This April the serve focus will be a food drive! Our partners are Archway Community, Life Recovery, and Joshua House. Items that are being collected for each organization are below. This month as an added incentive to bring in food if enough of specific items are brought in the staff will each eat their least favourite food. Items can be brought anytime during office hours, our hours are Tuesday-Thursday 9am-2pm and Friday 9am-12pm.

Items Needed:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Kraft Dinner
• Jam
• Condiments (Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Salsa, Ranch, Ceasar Dressing, Soy Sauce)
• Pasta Noodles
• Canned Soup
• Beverages (Coffee, Tea, Juice, Hot Chocolate)
• Canned Fruits & Vegetables
• Sugar
• Ground Coffee

Sunday, March 28, 2021 we are hosting a live streamed worship night. This will be an intentional time of prayer, worship & reflection. The live stream link will be on our website and youtube channel.

Good Friday

On Friday April 2, 2021 we are joining with area Christian Reformed Churches for a joint worship service that will be pre-recorded.The link will become available in the usual way on April 2 at 10:00am (and thereafter) for your participation in the service.  Let us come together, virtually, to worship our God and Saviour.

Easter Sunday

We are excited to offer a very special New Life Easter service on Sunday April 4. If you know someone who could use a encouraging message of hope, invite them to join us virtually on Easter morning. We have so many different elements included in this service and so many familiar faces.

Both services will be available on our website & Youtube Channel.

For the month of March our Serve 2021 focus is going to be supporting the residents of the Delair Court apartment fire and providing meals for the Cyrus Center. The Cyrus Centre strives to help meet the basic needs of at-risk, homeless youth, and their families. Youth who are homeless or at-risk of being homeless can access supports 24 hrs. a day 365 days of the year. One big way of supporting them is by providing meals!

Both Chilliwack and Abbotsford Cyrus Centre’s are scheduling meals through the meal train website. If you would like to sign up to bring a meal, click on the corresponding link at the end of the post. Once you’ve created an account, click on the date you’d like to bring a meal.

Fill in your name (or initials), email, and the meal you’ll be cooking. You’ll receive a reminder email the day before you are scheduled. Then just drop the meal off before dinner time at 6pm! The Abbotsford Location is filling up quick so please consider signing up for the Chilliwack Location.

Abbotsford Meal Train: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/6wzv4q

Address: 2616 Ware Street Abbotsford.

Chilliwack Meal Train: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/w1r7v1

Address: 45845 Wellington Ave, Chilliwack

We are also offering the opporuntity that if you would like to drop off frozen meals we can deliver them to Cyrus Centre. The GEMS are also having a virutal baking night to supply baking and that is open to anyone who wants to supply a special treat.

Thanks so much for serving!