AFFILIATE AND COMMUNITY NEEDS
Find ways to love our neighbours in partnership with our affiliates and other organizations serving the community.
SERVING - FOR INDIVIDUALS
Christians Against Poverty
- People in our communities are struggling with debt. We want to share the practical love of Jesus with them and are running a Debt Centre in partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP). In this partnership model, qualified credit counselors at CAP’s head office negotiate with creditors, develop budgets, and explore options for clients’ journeys out of debt. We, as the local church, are at the forefront helping clients through the process, supporting them practically and spiritually, as they are equipped and empowered to pay off their debt.
- We need committed volunteers. As sinners saved by grace, this is an opportunity for us to live out our faith by tangibly helping and humbly walking alongside our neighbours with debt. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this form.
Light Patrol
- Volunteers Needed: As restrictions have lifted, more volunteers are needed to reach out to street-involved youth. For more information: https://www.yugta.ca/volunteer
Pregnancy Care Centre
- Volunteers needed to be part of a welcoming team for PCC moms wanting to be connected to the Grace Toronto community.
- Provide friendship and encouragement.
- Facilitate connections between her and others within the church.
- Invite her to worship services and to attend special events at the church.
- Monthly onsite volunteers needed to work a 3hr shift alongside support staff at the downtown office (UofT).
- Delivery drivers needed to help pick up and drop off baby items to our PCC moms in our North York and Scarborough areas. North York is in need more often.
- Graphic design volunteers needed who would be willing to create promotional graphics for PCC social media and events.
Safe Families
- Family Coaches Needed: Are you a social worker, counsellor, or teacher who attends Grace Toronto and would like to volunteer with GT Safe Families team to care for vulnerable families in Toronto?
- Sign-up to become a Family Friend to a family in need of community in our city. Family friends provide: love to parent(s) through encouragement; security and peace to parent(s) because they know someone sees them and cares about their well-being; knowledge and information they may not have; access to our extended church network; a shared desire for the security and well-being of their children; the Gospel hope of Jesus Christ; and possibly other tangible service-based needs according to your comfort level and time.
- If interested in either role, contact Serena (here) for more information and next steps.
Toronto City Mission
- Presently TCM is looking for volunteers in 3 of their locations for their after school and evening programs (Flemingdon Park, near Don Mills Rd and Eglinton Ave E; Jesse Ketchum, near Davenport Rd and Bay St; Kingston-Galloway, near Lawrence Ave E and Kingston Rd). For more information: https://www.torontocitymission.com/volunteer
Homeless Connect Toronto
- Volunteers needed for Spring Community Connect Events.
- Calling all volunteers for HCT's next three in-person Community Connect Events. Community Connects are intimate-scale pop-up events, partnering directly with community agencies throughout the City of Toronto. Roles include supporting with Registration, Feedback Surveys, Clothing & Shoe Bank, Gophers, Technology/Virtual Access, and more. Space is limited, so sign up today!
- April 24: Community Connect (Homes First, Toronto East)
- May 15: Community Connect (Downtown Toronto)
- June (Exact Date TBC): Community Connect (Toronto East)
- Questions? Send an email to volunteer@hctoronto.org. More details will be shared closer to the events. For all those interested in the April event, kindly sign up by Sunday, April 10.
- Calling all volunteers for HCT's next three in-person Community Connect Events. Community Connects are intimate-scale pop-up events, partnering directly with community agencies throughout the City of Toronto. Roles include supporting with Registration, Feedback Surveys, Clothing & Shoe Bank, Gophers, Technology/Virtual Access, and more. Space is limited, so sign up today!
SERVING - FOR GRACE GATHERINGS
Pregnancy Care Centre
- In need of GGs willing, as a group, to help welcome and assist PCC moms get connected to Grace Toronto.
- Provide friendship and encouragement.
- Facilitate connections between her and others within the church.
- Invite her into your GG, to worship services, and to other special events at the church.
Safe Families
- In need of GGs willing to be trained by Safe Families to support our church’s host families as they open their homes to children in need of a place to stay. For more information, contact Serena (here).
TANGIBLE NEEDS
Adam House
- Short-term and long-term rentals needed. All current residents of Adam House need to move out by March as 430 Gladstone Ave will be undergoing a substantial renovation. If you know of housing options or have a room / apartment to rent out, please contact Lucy at lchaimiti@adamhouse.org. For more details (here).
For more information contact: rosemarie@gracetoronto.ca
PRAYERS
Help love our neighbours by praying for them and the organizations that serve them.
+ CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY
Praise God that clients are seeking help to get their finances in order. It can take a lot of courage to put yourself in the vulnerable place of sharing your personal finances with an organization you haven't worked with before, even if you know it is a step towards being free from unmanageable debt. Pray that God stirs the heart of Christians around these clients to support and encourage them through the process.
Pray that the organizations, debt coach, and volunteers involved in the Debt Centre have the wisdom and focus to support clients well, despite all the distractions they may face.
+ LIGHT PATROL
Pray for the rebuilding of the team for street outreach.
Pray for youth housed in city hotels to continue to connect and build trust with Light Patrol staff.
+ SAFE FAMILIES
Pray for enough members at Grace Toronto to join our circle of support to care for one vulnerable family together this year.
Pray for three more members to join our church’s Safe Families ministry team.
+ SQUADS
Pray for the planning of summer programs.
Pray for new kids to hear about and participate in Squads.
+ TORONTO CITY MISSION
Pray for new connections that have been made to continue to grow, that young lives will be touched by the love of Christ.
Pray for energy and creativity of staff and volunteers as they reach out to young people and their families in poor areas of the city.
+ FIGHT4FREEDOM
Pray for safety as volunteers go out into the streets to reach persons in the human trafficking scene.
As massage parlors open up again, pray for ways for volunteers to enter and speak with the workers there.
Pray for many caught in this trade to be able to escape and find healing.