AFFILIATE AND COMMUNITY NEEDS
Find ways to love our neighbours in partnership with our affiliates and other organizations serving the community.
SERVING - FOR INDIVIDUALS
Adam House
- Spanish-speaking volunteer needed to join the monthly virtual gathering on Friday, Nov. 19th, to translate for a few new residents so they can participate in the program. Contact Danyao for details.
Toronto City Mission
- Volunteers still needed for the EPIC program in Flemingdon Park (near Don Mills Rd and Eglinton Ave E), Kingston-Galloway (near Lawrence Ave E and Kingston Rd), and Willowtree (near Finch Ave E and Willowdale Ave). For more information: https://www.torontocitymission.com/volunteer.
Yonge Street Mission
- Volunteers needed as screeners/ushers on Sundays from 2:30pm to 4:00pm. Help us provide a warm greeting, screen guests' health, and usher them into service. To learn more about this role and apply as a volunteer, please click here or email Donnett Bailey at dbailey@ysm.ca
TANGIBLE NEEDS
Adam House
Winter boots needed. Bless a new resident with a pair of winter boots before snow arrives (donation details).
Yonge Street Mission
- Needs: non-perishable food and hygiene products
- For more information or to arrange drop off, please contact Eleanor at 647-466-1865 or eedwards@ysm.ca.
For more information contact: rosemarie@gracetoronto.ca
PRAYERS
Help love our neighbours by praying for them and the organizations that serve them.
+ ADAM HOUSE
Praise God for raising runners, volunteers, and donors across multiple local churches who together helped Adam House reach their $40K fundraising goal at the Scotiabank Charity Challenge so that Adam House can continue to witness and minister to refugee claimants in the city.
Pray that God will create openings in the hearts of volunteers and residents so that new friendship can flourish as virtual gatherings resume in November.
+ FIGHT4FREEDOM
Fight4Freedom (F4F) is launching a peer support group this month! Please pray that God will use this group in providing a safe and encouraging space for survivors to support each other.
F4F is finalizing their first male online outreach team and hope this team will start outreach later this month. Please pray for this initiative.
F4F continues to pause club outreach as strip clubs require vaccination reports to get in and F4F thinks it’s unsafe for their teams to disclose so much personal info to club management. Please pray for the teams in discerning other potential ways to reach the ladies working in the clubs.
+ Yonge Street Mission
Pray for healing for Regent Park residents -- too many lives are being lost to gun violence.
Pray for continued protection over staff, throughout this long-lasting pandemic.
Pray for shelter for so many who are on the streets, especially as the weather changes and temperature falls.
Pray for all community members who are suffering from isolation during the pandemic.
Pray for guidance for Yonge Street Mission (YSM) leaders as they develop re-opening plans that will be safe for all.
Pray for needed dentist, physiotherapist, and chiropractor volunteers for YSM's Evergreen Health Center.