Let Us Arise & Build

We are working hard to improve the lives of orphans and the conditions in which some of them live. Some children live in appalling conditions and survive through childhood without many prospects for their future. This has an effect on their well-being throughout their adult lives, impacting their productivity and contribution to society. We want to change the status quo – giving these children a secure foundation, stability, and quality education, amongst other things, needed to develop and grow into God-fearing adults. To do that, we have started building a new orphanage at Tagaytay City of Cavite province in the Philippines, where the children will grow within the family context with the dignity and care every child needs. To help us bring this to fruition, we need to raise funds to complete this orphanage, making it as comfortable and cozy as possible for the children and helping them feel at home.

We need your help to raise funds for the building. We started the construction last year. The Lord has provided us with 1250 square meters of land, which will give a family home to over 200 orphaned and street children. We are currently working on the grounds of the building, making it safe for the children. To help with the construction, we need to raise approximately $50,000; that is where you can help.

Solid Rock Baptist Church is a church out of Old Paths Baptist Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania started by Missionary Jon Mark Harwood and his family. In 2005, he left Old Paths Baptist and headed with his family to Alberta. Initially intending to go to Edmonton, the Lord changed their direction and led them to the city of Calgary. They arrived in Calgary on June 5, 2005. He started Solid Rock Baptist Church of Calgary, with his family attending, in the basement of their first home in Bridlewood, where they started their first church services in the basement. Soon after, their family moved to another house in Somerset, where the basement was renovated, and church services continued.

By the grace of God, the church began to grow, eventually outgrowing the basement. Since then, the church has only gotten bigger and has had different locations over the years. In November 2007, the church was located at 424 Acadia Drive, Southeast. The next move occurred on November 17, 2013, at a new location in Forest Lawn in southeast Calgary. The location is at 1539 43rd Street SE, corner of 16th Avenue, SE. This move has been necessitated by the building's owner's sale of the church building in Acadia, SE. As of now, our congregation meets at 950 Queensland Dr SE.

The church is beginning to move locations again, and by June 30, 2024, Solid Rock will be at 5811 46th Street Southeast, Calgary.

The Lord has graciously continued to provide places for our church to meet and worship, and our church is growing through God's provision. We are currently working towards building our own church building, which we pray to have in the near future. In the meantime, we continue to do the Lord's work of spreading the Gospel wherever the Lord has placed us.

We have seen God do some wonderful things TO and FOR us over the years. Not only do we have a great history, but we believe, by the grace of God, that we also have a great future. Maybe that future includes having YOU as part of our church family!