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A youth group from St Mary's Kirkland has teamed with a group of adults from St George's, St Anne de Bellevue, in an effort to sponsor a refugee family to begin a new life in Canada. The group recently travelled to Toronto and met with Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and his wife, Lynne Samways-Hiltz.

10 young people from across Canada- Nunavut, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland- gathered at the Sisters of St. John the Divine on the weekend of November 20-22 to begin their journey as the first group of PWRDF's 50 Leaders.

On Sunday, June 7th the youth of St. Michael and All Angels Cathedral in Kelowna held a Sunday Sundae. After a PWRDF presentation and eduction about refugees, the youth group members chose to have an ice cream Sunday to support the St. Mark's, Kalso refugee family sponsorship. Their efforts resulted in a spirited Sunday morning coffee hour as well as raising $240.00 to send to the parish of St. Mark's. The St. Michael's youth would like to challenge other youth groups to deepen their engagement through eduction and action and support this refugee family sponsorship.

Climate Change HIV/AIDS Extreme Poverty Child Slavery

Youth are often passionate about issues like these, wanting to work to make a difference in the world. But it’s hard to make our voices heard, hard to know where to start to bring about positive change.

Do you feel called to help work to end these or other injustices? Do you have ideas that will help our Church to be a force for change in the world? If so, PWRDF’s 50 Leaders project would be a great opportunity to learn more and to get active in issues of justice in your community and around the world!

As part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund is committed to raising up fifty young people as leaders for the Anglican Church and PWRDF today and into the future. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about their faith, their gifts, and their passion for justice. They will engage in gift discernment and development, immersion experiences, developing local justice projects, and more!