Life as an Act Five Resident
If you had asked me back in high school where I thought I would end up living after I graduated from university, I could never have come up with the […]
Freedom in Restriction: The Beauty of Community Life
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Matt. 5:17) Psalm 133:1 reads: […]
Through Childlike Eyes: Reflections from Alumna Alleluia Buist
Alleluia Buist, an alumna of Act Five (‘22), recently completed a 3-month internship at A Rocha Canada’s Brooksdale Environmental Centre. Here she shares her experience and learning from her time […]
Making Room this Christmas
From the end-of-term newsletter, December 2022 I wonder… do we have any room this Christmas season? Do we have room for God to come again and dwell among us – in a new way – just as he did in […]
Life in Community: End-of-Term Reflections
Tell us your story. At the end of each term, our students are given an assignment as part of the Place, Home, & Land course that asks them to share […]
How You Spend Your Days…
Our students have now completed 9 weeks of what we call “Ordinary Time” at Act Five. This thing called “Ordinary Time” is what makes our gap year program both dynamic […]
A Week on Manitoulin Island
By David Schuurman, Program Manager I’ve been closely involved with Act Five since the day the program got possession of the property on Blake Street, I lived at the Act […]
At the Quarter Mark: Engagement & Rest
*While speaking of our day at A Rocha below, we truly rested in creation without taking photos, and so the images included here are from other days to this point […]
Traipsing Through Temagami: Our Canoe Trip!
Each year, with Coldwater Canada, our students embark on a ten-day canoe trip through the spectacular Ontario wilderness. The trip is challenging but enriching; a fantastic opportunity for the students […]
YEAR 4: Here We Go!
We’ve begun! On Monday, Sept 5, after a few quiet weeks following our summer tenancy program, 13 new students moved into the Act Five residence to launch our fourth gap […]
