Safe Families Canada works to fill the gaps in child and family support services across Canada. Families who access support from Safe Families Canada may be dealing with financial instability (due to unemployment or the rising cost of living), housing insecurity, substance abuse, incarceration or illness. Motivated by grace, volunteers come alongside families in crisis…
What is it about church that makes some people more apt to “check their eyelids for leaks,” as the father of our minister, Rev. Heather Malnick, used to say? And how do those in church leadership feel when they observe congregants dozing? Rev. Michael Barnes, retired Presbyterian minister, remembers the difficulty he had attending night…
“What does being a church look like in the twenty-first century?” The Strays, Orphans, and Exiles podcast of Two Rivers Church based in Guelph, Ontario seeks to answer this question. They describe themselves as a diverse community of people, some “connected to church for many years,” others having left but “cautiously returning” and still others…
Forbes Africa named Sandra Chukwudozie a trailblazer in their 30 Under 30 Class of 2022. Chukwudozie is the founder and CEO of Salpha Energy. “This was a company born out of a desire to tackle injustice,” wrote Forbes Africa. Salpha Energy addresses energy injustice by working towards a future where solar energy is accessible to…
“Now, more than ever, we need to be helping our kids. If you have a spare room, consider it,” Trever Elliot says. He’s a foster provider, advocate and care home provider in the UK. “Ultimately, whatever’s going to happen with this virus,” he says, “we’re either going to get through it together or on our…
Over the past year of lockdowns and restrictions, public libraries have figured out countless creative ways to continue serving their communities during a pandemic. In addition to regular lending services, libraries across Canada now offer online programming, news subscriptions and entertainment as well as curbside options such as printing services, free Wi-Fi, activities and community…
Have you ever noticed that it’s cheaper to replace certain appliances than to fix them? Have you wondered what types or how much garbage your household produces? Digging into these questions can help us figure out how much of the waste we produce is preventable. And the good news is that it’s not hard! COVID-19 has irrevocably altered our daily routines. Maybe this will help speed up current trends in recycling and reducing waste, as we all figure out new methods of sustainability.
“We remain in a state of urgent need,” Melanie McLearon of Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexion, an Ontario child welfare agency, told Christian Courier in an interview. “We desperately require new families to care for children.” “While most children in the country are dealing with the frustrations of missing their friends, a hiatus in sports seasons and closed playgrounds, others worry about the very real possibility of homelessness, abuse or neglect,” writes Chris Palusky in Christianity Today. An influx of children in some form of foster or extended family/kinship care is anticipated as the COVID-19 lockdown measures start to ease up.
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“The right to adequate housing should not be interpreted narrowly. Rather, it should be seen as the right to live somewhere in security, peace and dignity,” according to the United Nations (UN). Certain populations face greater challenges exercising this right, the UN says, namely women, children, the displaced, persons with disability, persons experiencing homelessness, and Indigenous groups.
On Easter Sunday, April 21, 253 people were killed when three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka were the target of suicide bombers. Christian Courier writer Candice Goodchild interviewed Mayukha Perera, Managing Director of Back to the Bible in Sri Lanka, about his experience.
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“I went into this court case with the hopes of saving my daughter from making an irreversible medical mistake,” John* says. “The potential is very high that she could change her mind down the road.”
An estimated 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year, roughly 35,000 each night. Last month, the federal government launched a $40 billion National Housing Strategy with a goal of “50 percent reduction in chronic homelessness over the next 10 years.” A Huffington Post article states, “It’s time to develop solutions that address the causes and consequences of homelessness as a whole.” While bigger picture strategies are at play, local efforts in Quebec are making a big impact for those in need in their downtown neighbourhoods.
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