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News from
Christ Community Church in Welland, Ontario |
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Christ Community
Church in
Welland, Ontario!
Christ
Community
Church and Seven
C’s Day Care have struggled for several years and have been the recipient of
many grace gifts from the Classis of Ontario, the Regional Synod of
Canada, supporting churches, private donors, and even personal loans.
Christ Community Church is located where poverty
statistics are the highest in the entire region of Niagara. In the fall
of 2007 the board of directors and staff of Seven C’s met all of the
requirements necessary to become an approved subsidized provider of
services to low-income families, and enrollment reached a new high of 18
children at the end of April 2008. The center is licensed for 31
children and we are praying to be at capacity by year end.
Weekly attendance at Christ Community is up to sixty or more. Many
building maintenance projects have been completed thanks to a loan from
the RCA Church Growth Fund for a new roof (co-signed by the Classis of
Ontario), private donations, a team of volunteers from First Reformed
Church in St.
Catharines, and the consistent dedication
of able church members.
Children’s ministry at CCC is leading the charge in terms of community
outreach. The “Heifer Project” initiative led by Carolyn Fast (director
of children’s ministry) has impacted four local schools and attracted
the interest of United Way and other community agencies interested in
seeing children learn to read while benefiting needy families in the
Third World. The children’s ministry program includes help with
homework, a weekly high energy Friday Night Out program “where every
Friday night feels like it’s your birthday,” Sunday school, a monthly
kid’s worship focus in the main service, and mentoring for boys and
girls.
Carson W. Culp has been the pastor of CCC since June 2006. The church is
strategically located across the street from Elisha House, a pregnancy
and family support centre in the neediest area of Niagara. Support for
CCC is appreciated and needed as they work to help a city grow beyond
brokenness.
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