Vision Statement

Jesus said “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all”. (Mark 9:35)

Our aim is to follow and serve him by giving ourselves to people who need support.

We want to bring living wisdom, love, and truth to the lives of everyone coming to the Centre.

Our vision is a general practice Health Centre which is welcoming, accessible and affordable to everyone, regardless of who they are, and which gives holistic care through the varied gifts of followers of Jesus.

The Servants Health Centre is a place where many people work, as God leads them, towards meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of people coming to the Centre, in partnership with the person, the community and churches.

“. . . By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (John 13:35)

The Project

We want to provide health care to lower income people.

We are establishing a Health Centre in the central city. We have chosen a location (at 100 Princes Street) which is centrally accessible, which is on bus routes from low income areas such as South Dunedin, Corstorphine, Brockville and also in easy walking distance from the south City Rise area. We are on street level and close to pharmacy services.

The health centre will be staffed by volunteers, and already we have a large group of willing helpers. We will have a General Practitioner leader, a manager, and an accounts administrator, along with doctors, nurses, counsellors and other health workers.

We plan to fund our activities from donations and grants initially, but to be financially self-sustaining through health subsidy funding within a year. We have committed to charge no fees to patients.

An exciting aspect has been the willingness of hospital specialists, nurse specialists, midwives and counsellors to donate their time and talents to free clinics at our centre.