PROJECTS & EVENTS
Current Events
FIS Community Workshop!
Snacks and drinks provided, childcare available
771 Sargent Ave, May 2nd 6:30pm-8:30pm
Join us for an evening full of information and resources! We have experts presening on topics such as support for newcomer needs, housing information, financing, banking, healthy lifestyle tips, and mortgage advidce.
For full information, please click the link below to VIEW or PRINT the poster:
May2024_CommunityWorkshop_Poster
Need more info? Please email Betiel: bwoldai@fiswpg.net
Now booking church visits for 2024!
Would you like to share the work of Freedom International School with your church or small group? We would love to connect with you.
Please email Cyndi: events@fiswpg.net
Ongoing Projects of Freedom International School
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Past Events
Freedom Fiesta Fundraising Supper 2023
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Mission Baptist Church (basement)
771 Sargent Ave, Winnipeg
Join us for an evening of delicious, authentic flavours from Central America paired with Canadian favourites; soak in student reflections on our Psalms project and hear stories of student growth; celebrate the work God is doing at Freedom International School!
Freedom International School AGM
Monday, November 21, 2022, 7 pm
Mission Baptist Church (2nd floor boardroom)
771 Sargent Ave, Winnipeg
Open to the public, limited seating. Click here to see full annual report and financial information.
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 6 pm
Mission Baptist Church (basement)
771 Sargent Ave, Winnipeg
Come and see what Jesus is doing at Freedom International School! Join us in enjoying a flavourful feast as diverse as our school community. This fundraising dinner will tickle your tastebuds with delicious foods from the Middle East, Africa, Central America and North America while you hear stories of the amazing work God doing in the lives of our students.
FREEDOM MADE Christmas Sale
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 10 am-3 pm
Mission Baptist Church (basement)
771 Sargent Ave, Winnipeg
FREE ADMISSION! Featuring vendors, hand-made goods, and baking. Proceeds from booth sales and student-produced product support FREEDOM MADE, an entrepreneurial venture class for Freedom International School’s grade 9-12 students
July 11 – 22 and Aug 2 – 19, 2022
This summer, stay on track in READING and MATH plus enjoy FIELD TRIPS,
SPORTS, ART and WORSHIP!
Monday to Friday, 10 am-3:30 pm
Open to all students entering Grades 2-10 in Sept 2022. Limited spots available, register now!
COST: $20/child or $50/household per week
Thursday, May 19th, 2022
4-9 pm. 771 Sargent Ave
RAIN or SHINE!
Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate being together! We’re saying Asante – Thank you. Asante to our sponsors, Asante to our school community, Asante to our West End community. Asante for having a chance to gather for fun, food, and laughter!
The day will include a 3 on 3 tournament (weather dependant), carnival games, prizes, kids activities, free face painting, henna tattoos, Grad Bake Sale, live music and dance performances, artisan and vendor tables, delicious food, and more!
Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the Lord – Psalm 104:34
September 2021 – March 2022
A time of contemplative prayer
Start your day soaking in the presence of our Creator. All are welcome for a prayer walk through the school, praying for school and city of Winnipeg. Lead by Francine Wiebe, school principal.
September, 2021
We are happy to announce that Freedom International School has been selected by @CTJumpstart to receive a grant from their Sport Relief Fund. The fund helps community sport organizations like ours continue to provide access to sport and play for Canadian kids. This grant will help us to buy sports equipment and jerseys for our extremely active and athletic students at Freedom International School!
Voices of Freedom: Gangs, Guns & our Youth – A conversation for Peace in Winnipeg
November 10-11, 2021
With guest speaker Shane Claiborne, emcees Rachel Smith and Abigaïl Theano-Pudwill, worship led by Dan & Rachel Bergman and Freedom Worship band (led by Nick Mullin), morning prayer with Pastor Marty McLean, guests Vinh Huynh, and Elizabeth Andrea, and local panel discussion featuring Adrienne Asesor De Mesa, Daniel Hidalgo, Douglas Santos, Prince Busime, and Shawn Gallant, facilitated by Bonnie Ferguson-Baird.
View videos on our YouTube Channel HERE.
Online Spring Fundraiser
Thursday, May 27, 2021
View online HERE.
This year’s Asante festival is going live online
Friday, October 16th, 2020, 7 pm
Access to the event will be provided through a YouTube link, which will be sent out at around 6 pm today. If you would like to attend, make sure you carve out a 15 minute period of your day until Sunday at 7 pm (as the video will then become a private listing, so that we can put out its final version later in the month/year).
The link is shareable, but we would prefer that you share it with friends as if you “bought” them a ticket, rather than as a Facebook or general post. But, we would love to see photos of you cozied up in your living room, watching together with your family and loved ones—so feel free to post! Go as your heart leads you to respond.
We can’t wait to see your faces and hear your voices in both the comments section and, hopefully, in your stories and posts this evening as well!
Donate with the lowest administration costs is by E-transfer (please send name and address for a tax receipt, and password details in a separate email). For more donation options, please visit our website.
Thank you so much for your love and support.
Asante.
JOIN US FOR THE FREE PUBLIC EXHIBIT OF “THESE RESILIENT BODIES”
Friday, February 28, 2020
5:00-7:00 pm at The Edge Gallery, 210-611 Main Street
These Resilient Bodies – Art Therapy Responses to Kent Monkman’s
“Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience”
Featuring the work of: Devotha Kwizera, Shonette Babb, Indira Martinez,
Jeanne Ungwa, Jackline, Epitas, and others
COME CELEBRATE FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL’S FIRST GRADUATING CLASS!
Friday, February 7, 2020
1:00-2:00 pm at Mission Baptist Church sanctuary,
771 Sargent Ave., Winnipeg
It is with hearts full of joy and pride that we invite you to join us for our first-ever graduation ceremony! The graduates are three amazing young adults who have worked hard, persevered, and completed Manitoba’s graduation requirements.
Each has incredible strengths that have helped them face their own unique challenges and the daunting task of doing studies in a language that is not their first language.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
1-4 pm
Westwood Community Church
401 Westwood Drive, Winnipeg
Christmas shopping for a cause! Join us for the first annual Freedom International School Taste of Freedom Christmas Craft & Bake Sale.
Our craft/bake sale has a coffee bar with Fair Trade coffee from Ten Thousand Villages along with individual baked treats. Stroll through Potters, Knitters, Writers, African handicrafts, Hatmakers, Handmade bags, an assortment of Christmassy baked treats, Fancy cupcakes, Paintings, and more!
For more information, to book a table, donate baking, or get involved, please call our
Nordic Knitter and Event Coordinator, Kathleen at 431-334-8682
Welcome!
Join us in humbling ourselves before the Lord!
7 AM, November 8th – 7 AM, November 11th, 2019
Mission Baptist Church, 771 Sargent Ave.
We are fasting for finances for our school.
God’s story has brought us this far and we know He will breakthrough this financial dry season into the far greater one coming.
We are fasting for the genuine salvation of our school’s students.
Many students know of the Lord, and we pray their lives would follow suit as they meet Him.
We are fasting for God’s will for Winnipeg’s Church body.
We want to be another connecting point for the church in Winnipeg to come together in our pursuit of God.
Freedom International School has no affiliation in any way to IHOPKC but their live stream can help volunteers and guests understand the event’s format.
Link to IHOPKC’s live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86myFw3YBmg
All Blessings to you in Christ,
– Freedom International School
November 14, 2019 7:30-9 pm
West End Community Church, 221 Hampton Street, Winnipeg
Enjoy an evening of award-winning music with singer/songwriter Don Amero.
Hear about the work of Freedom International School.
Special appearances by the
Freedom International School Freedom Choir!
Learn how YOU can partner with us
to invest in our student’s futures.