Click here for more news and updates about the big move.

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A huge ‘thank you’ to the great team that made the trip happen so that a real difference could be made for this family.

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Click here to learn more and stay up-to-date with all of the latest on the big move.

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We’re flying into Atlanta, Georgia, jumping into a big van, and road tripping across America into Mexico.  We’ll spend 4 days there building a house with our own two hands.  Hammering, cutting, drilling, and plastering.  After 4 days we’ll hand the keys of the new house over to the family who will live there. Then we’ll jump in a van and drive home.  Oh, and we’re also going to stop in some cool cities along the way to do a little touristy sightseeing.  Can you blame us?

Right now we are fund raising for the materials to build the house.  Want to make a donation? We’d be very grateful!  Contact Jenn or Mike for more information. (We hope to enable online giving soon.)

This is a post from Canvas entitled We’re Going to Mexico.

This will be the second time they’ve brought the clinic to Canvas and we’re honoured that we can be a part of their work. Come to Canvas between 12:30pm and 4pm for your chance to impact someone’s life in a positive way.

Visit their Facebook event page and let them know that you’ll be there.

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This is one way that we can continue to be better neighbours to you, and being great neighbours is important to us. Hope you’ll join us this Sunday.

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On 8 December, at 8pm, we’ll hear Mosaic play some of your favourite Christmas tunes in a unique acoustic style, all of them musically interesting, using polished vocal harmonies and incredible stylistic arrangements. As the evening goes on, we’ll have some free mince pies and other holiday delicacies. Music and pies. That’s it.

As a special bonus, listen to a track off Mosaic’s latest holiday album, right here. Click ‘play’ below to hear them perform O Come, O Come Emmanuel.

It will be a relaxing and memorable way of starting off your holiday season.

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Building a home for a family in need in Juarez, Mexico.

Canvas are teaming up with Casas por Cristo to build a house for a family in need in Juarez, Mexico this summer. We’d love to take a whole group of people to make it an even better experience for all. If you’d like to be a part of a trip like this, one that radically changes the life of a family, come to Canvas tonight (Thursday) at 8pm for a quick informational meeting (here’s more information on the Facebook event page).

If you have any interest at all and can make the time, you’ll definitely not want to miss it. Come be a part of something truly meaningful.

This is a post from Canvas entitled We’re Going to Mexico.

About Joining the Register.
Attend the clinic, read through the form and check that you do not have any medical conditions that would mean you were unable to join the register.

Then fill in a health questionnaire, and a trained Marrow counsellor will then then explain the procedures involved should you be called up to donate at any point in the future. They will also answer any questions you may have.

Finally a trained phlebotomist will then take a small blood sample (4mls which is less than a teaspoon) which is sent off to be tissue typed.

As a new member of the Anthony Nolan Trust register you will receive a registration card and postal confirmation of your status as a potential life saver a few weeks after having provided your sample.

Every single person on the Register is making a wonderful commitment â?? to make themselves available to support another person in need of a life saving transplant.

This is an excellent way to make a real difference in someone’s life. Click here to view the Facebook Event Invitation to show your support.

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Adrian and Emmanuel playing didgeridoo and djembe at Open-Mic.

Mondays (every fortnight)
Canvas Open Mic Night | 8pm
Bring some songs to play or just come to enjoy some great, local artists. Free coffee, free tea, free desserts at intermission. Click here to save your space to play.

Tuesdays
Tuesday Night at Canvas | 8pm
Every Tuesday night, come to Canvas for a free dinner, live music from an excellent band, and a talk from one of the Canvas staff about the journey they’ve had with their Christian faith (it’s probably not what you expect).

Thursdays
Free Lunch Thursday | 12pm to 2pm
Walk by Canvas on your way to or from lectures for a free lunch. Feel free to stop and eat at Canvas or take it away. Either way, it’s free and it’s good.

Asmal and Dom cooking for Free Lunch Thursday.

Tuesday Night Recap | 1pm to 2pm
Want to talk about Tuesday Night at Canvas? Come to Canvas to ask your questions and hear more about the topic of the staff’s Tuesday night talk.

Fridays
Prayer and Communion | 10am to 10:30am
If you’d like to join the Canvas staff for a time of prayer and communion, come to Canvas to talk and pray about whatever is on your mind.

Guy’s Basketball | 1:45pm
Meet at Canvas at 1:45pm and then head to the ball court to demonstrate your crazy basketball skills.

This is just a small glimpse of what a week at Canvas is like. There are other great events that happen less frequently, events like Clean Up Selly Oak Days, meetings about our forthcoming trip to Mexico to build a house for a family in need, and even Birmingham Marrow, a bone marrow effort in conjunction with the Anthony Nolan Trust. When your looking for a great way to spend an evening or meet new people, just check out our events calendar and come to Canvas.

This is a post from Canvas entitled A Week at Canvas.