Seniors
Outreach
We have an ongoing relationship with the Metro Toronto
Housing Unit for seniors beside Christian Centre. We have done numerous
banquets, barbeques and random visits over the last few years. We
consistently
visit folks and plan events. We would love for you to join us anytime.
If you
have a desire to be a friend to seniors with practical needs, you can
contact
us at any point and we can get you set up with some sweet friends.
Basketball HouseLeagues
This is our
Unity Basketball Camp 2007 which included
kids from across the corridor.
Within the realm of
basketball, Revolution will run two basketball houseleagues from
October 2008
until April 2009. As well, it will run two weeks of basketball camp in
August
2009. Interested in
volunteering? We
need volunteers who both have basketball knowledge and do not. Please
inquire
if interested.
Grade 4 - 6 League
The first league will start
October 2nd and end December 11th. The location
will be
Brookview Middle School. The time will be from 5:30 – 7:00 pm every
Thursday
night. The second league will go from January 15th – April 2nd.
Grade 7 – 8 League
The first league will also
start October 2nd and end December 11th, will
also be at
Brookview Middle School, but will start at 7:00 and go until 9:00 pm
every
Thursday night. The second league will also go from January 15th
–
April 2nd.
The intern to the left is
Jono, and at the
bottom right is Tony.
With them is a group of
boys & girls from our 2008 Revolution Basketball Camp. Afterschool
Program @ Christian Centre Church
This is a program
that has been funded in the past by the government organization
known as the ACCN, and has also been supported by the York University
Faculty
of Education. It has run for the past three years with an emphasis on
improving
academics. Education is not a strength in our community and we are
working to
address it while teaching our youth about the love of Jesus. A typical
day
volunteering would include playing games with the kids, supervising and
leading
computer activities, serving a snack and tutoring a child or two in the
classroom. Our site at Christian Centre runs its program Tuesday
through
Thursday from 3-6 pm, but we are flexible with people showing up a
little
later. We merely desire consistency. This ministry is ideal for
students at
York University since the church is a stone’s throw from campus.
Mentorship
Program
Everyone needs a mentor, even if you are 25…. Or even 50.
The same is true for the many youth that we serve in the community.
This is why
our mentorship program is the most important area in which a volunteer
can
serve. However, in our experience, it is least supported area because
it
requires true love, patience and sacrifice.
Internship
Importance: it is very biblical for
each disciple of Christ to, if possible, take an extended period of
time to
devote to ministry full time. Jesus called 12 random men to follow him
for
three years and it revolutionized their life!
You can join us for
seven weeks either at the start of the summer or the end and allow this
program
to radically alter the way that you see the world. Note: Students are
welcome
to apply to both programs.
First
Program:
Dates: To be Determined
Cost: $1000
Scholarships: 2
available for $250 each
Accommodation:
Housing will be located for you in or near the community
Food: Interns &
leaders eat all their meals together.
For the
month of May, participants will work with our
seniors’ outreach effort, our downtown homeless ministry, and also with
the Revolution Afterschool Program for middle school youth. As well,
participants will spend considerable time in prayer, studying the
bible, discipleship classes, communal meals and discussions surrounding
books & films. The program’s discipleship classes will include
sessions about other religions, apologetics, social justice issues, and
how to both share and defend your faith. The schedule will remain quite
similar in June. However, participants will be able to spend more time
doing outreach: mentoring youth, having barbeques, going on day trips,
visiting people etc.
Second
Program:
Dates: To be Determinted
Cost: $1000
Scholarships: 2
available for $250 each
The
second session description should be changed to say: For the month
July, participants will again be heavily focused on prayer, bible
study, the daily discipleship classes as well as communal meals and
discussions. However, the outreach activities will change. Instead of
afterschool program, participants will spend portions of their day
visiting seniors, taking youth on day trips to the pool, and university
students. In addition, those capable will
spend the last two weeks of the internship running basketball camps.
The weekly visits downtown to hang out with the homeless community will
also continue. Your vocation will be to be a full time lover of people.
"The internship with Christian Centre was
honestly a life changing, eye opening experience. The whole summer was
about learning, growing, sharing, serving, discipling others, being
discipled, living simply and counter culturally, and loving others
above and beyond, all in the name and in following the footsteps of
Jesus Christ."
- Jono Tao, 3rd Year at Wilfrid Laurier University
Click on either link below
to download:
Summer
Intern Application
Summer Intern Scholarship
