PRAXIS Hamilton

What happens on PRAXIS?

A typical day could look something like this:

Morning

You grab breakfast from the kitchen before joining your team for morning prayer. Together, you reflect on the parable of the Good Samaritan, imagining yourself in the story and considering how God meets you there. 
Then your team welcomes an Act Five staff to lead a training on hospitality. You see the central place of meals in the life and ministry of Jesus, and you learn that you will be given opportunities to practise hospitality in a practical way this afternoon.

Afternoon

Your team takes transit to Indwell, a Christian charity that creates affordable housing communities for those with mental health challenges. You learn how Indwell offers wrap-around services, personal relationships and meaningful community to those who rent from them

Your group serves food and plays board games with a handful of Indwell tenants. You try out some of the open questions you learned that morning, and you find yourself connecting with George, an elderly man with a kind grin. The two of you share jokes as he beats you in a game of Hearts. As you clean up the cards, you’re surprised when he asks if he can pray for you before you go. You share that it’s been challenging to see some hard things and not know how to help, and he prays that God would remind you that small steps of faith matter too.

Before supper, you circle up with your team and process your experiences. You share that you thought you would be the Good Samaritan today, but it felt more like you and George were Good Samaritans to each other. Your teammates also share about their days, which gives you more to consider. Together, you pray a prayer of examen, making space for God to speak into your experiences that day.

Evening

You are on pasta duty as your team prepares to welcome the neighbourhood over to the Act Five house for Spaghetti Wednesday. There aren’t any ministry activities planned for after supper, so you do some laundry and write down some lessons from the day in your journal. You rest to prepare for another day of Christ-shaped witness and missional learning.

How is the PRAXIS Edmonton mission trip funded?

The cost of each Mission Trip includes orientation, all ministry-related expenses, debrief, housing, meals, and administration. You will have the option to raise additional funds to cover your travel to Edmonton.

Once accepted, we will provide coaching and training on how to invite people to financially and prayerfully partner with you. Support raising can be an opportunity for you to grow in faith by trusting God to provide. It also gives your community the opportunity to join in what God is doing.