Special Offerings

Hope Cottage offers meals and support to over 200 people through neighbourhood meals, served Monday to Friday, 10:00-11:00 a.m., and 5:00-6:00 p.m.

All Nations Church Benevolence Fund is used by the Diaconal Elders at All Nations to share God’s mercy with those in need in our community. The fund enables All Nations to offer financial support to people facing emergency situations.

All Nations Church Building Fund donations go toward capital improvements to the church building and manse.

Open Door Centre is a safe, confidential place of support in HRM, committed to providing high-quality, free care around pregnancy, parenting, post-abortion, miscarriage, pornography, and sexual exploitation.

Resonate missionaries David Kromminga and Mary Buteyn serve in Germany in cooperation with the Berliner Stadtmission, on the front line of the refugee crisis in Europe.

Focus

Mary and David are providing pastoral care, language education, leadership training for new Christians, and worship support, as well as supporting interreligious understanding and workshops for congregations in intercultural competence.

All Nations Church Benevolence Fund is used by the Diaconal Elders at All Nations to share God’s mercy with those in need in our community. The fund enables All Nations to offer financial support to people facing emergency situations.

Established in 1947,  PWS&D is the officially recognized international development and emergency relief agency of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Mandate, Vision, and Focus

PWS&D is a registered Canadian charity whose mandate is to reduce poverty, oppression, and injustice in communities worldwide, operating under a guiding vision of a sustainable, compassionate, and just world. Its operational focus includes investing in long-term community development programs aimed at addressing the root causes of poverty, alongside providing immediate emergency relief.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of 15 Canadian churches and church-based agencies, including the Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC), working together to end global hunger. Through the Government of Canada’s support, donations are multiplied on a four to one basis.

The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Society is a non-profit, board governed, charitable organization that currently operates over sixty-five core programs. It operates one of 126 Friendship Centres across Canada.

The mission of the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is to provide structured, social-based programming for urban Indigenous people, while serving as a focal point for the urban Indigenous community, to gather for a variety of community functions and events.

The Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank provides food, furniture, and other necessities to those in need in our city. They welcome donations of furniture and household items.

All Nations Church Benevolence Fund is used by the Diaconal Elders at All Nations to share God’s mercy with those in need in our community. The fund enables All Nations to offer financial support to people facing emergency situations.

Youth Net provides free programs to children and youth living in or near Uniacke Square, a public housing neighbourhood in northend Halifax.

In operation since 1998, YouthNet strives to encourage youth to discover their potential through an after-school program, a lunch program and an evening teen program along with summer camp and wilderness camping trips.

All Nations Church Building Fund donations go toward capital improvements to the church building and manse.

Adsum for Women and Children has offered support to women and children in Halifax municipality during periods of homelessness and housing insecurity since 1983. Adsum operates an emergency shelter as well as transitional and permanent housing. Adsum means “I am here.”

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of 15 Canadian churches and church-based agencies, including the Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC), working together to end global hunger. Through the Government of Canada’s support, donations are multiplied on a four to one basis.

Ark works in the local community, offering support and building relationships with many of our neighbours facing homelessness, crisis, and barriers to accessing needed resources. Ark works with youth, families, and individuals, helping to navigate services, such as legal advice, health care, addiction services, mental health support, education, employment, and housing options. 

All Nations Church Building Fund donations go toward capital improvements to the church building and manse.

Established in 1947,  PWS&D is the officially recognized international development and emergency relief agency of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Mandate, Vision, and Focus

PWS&D is a registered Canadian charity whose mandate is to reduce poverty, oppression, and injustice in communities worldwide, operating under a guiding vision of a sustainable, compassionate, and just world. Its operational focus includes investing in long-term community development programs aimed at addressing the root causes of poverty, alongside providing immediate emergency relief.

The Ecology Action Centre is a member-based environmental charity in Nova Scotia. Since 1971, they’ve taken leadership on critical environmental issues from biodiversity protection to climate change to environmental justice.

All Nations Church Benevolence Fund is used by the Diaconal Elders at All Nations to share God’s mercy with those in need in our community. The fund enables All Nations to offer financial support to people facing emergency situations.

Welcome Housing works in our city to help people secure safe, affordable housing. Welcome Housing owns six apartment buildings in HRM that allow their tenants to live independently with access to tenant support, a wellness coordinator and wider networks of support. 

Resonate missionaries David Kromminga and Mary Buteyn serve in Germany in cooperation with the Berliner Stadtmission, on the front line of the refugee crisis in Europe.

Focus

Mary and David are providing pastoral care, language education, leadership training for new Christians, and worship support, as well as supporting interreligious understanding and workshops for congregations in intercultural competence.