If you are care about Metro Vancouver, or urban issues, or how your church should relate to the city surrounding you – come to Tenth Church next Thursday afternoon (November 6) to participate in Tools for Neighbourhood and City Transformation.…
This is the kind of week that makes you realize just how deep and wide and vibrant the Church of Vancouver really is. As we survey a number – by no means all – of the events happening around Metro…
There’s a new movement in town. Atesto – Portuguese for ‘testimony’ – is about empowering the local church, encouraging worship and fostering creativity in a new generation. If you’re at the York Theatre on Commercial Drive this Saturday (October 4),…
We really have our choice of music this week. On Friday (September 19) alone, you can hear a Maasai choir, take part in an old-style gospel sing-along, listen to popular worship music with Kari Jobe and Warren Barfield, or worship…
The leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria will visit Metro Vancouver next Thursday (September 18) as part of a Canadian tour. Pope Tawadros II is the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.…
Regent College wants to introduce its community to the work of Richard Tetrault; thus the Lookout Gallery’s From the Urban Landscape show, running from September 10 to October 3 (an opening reception runs from 4:30 – 7:30 pm on the…
Arne Bryan is the ideal subject of a biography: he’s led an interesting life, he’s made a difference in his community and he’s lived a long time. Beth Carson has now told his story in Pioneer of Prayer Canada. Arne…
Update: I have just learned that First Baptist Church has a Strike Camp as well. I’ve added a brief description and link at the end of the article, and will add others as I become aware of them. No doubt…
Some 60 years ago, more than 200 social housing units were built in the shadow of Vancouver’s picturesque Little Mountain. As the years passed, the housing became more difficult to maintain; it was time to replace those aging structures. Enter…
This week we are doing stories about churches undergoing major redevelopment in downtown Vancouver (below), and in the city centres of New Westminster and Surrey (see accompanying story). Central Presbyterian Church received final approval from Vancouver City Council Tuesday evening…