Mission Fest 2024 is upon us this week – from Thursday evening (February 15, 5 pm) until Saturday (February 17, 10 pm). The gathering carries on in downtown Vancouver, but in a new location. Rather than being held at the…
Missions Fest will be back next year! We had been told that the one held earlier this year would be the last, but a newly formed board has announced that Mission Fest Vancouver 2024 will take place January 24 –…
There may be some light at the end of the tunnel for those who have been lamenting the passing of Mission Central (Missions Fest). Its last conference was held at Canada Place at the end of January – but it…
After 39 years the ministry of Mission Central, formerly Missions Fest Vancouver, is coming to an end. On January 27 – 29 we had an amazing weekend at Canada Place, following a break from in-person conferences for two years. It…
It was a bittersweet experience, wandering between booths at the Vancouver Convention Centre last weekend. So many good memories from 39 years of Missions Fest (more lately called Mission Central SERVE) – and so many expressions of regret and even…
We have finally arrived at the weekend many have been looking forward to – the one featuring SERVE (formerly Missions Fest) and CREATE, at the Vancouver Convention Centre, just like in the days before Covid. And this will be your…
Churches have carried on resolutely during the pandemic – but opportunities to work together, or even to imagine in concert how to work together, have been few and far between. Thus the Pastors and Leaders Summit planned for the morning…
The bad news is that Mission Central (formerly Missions Fest Vancouver) will soon be closing its doors. But there is some good news. There will be a final event early next year (January 27 – 29). In the meantime Mission…
Unfortunately, Mission Central SERVE (formerly Missions Fest) won’t be at the Vancouver Convention Centre this weekend – as it has been for so many years until COVID-19 struck. But it will be online – see just below. In the meantime,…
Mission Central SERVE (formerly Missions Fest) will be meeting online again this year, mostly, but the three-day event will offer many of the same elements that made the in-person event at Canada Place so popular: Mission Central SERVE (January 28…