December 2 is the first Sunday in Advent, and thus marks the beginning of the Christian year. And this is the 20th anniversary of the Christian Seasons Calendar, which opens with Advent. The ‘Salt of the Earth 2018-19’ Calendar is…
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Pacific Theatre’s founding artistic director Ron Reed clearly has a lot of time for C.S. Lewis. Earlier this year he presented Tolkien, which focused on the relationship between the two great scholar/writers. Freud’s Last Session was a fictionalized encounter between…
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If you are looking to hire staff and would like a free link to your church or ministry jobs in the Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley area, please contact us and we’ll add the link. I check all listings each…
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Every fall the City of Vancouver “joins communities and organizations throughout the region to mark Homelessness Action Week” (October 7 – 13). And every year, in the West End, the Advocacy Office of St. Paul’s Anglican Church partners with First Baptist Church…
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For anyone interested in Israel and/or Palestine, four events are coming up which could really challenge your thinking – especially if you were to go to all of them, because each one is quite unique. Peace Heroes Elie Pritz was born…
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Dave Jonsson is a pastor in Coquitlam, but he is now focused on the broader Tri-Cities community. He has initiated Love My City Week (July 14 – 21), which he hopes will “unify communities by facilitating a week of events…
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Renaming Emily Carr’s ‘Indian Church’ painting. Remembering outrage over brothels a century ago. Recalling a pioneer Vancouver home which doubled as ‘St. Patrick’s Cathedral.’ Several interesting glimpses into local history appeared in media over the past week. Renaming ‘Indian Church’…
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Dr. Gemma Jones, a pioneer in dementia care, will be in Vancouver April 3 – 17 for a series of workshops, seminars and information sessions on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care, with the goal of establishing Alzheimer Cafés in Metro Vancouver and beyond. Dr.…
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Kitsilano needs many more churches, but it will have one less when the sale of St. Mark’s Anglican Church goes through – or at least one less church building. While it is true that the churches can survive, even thrive, without…
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Trevor Hudson will speak at the Renovaré Conference: The Listening Life at First Baptist Church February 17. Following is an excerpt from his book An Invitation to Transforming Friendship. Loneliness touches each one of us. None of us escapes it completely.…
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