An intrepid contingent of carollers braved the rain to serenade passers-by at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Wednesday evening (December 23). Most were members of St. Peter’s Fireside, which meets right next to the Art Gallery at UBC Robson Square.…
“This place saved my life, literally,” says Jeff Parsons. “I look back sometimes and wonder, ‘Where would I be today?’ Possibly dead . . . Union Gospel Mission (UGM) gave me an opportunity to look at life differently. It gave…
When Grayson Bain spoke recently at the Vancouver Tea Festival, he described how he and the JusTea team in Vancouver are creating partnerships with Kenyan tea farmers which will allow those farmers and their families to retain the value of…
Regent College grad Jason Goode will celebrate the North American premiere of his Okanagan-shot thriller Numb on the closing night of the 2015 Whistler Film Festival this Sunday (December 6). Numb is billed as a survival thriller: “When a couple…
The Christian community in Metro Vancouver has already shown how ready it is to embrace refugees coming from the Middle East. In view of the Paris attacks, it is important to note that the welcome very much includes Muslims. Following…
The good news is that Tim Hughes, Christy Nockels and a raft of other talented worship leaders will gather in Vancouver next week. The bad news is that the event is already sold out. The Worship Central Conference will take…
“Today after a long journey we finally welcomed our new Syrian neighbours to Canada! It was an honour to help reunite one of our neighbours with his family.” That post on the Canyon Heights Church Facebook page referred to the…
It was a dark and stormy night (December 12), and I was debating the wisdom of driving from East Van to the depths of Ladner – even for what seemed like a sure thing: Malcolm Guite and Friends. (I had…
“The Vancouver Water Bash is an event where we mobilize our community in Vancouver to transform communities on the other side of the world.” So says ACTS executive director, Nate Lepp as he prepares for their second annual event, next…
Several actions, writings and gatherings illustrate a groundswell of local concern about environmental issues, and interest in the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris November 30 – December 11. The “meeting of all countries which want…