“Living with others has made the Gospel come alive for me.”
Could Your Home Be Someone's New Beginning?
Whether you have one spare room, one meal to share, or simply a heart to welcome others, your hospitality can become part of someone’s story.
Every Home Has the Power to Change a Life.
Just One Room helps churches and families welcome refugees through hospitality, friendship, and Christ-centred community.
Hosts, guests, and churches walking together
across Canada.
across Canada.
FEATURED STORY
Albert's Journey
After fleeing conflict, Albert arrived in Canada carrying only a suitcase and a quiet hope. A church family opened a spare room — and slowly, over shared meals and long evenings, that room became something more. It became home.
"I did not expect to find a family here. But that is what happened." "
WHAT IS JUST ONE ROOM?
Hospitality is more than a meal. It's a way of following Jesus.
Just One Room is about opening our homes with generosity. Opening our doors to those in need has been a long practice in our faith history (Leviticus 19:34, Hebrews 13:2). In fact, kindness expressed to the hungry, thirsty and stranger was seen as an act of kindness to Christ Himself (Matthew 25:35).
Christians with an extra room can welcome those in need to share in their home as a reflection of their Christian love. This can be a life changing and powerful experience for the host as well as the guest. In many incidences in the Scriptures, hospitality leads to a blessing to the host (1 Kings 17, 2 Kings 4).
HOW IT WORKS
A simple, faithful next step.
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Open Your Home
Share a spare room or temporary space with a newcomer who needs a safe place to land.
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Build Community
Offer friendship, meals, encouragement, and belonging as trust grows over time.
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Open Your Home
Together we create welcoming communities rooted in faith — for hosts and guests alike.
HOW IT WORKS
A simple, faithful next step.
Albert’s Journey
From a suitcase of hope to a family table — how one spare room changed…
A Host Family’s Story
“We thought we were giving. We ended up receiving so much more.”
Finding Home in
Canada
A young mother learns that home is less about a place and more about a people.
Opening Our Door Changed Us Too
How a shared kitchen slowly rewrote what one couple believed about the…
WHY HOSPITALITY MATTERS
The table is where the Gospel becomes visible.
The Bible is not silent on the stranger. From Abraham welcoming three visitors to the early church sharing everything in common, Scripture paints hospitality not as an act of charity — but as a reflection of who God is.
“Living with others has made the Gospel come alive for me.”
— Christine, Founder
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GET INVOLVED
Find your place at the table.
There are many ways to be part of this story. Find the one that fits
where you are right now.
where you are right now.
Become a Host
Learn how opening one room can make a lasting difference.
Volunteer
Support newcomers through friendship and community.
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