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Out of Dust is CBC Saturday Night Jazz host Laila Biali’s ‘most personal album’

by Marion Van Driel • May 7, 2020 • 0 Comments

She’s a Vancouver-born-and-raised jazz/pop artist, a Juno Award singer-songwriter and pianist. She hosts CBC’s Saturday Night Jazz in Toronto. She’s recorded with Sting and opened for Chris Botti; she’s performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and Beijing’s Center…

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Blessings from the UK Church, and from Alpha’s Nicky Gumbel

by Flyn Ritchie • May 7, 2020 • 2 Comments

Times are tough in Britain, which just passed Italy and Spain for the highest number of coronavirus deaths. But a viral new worship video and an interview with the irrepressible Alpha leader Nicky Gumbel offer clear evidence that the church…

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City, Community

Around Town: Tim Dickau’s new role, Youth Unlimited supplies, Pray for Camp

by Flyn Ritchie • May 7, 2020 • 0 Comments

There is a lot of good will between most churches in Metro Vancouver, most of the time. And several ecumenical initiatives (More Than Gold, Voices Together, the Vancouver Consultation, for example) have drawn the Christian community closer in various ways.…

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Regent grad recently elected president of National Association of Evangelicals

by Regent College • May 7, 2020 • 0 Comments

Walter Kim and his wife Toni attended Regent College between 1993 and 1998. Walter went on to do a PhD at Harvard in Near Eastern civilizations and languages, and then returned to church ministry. Last fall the National Association of…

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City, Community

Tent city at Oppenheimer Park will soon be gone, but church plans to carry on

by Flyn Ritchie • April 30, 2020 • 0 Comments

Pastor Peter (Jonghuen) Yang has been spending much of his time at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside for more than a year, offering Sunday services and providing food, along with masks and sanitizer to protect against coronavirus. Now orders…

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Around Town: Hi Neighbour; Hello, Church; Westside; Maundy Café . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • April 29, 2020 • 0 Comments

United Way of the Lower Mainland is making a special effort to find out how church communities are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offering  support for churches/people who want to help out in their communities. Many churches have organized…

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Taiwanese church urging Canada Post to honour George Leslie Mackay

by Flyn Ritchie • April 29, 2020 • 0 Comments

Vancouver Taiwanese Presbyterian Church is spearheading an effort to have pioneering missionary George Leslie Mackay commemorated on a Canadian stamp. It would mark the 150th anniversary (2022) of his arrival in Taiwan, where he is regarded as a national hero.…

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