Metro Vancouver has many good churches and, over the years, many good pastors. But few are as widely known as St. Margaret’s Community Church (now West Coast Christian Fellowship), or its leader for 25 years, Pastor Bob Birch. The church…
A new exhibition at the Dal Schindell Gallery explores the first major illuminated manuscript of the complete Bible in centuries. ‘The Word Come to Life: An Exhibition of the Saint John’s Bible’ will run until October 26. An extra feature…
Santa Ono will step down as President and Vice Chancellor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) October 13. Following six years at UBC, he will take up his new role as President at the University of Michigan the very…
Salvation Army leaders from all over the world have been meeting at Cariboo Hill Temple this week. The International Conference of Leaders (ICL) gathered September 24. Speaking on the opening day, General Brian Peddle, the international leader of the Salvation…
Korea has a very strong church presence and is now a major missionary force around the world. But the church is also very young, and missionaries from Canada played a significant part in introducing the gospel to the East Asian…
Cycling through Nepal. True, it’s hard to come up with a venture less ‘around town.’ But a film about the ride will be shown locally in November – so look for a date. It will be worth watching. Six riders…
Several Burnaby politicians and community leaders took part in the grand opening celebration of Jubilee United Church September 11. The ceremony followed the congregation’s first worship service in their new home at 6000 Sussex Avenue, just north of Metrotown. The…
Christ Church Cathedral has set up a memorial to Queen Elizabeth in its sanctuary. The downtown cathedral is open every day from 10 am to 4 pm for anyone who wants to stop in to pray and pay their respects…
Frances Ceen-ne Carlick is happy that Pope Francis will be coming to Canada July 24 – 29, but she probably won’t make the trip to Edmonton to greet him. In fact, she has already seen him, at the Vatican. The…
I will be giving you all a break from my weekly Church for Vancouver updates through the summer, so I thought I’d just point out a few highlights on the horizon. Open houses Two communities in south Surrey will be…