I can’t remember anyone ever mentioning Vancouver Day, and I’ve lived here all my life. Proclaimed in 1929, it was at one time celebrated on June 13 – the day Captain George Vancouver sailed into our harbour in 1792, and…
If you’ve ever thought about taking in one of Regent College’s Summer Public Lectures, this would be a great week to start. Every couple of days speakers will address a really wide – and interesting – array of topics, from …
Forge Canada will host A Day With the New Parish Authors next Monday evening (June 2). The following piece is an extract from The New Parish by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens and Dwight Friesen. For several years the three of…
It’s Christmas in May for Carolyn Arends, but those bearing gifts will be repaid later this year. The local musician has created lots of music over the years – 10 albums and counting – though she clearly has a particular…
The creative types behind We Make Stuff produced an impressive book featuring the work of 100 local artists and innovators, and are working on a second volume due out this fall. But along the way, they are putting on a…
Artisan Church has been praying about what it would mean to be a Neighbourhood Parish Church. Already well established in the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library downtown, and planning a second community in East Vancouver, their vision is…
May 20th passed almost unnoticed as a key day in the transition from Dwayne Buhler to John Hall, the former and new executive director, respectively, of Missions Fest Vancouver (MFV). That was the day signing authority on the organization’s bank…
Margaret Atwood will be the star attraction at A Rocha’s Green Gala this Thursday (May 22) at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. The story of how the acclaimed author got hooked up with the Christian environmental stewardship group is a good…
The Church from the Hollywood hopes to become the Church at the Hollywood – for the second time. For 15 months, ending November 30, 2013, the church worshipped in the old Hollywood Theatre. Then the owners, who had leased the…
More teenagers in Canada now identify as Muslims than Anglicans, Uniteds and Baptists combined. That was just one of the findings put forward at Shifting Stats: Shaking the Church, a series of day-long forums for Christian leaders that attracted an…