Creative Hearts Centre
HOPE
HEAL
TRANSFORM
CELEBRATE
Creative Hearts Centre grew out of love for artistic creative sensitive minds where new ideas are birthed. We believe every ‘creative heart’ has an entirely different view of the world and an innate need to be seen, heard, and known.
Our purpose is to share the vision, values, and Christ-centred principles of a ‘family’ of creative people in a positive, encouraging, and supportive environment; to nurture spiritual development; to provide guidance in the Christian faith; and to empower the development of life-skills, equipping people to enjoy a successful fulfilling Christ-centred life.
Our vision for Creative Hearts Centre is to develop each person’s unique skills, equipping them to successfully transform culture for Kingdom purposes.
Our mission is to provide a supportive practical Christ-centred community, enabling the full spiritual, passionate and intuitive expression of each artist.
Our ethos: For Courage. For Excellence. For Christ
The Creative Hearts Centre exists to develop each person’s unique skills, equipping them to successfully transform culture for Kingdom purposes and enjoy a fulfilling Christ-centred life.
What is in a name?
The name “Creative Hearts” beautifully expresses our desire to live out the mission God has called us to; to embrace people and engage culture in the way Jesus did; and to release people into the divine creativity they were born with. Everyone was created in the image of a creative God, and that you cannot escape. You are creative, it is the essence of your humanity. Your brain is wired to create and your soul is satisfied when you release part of yourself into everything you do. It is the place where hope rests and vision grows.
Creative Community Gatherings are the integral element of our Creative Hearts Centre ‘church’ life.
The world is watching how we live out the ‘good news’ of the gospel. The daily rhythms of loving our partners, caring for ourselves and our children, and activating heart-connections with the people around us should be ‘good news’ and the display of God’s glory.
Our desire is for people not simply to attend church, but to be the church. To do life together in such a way that we create an alternative culture that embodies Jesus’ love in our city.
At Creative Hearts we do not ‘do church’ in the traditional way. We do not meet for Sunday morning services, and we encourage you to participate in your local church services to actively worship God together and serve one another as members of the Body of Christ. Sometimes family can be sacrificed for the sake of church and church can be sacrificed for the sake of family. We believe that both can be done well in the unforced rhythms of grace. God is calling a people to live out the reality of the local church beyond the regular Sunday gathering, people who tangibly reach out to their city and ‘be the church’ that people meet.
Creative Community Gatherings provide multiple ‘spaces’ to meet people who may never enter a church building. Our gatherings also provide a safe place where we can grow in relationship with one another, study the Bible and pray for each other, walk in our authenticity with transparency and acceptance, and live a seven-days-a-week gospel. God has placed within each of us gifts, passions and abilities to display the kingdom of heaven on earth. We would love to help you follow the way of Jesus, live a life of love, and see the vision of your life released.
Creative Community Gatherings
How we serve the Gold Coast community
Ready To
STUDY THE WORD
Gold Coast School of Supernatural Ministry
Gold Coast School of Supernatural Ministry is designed to equip, activate and release students into a lifestyle immersed in God’s presence. The Creative Hearts Centre offers the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry online course; Prophetic Art Worship Workshops; and fully accredited (Austudy approved and FEE-Help may be available) Cert IV or Diploma courses in Ministry, Leadership, (Music, Counselling and Community Services to come). The Centre promotes a whole ‘body, soul, spirit’ application that prepares you for an excellent Christ-centred life. Full-time, part-time, and intensive study available.
Ready to
create art
Creative Hearts Art includes:
- the Creative Hearts Art Gallery
- art classes, workshops and short intensive courses run by the Creative Hearts artists, to encourage and train artists of all skill levels
- art exhibitions and performance opening nights
- studio space for visual artists
- a clearing space for creative thoughts for writers, poets and composers
- art with a heart, fundraising events for a variety of charities
- Creative Community Gatherings to meet new friends and share your creative adventures. Creative Hearts Art community gatherings welcome artists and creatives of all faiths.
HOW WE SERVE THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Ready To
have a chat
The Chatter Box is an informal comfortable space to have a ‘clearing conversation’. A therapeutic chat to help you find direction, clarity and healing. At the Chatter Box, you are accepted as an able, capable person who just needs someone to talk to, someone who wants you to win! Our ‘therapeutic chatter’ will bring your thoughts gently to an amazingly safe place to move forward toward your success; and should you need to tackle the harder stuff of life, you’re in the secure hands of a fully accredited professional Christian counsellor.
The Chatter Box also offers short courses to:
- Take control of your life
- Make changes endure
- Safely confine grief and trauma
- Reveal personal success blockers
- Decide what now and what next
- Reset for winning
Ready to
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Are you ready to make personal changes to become a person who makes a difference? Andrew H Smith delivers personal development programmes using structured group training models partnered with individual coaching.
His transformational training methodology has been tried and tested over the last 25 years and is continually improved by experiential professional development. Everything is designed to challenge ‘the way you think’ by listening, speaking, engaging and creating the space to see new choices.
By identifying the limitations within your mindset and breaking through them, you will recognise the contribution you can make to yourself, others and the world.
Would you like to be free of the control of past trauma? Andrew’s book: ’88 Days: Road to Recovery from Trauma’ will help you! For more information, visit 88Days. The book is available on Amazon.
Ready To
lend a hand
The core vision of Kids At Heart Australia is making a difference in young people’s lives. Kids at Heart Australia raises funds to support mentoring and training programs for disadvantaged young people and their families in their local communities. Big kids helping little kids; Big hearts helping broken ones.
Thanks to the financial giving of those who have gone before, and the continued support of corporate partners and fundraising events, Kids At Heart Australia continues to develop inroads to addressing the issues of young people at risk.
Kids At Heart Australia also facilitate young people meeting their ‘heroes’ and providing unique experiences that have a positive impact on their future.
People partner with Kids At Heart Australia to fund programmes, provide volunteers, donate training and meeting spaces, offer pro-bono business support and much more. To give generously to something bigger than ourselves and to show care and concern for others, strengthens us as individuals, and strengthens our hope and vision for our city. By giving back and giving together we can all play a part in creating a world full of positive purpose and excellence.
There are various ways you can support the work of Kids At Heart Australia.
- Make a donation via our online payment facility.
- Attend and participate generously in fundraising functions.
- Volunteer to be part of a Breakthrough Program (all training is provided).
- Offer pro-bono services, products, or internships for young job seekers
Ready to
Publish & Broadcast
Creative Hearts Publishing is dedicated to empowering Christian writers to share their voices with the world. Focused on promoting faith-inspired works in the general marketplace, bridging creativity and purpose to make a meaningful impact. Whether you’re a seasoned author or just beginning your writing journey, Creative Hearts Publishing is here to champion your story and help it shine.
Contact the Creative Hearts Centre for answers or guidance for your creative journey.
Join an international cohort of writers in the private Facebook group: Writing in the Wind and be encouraged in your creative journey.
Ready To
Refresh & Create
Creative Hearts Art and Writing Retreats
Creative Hearts Retreats provide time away to relax, restore, and reconnect. Designed for artists and writers, these retreats offer a peaceful sanctuary to nurture creativity, find inspiration, and build meaningful connections. A perfect opportunity to step back, recharge, and reignite your creative spark.
Bookings are made through Eventbrite. Meanwhile, share your love of painting or words with like-minded artists and writers in the private facebook groups:
Ready To
Share God's Heart
Express the heart of God through Prophetic Art
Prophetic art, in its simplest explanation, is a visual form of prophecy. Based on 1 Corinthians 14:3, it is art that carries a message from the heart of God to strengthen, encourage, and comfort – whether it speaks to one individual, a congregation, or the Body of Christ overall. Prophetic Art is a gift of blessing, birthed in the heart of an artist who loves God and loves His people.
The Prophetic Artist blogs are valuable free resources for God’s prophetic artists as Wendy shares her 20+ years of experience in painting prophetically and teaching key Kingdom principles in all manner of churches, prophetic art workshops, and public forums.
Join an international cohort of prophetic artists in the private Facebook group: The Prophetic Artist
The book ’40 Days hath November: Personal Prophetic Paintings’ is available on Amazon.
Ready To
JOIN COMMUNITY
The Prophetic Artist Community
Right now, inside an awesome international community of like-minded God-inspired artists in The Prophetic Artist Community, Wendy Manzo is mentoring artists on how to make space on their canvas for the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
The arts belong to the Lord, and He is raising His army of artists. Art motivated by love for God will have prophetic power. It is love that stirs the anointing to prophesy, regardless of the form of prophetic delivery, and there is no limit to the creativity in communications from the Holy Spirit.
Prophetic art is not about imparting information, but transformation. Prophetic artists do more than illustrate Scripture, they bring divine encouragement for people to imagine a new way of living. The Spirit of God has a purpose for prophetic words, and that is to impart a divine enhancement of life.
If you would like to dive deep into this calling with Wendy beside you as a mentor, join The Prophetic Artist Community (TPAC).
What we believe
ABOUT GOD
God is the Creator. There is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him. He exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
ABOUT THE BIBLE
The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is God’s Word to humanity. Written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Scriptures are inspired by God, and inerrant in the original manuscripts.
ABOUT SALVATION
Salvation is a gift from God to all people. Humanity can never earn their salvation through good works or self-improvement. Only by faith in Jesus Christ can a person be saved from the penalty of sin.
ABOUT MEMBERSHIP
The Creative Hearts Centre doesn’t do church membership in the traditional way. We believe church is a community of dynamic interconnected relationships, where together we love, learn, and give of ourselves to others. If that’s you and you are doing that here with us, then that makes you a “member” of Creative Hearts Centre. Welcome to the family!
ABOUT FAMILY
We do life together. We are authentic. Our faith is not a performance, we are real people with real issues, striving to develop a real faith in Christ. There is not a ‘church version’ and a ‘home version’. We are people who matter to each other and to God. At Creative Hearts everybody is welcome, nobody’s perfect, and anything is possible.