Welcome to the Alongside Hope corner. I’m Lynn Schumacher, this diocese’s Alongside Hope representative.
Alongside Hope (formerly the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, or PWRDF) is an arm of the Anglican Church of Canada that partners with local organizations that carry out the life-giving work that improves food security, champions gender rights, provides training on conservation agriculture and creates income opportunities.
Alongside Hope also partners with membership organizations, which allows them to be part of a larger network. These partners include the Anglican Alliance, the ACT Alliance, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, KAIROS and Cooperation Canada, among others.
If your parish or region is looking for an “education for reconciliation” with First Nations resource in 2026, please consider the one-day workshop Mapping the Ground We Stand On, offered through Alongside Hope and available in our diocese. This resource invites participants to walk on to the northern part of the continent European settlers named North America and discover the Indigenous Peoples that have been here for thousands of years.
To find out more about how the workshop is set up, please watch the Mapping the Ground We Stand On video at the end of this post.
You may also have someone in your parish who participated in the workshop held in each region a few years ago.
Each workshop is led by trained facilitators, has a maximum of 25 participants and lasts about 5 hours. The host church is asked to provide lunch for the presenters and Alongside Hope looks after their transportation costs. For more information or to book a workshop, please contact me by sending an email to [email protected].
The Alongside Hope corner was a regular feature in Faith Tides’s predecessor the Diocesan Post and we are happy to be bringing this regular feature back to keep you informed about Alongside Hope’s work and offerings.
