What do you do when half of your funding comes to conclusion? At the end of March, our five year relationship with United Way and the Ontario Trillium Foundation comes to its formal conclusion. We are grateful for the financial support they provided in running numerous programs that brought neighbours out of isolation and into …
It was during our halftime cigarette and coffee break. I was shooting the breeze with a new participant in our Friday evening finding freedom. They said to me “I’ve been through several different programs dealing with my addiction but this makes so much sense.’ What they were referring to was the engine of trauma experienced …
Over the past six months, we’ve been reflecting on the impact we’ve had in our downtown core over the last ten years. It’s been a decade of faithful presence that has led to an intricate web of relationships and collaboration. As churches everywhere are shutting down their weekly services and moving to alternative methods of …
At Christmas we told the story of Tim re-entering the DWCC community after a few years of being away. It felt like coming home. It felt like family. Since then Tim’s been at the office most days, helping out here and there, but mostly helping with the renovation of the emergency shelter in the basement …
“Daniel survived the Lion’s in the Colosseum, right?” Snippets of Bible and history facts overlapped in my new friend’s mind. A recent follower of Jesus, they’ve been trying to integrate the stories of scripture into their daily choices. So the next Sunday, we tackled the story of Daniel in the Lion’s den in our Sunday …
In November of this year, our Peer Support worker Hughie received a community housing champion award for his work in the Glengarry community. He has been ministering and working in the community at University and Glengarry for 4 years, and living there for three years. Part of Hughie’s story is that his life had unravelled …
Welcome to the DWCC’s Advent Companion that we’re calling Hopeful Imagination! Read John 1:5-8. For eight years we’ve been part of the fabric of our neighbourhoods. We’ve moved in, invested in downtown neighbourhoods, and we have used the language of “lighthouses” to describe ourselves. The image is that of light shining in the darkness. This …
Part 2: Lighthouse Network – Hopeful Imagination Now that I have moved into the neighbourhood and taken the first step of being a Faithful Presence, what’s next? (I write this in my mother tongue of a Christianity that I was raised and immersed in, the traditional Christianity of the 60’s. It’s the language my brain and soul …
Halloween is behind us, and our calendar’s roll over into November! Stay connected with what’s happening in and around the downtown with our November Calendar. We’ve got newcomer sports at the YMCA, a brand new four week Healthy Kids Cooking Class launching on Wednesdays, and the last Backyard BBQ of the season. If you need …
When the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative was birthed seven-plus years ago, it came into existence with a different set of questions. Against the backdrop of the church in decline and a multitude of church-growth strategies, those early members of the DWCC didn’t spend time asking about filling pews, church attendance, or about how to be …
