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Outreach Beyond our Doors
PWRDF (Primate's World Relief & Development Fund)
We support the work of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. Information about this fund’s initiatives is available in the Under the Sun newsletter, which is on the bulletin board at the back of the church and at www.pwrdf.org.
Fair Trade Products
On the second Sunday of each month, orders are taken for Fair Trade coffee, tea, chocolate bars, cocoa, and Palestinian olive oil for pick-up the next Sunday. Our Fair Trade program is part of our collective attempt to be good stewards of the earth and support growers in resource-poor countries.
TUNM (Toronto Urban Native Ministry)
Toronto Urban Native Ministry (TUNM) is an ecumenical ministry dedicated to serving more than 70,000 First Nations people living in the Greater Toronto Area.
This multi-faceted ministry provides street outreach, pastoral counselling, weekly worship services, sacramental ministry, referrals to social services, visits for people in hospital, at home or in jail, and spiritual care for survivors of residential schools.
TUNM also offers education, cross-cultural dialogue and information sessions for non-aboriginal people and works with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a national group established to hear and record the experiences of former students of Indian residential schools and to work towards reconciliation between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians.
The Rev’d Andrew Wesley, one of TUNM’s two full-time staff, is also an honorary assistant at the Church of the Redeemer and aboriginal priest for the Anglican diocese of Toronto.
Redeemer Amnesty Action Circle
Amnesty International and its members work to free prisoners of conscience, end violence against women, promote respect for the rights of Indigenous people – and more. As a non-partisan advocate for human rights, Amnesty and its research are respected worldwide. In Canada, 2,500 people regularly write letters in response to its urgent-action requests.
The Church of the Redeemer’s Amnesty Action Circle meets monthly from 10:15 – 11 AM (before the 11:15 service) and 11 – 11:45 AM (after the 9:30 service) in the parish hall on the second Sunday of each month to write letters, send postcards, sign petitions, and learn more about issues around the world. Paper, envelopes, and pens are provided (you’ll need to provide your own postage), and laptops are welcome. Resource people will help you get started.