EDMONDS COMMUNITY MEALS, CANADA

Based on last year’s successful outreaches, we’ve once again hosted bi-weekly summer BBQs in partnership with a local church, Every Nation Vancouver. The church provides the halal BBQ and we provide side dishes and our yard. We are very encouraged by the turn out each time. We often host Palestinian, Iraqi, Syrian, Yemeni, Uyghur, and Uzbek neighbours. Many purposeful, direct conversations about Jesus have been happening.

We want to build on this event over the winter, continuing our community meals in an indoor venue. Our conversations have also led to a clear awareness of the struggles many of our neighbours face, and we want to add a support group.

Our current expenses are about $50 an event but the costs will rise as we move to an indoor venue. The church's budget is also being cut, meaning we will carry more of the future expenses ourselves. We're currently trying to plan within a $200/mo budget.