Justice & Compassion 

 

 

We believe the gospel is not only about proclamation but also about demonstration in terms of bringing restoration, reconciliation, justice and compassion "to earth as it is in heaven."  The following are examples of how we are seeking to accomplish this.

 

 

Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God's love. This program of Samaritan's Purse provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be involved in a simple, hands—on missions project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ. www.samaritanspurse.ca.

 

Thanks to all who contributed a shoebox to OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD at Christmas 2009. We collected 576 boxes in total for this worthwhile project of Samaritan’s Purse.
 

Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre

Formula 4 Hope Baby Bottle Campaign

Each Mother’s Day, we make baby bottles available for each family to collect change in support of the Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre until Father’s Day.
 

Love in Action

A ministry of HRAC where we serve people with tangible needs in our larger community.  Often this ministry serves under the banner of our local Salvation Army.

 

Take It Or Leave It Free Clothing Drive & Give-Away

For the past 2 years we've hosted a free clothing drive and give-away for our community in the latter part of the summer.

 

Turn on the Tap

In October of 2007, HRAC seeded several thousand dollars to our small groups in order for them to multiply - through creative fund raising projects -  and support Samaritan's Purse's Turn on the Tap project.  This project seeks to bring clean drinking water to thousands of people around the world, thus helping break the vicious cycle of poverty.

 

Compassion Canada

Child sponsorship focuses on helping the most vulnerable members of society — children. It provides opportunities that are simply not available to most of the world's poorest children, such as schooling, health care, social benefits and Christian discipleship.

 

World Vision HopeChild Sponsorship

AIDS is more than a pandemic. It is the greatest humanitarian crisis of all time. More than 40 million people are infected with the virus.

 

A HopeChild lives in an area with a high prevalence of HIV, has been identified by his or her community as "vulnerable," and requires extra assistance. This does not mean that the sponsored child has HIV. HopeChild sponsorship provides things like:

  • basic health care as well as HIV and AIDS treatment
  • access to schooling as well as HIV and AIDS prevention education
  • nutritious food and clean water
  • care for orphans and vulnerable children
  • training of volunteers to look after children's emotional, physical, and spiritual needs

Opportunity International

Opportunity International heeds Christ’s call to serve the poor by providing opportunities for impoverished people to transform their lives through micro-enterprise development — providing small business loans and training so people can work out of poverty with dignity. This strategy demonstrates that God’s concern for the poor is not just to meet their economic needs, but to empower them to meet their own needs.