For its 12-year history, Southridge Shelter at Southridge Community Church (St. Catharines, Ont.) has helped people get themselves out of a jam; now the ministry is also getting people into…
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St. Catharines, Ont. Every year, the Niagara region floods with Caribbean migrant workers typically employed on eight-month contracts. Churches in the Niagara region are responding to the needs of these…
When Fairview-Louth MB Community Church outgrew their rural location west of St. Catharines, Ont., and decided to relocate to a more central/south-end location in 2003, few would have guessed just how transformative the move would be.
The first time my husband and I painted our bedroom, the experience was something of a coup for me. We had just gotten married and decided it was time to…
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Three children embrace the importance of outreach
by Stacey WeeksPillows for the poor “One day when my brother and I were riding bikes, we saw an unhappy man with no smile. He didn’t look like he had much stuff…
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Expressing common humanity
by Karla BraunSouthridge Community (MB) Church, St. Catharines, Ont., nourishes body and soul at homeless shelter.
Launching into a new year on Jan. 8, Vineland (Ont.) Mennonite Brethren Church celebrated 80 years of community involvement with a service of farewell to VMB and welcome to Southridge Community Church, based in St. Catharines, Ont., who grafted Vineland into their multisite church family.
Usually when a smaller congregation closes to join a larger one, it’s because the former is in trouble. But that’s not why Gateway Christian Fellowship, the newest of St. Catharines’ six MB churches, celebrated their 10-year anniversary by becoming a campus of Southridge Community Church’s new multisite venture.