Incredible 50-K
Home Makeover In The Heart Of The City : A
Renovation By Faith
This week's program has been in the
works for a few months. When Lorna received a call
from an actor who came up with the idea of
completely renovating a family's home from top to
bottom - in two weeks - she thought of all the
popular 'extreme makeover' shows on TV and their
seemingly limitless budgets and wondered could
they pull this off? Well it seems even Listen Up
has pull when it comes to getting home renovators
and suppliers in on helping others. And that's
just what happened.
Meet Bill and Donna Dyck (put in picture of the
two of them here) and their four children Lisa,
Martin, Andrew and Michael. Bill and Donna say
they 'felt a call from God' to leave rural western
Canada and start a church in downtown Toronto -
not too far from where they both grew up. It was a
tough move for Donna who says she asked God to
give her a home on a dead end street, with a
porch, a park and good neighbors. Well, she got
all that and more. 10 years later - Bill, Donna
and their entire family are immersed and thriving
in the community in the heart of the city they
have grown to love.
So we sent our cameras to cover the beginning,
middle and ending of what started as a one room
makeover and became a $50-thousand dollar total
renovation.
The volunteers dubbed it, 'Reno By Faith.'
Designer Marie MacNeil, performance artist Jason
Hildebrand, and banking executive, Ernie Johannson
are just three of the many players in this
magnificent home makeover story… off they went
with our cameras and you won't believe what
happened next… (upload the show to see more!)
The Accomplices Marie Macneill
Jason & Sara Hildebrand
Ernie & Bruce Johannson
Corinne & Tim Scott
Ted Little
Kent & Tina Friesen
John & Liliana Nakonechny
Donna Groot
Don, Delores, Elissa & Erin Tjart
Heather, Mike & Hannah Scott
Lauren & Duane MacNeill
Ken Blackburn
Doreen Steller
Spencer McClung
Martin, Lisa & Andrew Dyck
Blair & Gae Keyser
Doug & Judy Wiebe
Don & Ruth Reimer
Ciann Wilson
Lori Bieda
Larry Choo-hang
Andrew Kraulis
Maria Steeves
Larry, Marge, Kendra, Emily, Katie & Ben Dyck
Bonnie Clark
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On April 30, 2005 Lorna was privileged to receive an honorary Doctorate of Christian Ministries from Canada's largest Christian university, Trinity Western University. Lorna was recognized for the witness and leadership that Listen Up TV has provided in public messaging: "a leader in the voice of evangelical life in Canada."