PALM Ministry Association celebrated its 20th anniversary as an official charity in 2023 with a banquet at Central Edmonton Alliance Church. In fact, the initial ministry team was in place starting in 1998 made up of official Alliance Workers Harold and Maureen Klassen and three different African households. For more than two decades now this team has been welcoming newcomers to Canada in Jesus' name.
Today, Ron and Lois, based in Edmonton, along with Shawn in Calgary continue to be employed by PALM and be licensed Alliance workers on "special assignment". If you're looking for a speaker for your church, small group, or any kind of event, we'd be happy to try and make it work. We currently have Tanzanian, Somali, and Syrian staff who would also love to share their story and ministry with you.
Our facility in Edmonton allows us to have roughly 60 men and women enrolled in ESL classes which run 5 days per week. The vast majority of those we serve are from the Muslim world while in total we have served clients from about 90 nations. With a staff of almost 15, we are able to embrace men, women, and children who are new to Canada. But we still count on many volunteers from area churches to fill in all the roles needed to love on immigrants and refugees well.
If you might be interested in checking out service opportunities or to have someone come and speak, please contact Ron at infopalmmin@gmail.com.