Sweethearts and 5 and 2 Ministries volunteers Fred and Lisa tied the knot Saturday at the water’s edge in Mill Lake Park. They have been together 8 years. Freddy Jr…
By Pastor Ward Draper. I have encountered many people in my years of service to vulnerable and marginalized groups that persist on expressing venomous, toxic, and hateful ideas that all…
By Pastor Ward Draper, The 5 and 2 Ministries. The homeless and the City of Abbotsford have found themselves again in the nation’s eye as the city shut down yet…
By Pastor Ward Draper. Yesterday I received a series of emails from inside the Abbotsford Police Department obtained by Pivot Legal Society. The emails contain correspondence between leadership inside our…
This week’s Today column, Next Steps, by Pastor Ward Draper of The 5 and 2 Ministries has been picked up by The Huffington Post. Here’s a recap of the coverage…
By Pastor Ward Draper. These words were posted on my Facebook wall as a comment after I had posted a link to a Huffington post article regarding the homeless lawsuits…
By Mike Archer. As the community searches for positive outcomes to the Abbotsford Chicken Manure Homeless Incident one of those positive outcomes may be that residents have become more aware…