Sharing hope and a hot Easter Dinner during the COVID-19 crisis
by NightShift
Posted on April 17, 2020
Posts Tagged:homelessness
Women’s shelter gives warmth, welcome
by NightShift
Posted on February 25, 2019
A Ministry of Persons, Not “Results”
by NightShift
Posted on March 14, 2013
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“I tried to imagine what it’s like in his shoes.” By Sandy Phillipps People sometimes ask me what results we are seeing on the streets. As if we would give up and move on if we see no change in a person growing stronger in taking responsibility for themselves. The longer I am around, the…
Mac at MissionsFest 2013
by NightShift
Posted on January 8, 2013
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MaryAnne Connor, president and founder of NightShift Street Ministries, will host a seminar at MissionsFest Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 25 at 4:30pm. For more information, check out the MissionsFest website and join us! Mac will be speaking about her new book, The Shift: The Power of Belief, telling the stories of how God led her…
Leading with joy
by NightShift
Posted on August 7, 2011
I have been coming out in the evenings as a volunteer at NightShift for over a year and recently I led my first evening. The Lord has been leading me clearly over the last few years to focus my time on people who are marginalized, homeless, poor. To serve here in any capacity has always been so energizing for me.…
What’s happening on our streets
by NightShift
Posted on November 4, 2010
I was saddened to see the report in the Vancouver Sun about Pascal’s last day. The story by Carolyn Hawley captured a sense of what we see every day, of people dwindling outside the line of sight. And yet it offered hope, simply by being printed, to remind us that we are all but characters…
Another brick in our 10^3 wall
by NightShift
Posted on February 25, 2010
As a ministry, our mission is to serve “the least of these”, to give people second chances and to provide hope and love to the people in our community. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and…
Acts of Kindness – reciprocated in full.
by NightShift
Posted on January 12, 2010
Acts of Kindness, homelessness, power of prayer, street outreach
Each month, close to 100 young people come through NightShift to go out into the streets of Surrey to bring comfort, hope, love and lots of smiling faces to our less fortunate friends. Our AOK (Acts of Kindness) groups prepare hot chocolate and bags of goodies, including items ranging from socks to granola bars. We’re…
