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!

Dear New Life Family,

New Life Live will be on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00pm.

This will be an online event and we will send out a computer link so you can participate in the event online.

We encourage the congregation to participate in the event and to submit any questions. You can submit questions by email prior to March 10 by emailing the office or you can watch the event online and ask questions during the presentations through the chat function.

The voting will take place electronically and the motions will be open to vote starting after the meeting on March 10, 2021.

The New Life Live package can be download here. 

Zoom link:

Topic: New Life Live
Time: Mar 10, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97056654418

Meeting ID: 970 5665 4418

Dear New Life Family,

We appreciate the prayers that you have given for our neighbours involved in the Delair Fire.

Here is an update on the situation:
Delair Court Apartments has two buildings. The East Building caught fire and is completely destroyed.  All of the residents of the East building are permanently displaced and have lost all their belongs – over 40 families. The West Building did not burn and the families in that building are slowly moving back into their homes. All the families are devastated and are just beginning to realize the scope of their loss. They have been provided places to stay by Emergency Social Services for four days at which time, they need to find their own way of living again.

New Life’s Involvement:

God’s love is shining through so brightly! We are so grateful for the overwhelming response to help with the DeLair Road fire victims. The families affected by this fire will be adding a new chapter of hope and compassion to their stories! A few weeks ago we had to opportunity to serve these victims by taking everything that was donated by the community and organzing it for the victims to look through. We had about 15 families come through and take anything they needed. It was such a awesome use of our big somewhat empty building. Thank you to everyone who used their weekend to sort all the donations.

2 Ways You Can Help:
1.  If you know of a basement suite or apartment that is available for rent, please contact Yolanda Apperloo at [email protected].  She will forward your information to the point person organizing and matching accommodations to families.  Then he will connect with you for further details.
2.  Donate Money to the Delair Fire fund at New Life Church.  You can do this by writing a check to New Life, e-transfer New Life ([email protected]) or drop off cash.  Make sure you specify that it goes to the Delair Fire Fund.  From here, New Life Deacon’s will use those funds to support the families and their needs.

Each family who has been hurt through this event has their own unique story of loss and grief to tell.  Let’s give them a new story of hope and compassion to rebuild their lives.  We thank you for you love and care for our neighbors who covet your prayers during this time.

We are so humbled by all the response we have received.  Many people offered rental suites and apartments, so many large items donations were received that MCC is packed full, the Salvation Army is filled to capacity with smaller household items and clothing, and so far between E.S.S., MCC, the Salvation Army, New Life Church and other donators, the families have received enough funding to be able to prepare the way to start their new journey, setting up their new homes, and picking up food hampers.  Organizers for the food hampers also called to express deep appreciation for the volunteers they had.

Yolanda Apperloo
Delair Fire Deacon Co-Ordinator

Sunday, February 28, at 7pm we are going to have a live streamed worship night. It’s called Abide. This will be a time to worship in song and prayer together, led by the worship team and the Monday Night prayer team of New Life Church. This is another opportunity to connect with each other and with God through reflection, prayer, and worship. To join the Abide event look for the live-stream link on the main page of the New Life website.