Reaching Out
We believe we're blessed to be a blessing
and called to carry and live the good news of Jesus Christ.
and called to carry and live the good news of Jesus Christ.
Here's how we do that...
In Our Community
Right here in Hamilton
Athens Street Community Gardens
The community gardens is a joint effort by Immanuel Christian Reformed Church and the nearby Neighbour-To-Neighbour food bank and resource centre. Started on April 21, 2007, the garden has 27 plots where about 25 gardeners from all different backgrounds grow some of their own food.
Immanuel Church members coordinate the goings-on at the garden, provide garden plots, plants, and seeds, and garden alongside the community gardeners. Neighbour-To-Neighbour makes applications available to its clients, and provides water for the garden plots.
Gardeners have expressed that they love coming to a beautiful green space, and that they appreciate the opportunity to enjoy growing fresh, good food themselves. We hope and trust that God will use Athens Street Community Garden to create a supportive community, and that our church community will be a blessing to the gardeners.
If you are interested in having a Community Garden Plot or would like more information about the garden, please contact the church office.
The Soap Kitchen is a free monthly workshop-style morning where you are invited to make cost effective and "green" laundry soap. Making this laundry soap is a fun way to connect with our community. For more information, please check out the facebook page, here.
Computer Donations
Computers donated to Immanuel are refurbished and freely distributed to those in need of dedicated access to document publishing and internet capabilities. For more information on how to request a computer please speak to your Deacon or a member of the GLOWE team. To donate computers please contact Eric Tisch for more details.
True City is a movement of congregations in Hamilton, Ontario who recognize that God has called us to join Him in bringing His best to our city and beyond. We work to simultaneously pursue mission at a congregational level, at a collaborative Church-in-the-City level, and as God’s people scattered across all sectors of Hamilton. For more information, please visit their website.
Both near and far as they carry and live the good news
Renita Reed-Thompson works with International Christian Ministries (ICM) in Kenya. Renita works with pastors and churches by establishing Christ-centered Marketplace Ministries. For more information on Renita's work, please visit her blog at reedsinthewind.blogspot.com
Steve and Kim Holtrop serve with Resonate Global Mission in Nicaragua. Steve works with church leaders at the Nehemiah Center as they seek to collaborate and apply a biblical worldview to everyday life. For more about their ministry, visit their site.
Alejhandro and Lourdes
Denis and Blanca
Raul and Adrianna Herrera serve with Resonate Global Mission in Central America and North America.
Steve Gisel serves with World Renew in Nicaragua
Willemina Zwart is the Missional Pastor of the South Coast Beach Project, a ministry equipping young adults with a Christ-centred kingdom imagination by means of a summer experience through intentional Christian community living, mentors who integrate faith and vocation, meaningful connection to a local congregation, and the lived context of local seasonal employment. And all this within 15 – 20 minutes of Ontario’s south coast!