Homelessness is a scourge in Vancouver, and the Christian community is very much in the midst of efforts to both provide short-term support for the homeless and to find proper housing for all. Check out some of the events going… Read more →
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Oct 7 – 13: Amy Grant (postponed), international students, Eastside Stride …
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Amy Grant’s performance with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, originally set for the 7th, has been postponed to April 14. No word on why, but one writer on the VSO’s Facebook page hoped they would sell lots of ticket for the… Read more →
Full house awaits Romeo Dallaire at BC Leadership Prayer Breakfast
by Lloyd Mackey • • 1 Comment
This year’s British Columbia Leadership Prayer Breakfast, set for next Friday (May 16) at Vancouver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, is officially sold out; nearly 1,000 will be in attendance. But people wanting to hear and see Senator Romeo Dallaire – an… Read more →
Heritage Vancouver wants to save historic church buildings
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Every year, Heritage Vancouver comes out with a list of the Top Ten Endangered Sites around the city. Third on the list this year is Kerrisdale Baptist Church. Following is Heritage Vancouver’s description of (1) the threat to Kerrisdale Baptist… Read more →
April 7 – 13: Paul Kariya, Manning on Lincoln, Ēriks Ešenvalds’ conversion . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Paul Kariya’s devotion to the environment developed naturally, growing up as the son of a salmon fisherman on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Now executive director of Clean Energy BC, he has also served as executive director of the… Read more →
March 31 – April 6: Via Crucis, The City Harmonic, Awards of Excellence . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Thursday (April 3) will be a good day for those who appreciate art. Out at Regent College’s Lookout Gallery, an opening reception for Via Crucis: The Way of the Cross will introduce the work of five local artists. Dan Law,… Read more →
March 10 – 16: Reaksa Himm, Worship Central, Metro Vancouver Alliance . . .
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Those fortunate enough to be at the Apologetics Canada Conference last week heard Reaksa Himm tell a powerful story of death, loss and reconciliation from the killing fields of Cambodia. If you missed his talk, you have another chance to… Read more →
March 3 – 9: Grieving and Dancing, Apologetics, Seafarer, Lent rules! . . .
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Dance and the written word come together this weekend, as the Mirror Collective present Bare (March 7 & 8) at Scotiabank Dance Centre. The performance is presented by graduates of the Mirror Dance Program, along with some of the Mirror… Read more →
Sailors find refuge in a strange land
by Frank Stirk • • 0 Comments
The sailors from other lands who show up at the Port of Vancouver’s Flying Angel Club know it as a Christian mission to seafarers. But in the few hours they have ashore, their usual reason for going there is to… Read more →
Around Town: Silver Alert supported, Archbishop objects, Bishop installed
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
The family of retired Korean pastor Shin Noh, who has been missing since last September, is supporting a private members bill for Silver Alert legislation that would inform authorities promptly about missing seniors. Coquitlam New Democratic Party MLA Selina Robinson… Read more →