The Syrian family that we are helping to sponsor has arrived! They came on Thursday December 8th, with a few committee members there to meet them at the airport. There is much to do to help them settle in, and there are many people busily working to help with all the details. While we are …
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CBC interviews member of our refugee sponsorship committee
This has been a summer of mostly waiting for information on the Syrian refugee family that we have sponsored. Towards the end of the summer, the Tri-Church Syrian Refugee Sponsorship Committee was contacted by the government who suggested that we swap the family we sponsored for another, who is ready to travel, as it is …
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Sponsored Syrian Refugee Family Delayed
Sadly, the family that we are helping to sponsor as refugees from Syria has not arrived. Despite initial hopes that they would be here by the end of February, we do not yet have a firm arrival date. There is some indication that they may come in late September 2016. This has been disappointing for …
Pancake Supper Raises Money to Support Syrian Family
On February 9th, Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church held its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and a record crowd attended the event. Congregation members and friends from the surrounding community gathered in the Fellowship Hall to partake in a menu that included three types of pancakes, sausages, hash browns and fresh fruit salad. While people dined, …
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Tri Church Syrian Family Sponsorship Project
The Session and Mission and Outreach Committee of Morningside- High Park (MHP) Presbyterian Church would like to bring the congregation up to date on an initiative led by Rosedale Presbyterian Church (RPC), to sponsor a Syrian family seeking refuge in Canada. In fall 2015, Rosedale invited neighbourhood Churches, including MHP, to an information meeting about …
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