From Fentanyl To The Soup Shack (Bobby Reaume interview)

September 15, 2023 by Kevin Rogers in At Risk Youth, Canada, Christianity, Corrections Canada, Feeding Windsor-Essex, Hamilton Ontario, Housing, Kevin Rogers, Mental Health, New Song Church, Religion & Spirituality, Substance Abuse, Street Ministry Worker, Urban Ministry, Windsor Ontario

Three years ago, Bobby Reaume walked into my office and said, “Hey remember me?” It took me awhile before I would remember that he and his wife Grace attended the church briefly a few years prior. When Bobby walked in, he had been released from prison, returned to addiction, and was living in tent city. He came to see me with John Button the founder of Launch Pad Recovery Centre as he was entering into a Christian recovery program.

Today Bobby is working full-time, sober, spirit-filled and serving the homeless population in our city of Windsor with the Soup Shack, a trailer set up to distribute food and basic supplies to people on the street.

Links:

Soup Shack organized by Feeding Windsor-Essex

https://www.feedingwindsoressex.ca/

Launch Pad Recovery Center

https://launchpadrecovery.org/

Being Strategic About Household Poverty (Mark Griffin Interview)

January 01, 2021 by Kevin Rogers in Canada, Christianity, Hamilton Ontario, PAOC, Religion & Spirituality, Urban Ministry

Churches can become strategic community centres in the fight against poverty. From the book of Acts and the history of ancient Israel, God’s people have shared a responsibility to love their neighbour in practical ways.

As CEO of ‘Christians Against Poverty Canada’ Mark Griffin shares some great insights from a life of ministry in various parts of Canada and the world. We talk about the particular challenges of urban poverty and hopeful ways that we can be part of seeing change come to our communities.

Why Would Anyone Go To Church?

August 01, 2020 by Kevin Rogers in Canada, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Urban Ministry, Hamilton Ontario, BCOQ, Kevin Makins

I first heard of Kevin Makins through my friend Rielly McLaren. He told me about his college friend that was planting a cool church in Hamilton. I next heard of Kevin as a guest on New Leaf Network podcast where he talked about his ‘Holy Shift’ tour, as he and some of his friends cycled to bars to do stand-up comedy, have conversations about Jesus and have one of his friends perform music on a bicycle. I was not surprised when we first met at Eucharist Church and he showed up on a one-wheel motorized skateboard.

So when the opportunity to read his book and interview him for my podcast came up, I knew that this would be time well spent. So, let me share my thoughts on Kevin and his book ‘Why Would Anyone Go To Church?’