This money will fund a recovery program for participants seeking healing from childhood trauma. It would pay for program development, facilitation, admin, materials, and incentives.
Toronto City Mission
This well-established organization has multiple sites throughout Toronto, including Willowtree. They offer preventative programs for children, youth and families living in poverty. In addition to educational and leadership programs, they encourage strong relationships with Christ and with others. There are many opportunities for SGC to partner with them, particularly through prayer, mission teams and volunteer tutors, program leaders and workshop facilitators. Received $4,000 This funding will go towards after school programs, tutoring, leadership skill building, youth groups, family ministries and day camps. We are very excited about how the Kingdom of God can move through these particular ministries and change lives with the help of His Spirit. Please join us in praying for these ministries.
Are the Rasos Arriving Soon? by Jen Chrystman
The last time that Tarik saw his brother Soleman, they hugged. Neither of them said, “See you again”. Perhaps it was too much to hope for. Perhaps it was best left unsaid after fleeing the violence in Syria and years of trauma, scraping together life in Lebanon. Tarik and Hanaa, with Rahaf and Tarik’s brother Ahmed arrived in Canada in 2016 after months in Turkey. With the support of SGC for their first year, they are now flourishing in Scarborough. Baby Ayman arrived soon after their arrival and baby Mira was born this past summer. 5
