Update: Dr. Bonnie Henry announced about 3:15 pm January 7 that the current restrictions regarding gatherings has been extended until February 5. Will our churches be able to host in-person gatherings and worship services again? We should have the answer…
You know times are changing when the Roman Catholic Church hosts the first local celebration of the Reformation. The 500th anniversary will take place in 2017, but St. Mark’s Theological College on the UBC campus will be hosting The Catholic…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBPADCpuD9k]All over the world, Roman Catholics and Lutherans are commemorating together the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, acknowledging that more unites than divides them. Last Saturday (March 18), about 30 people, mainly members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church…
Just over three years ago I posted an article about a Chapel Movement gathering at John Oliver Secondary School. What had begun as a small worship gathering at a South Vancouver church a couple of years before was now drawing…
A mixed congregation of Catholics and Lutherans met at St. Clare’s Catholic Church in Coquitlam last Sunday afternoon (October 1). The atmosphere was joyful and collegial throughout the Ecumenical Prayer Service for Unity and the following reception. The spacious interior…
Karl Przywala is taking the lead, locally, in celebrating Martin Luther, and the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The rector of Holy Trinity Anglican Church (at 12th and Hemlock) is hosting several events and also visited Germany recently. As well…
“I never dreamed it would come to this – if we had only used common sense José wouldn’t have had to seek sanctuary.” So says Karl Keller, the long-time pastor of Walnut Grove Lutheran Church, referring to his parishioner José Figueroa, who…