The 2021-2022 edition of the Christian Seasons Calendar has just been published – and you have plenty of time to get one before the ‘beginning of the year’; the Advent season begins November 28. Salt of the Earth: A Christian…
Among the more creative online gatherings planned for this season is the Holy Week of Prayer: The Vancouver DTES [Downtown Eastside] churches, in partnership with Jacob’s Well and 24-7 Prayer Vancouver, are hosting a Holy Week of prayer at Jacob’s…
First Baptist Church is expecting a couple of hundred visitors for their Homelessness Action Day October 14: We have so much to be thankful for! Let’s give thanks to our Lord. For the last 20 years, First Baptist Church has been…
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…
Raised in foster care, a child of alcoholic parents and residential school survivors, 47 year old Loretta John is no stranger to pain. But after overcoming alcoholism, addiction, homelessness and poverty, and after enduring decades of back-breaking labour work, Loretta…