Cold Water Roots FUNdraiser For The Homeless May 17, 2017

Cold Water Roots FUNdraiser For The Homeless May 17, 2017

BLCF Cafe Community Dinner serves dinner to upwards of 150 homeless and marginalized men, women and children of all ages every Wednesday evening since January 2008. BLCF Cafe receives no government funding or corporate sponsorship, relying on private donations from semi-annual fundraising events. The Blue Grass / Gospel group Cold Water Roots will play a Benefit Concert at the BLCF Cafe Community Dinner on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 between 6:00PM and 8:00PM, (at the dinner). Come and bring a friend, enjoy an evening of music, song, and dinner at the BLCF Cafe on May 17, 2017, at 1307 Bloor Street West, 1 block south and west of the Lansdowne Subway Station (Bloor Line West). Parking available on St. Helen’s, just west of the church. All proceeds to benefit homeless and marginalized guests of the BLCF Cafe, located in the heart of Toronto.

BLCF Cafe was established in January 2008 by BLCF Church and is run solely under the auspices of Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship – BLCF Church. BLCF Cafe Community Dinner serves dinner to over 150 homeless and marginalized people every Wednesday evening,(over 7,500 annually). If you or your group are interested in helping the cause of feeding the homeless in the heat of Toronto, contact us: BLCF Phone: 416-535-9578  BLCF email: blcfcafe@yahoo.ca * BLCF Web Page: http://www.blcfchurch.ca

BLCF Cafe Fundraiser Wednesday May 25 at 6:00 at BLCF.

 

 BLCF Cafe Info Brochure 

Note: 100% of donations go directly to feeding upwards of 150 homeless and marginalized men, women and children at the BLCF Cafe Community Dinner. BLCF Cafe receives no government or corporate sponsorship. Come and support a worthy cause in the heart of Toronto.

 

Thanks to Cup of Cold Water and All Our Friends for a Successful Fundraiser on Behalf of the BLCF Cafe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cup of Cold Water FUNdraiser for the Homeless & Marginalized in the Heart of Toronto on Wednesday November 18 at BLCF

Join us at BLCF Café Community Dinner on Wednesday November 18 for a FUNdraiser Event featuring the talented Bluegrass Group, Cup of Cold Water in a Benefit Concert live 6PM-8PM.

Bring a donation and bring a friend.

BLCF Café Community Dinner, 1307 Bloor Street West (at Lansdowne Subway Station – Bloor West Line), Toronto, Ontario, BLCF: 416-535-9578

 

Sophie and Steve Mickelson at Cup of Cold Water’s November 1, 2014 Fundraiser for BLCF Cafe

Thank you to the amazing Steve Tsai for capturing these gems during our CD Release bash this past Saturday! What a great turn out and support you all gave for BLCF CAFE Community Dinner. SWEET!!! Thank you to all who support us near or far away. – Terry

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

Bluegrass Music to Feed the Homeless in the Heart of Toronto at BLCF Cafe Community Dinner

Link to Charity Village Posting

Bluegrass Concert on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 7PM, featuring the talents of ‘A Cup of Cold Water’  in an encore performance.

Admission $15. All proceeds go to BLCF Cafe Community Dinner, BLCF Cafe operates every Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM and feeds over 150 homeless and marginalized guests weekly, without any government funding or corporate sponsorship.Enjoy ‘A Cup of Cold Water’ perform Traditional Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel at:

Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship- BLCF Church, 1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 7PM BLCF is located just 1 block west of the Lansdowne Station, on the south side of Bloor Street.

BLCF: 416-535-9578.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=blcf+café

Bluegrass Concert to Help the Homeless in the Heart of Toronto October 19

Bluegrass Concert
on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 7PM, featuring the talents of ‘A Cup of
Cold Water’ in an encore performance.

Suggested Admission $15. All proceeds go to BLCF Cafe
Community Dinner. BLCF Cafe operates every
Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM and feeds over 150 homeless and marginalized
guests weekly, without any government funding or corporate sponsorship.

 

Enjoy ‘A Cup of Cold Water’ perform
Traditional Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel in the heart
of Toronto at:

Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship – BLCF Church, 1307
Bloor Street West, Toronto, Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 7PM BLCF is located
just 1 block west of the Lansdowne Station, on the south side of Bloor Street.

BLCF: 416-535-9578  blcfcafe.blogspot.com

Can you imagine catering a dinner for 200 every week for almost 6 years? That is what Sophie Mickelson has done since January 2008. And that includes shopping for food, plates, cups and utensils; food prep; setting up tables and chairs;setting up the sound system;setting up the tables for 200 guests;preparing beverages urns of juice,coffee and tea for 200; preparing deserts;training volunteers; welcoming guests; and when its over cleaning the eating area, kitchen and bathrooms;taking down tables, chairs and sound system, closing and locking up the church. Sometimes there are volunteers to help, but when there are none, Sophie sees that the job is done. And the next Wednesday at BLCF CAFE Community Dinnerr Sophie starts all over again. The 200 dinner guests are not the social elite and high rollers, but the homeless and marginalized men, women and children in the heart of Toronto. Sophie does not seek praise or glory, but needs help feeding the vulnerable. You can help the cause by attending the Bluegrass Concert Fundraiser Saturday October 19 at 7PM. You CAN make a difference!

A Cup of Coldwater featured at May 7 Fundraiser for Bloor Lansdowne – BLCF Cafe Community Dinner

Bloor Lansdowne – BLCF Cafe Community Dinner, a weekly dinner that feeds upwards of 100 homeless and marginalized people, is happy to announce a spring concert benefit featuring music of the talented Bluegrass / Folk Music duo ‘A Cup of Cold Water’ performing live on stage Saturday May 7, 2011 at 7PM at Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship, 1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Parking beside Value Village. Suggested admission for this benefit is $10. All proceeds go towards feeding the homeless at BLCF Cafe Community Dinner. Directions to BLCF: 416-535-9578.

'A Cup of Cold Water' performs live at fundraiser on May 7,to benefit homeless and marginalized people.