Ep. 37 | Hope for Refugees w/ Ann Barnard Ball

We have some incredible partnering ministries here in Fellowship Pacific and one of those is New Hope Community Services. New Hope provides housing, support, community, and so much more to refugee families as they transition to healthy living.

In this episode, Krista Penner from our Leadership Development team sat down to talk with Ann Barnard Ball, Executive Director of New Hope, about what’s bringing hope to New Hope as they navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and look to a post-Covid future along with the rest of us.

You’ll get to hear incredible stories of some of the residents of New Hope and you’ll learn about how God has been working through this ministry as they love and support the families He has brought them.

CLICK HERE to visit the episode page on our website where you can find out more about how to pray for New Hope and other ways you can get involved.

ANN BARNARD BALL

Ann Barnard Ball is the Executive Director of New Hope Community Services, which provides the first home and a community of care for refugees during their first eighteen months in Canada.  Ann has spent the last 25 years as an advocate of social justice in the areas of child welfare, poverty, and newcomers through organizations like the Children’s Aid Foundation, Yonge Street Mission and New Hope Community Services.  Ann also spent several years as the Executive Director of Advancement at Power to Change Ministries.

She has a heart to see people of faith engage with and extend friendship to people who have struggled to be fully included in society.  Ann is also working on a Master of Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University.  Ann, her husband Steven and feline fur baby, Morse, live in Maple Ridge.