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Around Town: UGM connects, Voices Together, Word Guild winner . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • June 19, 2014 • 0 Comments

Union Gospel Mission is a particularly busy place these days. At Summer Connect, on Wednesday (June 18), they hosted 40 other agencies offering a variety of free services, and next Wednesday (June 25) they will open their newly renovated building…

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City, Community

Inner Hope embraces at-risk youth in East Vancouver

by Lloyd Mackey • June 18, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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Justice

Canada’s new prostitution bill: What you need to know

by Michelle Brock • June 11, 2014 • 0 Comments

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,…

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City, Community

June 9 – 15: Vancouver Day, St. Clare, Aboriginal Day Party, Sticky Church . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • June 10, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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Books, Culture

The rise of the surveillance state

by Abigail Harmon • June 4, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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Books, City, Community

The hidden movement: The return to relationality and place

by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, Dwight Friesen • May 28, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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Culture

Espresso: A complex, painful, sensual dance with a loving God

by Margaret Ritchie • May 20, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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