Open Arms Cafe
St. John’s provides take-out dinners from 5 to 6 p.m. every Wednesday. Please come by and pick one up.
During COVID-19, 2020 pandemic, Open Arms Café makes between 85 to 100 bagged meals. On Wednesdays between 5:00 to 6:00pm, guests to pick up their take home meal. Forty additional meals are delivered to the Pete Palangio Arena that is the Warming Centre Shelter for those in need of a roof over their head.
Ginette Boucher, Lloyd Leonard and Peggy Morrison are some of the many volunteers who help with this weekly ministry.
Sponsored Guatemalan Students
St. John’s sponsored 5 students in Guatemala. They’re named Fredy, Evelin and Lesly, who have since graduated, as well as Jazmin and Andrea. Colin Thacker a loyal member of the church has spearheaded this program beginning in 2015 through his involvement with the Rotary Club. For many years, Colin and his wife Marlene have visited Guatemala and the students. Colin is now a chair for this committee and Irv Dyck is spearheading the operation.
Currently, we’re sponsoring 2 new students. Their names are Liliana and Yesenia. They’re both in the 7th grade and we will be sponsoring them until they graduate.
Peggy Morrison, Lloyd Leonard and Ginette Boucher hard at work packing meals for the many Open Arms patrons
Lloyd Leonard and Peggy Morrison with a cart of meals ready to be packed
Food Shelves
Every Wednesday, from 9:30am to 10:30am, volunteers pack lunches for those who require our services.
*While COVID - 19 precautions are in place the Food Shelf will still be operating as a take out service every Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Lynda Hughes, Ginette Boucher and Barb Johnson packing take out bags