Where did God come from?  Who created the devil?  What if Jesus never came into the world?        These are great theological questions, aren’t they?  But what’s really great about these particular questions are that they came from the minds of seven and eight year olds. At the Family Life Centre’s drop-in program for children, we h...

Audrey comes occasionally to Ladies Day at Family Life Centre.  She comes on her bike with a basket.  On this particular Wednesday, she was participating in our programming with her bike locked up outside our building, when Gilbert noticed someone riding away as fast as they could from the Centre on that bike.  He came into the meeting and made the announcement and of course Au...

The doors open for Union Gospel Mission’s morning chapel service at 11:00, but on Tuesdays, street guests can choose to go to the Bible study at 11:15 if they would like to.  Susan usually chooses to go to the Bible study.  She’s very attentive and contributes well to the class discussions.  One day she stayed behind because the Bible study touched on something she was struggling wi...

Canned goods are urgently needed.  Many of our ministries, from the soup kitchen to emergency food supplies, rely on cans of soup, vegetables, fruit & meat.  It’s very difficult to keep up to the demand through summer months, so now there is a need to restock the shelves.Can you gather up a few things, or even have your church collect items as a group and bring them to the Mission?&n...

Show and tell is a popular and fun activity for young school children. Typically, a child brings in an object to show the class and then talks about it for a minute or two. Recently, a boy who attends the Family Life Centre Kids’ Club brought an unusual object to his class for show and tell day. His mother knew I’d be interested in this and gave me the written text of what he said as he displayed ...