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Care Journey | A Discipleship Pathway For A Caring Community


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Description

How can churches bridge the gap between spiritual mission and community care?

Johan Heinrichs and Wendi Park explore the innovative Care Portal technology, which merges church efforts with social services to support child welfare and community needs. They emphasize the importance of relational engagement and the impactful role of small community groups. The episode underscores the challenges churches face in mobilizing members and highlights the Care Journey, a small group resource offered by CareImpact, which encourages churches to deepen their discipleship and community involvement. The conversation touches on the broader understanding of poverty, the call for empathy-driven support, and the importance of awakening dignity in service, all aimed at fostering real, transformative engagement, reflecting the teachings of Jesus.

Time Stamps

[06:58] Helping churches become transformative through active engagement.

[07:58] Supporting churches with discipleship-focused resources collaboratively.

[12:26] Focus on transforming community, not information overload.

[15:20] Kairos Moments: divine interruptions and responding with faith.

[19:45] Trauma Care: Presence over rescue, presence matters.

[21:21] Showing respect and dignity in human interactions.

[27:04] Excited for church's role in social services.

[29:09] The harvest is plentiful, but workers few.

The Care Journey small group resource: https://careimpact.ca/carejourney

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About the CarePortal: careimpact.ca/careportal

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Skip The Dinner-Double Your Impact

Skip The Dinner is CareImpact’s year-end Christmas campaign, a fundraising non-event. You keep your time, and you give from wherever you are.

Right now, every year-end gift or pledge is DOUBLED by a generous donor, so your giving goes twice as far to help strengthen CareImpact’s work with churches and community partners across Canada.
Each donation will be matched before January 1, 2026.

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