Every year, our youth participate in the 30 Hour Famine weekend. It is the world’s biggest youth fund raising event and the money raised is used by World Vision to combat hunger.
The hardest part about this weekend is fasting for that long. But fasting has been a part of this event for forty years, ever since a group of teenagers in Alberta were horrified by images of starving people in Ethiopia and decided to go hungry for a weekend. Feeling hungry, even for a little while, moves people to compassion. And compassion compels people to actually do something for those in need.
Our youth were all set to do the 30 Hour Famine this weekend, but the date has been changed to the last weekend in April. Why? What caused this postponement?
The postponement is a direct result from an invitation by Trulls Road Free Methodist Church to do the fast together on April 27-29 with them and four other churches, including Barrie Free Methodist Church, Wesley Chapel (Scarborough), Carruthers Creek Community Church and Whitby Free Methodist Church.
What is hopeful about this? The Community Opportunity Scan Team has discovered that there are fourteen churches in Courtice. That’s right. Fourteen! But these churches are not doing much together. Several pastors have made attempts to get together for mutual support and prayer, but these efforts were not sustained.
So it’s very exciting to hear that Trulls Road and Hope Fellowship’s youth groups will be banding together to make poverty history. Perhaps it will usher in an era of greater collaboration between more churches in Courtice!
It was Jesus who prayed, “Father, make us one.” Any time that we see evidence of a positive answer to this prayer, there is reason to celebrate. Let’s praise God today for the news that Hope Fellowship’s RAD and HSM leaders decided to join other churches for the 30 Hour Famine, instead of going it alone.
- Pastor Peter
The hardest part about this weekend is fasting for that long. But fasting has been a part of this event for forty years, ever since a group of teenagers in Alberta were horrified by images of starving people in Ethiopia and decided to go hungry for a weekend. Feeling hungry, even for a little while, moves people to compassion. And compassion compels people to actually do something for those in need.
Our youth were all set to do the 30 Hour Famine this weekend, but the date has been changed to the last weekend in April. Why? What caused this postponement?
The postponement is a direct result from an invitation by Trulls Road Free Methodist Church to do the fast together on April 27-29 with them and four other churches, including Barrie Free Methodist Church, Wesley Chapel (Scarborough), Carruthers Creek Community Church and Whitby Free Methodist Church.
What is hopeful about this? The Community Opportunity Scan Team has discovered that there are fourteen churches in Courtice. That’s right. Fourteen! But these churches are not doing much together. Several pastors have made attempts to get together for mutual support and prayer, but these efforts were not sustained.
So it’s very exciting to hear that Trulls Road and Hope Fellowship’s youth groups will be banding together to make poverty history. Perhaps it will usher in an era of greater collaboration between more churches in Courtice!
It was Jesus who prayed, “Father, make us one.” Any time that we see evidence of a positive answer to this prayer, there is reason to celebrate. Let’s praise God today for the news that Hope Fellowship’s RAD and HSM leaders decided to join other churches for the 30 Hour Famine, instead of going it alone.
- Pastor Peter
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