Partnerships
Southwest Community Church is connected to many partners both locally and globally, working towards mutually transformative relationships with our partners.
Partners
Impact Ministries
Impact Ministries is growing godly leaders in Guatemala and around the world. Southwest has partnered with Impact since 2001, and we have a special relationship with the Agua de Vida Chijulhá School which Southwest helped build, which we have visited on Impact Trips, and where our current sponsor class attends.
Treasures of God
Treasures of God teaches us the full meaning behind God's promise that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made," through our partnership, which began in 2020, we support their vision to operate as an orphanage for abandoned children with disabilities in Guatemala, to love, value, and become family to these children!
Kapsowar Mission Hospital
The Kapsowar Mission Hospital is a 130 bed hospital that provides maternity, pediatric, medical and surgical care to people in a remote part of northwestern Kenya. The Patient Assistance Fund has been set up to provide support for a patient who might not be able to cover the costs of their needs, for any reason.
CBM
Canadian Baptist Ministries is the overseas missions arm of our church’s wider denomination. CBM has been around for 150 years placing personnel around the world, providing funds for relief, and updating the Canadian churches of the needs. Currently, the emphasis is on Reduction of Poverty, Kids at Risk, Justice, Crisis Response, Building up the Church.
Evangeline Hammond
Evangeline is working with MERATH, a Christian NGO in Lebanon who comes alongside 50 local churches and faith-based organizations to help them implement relief and development projects for vulnerable individuals and families in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. Through CBM, Evangeline plays an important role in monitoring and evaluating projects and programs in this vital region as well as communication with Canadian Baptists to further CBM's goals in global discipleship. She comes with ample experience in emergency relief and program management, having already worked in Lebanon with the Mennonite Central Committee and at the Gull Lake Baptist Centre with the Canadian Baptist of Western Canada.
Jodi Spargur
Jodi Spargur is the founder of Red Clover, an independent faith-rooted non-profit movement, operating under the authority of, and accountable to, Indigenous leaders. Red Clover helps churches and organizations to work though the complexities of Settler/Indigenous relations by providing facilitation, consultation and training in response to the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Janice & Terry Bowdler
Living in Hawaii, the Bowdler family is living this life adventuring with God. Through their work with Surfing the Nations, they live out their values by facilitating life-changing training programs and global outreach trips, combining a passion for adventure and a desire to make a difference in this world.
Gerhard & Janie Schumacher
Southwest Community Church members Gerhard and Janie Schumacher live at the Kapsowar Mission Hospital six months of the year. Gerhard serves year round as the hospital’s medical director and Janie as an anatomy and physiology instructor in the Nursing school.
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Focus Club
Focus Club is a club for international students hosted by Christians in Kamloops. Southwest is privileged to be the host location each Friday night as students and volunteers eat together, participate in discussion groups, and play silly games. The relationships built at Focus club can be life-changing for International Students looking for opportunities to connect.
The Mustard Seed - Kamloops
The Mustard Seed is a non-profit organization that cares for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty. It offers supportive services where people can have their physical, mental, and spiritual needs met and grow towards greater health and independence.
P.I.T. Stop
PIT Stop stands for “People In Transition.” Every Sunday of the year a team of volunteers goes to Kamloops United Church and prepares a dinner for whoever wants it. It is aimed at people who cannot afford to buy groceries, most of them being street-entrenched.
Young Life
Young Life is a Christian organization that prioritizes loving teens in their world, encouraging them to know Jesus. Young Life communities strive to create meaningful, mentoring relationships between leaders and teens and to create spaces where teens are listened to, and where questions of life and faith can be discussed.
