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Reaching out to Newcomers

We, like Jonah of old, are sent to speak to a great many people who are on our Lord’s heart yet who have never heard of Jesus’ life, suffering, death and resurrection.  Wooing one by one, revealing himself most beautifully in Jesus, he called us to venture into the city, be present and live out our call to care for the vulnerable people, refugees, widows, orphans in our neighbourhood.
 
We teach English, tutor kids for their school work, help breadwinners upgrade their qualifications or commence their job search. For some reason we are surprised when, like the Ninevites in Jonah’s experience, newcomers respond heartily to the Good News; earnest Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist neighbours are drawn by our life of faith in Christ, and want to hear more.
 
We have a great need right now.  Twenty women from CBOQ and neighbouring congregations collaborate a couple hours weekly to teach a small class or to work one-to-one among newcomer women in three sites in mid-Etobicoke.  The newcomer women devour the English lessons, but prize more our friendship, guidance, encouragement and welcome which they receive from us and our congregations.  We are reaching out to many dozens of newcomer women, and through them, to literally hundreds in their extended family networks.
 
We give thanks to God for our CBOQ family’s financial support and the women teachers/ helpers who share God’s heart for widow, orphan, and strangers in the midst of our great city.  But, we also ask God for another twenty women whom God is calling to carry his message into the great city.

Jeff McCarrell serves at Toronto Baptist Intercultural Services.

2010-06-29