Last spring, we wrote about how Vancouver churches are responding to the physical and spiritual hunger that COVID-19 is highlighting through community food programs, and through growing food. As the infection rate increases, we continue to feverishly figure out how… Read more →
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Growing food: unearthing the church’s response to physical and social hunger
by Karen Giesbrecht Winston Green • • 0 Comments
Last week we wrote about how Vancouver churches are responding through community food programs to the physical and spiritual hunger that COVID-19 is exacerbating. Prior to the pandemic, approximately one in 10 households in British Columbia were experiencing inadequate or… Read more →
A Table for All: Toolkit for community meals is a valuable resource for churches
by Karen Giesbrecht Winston Green • • 1 Comment
Three local groups have developed an important new resource for churches that want to support their neighbours. A Table for All is a 90-page “toolkit for community meals in a framework of food justice.” Karen Giesbrecht and Winston Green of… Read more →
Frontline workers make adjustments, need support
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Restrictions, closures and social distancing affect all of us – but none more than vulnerable populations clustered in the Downtown Eastside but increasingly found throughout Metro Vancouver. Groups like The Salvation Army, Union Gospel Mission and community meal hosts are… Read more →
Churches unite to extend Christ’s hospitality in Kitsilano
by Jonathan Bird • • 4 Comments
Since 2011, CityGate Leadership Forum has coordinated the Planted Community Food Network to help seed a cultural shift in Greater Vancouver away from haphazard food charity, toward a sustainable local food system – opening access to affordable nutrition by building on the… Read more →
Marijuana can offer comfort – what do we offer?
by Karen Giesbrecht • • 1 Comment
Karen Giesbrecht coordinates several community meals at churches around Vancouver. Some of the participants struggle with addictions, and she is concerned with the implications of easier access to marijuana promised by all levels of government. On a recent Monday evening,I… Read more →
Praying for ‘A Healthy City for All’
by Margaret Ritchie • • 0 Comments
We know we should pray for and be concerned with the needs of the community in which we live. It’s a tall order to figure out where to begin, but this fall a few of us have discovered a useful… Read more →
Around Town: Waiting for Pope Francis, UBC’s Papal Bull, Neighbourhood Grants
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
A group of local citizens has invited Pope Francis to visit Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside; now it’s just a matter of waiting to see whether he will come. The interfaith group which sent the pope a letter includes Roman Catholic, United,… Read more →