Global and National Outreach and

Mission and Service

 

Walk for M&S, Sunday September 25th, 2011  at 8:30am..put you walking shoes on and walk in support of the Mission and Serive Fund!

 

 

National and Global Commitment

We further commit ourselves to deepening our participation in the following global or national actions of Canadian churches and their partners:

 advocating for specific strategies to eliminate women's poverty and for policies and programs to end all forms of violence against women;

  promoting resource allocation strategies, such as agrarian and fisheries reform, that benefit the poor, the landless, and those whose livelihood is threatened.

 

Challenge to the Canadian Government

As we make and keep these commitments, we challenge the federal government to keep the commitments it has made at international events such as The World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen and the Fourth UN Conference on Women held in Beijing, for a fair distribution of wealth in the world. Statements of hope for a more equitable world expressed at those events must now be transformed into concrete action. Therefore we ask: what evidence is there that the federal government is implementing policies to meet the national and global commitments it has made?

 

Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.ca/

Several members of the congregation write letters on behalf of persons throughout the world whose human rights have been abused. Letters are written at home and are made available to members of the congregation to sign during the Sunday coffee hour.

 

Bridgehead http://www.bridgehead.ca/

We continued to sell the products of Bridgehead through our own church and other churches in the Ottawa area. Children from the Sunday School continue to assist by selling products in Morgan Hall during the coffee hour. The money allows more third world farmers and craftspeople to receive a better profit for the fruits of their labour.

 

 

 

Ploughshares Ottawa http://www.ploughshares.ca

Committee members maintained their association with the peace and development organization, with Ruth Loomer as the president of the local branch. The organization's meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month except December, June and July at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church