Music camps, schools and choirs are popular draws for several faith-based community organizations in Metro Vancouver as they serve and build networks in their neighbourhoods. One such is Shire Music Centre, which is running Rock Camps in two Burnaby locations…
This week the Canadian Chinese Alliance Churches Association is hosting Joint Mission Convention 2015 in Surrey: Dr. A.B. Simpson, founder of C&MA [Christian and Missionary Alliance], upheld missions as the backbone of the movement building up the life and characters of…
The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is with us again, from June 18 – July 1. With big names such as Buddy Guy, Sonny Rollins and Tower of Power, along with locals-now-living-in-New-York Renee Rosnes and Bria Skonberg (Quintet) – and many…
Emerging from the Pacific Coliseum and looking towards the North Shore mountains hazy in the late evening sun, I felt thankful to be alive in a city where God is so clearly at work. I had just spent three hours…
A BC Christian Ashram Retreat will take place July 17 – 19 at Summit Pacific Campus in Abbotsford. (For a description of the ashram experience, see below.) The annual event is hosted by Ed Hird and fellow members of United…
There is just one week now, until Christians from all over Metro Vancouver gather for Voices Together. As many as 12,000 people will worship and pray together at Pacific Coliseum on Canada Day (July 1), starting at 5 pm. …
Lloyd Mackey is the editor/director of a unique – and still evolving – biographical resource. Here he explains how it came about, its significance and its prospects for future development. Between now and the middle of 2017 – the 150th…