Community Reach
Relate Community Reach is an extension of Relate Church focused on engaging with our local neighbourhoods. Our heart is to bring renewal and resource to the communities in which we’re planted. We’re here, simply, to serve our city and our church family well.
If our church were to disappear tomorrow, would the community notice? This is the question we asked ourselves in 2009. It led to a conversation with the mayor and then the Surrey school board, asking how we could help. It didn’t take long for areas of need in our community to be identified. We began to serve in local prisons, adopt schools in our neighbourhood, and create programs to support at-risk youth.
Over the last decade we have seen this dream develop, fuelled by growing partnerships with local schools and non-profit organizations doing good work. Our Community Reach initiatives involve all kinds of people who find purpose in making a tangible difference. We’re engaged in our local communities in Surrey mobilizing volunteers to foster relationships that place value on people.
Summer Food Hampers
Our 4 adopted schools are considered inner city schools with high needs. Our goal is to feed about 100 families four times through the months of July and August. Each food hamper will cost approximately $40 each. Sponsor a Family for $160|Sponsor 5 families $800. Food hamper assembly will take place on Sundays beginning July 7 through to August 25. Food distribution happens during the week. All of this would not be possible without prayer, our volunteers and those that invest financially.
THIS SUMMER - BE A PART OF SERVING OUR CITY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Christmas Gifts / Food Hampers
Our church will rally to help bring over 2,100 Christmas gifts to our four adopted schools in Surrey to make sure every child has something to open at Christmas. The gifts will cost approximately $20 per child. Volunteers will gather to purchase, sort, package, wrap and deliver to our 4 schools before the Christmas break. We will also prepare 120 food hampers for families in our adopted schools and for the community. Each food hamper will cost $100 per family. You can help strengthen our community by serving, investing financially and praying.
Weekend Food Hampers
We partner with a local school in Surrey to package and deliver 22 food hampers weekly. Volunteers from the community help sort, package, assemble and deliver the groceries on a weekly basis.
You can help and support by donating to Community Reach Initiative by clicking on the button below and selecting Comunity reach from the drop down menu.
There are many ways to be involved in Community Reach initiatives.
Throughout the year, we support our adopted schools in:
- Weekend Food Program
- Healthy School Program
- Summer Food Hampers
- Christmas Gifts and Food Hampers
Help us help others by investing your time and your resources to make a difference!
*Click the button below to email our Community Reach Pastor, Jacquie McGee, and she’ll be in touch with your next steps.