Regions Connecting Streams Ministries

Regions

God is continuously leading us to new places and people to serve. Each stream represents a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact, and we invite you to explore the different areas where you can get involved.

Below, you will find a list of our current locations and the specific streams of ministry available in each region. Whether you feel called to support those in Addiction Recovery, offer comfort through Widow to Widow programs, care for individuals in Long-Term Care & Seniors, bridge cultural gaps in our Intercultural outreach, provide hope in Prison settings, or serve the vulnerable in Inner City communities, there is a place for you.

Don't see your location or a specific opportunity listed? Please reach out to us to talk more about how to start a team in your area.

Alberta

EDMONTON and AREA

Prison
  • Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre
    • Teams meet in the chapel or a multi-purpose room with male and female inmates for Gospel centered teaching, discussion and prayer.
  • Edmonton Young Offenders Centre
    • Teams meet in the chapel or on the unit to engage with male and female young offenders for Gospel centered teaching, discussion and prayer.
  • Edmonton Remand Centre
    • Teams visit 2-3 units per visit and meet in the gathering room on the unit with male and female inmates for Gospel centered teaching, discussion and prayer.
Long-Term Care & Seniors
  • Shepherd's Care Millwoods
    • Connecting Streams Long-Term Care & Seniors Ministry provides an opportunity to be transformed and to be a part of Christ transforming the precious ones we serve.
  • Sherpard's Care Kensington
    • Connecting Streams Long-Term Care & Seniors Ministry provides an opportunity to be transformed and to be a part of Christ transforming the precious ones we serve.
Addiction Recovery
  • Adeara
    • Each week a Connecting Streams team gathers with women at this residential long-term recovery centre to engage in Bible-based morning devotions.
  • Fusion Church
    • A.R.M. is a Christ-centered 12-step program offering a safe place to find community and be set free from addictions.
  • George Spady Detox Centre
    • A.R.M. is a Christ-centered 12-step program offering a safe place to find community and be set free from addictions.
  • LifeLab @ Online
    • LifeLab is a peer-to-peer workshop that helps someone find the root heart wound, resentments and fears that lead to addictions of all kinds. These include eating disorders, workaholics, anxieties, alcohol, gambling, pornography, drugs, co-dependancy and any other unmanageable ways of trying to manage your life.
Intercultural
  • Conversation Café 
    • CC is a welcoming, encouraging place where learners can practice English conversation without a fear of making mistakes.
Trauma Healing
  • Caring for the Wounded Heart @ Online
    • Suffering from a wounded heart caused by grief and/or trauma? Please consider joining this small group designed to help bring healing to the wounds of the heart. The group will be led by facilitators who have received training in Caring for the Wounded Heart.
Prayer
  • Ministry Intercessor Team
    • Prayer team volunteers will receive regular prayer requests sent in by volunteer teams to be prayed for on their own time.

HINTON

Inner City
  • We provide intentional opportunities for teams to share their
    stories and the transforming love of Christ.

Barrhead

Widow to Widow (W2W)

Find connection, companionship and community while experiencing encouragement, friendship, hope and God's love.

W2W Barrhead @ Barrhead Alliance

Calgary and area

Widow to Widow (W2W)

Find connection, companionship and community while experiencing encouragement, friendship, hope and God's love.

W2W Calgary NW @ Urban Grace Church

W2W Cochrane @ Bow Valley Baptist Church

W2W Airdrie @ Grace Baptist Church

 

Stony Plain

Widow to Widow (W2W)

Find connection, companionship and community while experiencing encouragement, friendship, hope and God's love.

W2W Stony Plain @ New Life Community Church

Sundre

Intercultural
  • Conversation Café
    • Conversation Café is designed to encourage non-native English speakers to practice speaking English in an uncritical environment. In small groups of 3 to 5, facilitators use materials designed to stimulate conversation and to build relationships with one another.

British Columbia

ABBOTSFORD

Addiction Recovery

Vancouver and Area

Intercultural
  • Conversation Café
    • Conversation Café is designed to encourage non-native English speakers to practice speaking English in an uncritical environment. In small groups of 3 to 5, facilitators use materials designed to stimulate conversation and to build relationships with one another.

Ontario

OTTAWA

Long-Term Care & Seniors
  • EMBRACE for Seniors in Residence
    • Through our partner EMBRACE Ministries, Connecting Streams encourages every church in Ottawa to adopt a seniors residence. Perhaps your church will be next!
Inner City
  • Bridges
    • Bridges provides men and women in the inner city of Ottawa with a meal and the message of the gospel. Bridges is a ministry of the Metropolitan Bible Church supported by Connecting Streams and Ottawa Chinese Alliance Church.
  • Safe Havens Youth Team - TBD
    • We have an amazing opportunity to partner with the Haven To Youth Shelter to provide spiritual friendship to the youth who use their services. If you have a heart for at-risk teens, please consider joining our team.
  • Inspire Somerset @ Somerset Towers
    • “Inspire Somerset” seeks to bring the joy of the Spirit of God into the Somerset Towers community through music and scripture.
  • Upper Room Drop-in
    • The Upper Room exists to make good Christian resources available and affordable to the Ottawa community. We seek to be an inviting setting for reading, conversations among friends, and opportunities for exploring questions of faith.
Addiction Recovery
  • A.R.M. @ Peace Tower Church
    • A.R.M. is a Christ-centered, 12-step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain or addiction of any kind. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling our life.
  • Life Lab @ Peace Tower Church
    • LifeLab is a peer-to-peer workshop that helps someone find the root heart wound, resentments and fears that lead to addictions of all kinds. These include eating disorders, workaholics, anxieties, alcohol, gambling, pornography, drugs, co-dependancy and any other unmanageable ways of trying to manage your life.
Intercultural
  • Conversation Café
    • We invite non-native English speakers to practice speaking English in an uncritical environment. In small groups of 3 to 5, facilitators use materials designed to stimulate conversation and to build relationships with one another.
  • Discovery Bible Study @ Online
    • Newcomers to Canada and Canadian friends read and discuss the Bible together using a discovery method. All faith backgrounds are welcome!
Grief Support
  • Grief Support @ Online
    • GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.
Trauma Healing
  • Caring for the Wounded Heart @ Online
    • Suffering from a wounded heart caused by grief and/or trauma? Please consider joining this small group designed to help bring healing to the wounds of the heart. The group will be led by facilitators who have received training in Caring for the Wounded Heart.
Prayer
  • Paul's Prayer Warriors Intercessor Team @ Online
    • We gather online to pray for our teams, volunteers and their impact among program participants, as well as for the ministry as a whole. Prayer team volunteers will receive regular prayer requests sent in by volunteer teams. Each prayer team volunteer is welcomed and encouraged to join in weekly prayer gatherings online for the ministry of Connecting Streams.

Hamilton

Inner City
  • Helping Hands Street Mission   Through friendship-based support we will seek opportunities for every person dealing with social, financial and spiritual poverty to develop relationships, share in resources and feel welcomed into God’s family.
Long-Term Care & Seniors
Intercultural
  • Conversation Café
    • Conversation Café is designed to encourage non-native English speakers to practice speaking English in an uncritical environment. In small groups of 3 to 5, facilitators use materials designed to stimulate conversation and to build relationships with one another.

New Brunswick

MONCTON

Intercultural
  • Conversation Café
    • Conversation Café is designed to encourage non-native English speakers to practice speaking English in an uncritical environment. In small groups of 3 to 5, facilitators use materials designed to stimulate conversation and to build relationships with one another.

Nova Scotia

Halifax

National

ONLINE

Widow to Widow (W2W)

Find connection, companionship and community while experiencing encouragement, friendship, hope and God's love.

W2W Online @ Zoom Group

 

Intercultural

Conversation Café @ Online or In Person

    • CC is an online welcoming, encouraging place where learners can practice English conversation without a fear of making mistakes.

Nunavut

Iqaluit

Prison