Lessons from Temagami
Our students got back from their canoe adventure in Temagami, Ontario almost 2 weeks ago now, and it was just last Thursday that we drove back down from Coldwater‘s base […]
Act Five Year Two is Underway!
On Labour Day of 2020, 16 students moved into our house on Blake St in Hamilton, signifying the start of Act Five 2020-2021. Students decorated their bedrooms, unpacked their belongings, […]
Beginning Year Two: Faithfully Improvising
“So? Is it happening? Is Act Five on for this fall?” In a dozen or so iterations, this question has been asked a hundred times the past months. Whether by […]
How does one measure impact? – Parent Testimonies
Since its inception, the number of those supporting Act Five has steadily grown. For those of us involved with Act Five, we – perhaps obviously – wholeheartedly believe in this […]
Thank you, and a note on what is to come.
To begin… As a final post for this inaugural year of Act Five, I want to say thank you. Thank you to all of you reading this who have followed […]
Second Term Recap
One of our students writes that “the second semester is when it felt like we were living real life and not just this incredible dream. “Second semester and our storytelling […]
Taking Time for the Gaps
My husband Dave and I moved into the Act Five home on Blake Street as Resident Leaders from just four streets over, but the transition was impossible to overestimate. We […]
Celebrating Act Five 2019-20
It has been a wild 7 months – from the moment our students moved in all the way to the chaotic and unexpected way they moved out – Act Five […]
The Act Five Story
What is Act Five all about? What makes it distinct? What need is this meeting in young adults and how is it doing so? Check out this video and share it […]
In light of Covid-19: A Word from the Director
To humble ourselves, to seek His face, and to improvise an ending. As we at Act Five (and as an extension of Redeemer) commit to being good global neighbours, our […]