Fundraiser Concert to Benefit the Homeless at the BLCF Cafe Community Dinner November 1, 2014

 

So what is the Bloor Lansdowne (BLCF Café) Community Dinner mentioned in the above poster? Here is an unbiased review of the dinner operated under the auspices of Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship - BLCF Church:
 

Pure and Undefiled Religion 

– Gregg and Donna Hanchett

As we approach the completion of the house renovation at Bloor-Lansdowne, we have been seeing God work in exciting ways. The week started at worship on Sunday at the Bloor-Lansdowne Christian Fellowship. They are a small inner-city congregation with a BIG heart. On Sunday there were about 15 people in attendance in a sanctuary that seats about 300. The walls could use a coat of paint, and the sound system was acting up. By most external measures, it would appear to be a church in need of some help. While it is true that every church needs each member to lend a hand, the true measure of this church is what goes on when the worship service is over. When the Sunday Morning worship is finished, another congregation uses the facility-- a congregation made up of deaf individuals. At other times during the week, a Portuguese congregation, and later a Spanish congregation use the same facilities to offer praises to the same Lord who understands every language.

 

Then on Wednesday evenings, the church fills up again. This time, it fills with the grateful chatter of nearly one hundred hungry people who enjoy the hospitality the church offers during their "Community Dinner". Dignity, Love and Respect are on the menu here. It is not a "soup kitchen". It is not a "food giveaway". It is a community dinner. Free to all who enter. It is a hot meal personally served at the table to every person that walks in the door. It is fellowship and friendly conversation with anyone who desires it. It is a gift of a week's supply of bread to those who ask. It is an hour's worth of entertainment by a talented folk singer. It is an evening of dignity displayed toward any person that enters. No questions asked except one: "Can we serve you?"

The contrast between Sunday and Wednesday is striking. On Sunday, fifteen people humbly bowing their heads and praying to the Father and listening to teaching from God's Word. On Wednesday, those same people reaching out to scores of needy people with a hot meal and the Love of Jesus. It is a ministry of love that quietly speaks volumes directly into the lives of the neediest people of Toronto. And I think Jesus smiles down on the Bloor-Lansdowne Christian Fellowship.

James 1:27: "Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world."

http://volunteeryeartoronto.blogspot.ca/2010/10/pure-and-undefiled-religion.html

 

Thanks for Supporting the Cause: Feeding the homeless in the heart of Toronto at BLCF Cafe

Thanks to those who dropped by to see A Cup of Cold Water perform a selections of Bluegrass, Country and Gospel Music; at the same time raising funds to feed homeless and marginalized people in the heart of Toronto at BLCF Cafe Community Dinner.

A Church with a vision in the heart of Toronto: Some 70 years ago, a group of believers embarked on a mission to bring the message of the gospel to the Bloor Lansdowne area in a relevant and meaningful way. The membership moved into a converted truck garage on Bloor Street near Lansdowne Avenue establishing the Church of the Crusaders.

Some seven decades later the church, known now as Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship, continues to meet the challenges of actively preaching and practicing the message of the gospel in relevant and meaningful ways to the local community, such as BLCF Cafe, a weekly Community Dinner feeding over 100 souls, each Wednesday evening since January 2008, run under the auspices of BLCF Church and a dedicated core of community-minded volunteers!                                                                      .

Contact Info:  

BLCF Café Community Dinner c/o

Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship
1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Phone: 416-535-9578

Email: blcfcafe@yahoo.ca blcfchurch@yahoo.ca

Web Page: www.blcfchurch.ca
BLOGs:  blcfchurch.blog.ca

blcfcafe.blogspot.ca bloorlansdownechristianfellowship.wordpress.com

Facebook.com/ BLCF Church
Facebook.com /BLCF Café

Twitter.com @blcfchurch

Bluegrass Gospel Concert Featuring 'A Cup of Cold Water'

Bluegrass Concert featuring the talents of 'A Cup of Cold Water'                                                7PM Saturday, March 3, 2012

Admission $10. All proceeds go to BLCF Cafe Community Dinner, BLCF Cafe operates every Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM and feeds over 100 homeless and marginalized guests weekly, without any government funding or corporate sponsorship.

See 'A Cup of Cold Water' perform Traditional Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel at:

Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship- BLCF Church, 1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 7PM BLCF is located just 1 block west of the Lansdowne Station, on the south side of Bloor Street.

BLCF: 416-535-9578.

Event Information

Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship Church Event Type:
Fundraising
Region:
ON - Metro Toronto Area
Location(s):
Bloor and Lansdowne, Toronto
Event Date(s):
03/03/2012 - 7PM

Bluegrass Music For A Community Cause

"When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
– Luke 14:12-14

BLCF Cafe Community Dinner is funded primarily by personal donations from benefit concerts like that given by Bluegrass Music Duo ‘A Cup of Cold Water’ where 100% of proceeds go directly to feeding homeless and marginalized people at BLCF Cafe. Since BLCF Cafe has opened its doors in January 2008 and on every Wednesday evening has served a warm meal and fellowship in a safe friendly place for upwards of 100 guests. That’s over 5,000 people fed annually. BLCF Cafe was established by Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship – BLCF Church as a means of outreach to the Bloor Lansdowne Community. Since its beginnings, BLCF Cafe, located in the heart of Toronto, has been run under the auspices of BLCF Church, relying upon volunteers for service and donations for funding. BLCF Cafe Community Dinner relies upon neither corporate sponsorship nor volunteer fees or contributions, preferring to rely solely upon the contributions of faithful supporters who share our vision of helping the homeless and marginalized. BLCF Cafe’s Mission Statement:

'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' - Matthew 25:40

Leeland, Tears of the Saints

BLCF Cafe Community Dinner, a weekly dinner that feeds upwards of 100 homeless and marginalized people, is happy to announce a spring fund raising / benefit concert, featuring music of the talented duo A Cup of Cold Water performing from their repertoire of Bluegrass, Folk and 60's Music live on stage Saturday May 7, 2011 at 7PM at Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship, 1307 Bloor Street W,Suggested Admission $10