On August 18, Inner Hope Youth Ministries will open its second home, providing housing, life skills mentoring, practical support and discipleship to dozens of at-risk youth living in East Vancouver. Through the years, Inner Hope – developed by longtime East…
Many Vancouverites will have seen Red Light Green Light and met its producers, Michelle and Jay Brock during two tours earlier this year. The film expresses the ministry’s concern that “As nations around the globe attempt to fight sex trafficking,…
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…
David Lyon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada who serves as director of the Surveillance Studies Centre and professor of sociology and of law at Queen’s University in Ontario. He has been extensively involved in debates around…
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…
Our interim pastor recently used the analogy of dance for our relationship with God, and released a flood of stories from the congregation during the response time following the sermon. People expressed the trust, freedom, security and beauty in God…
“As you know, the Catholic Church was rather a latecomer to the restoration of Christian unity.” With these words, Archbishop Michael Miller, CSB, leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, welcomed an ecumenical audience – predominantly Catholic, but with…