, Shane, Paul and Charlene. She is a Christian who is called to help those in need. Her poems are about injustices to humanity and often have war and spiritual themes.

About us Reigning in Grace is a trust partnership changing people from the guttermost to the uttermost, searching out God's treasures of darkness, predominantly beneficiaries and the socially disadvantaged, among the lower socioeconomic class. We provide advocacy, encouragement, Buddy Support, fellowship, education and training, teaching interpersonal family communication, sharing and caring. We are teaching others to be empowered by the means of their higher power, linking people up with who they are, affirming their identity, restoring their cultural values and heritage - enlightenment leading to transformation. The Te Whare Tapa Wha model embodies spiritual, mental, physical and social spheres, expressing a holistic view of life. The In House Prison Ministry, the NZSPT (NZ Suicide Prevention Trust), Daystar Apostleship, Church of Zion and our music provide a vehicle for enlightenment and transformation. United we stand. Together we can. We are Kiwis who care, working together for the betterment of New Zealand. The trustees of the NZ Suicide Prevention Trust, including Jack Gielen, Gloria Bridgeman and Kerry Bevan, are involved in the development of the In House Prison Ministries so that the inmates of our country have improved lives and better opportunities on their release. They promote Bro Power, rehabilitation, and fostering the integration of prisoners back into society, practising reconciliatory justice - the perpetrator being answerable to the victim thus creating safer communities.