Inner Hope Youth Ministries

Inner Hope serves youth and families in East Vancouver who have experienced intergenerational trauma. We come alongside youth and families who desire to break cycles of addiction, abuse and poverty through providing practical support, discipleship, life skills mentoring and housing. Our vision is to see youth and families equipped to live healthy lives and to empower the next generation. The demographic we serve includes single parent families and racially oppressed minorities. Approximately 90% of our community is of Indigenous descent. Many continue to suffer the impacts of colonization and the residential school system. It is through the process of living life together in a caring community that change happens. Inner Hope has connected with hundreds of youth and children since launching in 2007. Each year we walk alongside close to 250 individuals. We house an average of 6-8 young people and offer life skills mentoring for around 50 youth and young adults. Website: https://www.innerhope.ca/

Featured Post

article

Reconciliation: Doing Our Part

Others – Forgiveness

Currently, around 90% of the core individuals Inner Hope serves are Indigenous.

All Posts

article

Richie’s Story

Others – Growth

My family wasn’t very good at dealing with problems in healthy ways. [ read more ]

article

Mark’s Story

Others – Community

Growing up, I didn’t have a father figure, and my mom wasn’t in the picture for a number of years. I went into the foster care system at 11. [ read more ]

article

An Opportunity for Change

Others – Indigenous

Racism is endemic in our society. I’ll share a few experiences, which are truly the tip of the iceberg. [ read more ]

article

Kayla’s Story

Self – Poverty

Kayla grew up without the guidance and love of her parents. [ read more ]

video

James’ Story

Self – Homelessness

James was one of 681 youth in Vancouver who experienced homelessness last year. [ read more ]

video

Yvon’s Story

Others – Community

Yvon is a residential school survivor. [ read more ]

video

Angelita’s Story

Others – Family

Angelita found the willingness of Inner Hope to walk with her on the journey of getting her niece out of foster care. [ read more ]

article

A Place of Community

Others – Community

Community to me means family. [ read more ]

All Topics

Creation(52) God(147) Others(547) Self(112) Addictions(38) Agriculture(18) Business(14) Calling(13) Child Poverty(55) Christmas(13) Church(13) Community(50) Community Development(40) COVID-19(53) Creation Care(24) Depression(4) Devotional(37) Divorce(2) Education(54) Employment(23) Evangelism(14) Exploitation(25) Faith(4) Family(24) Finances(31) Food(44) Forgiveness(11) Giving(9) Gratitude(5) Growth(7) Health(31) Homelessness(29) Hunger(21) Identity(22) Indigenous(4) Justice(26) Law(4) Leadership(17) Loneliness(7) Marriage(8) Mental Health(19) Missions(6) Opinion(1) Parenting(6) Poverty(97) Power(3) Racism(10) Recovery(15) Refugees(10) Relationships(54) Shame(3) Sponsorship(14) Stewardship(11) Stories(115) Suffering(14) Support(46) Theology(108) Trafficking(16) Women & Girls(22)