By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator Today marks the end of my CEC internship at ETCBC! Overall, it has been quite an amazing experience, and a summer I won’t soon forget. I came into this summer hoping to learn new things and enjoy my last summer before moving to university. Now wrapping up this summer, I...Continue Reading
By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator The Only Necessary Thing book report How do you learn how to pray? By prayer, of course! In my lifetime so far, I haven’t read much Christian literature other than the Bible. It has been refreshing and encouraging to read “The Only Necessary Thing”, by Henri J.M. Nouwen. Simply put,...Continue Reading
By: Brian Lim, Deacon Board Chairperson East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (ETCBC) has been preparing to become an incorporated church for a number of years now, the primary reason being to improve our church governance. Another important reason is to provide protection for members from legal liability in church ministries. As part of the process...Continue Reading
By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator Just as this week has been heating up in Toronto, so has my summer internship! This week, we had the opportunity to work with Access Alliance on a community vaccine clinic in Parma Court. Angela and I spent Wednesday afternoon giving out flyers to inform community members of the clinic...Continue Reading
By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator The past week of our internship has been one of our most packed experiences so far with many new experiences for Mattan and I, and I feel that I got to experience a closer taste to the usual, pre-COVID pace of this position. One of the most unique experiences I...Continue Reading
By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator On the back cover of a novel reads, “If we are honest, we have to admit that there are many things we don’t understand about God.” This is no groundbreaking claim, yet, we are always in constant search for an answer, an explanation, or a personal justification about our God....Continue Reading
By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator To whoever may be reading this, we have just passed the one month point since starting this internship, which means this job is more than halfway over, which means summer break is drawing to a close, which means I have to return to school soon. Please send assistance immediately. Jokes...Continue Reading
By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator I have now completed half of my internship at ET! In the past four weeks, much has been done. The summer guide is published, I’ve helped out at St Judes and joined in on the Hubsters meetups. At church, we have been working through many donations and a website for...Continue Reading
By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator After almost a two year hiatus, ETCBC interns make their return as volunteers at St. Jude’s food bank! During my last summer working at ET, my weekly trips to the food bank were one of my most treasured experiences of the job. Now that I’m working a different position as...Continue Reading
By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator These past two weeks have been a blend of busyness and excitement. Being a youth in both this church and community, I wanted to use this opportunity to learn about how this church works to serve the Victoria Village community and gain insight on how I could engage myself in...Continue Reading
