In 2014 an 11 year old Yezedi girl was captured and sold into slavery by ISIS fighters in Syria. This past April this now 17 year old young woman was found and released. Her mother had been captured at the same time but had found freedom earlier and was part of a group of Yezedi women who …
Winner of 12 international film awards: “MERCY’S BLESSING” – a short film about love, compassion, courage and justice. Filmed in Malawi, Africa. Written and directed by Israeli filmmaker May Taherzadeh. Tuesday, February 5, from 7 – 9 p.m. at Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural and Community Centre In a rural village in the heart of Africa, a …
The Outreach Committee of Maple Grove United Church provides outreach to various communities at the International, national and local levels. Projects that we support include: assisting Refugee families to come to Canada and relocate successfully, Neighbour Care Network (NCN, formerly Restore Halton) where we support Halton families in need with emotional, financial and coordination in …
A team from Maplegrove Church recently served a roast beef dinner to 70 people at the Kerr Street Mission. We received the following email in appreciation. Thanks to all who served and contributed. Hello Maplegrove Team! I just wanted to send over a huge thank you to each and every team member that came in …
OUTREACH SUNDAY Outreach is holding their annual chili luncheon (12 noon to 2pm) Sunday December 2nd supporting SCAW. We are looking for donations for: (crock) pots of your favourite chili, desert squares and cookies and if you have items for our silent auction we will be happy to receive them. Please contact the church office: 905-845-5721 or mguc@cogeco.net.
Mother and three children, refugees from Egypt, recently had to sell their furnishings to pay for food and necessities. We would like to help them by providing: two queen size bed frames and one twin bed frame. (They were able to keep their mattresses) a TV (we need a flat screen because their one bedroom apartment …
October 25 Thanks to all who donated items for the Yezedi refugee women.These are among the most damaged of all the refugee groups that have come to Canada. The only items we now need are: Women’s coats (size 2 to 6 only please) Sweaters (size small only please) Gift cards for Wal-Mart so the women …
This education and support group is designed for those who are dealing with the death of a loved one. Taking a faith-based perspective, we will explore various aspects of grief, how grief affects one’s emotions, behaviours, body, mind and spirit. We will look at tasks one can do and adjustments one can make to move …
Oct 10-Nov 7 Grief Support Group (Wednesday evenings) Read More »
Yesterday one of our client/volunteers asked me to come look in our warehouse. We are down to 4 cases of Almond mild and 11 cases of canned peas. This is an urgent message! Kerr Street Mission needs help to fill the shelves in their Food Market Please consider sharing the need with your neighbours – …
https://www.ucobserver.org/ The church is renewing subscriptions for the UC Observer. This is a magazine full of enlightened and interesting news articles and stories of faith and justice. You can subscribe for only $25.00 for 12 issues. If you wish to newly subscribe to this wonderful magazine you can place your name and address with a …
