Stories of Hope

  The Raising Hope Team began their adventure with Samaritan Foundation in the Dominican Republic at 4 am on July 12th. They started with prayer and then headed off with 17 humanitarian aid suitcases filled with baby clothes, baseball equipment and hygiene kits

  Instead of meeting for Bible Study or a social event, our High School students decided to spread some love through Courtice two weeks ago. Armed with carnations and loonies they set out in groups to see what they could accomplish.

 We are excited to introduce the Cadet program to Hope Fellowship. Cadets is one of three ministries that comprise Dynamic Youth Ministries—GEMS, Cadets and Youth Unlimited. Designed for boys, the Cadet program parallels the highly successful GEMS program offered to the girls of Hope Fellowship

  Last week, in Ottawa, at a meeting of the Canadian Council of Churches, the Board of Governors was informed that 1,000 young people from the Christian Reformed Church were converging on Sir Wifrid Laurier University in Waterloo to spend the long weekend worshiping God, being challenged and strengthened in their faith by various speakers, and reaching out to the community. “One thousand young people! Wow!”

  Every year our youth leaders try to find a retreat that they can attend with our students. Our aim is to help our youth in their Christian walk and to spend time with them in a setting outside of regular youth programs.    This year we chose to go to the Anchor Retreat. This retreat was geared for grades 7 to 12, the first time all our youth were able to go together. On Friday, Oct., 14 six leaders and 34 students headed to Cambridge.

  Every year for the last five years a group from our High School Ministries has travelled to Toronto to serve at the Seeds of Hope Day Camp , sponsored by Youth Unlimited Toronto in the Jane & Finch area. This year we had eleven students and Jake returned for his 5th time, as an adult leader this time. The students from previous years remember us and greet us with big hugs and smiles and we are excited to see how they have grown since we last saw them.