Today, Pastor Bob Goos, St Paul's Lutheran Church, Maple Ridge, has some wonderful news to share with the BC Synod, ELCIC.
Greetings
What a beautiful day and I wanted to share with the whole synod family
some news about what happened today.
SURREY URBAN MISSION RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT
On October 8, Jonquil Hallgate of SUMS received a grant for $50,000 from
Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society for a new program entitled
"Building Bridges For LIFE (Living Independently For Life)". In total,
$245,000 in grants was distributed to five agencies that work to address
issues of homelessness in Surrey.
That grant to SUMS is to enable a pilot project that will match
individuals with established lives and a network system with people who
have been homeless and have been or will be place in permanent
accommodation in Surrey. The goal of the project is to assist newly
housed homeless to regain freedom, equality and control in their lives
and to become valued in relationships and opportunities of community life.
The plan is to help develop networks of "Intentional Friendships" to
insure that people have support and can move forward in a positive
manner. It is hoped that the church community will be able to provide
some of these "Intentional Friendships" so that strangers may become
friends.
For more information, to volunteer or to contribute to the Mission, call
Jonquil at (604) 581-5172 or e-mail us a sums@telus.net. Check us out
on the web at surreyurbanmission.org
We invite your prayers for this new endeavor!
Bob Goos - Chair
Surrey Urban Mission
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