My wife Margaret and I will be visiting our new granddaughter Olivia (and her parents!) in Toronto throughout August, so I will not send out any Church for Vancouver weekly updates for a month. The next update will arrive Wednesday,…
Trinity Western University and the Cihang Group signed an agreement July 11 for collaborative program delivery at TWU Richmond. The Cihang Group will work with TWU to deliver community and university courses in areas related to Chinese traditional culture, history,…
Anger and polarization are the words that first come to mind as I think about the Israel-Palestine conflict – and much of the media coverage surrounding it. So it was a breath of fresh air to read St. James Anglican…
Herbert Tsang, president of the non-profit Church Music Ministry of Canada, wants to help churches and church musicians return to where worship used to involve people lifting their voices in harmonious hymns of praise to God. “That seems to be…
A couple of weeks ago, we covered Nanaimo City Council’s unfortunate decision to restrict human rights for certain groups in their city. The good news is that council has seen the error of its ways and rescinded its original motion.…
Many churches occupy old buildings on valuable property in the urban cores of big cities across North America. Some of them are renewing their facilities, and their relevance – often with the help of financially-savvy faith-based partners. This week we…
Would you like to help faith communities deal with issues related to mental health recovery? Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries works to meet the needs of people living with mental illness – and will hold training sessions later this month for…