# Twelve Years on the Streets: What God Has Done in Hamilton

> What began in 2014 with two people, coffee, and a question grew into 20+ weekly outreach teams, a citywide festival, and churches making evangelism normal.

- Author: Daniel Ziedins (https://www.danielziedins.com)
- Published: 2026-07-28
- Topic: Testimony
- Reading time: 2 min
- Canonical: https://www.kd-ziedins.com/blog/twelve-years-on-the-streets

In 2014 we didn't launch a ministry. We just started showing up.

Love on Hamilton began with the two of us walking downtown with coffee and a simple question: *"Can we pray with you for anything?"* No stage. No strategy. No budget. Just a conviction that the people everyone walks past are the people Jesus walks toward.

Twelve years later, that walk has become something we could never have engineered.

## What grew

- **20+ weekly outreach teams** — ordinary believers who now go out on their own, every week, without us needing to be there.
- **Love on The World** — the same heart carried to more cities. You can follow that at [loveontheworld.com](https://www.loveontheworld.com).
- **Overflow** — launched in 2022, a Sunday evening service where the Holy Spirit was given full permission to move.
- **A partnership with e3 Canada** — equipping believers to evangelise and establish multiplying churches.
- **The Jesus Festival** — a free citywide gathering where thousands come together to worship and hear about Jesus.

## What we actually learned

### Faithfulness beats strategy

We have never once out-planned God. The seasons that produced the most fruit were the seasons we simply kept showing up when it was cold, inconvenient, and nobody was watching.

### Practical love opens spiritual doors

Warm socks in February. A meal. A coat. A ride. Presence when someone is at their lowest. Meeting a real need earns the right to speak about a deeper one — and that order matters.

If you want to try it yourself, our practical guide to [street evangelism](https://www.kd-ziedins.com/blog/what-is-street-evangelism) covers what it looks like, how to approach someone, and how to stay safe.

### Nobody does this alone

Every single story of a life changed came through a body of people praying, giving, and showing up. Not one of them was a solo effort. That's not humility for its own sake — it's just what happened.

> "And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great." — Luke 8:8

### The church is stronger than we give it credit for

When disaster hits, the local church is often already on the ground before any agency arrives. That conviction is why [Kingdom Response](https://www.kingdomresponse.com) exists — mobilising churches to respond fast and well.

## Where it's going

We believe Canada is on the edge of the greatest revival it has ever seen. Not because of a mood, but because we keep meeting people who are genuinely hungry.

The [Jesus Festival](https://www.jesusfestival.ca) is one of the clearest pictures of that — a whole city gathering with no cover charge and no catch. There's a [festival app](https://jesusfestival.app) for the day itself, and if you want a festival in *your* city, that's what [Jesus Festival Movement](https://jesusfestivalmovement.com) is for.

## Your part in it

If you've read this far, you're probably not a spectator by nature. There are three real ways to stand with us — and all three matter:

1. **Pray.** Genuinely the most valuable thing anyone gives us.
2. **Come out.** Join a team. [Love on Hamilton](https://www.loveonhamilton.com) goes weekly.
3. **Partner monthly.** Monthly partners are what let us plan and go further. We pray for our partners by name, daily. You can [partner here](https://e3ministry.ca/staff/katie-daniel-ziedins).

All for God's glory.

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