The Garden’s mission is to inspire the North American Christadelphian community to share Christ’s love through outreach initiatives that show compassion to our neighbours and provide assistance for their immediate needs.

Outreach and Initiatives

Join an outreach initiative! There are many ways to get involved in outreach. The following initiatives are available, all of which can be joined at any time. Thank you for your support! If you have any questions, just email us.

Food4Friends

Register today and receive a cash grant of $100USD ($135CAD) to purchase and donate food to a local charity. Involving our children in this initiative helps show them they too can make a positive difference in the lives of others. Download the free activity books! PreK – Grade 2 or Grade 3 – 6

Kits4Kids

Register and receive 24 FREE backpacks to support children affected by poverty. Donate to a local outreach group, make a connection, and show the love of Christ to people in need.

Bags of Love

Please help the homeless this year and donate sleeping bags to your local charity! Sign up today and we will send you 20 FREE sleeping bags to donate to your local homeless shelter.

GotYourBack

Educating and empowering individuals, ecclesias and CYCs to serve at-risk teens and young adults in their community. Register today to receive 24 FREE backpacks for you to fill with practical essentials.

Knit2Gether

For those who enjoy knitting, join us on Zoom as we come together as a group to knit gloves, hats and scarves for the North American homeless.

Care Packs

Assemble and donate care packs to your local charity! The Garden will provide a grant to you or your ecclesia for up to $250USD ($335CDN) to cover some of the costs associated with purchasing items.

Stories and Experiences

Bags of Love
December 2020
Toronto East Ecclesia
Toronto, Ontario
I am Andrea from Toronto East Ecclesia. The charity which received the sleeping bags was Covenant House, which is a homeless shelter for youth in downtown Toronto. They help support youth who have been abandoned, trafficked or are experiencing different kinds of homelessness in Toronto. I felt that helping link up the garden with Covenant … Continue reading
Bags of Love
December 2020
Comox Valley Ecclesia
Courtenay, British Columbia
My mother-in-law ( Sharon Enns) and I did this together; we are from the Comox Valley Ecclesia on Vancouver Island. We chose the Comox Valley Transition Society to donate the sleeping bags to. They offer outreach services for women, children and families who are unsheltered or struggling through poverty; and partner with the RCMP to provide victim … Continue reading
Bags of Love
December 2020
Pittsburgh Ecclesia
The bridges and overpasses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is known as the “City of Bridges.” There are 446 of them that cross three major rivers: the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio. In fact, there are more bridges here than any other city in the world. Even Venice, Italy has fewer. As Christadelphians we all are in the business of bridge building—both interpersonally and … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Chicago Christadelphian CYC
Wheaton, Illinois
As we discussed the project via our CYC group chat (Lombard CYC from Chicago ecclesia), many CYC members loved the idea of distributing sleeping bags to charities and individuals in need of them during this winter period. Most loved the idea but couldn’t make it on the designated date to drop off the sleeping bags … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Davenport Family, Le Grande, Oregon
Le Grande, Oregon
On November 25, 2020 my kind neighbor helped me deliver 20 sleeping bags to Community Connection of Northeast Oregon. This facility works with the citizens of the community that need help getting their life back together. They provide many different services from feeding those in need to providing sleeping bags for those affected by homelessness. … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Cataumet Ecclesia
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Here’s a picture of Nate with Bags of Love delivery. He unboxed them and brought them to his friend’s mother, Lori, who is a DCF employee locally. Their office is closed now due to COVID, so we could not get pics at the site.  The other two pics are of texts from Lori explaining how … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Vernon Ecclesia
Vernon, British Columbia
I am new to Vernon and I was not familiar with any local shelters. When I found a local shelter, Turning Points Collaborative Society, I reached out to them and they were so happy to hear that I was interested in donating a number of sleeping bags! Vernon has had an early start to winter … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Barrie Ecclesia
Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Here are some members of the Barrie Ecclesia dropping of the sleeping bags as well as some care packages we made that included hats and mitts, hygiene items, a Bible and the Bible Hope book. We delivered them to the Lighthouse soup kitchen and shelter in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. In the picture is Bro Bruce … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Portland Ecclesia
Beaverton, Oregon
The Portland Christadelphian meeting room is located in Beaverton, about ten miles away from downtown Portland, Oregon. Shockingly, there are around 2000 children (K-12) who are affected by homelessness in the Beaverton School district, yet there is only one non-profit organization that specifically helps homeless youth: HomePlate. Heart-breakingly, there are around 400 of these children … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Springfield Ecclesia
Brattleboro, Vermont
This morning I rounded up some teenagers. We unboxed the sleeping bags and added a large print New Testament with a contact information card tucked inside to each bag. The card has some Bible learning websites as well as our ecclesial website and address printed on it. We delivered the sleeping bags today to three … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
San Francisco Peninsula Ecclesia
Sparks Reno, Nevada
My Experience: I was inspired by the Bags of Love Appeal due to the homeless situation and lack of affordable housing in the Sparks Reno Area of Nevada. It’s an old story: The Endowment Effect and Loss Aversion play out in the Real Estate Market and those in the lower range of median income suffer, … Continue reading
Bags of Love
November 2020
Orangeville Ecclesia
Ontario, Canada
Our ecclesia was blessed to have donated 20 sleeping bags to the David Busby Centre through The Garden Outreach Project’s winter initiative. Everything was well organized and straightforward. We received the sleeping bags within 2 days of placing the order on the Garden website. Wow! (Thanks Ani!!) Amazon packaged everything nicely in five boxes which … Continue reading

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 11:24-25