Stories of Hope

  Ever since I started researching and writing the Money Matters messages, I've been seeing and hearing related topics. On the CBC, for example, where they did a feature about the working poor. In the National Post, which published an article explaining “Why saving now is better than saving later.” Then someone made me aware of an article about debt in the January issue of Parenting magazine.

  On Wednesday night, four participants in the latest New Members Class professed their faith to the Pastoral Elders. It was a powerful evening as Lori, Michael, Kiera and Alexis shared their testimonies. Each had a compelling story about the journey that God has led them on, stories that they will share with the entire congregation on Stand Up Sunday, April 27.

  In July, Christina Reid, one of Hope Fellowship’s young adults, will pack her bag and head out for an “eleven countries in eleven months” missions trip. It is organized by an Atlanta, Georgia based organization called “Adventures in Missions.” And what an adventure it will be for this new Christian who was baptized at our church less than a year ago!

Please enjoy these two letters highlighting the impact our support has had on two community service providers, St. Vincent's Kitchen and Gate 3:16

  December 2005 saw a new beginning at Hope Fellowship. I was asked by the Fundraising Committee for the new building if I would be willing to set up and run a gift card program.

  The newspaper called it “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” but it was magic for those who managed to make it to the Sunday services on December 22, a day that will be remembered for one of the GTA’s most damaging and crippling ice storms