OUR MISSION

SOCO's mission is to provides young adults with a Christ-centred kingdom imagination through: 
  • ​Intentional Christian community living
  • Mentors who integrate faith and vocation
  • ​Meaningful connection to a local congregation
  • ​Local seasonal employment
​And all this...
​within 15 – 20 minutes of Ontario’s south coast! ​

THE SUMMER

6-7 young adult participants will move to the SOCO house in Port Dover in early May. They will live, work, and grow together in community through the next 4 months of summer, ending in late August. Participants will secure local/remote jobs for the summer and will join in group meals, devotions, teachings, and adventures. Each participant will be paired with a mentor, engage in self discovery, and will join in with the local church.

And if you are worried about the busyness, they will be plenty of things to do, but one of the values of SOCO is to have a balance. As much as we value time together and activities, we also value rest, solitude, and personal growth just as much.

We want everyone to feel loved, valued, and respected here at SOCO.

Intro Video to SoCo

SoCo began in 2020
​and continues to grow!

Learn from the past participants who have spent their summer with us.

Willemina Zwart
PROJECT FOUNDER

25 years ago, Willemina worked as a staff mentor at the Ocean City Beach Project.  Little did she know at that time that God would ignite a dream for a beach project on the south coast of Ontario!  She is an ordained pastor in the Christian Reformed Church and has been called by Immanuel CRC, Simcoe as the missional pastor of the SCBP.  Her ministry experience includes six years campus ministry with the Coalition for Christian Outreach and almost 17 years CRC congregational ministry.  She moved in October to Port Dover along with her recently retired husband, Kelly Sibthorpe, who previously worked in CRC campus ministry and grew up in Norfolk County.

PORT DOVER IS OUR HOME

We love it here and know you will too.
The beach is only one of the amazing draws of the SoCo Beach Project

Are you ready for a life-changing summer?