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CCM Centre (Vancouver)
In 1999, the Crystal development project in Metrotown,
Burnaby was made known to CCM Canada. With the generous support of
many churches, the CCM Centre was built and started serving the community at
the present location in September 2000. It occupies 13,000 sq. ft. on
the 2nd floor of the Crystal Mall which is centrally located and easily
accessible by public transportation. Inside the premises, we have a
counseling centre, bookroom, youth centre, art gallery and multipurpose
facilities for worship service, program for seniors, women, children and
youth, video and movie as well as large-scale community and cultural
activities.
Richmond
Ministry
Richmond Ministry located in
Richmond Public Market, starts its service in October, 2008. Ministries
include serving the physical, social and spiritual needs of people of
different age groups and from all walks of life. We provide bookroom,
counselling and caring services, organize public seminars, group activities
and educational programs.
Calgary Service Centre
Since its inception in 1992, the CCM Calgary
Service Centre (CSC) has been sharing the spirit of Christ's love within the
Chinese community. It has provided services to meet the needs of the
Chinese, helped people to deal with problems in their lives, and attended to
their spiritual needs.
In the early years, CSC
provided basic services for new immigrants such as settlement and referral
information, English classes, citizenship classes, life skills seminars, and
seniors' teatimes. Later on, we added pre-school classes, after-school
and summer tutoring, as well as children's Bible classes. In 1998,
with the donation of several computers, we began to offer computer skills
courses.
In 1999, with the
encouragement of a physician, we started a support group for parents who had
children with special needs. It provided an opportunity for the
parents to share their problems and to support each other. We were
able to share the gospel with them so that, in their distress, they were
directed to the light of Christ.
Last year, following the
example of several Toronto communities, we set up a cancer prevention and
care fellowship. We are currently recruiting volunteers from churches
to provide services for cancer patients and their families, with the hope of
sharing the gospel.
CCM
Centre (Montreal)
CCM Centre began its ministry in Montreal in
2003. There is approximately 57,000 Chinese in this city with 11
churches totally around 1,700 members. CCM Centre is one among 2
Chinese evangelical organizations here.
Toronto CCM Centre
The Toronto CCM Centre is located in Agincourt Mall in Scarborough, Ontario. It is in the heart of Greater Toronto, bordered by the cities of Toronto, Richmond Hill and Markham where many Chinese have settled. Scarborough itself is also populated by many recent immigrants from China and South Asia.
Agincourt Mall is adjacent to Wal-Mart which is located on its east side and a No Frills Supermarket on the south side. The owner of the mall has provided to CCM
the rent-free unit for us to develop our outreach ministries. It starts to
service on May 5, 2007. In this 9000 sq. ft. premises, it includes bookroom, art gallery, a multi-purpose hall and offices.
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