Outreach & Social Justice
LGTBQ
- We are an Affirming Church
Barrie Pride Parade
- We march in the parade and host a booth after
Truth & Reconciliation
- We are providing educational opportunities regarding Residential Schools and hosting a Blanket exercise
Refugee
- We are helping a family of five from Syria transition to life in Canada
Wishing Well – each month we ask the congregation to donate items to support local organizations. We support:
- Food bank
- Youth Haven
- David Busby Centre
- Senior’s Christmas Wish
- Season’s Centre for Grieving Children
- Hospice Simcoe
- Georgian College Food Cupboard
- Women and Children’s Shelter
- Grove Park Home
- Elizabeth Fry Society
- Athena’s Sexual Assault
- Off the Rack
David Busby Centre
- Provide sandwiches for the Outreach Van Program
- Collect blankets, clothing, books, toiletries, etc.
Women and Children’s Shelter
- Every year on giving Sunday the Sunday School families fill and donate stockings to the shelter for the children in transition
Christmas Cheer
- The Youth Group volunteered to help fill gift bags for children
Out of the Cold
- Provide Shepherd’s Pies to the program once a month from December to April
- Sunday School children made and donated pies
Baptisms
- For every child who is Baptised we provide a Bed Kit through Sleeping Children
World Vision
- The Sunday School children help support a child from Dominican Republic through their weekly donations
Habitat for Humanity
- Helped paint a home
Izzy Dolls
- Made dolls to take on Mission trips to developing countries to give to children
Battery Collection
- Collect old, used batteries and recycle through Call 2 Recycle
Youth Group
- Participate in a 24 hour Famine to raise awareness and fundraise for a cause such as clean water, food security, and homelessness.