Oasis Café during COVID-19:
Since March 23 Oasis Café has been operating a fruit/vegetable stand and providing take-out meals on Mondays from 5:30-7:30pm & Tuesdays from 11am-1pm. Please note that we are no longer accepting reusable containers.
During this pandemic, please consider supporting the essential services provided by Oasis Café by giving financially and selecting the drop-down option "Oasis Café." We continue to receive donations from the list below.
The mission of Oasis Café is to be a place of welcome, mutual spiritual formation, holistic care, and discipleship.
Loneliness and social isolation is an experience many of us face at some point in our lives. It is a common thread that bridges us, regardless of our background. At the core, Oasis Café is intended to be a haven for people to find refreshment and renewal.
Oasis first opened its doors in the fall of 1999. The Café is our attempt to live out the vision of biblical hospitality as shown in Scripture. Showing welcome to the outsider is an essential component of the Christian faith (Deuteronomy 10:18-19, Matthew 25:34-40, and Hebrews 13:2) and we strive to follow Jesus’ example of missional living and hospitality by loving our neighbour through building friendships with people of mixed incomes and backgrounds.
We pursue this through a community meal that welcomes all, which also provides work experience to those with barriers to employment. The café is open:
- Monday from 5:30-7:30pm
- Tuesday from 11am-1pm
Join us in the Lower East Hall at our Mt. Pleasant site. Come dine with us over a fresh, home-cooked meal, and share conversations at the table.
To volunteer with Oasis, please read the job description and fill out our application.
Partners
These groups have generously donated their time and resources to operating Oasis Café at various levels:
- Aunt Leah’s Urban Thrift
- City Beet Farm
- COBS Bread Bakery
- Costco
- Elysian Coffee Roasters
- FoodStash Foundation
- Gordon Food Services
- JustWork Economic Initiative
- Kits Cares Café
- Northland
- QUEST Food Exchange
- Sports Junkies
- Terra Breads
- True North
- UBC Homemade PPE Initiative
- Vancouver Public Library
- Veritiv
- Windsor Quality Meats
- Countless individual donors with generous hearts!
Give
Consider supporting the essential services provided by Oasis Café by giving financially and selecting the drop-down option "Oasis Café." We also welcome the following donations:
- Toothbrushes
- Travel size toothpaste
- Razors
- Adult socks
- Men's boxer briefs
- Hand warmers
- Tim Horton's gift cards
- Bottled water
- Flavoured canned tuna with pull-tab lid
Donations can be dropped off at the church office Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm. Kindly label your donations "FOR OASIS CAFE."
Questions? Email us.