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mission & outreach |
Our churches are active in supporting those who may be in need. We support local organizations, such as the Essex Food Bank, the Downtown Mission, and Gesstwood Camp, as well as global organizations and mission projects. If your organization would like our support, please contact the church office at bmg.uc@sympatico.ca.
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Established in 1983, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a Canadian-based Christian organization that helps provide food and development assistance to people in need on behalf of our 13 Canadian church members. |
Hiatus House
Counselling programs and Transitional and Housing Support programs assist abused women in securing housing, social services, legal and counselling services in order to live in a violent-free environment. The Hiatus House provides emergency shelter and crisis intervention for women and their children experiencing domestic violence. |
SCAW donations provide bedkits to children of any race and/or religion who will benefit th emost; typically being located in underdeveloped and developing countries. Each $30 CAD donation provides a bedkit that consists of a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if applicable), clothes outfit, towel and school supplies. Bedkit contents vary from country to country depending on local needs. Visit their site for more information on how you can support this worthwhile program! |
CCF helps children by tackling the root causes of poverty. They understand that poverty is a complex problem. With more than 65 years experience in identifying and addressing the root causes of poverty, CCF creates programs to provide practical assistance to impoverished communities and plant the seeds of self-sufficiency. CCF's integrated development model focuses on six primary sectors: Early Childhood Development, Education, Health and Sanitation, Nutrition, Family-Income Generation & Emergency and Disaster Relief. |
Ruthven-Olinda United Church has been supporting the Callebasse Christian School in Haiti since 2001 by raising funds to build a school and pay for teachers. With everyone's support, approximately 70 children are supplied with a school uniform, learn to read and write, study the Bible, and are given a hot meal every day for lunch. For the latest on the missions of John Blair and his team, please visit their website. Founded in the 1990's by Eileen & Ed Clifford, the Essex Food Bank provides food and clothing to needy families in our own community. Thank you to over 50 volunteers who help to run the organization! The Food Bank is open on Tuesdays & Thursdays and feeds over 80 families each day. To make a donation of money, clothing and/or non-perishable food items, please visit the Food Bank on the second floor at Essex District High School.
Our vision is a world where every last person trapped in poverty by disability is set free for life, by the power of God's love in action. CBM's goal is to find, care for, and work alongside these people, giving them hope, and opportunity, taking whole families and communities out of grinding poverty and building a bridge between them and mainstream society.
"The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor." ---Matthew 11:5
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