Extended hours are back.

Monday 10am-5pm
Tuesday 10am-5pm
Wednesday 10am-5pm
Thursday 10am-5pm
Friday 10am-10pm

Grilled cheese, iced coffee, coffee ice cubes, coffee floats coming soon.

The Freeway is an innovative, non-profit, fair trade coffee house, art and music venue, and community commons that functions as a third place and is committed to re-investing in the local and global community.

Our art exhibition for March & April has been produced by The Salvation Army Lawson Ministries (SALM). It features 29 selected works, created by ten artistically gifted individuals with an intellectual disability. The exhibition was designed to showcase the artistic skills of the participants, and is intended to be a fundraiser with generated proceeds being used to help enrich the existing SALM programs. The displayed pieces within the exhibition were created through the participation in the art program, which is partly run in the basement of our coffee house. This program was developed in 2008 as a pilot project and has since grown to be a regular curriculum of Lawson Ministries. The program exposes the clients to a wide range of media and a multitude of techniques which assist in enhancing the artistic expression of the participants. Each piece portrayed in the exhibition is uniquely representative of its maker, and may stand to tell as story, express an emotion, capture a thought, or represents a series of actions carried out in time.

About The Art Instructor:

Kamila Miszelska has been a forerunner in the development and implementation of the art program at Lawson Ministries. Kamila has always been passionate about art and has been producing various forms of art works ever since she could remember. Kamila’s artistic drive lead her to pursue undergraduate studies in Fine Arts and Psychology at McMaster University. After graduating with honours in 2007, Kamila has upheld successful employment at various eminent organizations including BIS, Good Shepherd and The Salvation Army Lawson Ministries, where she facilities the art program twice a week. Besides her busy schedule, Kamila actively produces abstract/non-representational works which employ a wide range of media and draw upon the sub-consciousness, subjectivity and the intuitive impulses. Kamila’s artistic production has facilitated her personal growth and has lead her to experience the healing qualities of art firsthand.

The Freeway literally has the best volunteers in the world. We have so many dedicated and amazing people who make things happen for the coffee house and the church community throughout the year. Well, on Monday, April 19th at 5:30pm we are hosting a volunteer appreciation event at the coffee house in order to celebrate all the fine folks that make up our volunteer community. This event is for all the people who have volunteered regularly with The Freeway in 2009.

We will have a potluck dinner, some presentations, and a really good time. Please drop Natasha Tilley (our volunteer coordinator) a line if you are interested in coming: natasha@frwy.ca

1. “Stories & Song” – Celebrating God’s active presence in our city. (This takes place at Philpott Memorial Church on Friday evening.)
2. “Prayer” – A time to connect with God’s heart for our city through prayer. (This takes place at Philpott Memorial Church on Saturday morning.)
3. “In Concert Coffee House” – Great music and art and conversation. (This takes place at The Freeway on Saturday evening.)

In addition, there will be a 24/7 prayer room established at Philpott for one week: February 19 to 26. If you are interested in registering (or volunteering) for any of the events of the conference, please drop me a line: pernell@frwy.ca

1. If there is already a third place in your neighbourhood.
2. If you are thinking of designating a room(s) in your church building for the third place.
3. If you are planning to create a third place as a way to evangelize, or grow your church.
4. If you are planning for this to be a place that is seldom/rarely open (ie. one evening per week).
5. If you think this will make you a bunch of money to fund your church.
6. If you think this is the new model for missional church… the next thing to do in church… everyone’s doing it.
7. If you have a hard (impossible?) time with living in tension.
8. If you feel the need to see results (quickly?) in terms of the number of people who join your church, find Jesus, etc. through the third place.
9. If you are not completely aware of the neighbourhood you are wanting to start the third place in. Do your homework. Live there for a few years.
10. If you have not gone through a process of discerning what the Spirit of God is up to / creating /doing in your neighbourhood.

It may sound silly, but I can’t tell you the number of church leaders who have approached us to “learn the ropes” and more than one of the above applied to them.

If you would like to arrange a time to chat with us further about third places, mission, or neighbourhood engagement, drop us a line any time: info@frwy.ca, or consider coming to our Cultivate Learning Party on Saturday, March 20 in order to spend the day learning alongside us.

Hey Readers! You may or may not know that The Freeway has live music every Friday evening. Some things you should know about Fridays:

• It is usually $5 at the door which goes to support our musicians.
• We have 3 performers per night and music generally starts at 8 pm.
• It is an all ages venue with a wide variety of music.

If you are a musician (or know someone who is) and you have a website or myspace or a way we can hear your tunes, email me at miranda@frwy.ca … Let’s see if your sound melds with our venue and if we can book you in the near future!

And for you music lovers who don’t consider yourself a musician – don’t forget this great space on a Friday night. Come out and enjoy delicious fair trade coffee, fresh baked goods, and quality local music!

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Monday: 7 am – 4 pm
Tuesday: 7 am – 4 pm
Wednesday: 7 am – 10 pm (community workshops in the evenings)
Thursday: 7 am – 4 pm
Friday: 7am – Midnight (live music in the evenings)
Saturday: We are closed, but our space is available to rent.
Sunday: We are closed, but we have worship gatherings at 6 pm.