THE CENTRE FOR DREAMS
The Centre for Dreams is a place in the Markham community where adults with developmental disabilities can come to build relationships and enhance their lives through education in life skills, academics and vocational training.
OnMission
Inspiring one another to love our neighbours authentically, serve our community, and change the world.
SERVING OPPORTUNITIES
Out of the Cold
Out of the Cold (OOTC) is a community outreach program that provides meals, hospitality, companionship, and practical support to people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity during the winter months. Through our partnership with Blue Door, volunteers have the opportunity to welcome and serve guests, build meaningful relationships, and offer prayer and spiritual encouragement when appropriate. Our OOTC program will run from October 2026 to June 2027, every Thursday evening in our gym.
English Language Café
English Language Café (ELC) is a welcoming place where newcomers and English learners can come and practice conversational English, build friendships, and connect with the community. Through meaningful conversations and shared activities, volunteers have the opportunity to create a warm environment to welcome newcomers, build relationships, and share the love of Jesus. Our ELC runs throughout the year, and we are always looking for volunteers to help welcome participants, provide hospitality, create learning materials, and facilitate conversations.
SHARE Food Drive
Every year, the bridge holds a food drive in the month of June. We do this to help support the Markham Food Bank during their leaner summer months. If you would like to help organize our SHARE Food Drive, we invite you to connect with our OnMission team.
Christmas Cheer
Christmas Cheer is an annual outreach initiative that brings hope and joy to families and individuals in need during the Christmas season. Through preparing and delivering Christmas hampers, volunteers have the opportunity to meet practical needs, build relationships, and share the love of Jesus with our neighbours. Volunteers can help with coordinating, preparing, packing, and delivering hampers, as well as supporting other aspects of the Christmas Cheer initiative.
LOCAL MISSIONARIES
Ashley Chan
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
InterVarsity’s ministry is positioned to help young people navigate evangelism, discipleship, spiritual formation and scripture engagement in these challenging times through curiosity and welcome. Ashley’s work as a campus ministry project manager is to help train, lead and equip staff and students to cultivate their faith lives and radiate the love of Christ to their peers.
Ashley Constable
WITH SIM CANADA
Ashley is an Office Administrator for SIM’s Lifeworthy project which brings hope and help to those impacted by human trafficking in the GTA. Working closely with Director, John Cassells, Ashley assists Lifeworthy’s ministries which provides mentoring to young women, support for parents whose daughters are still being exploited and training and consulting for churches and organizations.
Caleb Yeung
WITH ATHLETES IN ACTION
Athletes in Action is a ministry of Power to Change that seeks to help people know Jesus and experience His power to change the world through sports. Caleb oversees the training and resourcing of local churches in sports ministry, as well as oversees the training of athletes and coaches throughout the year in Ontario.
Joanna Yee
WITH TORONTO YOUTH FOR CHRIST
Rahab Ministry is a compassion ministry geared towards empowering women and children in the sex trade to be liberated and restored. Joanna works in an outreach capacity with women in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke.
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
Compassion Canada
the bridge has partnered with Compassion Canada to help release children from poverty. To learn more about child sponsorship, visit Compassion Canada's website.
LEADS Sri Lanka
Sexual abuse is a traumatic experience that mars and scars the lives of innocent children. Annually, a tragic number of little lives are made desolate at the hands of broken people and a negligent society. LEADS supports survivors of child abuse to heal and rebuild their worth and purpose.
the bridge provides monthly financial resources to help a survivor of child abuse in Jaffna receive residential or non-residential therapeutic care and legal support at a child-safe space conducive to their recovery.
ERDO
ERDO (Emergency Relief and Development Overseas) is the humanitarian agency of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), committed to expressing the love of Christ by serving the most vulnerable around the world. Inspired by a deep biblical call to “do good,” we work to meet people’s urgent needs and build lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities.
Global Aid Network
Global Aid Network Canada is a Christian International Relief and Development non-profit organization that is focused on revealing hope by sharing God’s unconditional love and restoring life by demonstrating the gospel through compassionate action to those living in injustice, poverty, and crisis around the world.
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARIES
CINDY LAI: CAMBODIA
Cindy is currently serving with a church-planting team in the province of Kep, Cambodia. She has been involved in developing the children Sunday School ministry and teaching Sunday School with a local church member. She is also involved in visitation with local church leaders at several homes of our church contacts to share short teachings from a Bible verse and bring encouragement to them.
STEINFIELD FAMILY: EURASIA
Mark and Kim serve at Cornerstone (in the Netherlands) which trains young professionals for cross cultural ministry, especially to unreached people groups. Mark is the Assistant Academic Dean and teaches Bible and Theology. Kim provides member care for the staff and students through life coaching, debriefing and counselling. Having served as global workers for 26 years, the Steinfields are also part of the lead team of the Eurasia Region (Mission Global).
Contact Us
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