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Congregation Social Justice Updates - Nov 20, 2023

Help Grace Support Women of RESET (Rapid Exit from Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking)

Every Advent, Grace collects donations of beauty items for the young women of the RESET Society of Calgary, which provides a comprehensive system of services in Alberta designed specifically for women who are survivors of sexual exploitation. Donations of bath, beauty and hygiene items would be greatly appreciated. They will be used to make gift bags for 35 young women. Please set them in the Donation Bin in the entry way to the Family Room until Sunday, December 10. Thank you for your generosity. To learn more about the work RESET is doing to support safe exit from human...

Grace Impact on Women and Children at RESET

Grace has worked with RESET for many years by providing Grace House, a safe living location that helps support young women and their children. RESET Society of Calgary helps women and children who are victims of sexual exploitation and/or sex trafficking. RESET reports that more than 90% of trafficking victims within Canada come from Canada - there are approximately 3,000 women and girls involved in sexual exploitation in Calgary. Sections of a letter from RESET Executive Director Theresa Jenkins outline some of the impact Grace mission work has on the hundreds of vulnerable women and...

Social Justice - Oct 28, 2021

Grace in the News: Truth, Healing and Reconcili-action

On Wednesday, October 27, CTV Calgary ran a story on the announcement that the Pope was coming to visit Canada and had agreed to speak with Indigenous Leaders and people about the legacy of residential schools. Rev. Jake Van Pernis was asked to comment in the story. You can read the news story and watch the TV clip here: Alberta residential school survivor calls on Pope Francis to apologize during visit to...

From Red Paint to Truth, Healing and Reconcili-action

https://youtu.be/FD985bxEdAM On Sunday, September 26, Grace took first steps on a path towards truth, healing and reconci-action by holding a community event on the steps of the church. View the highlights reel of the event. Grace was grateful for the sharing of: Tony Snow, Indigenous Lead Hillhurst United Church and Indigenous Minister, Chinook Winds Region, United Church of CanadaGloria Snow, Stoney Nakoda Student Minister, studying in the Masters of Divinity Program at the Vancouver School of TheologyShirley Shingoose Dufour, Elder, Social Worker, Residential School Survivor, Member of...

Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation

Grace Response to the Red Paint on the Church Doors Early morning on Thursday, July 1, two sets of doors at the top of the steps at Grace Presbyterian Church had red paint splattered on them as an act of protest and expression of grief regarding the recent discoveries of numerous unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools in Kamloops, Cowessess, Cranbrook, as well as in other places in Canada. We do recognize that the red paint may be of great concern to you, and we share this concern. However, the plan is to allow the red paint to remain on the church’s doors for the...

Community Social Justice Updates - Nov 4, 2020

The Food Bank Project at Grace

One Month In: Grace as a Beltline Food Bank Satellite Location The vision and mission of Grace are well known: Vision: Transforming lives through God`s grace Mission: Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we grow disciples of Jesus Christ to love our neighbours and effect social change The Calgary Food Bank is one way Grace is living out the vision and mission. Calgary Food Bank Vision: A hunger-free community Mission: Together, we fight hunger and its root causes so that no one goes hungry As we at Grace embrace being a missional church, we understand the need to partner with agencies in the...

Community Social Justice - Jul 7, 2020

Service: Reducing Food Insecurity in Calgary with I Can for Kids

In 2015, Bobbi Turko and her 11-year old daughter Sutton were watching a story on Good Morning America about kids who relied on school breakfast and lunch programs for food. The kids were going hungry over the summer. “It was something we never thought about. Sutton wondered if Calgary kids were hungry over the holidays – and if they were, what could be done about it,” Bobbi says. Food Insecurity a Hidden Problem for Kids in the Summer The mother daughter duo soon discovered that summer food insecurity was very much a Calgary issue. To help, they launched I Can for Kids, and distributed...

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