Many churches are looking for creative ways to get to know their neighbours, but few have done as well as Brentwood Park Alliance Church, which has been running Connections Coffee House in a quiet Brentwood neighbourhood for the past eight years.… Read more →
Tag Archive for neighbours
Revillaging: transforming charitable food ministry to an agent of shalom
by Andrew Stephens-Rennie • • 0 Comments
Andrew Stephens-Rennie presented this paper as part of the Christian Witness in Cascadian Soil conference at St. Andrew’s Hall May 10 – 11. Hosted by Ross Lockhart and the Centre for Missional Leadership, the gathering featured some 20 papers from… Read more →
An encouragement: engage with your neighbours
by Barry Jung • • 0 Comments
Barry Jung recently sent this note out to pastors on the West side of Vancouver, but his experiences are valuable for anyone living in Metro Vancouver. Some of you may know of my story of slow transformation through engagement with… Read more →
Willingdon Church’s ‘Love Our City’ day served refugees and many others
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
Every week I hear of new and creative ways in which churches and individual Christians are working for the good of the broader community. And I am sure that I don’t hear about most of them, even though I’m always… Read more →
Missions Fest: ‘Mission: Discipling’ includes loving your neighbourhood
by Barry Jung • • 1 Comment
Some are inclined to think that Missions Fest – which takes place all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday (January 17 – 19) – focuses only on overseas missions. That never was the case, but the local focus is stronger than… Read more →
Kinbrace: drawing the stranger near
by Peter Stockland Anika Barlow • • 0 Comments
Anika Barlow, hospitality coordinator at Vancouver’s Kinbrace Refugee Community Society, spoke with Peter Stockland of Convivium about the power of faith to bring new arrivals and hosts alike closer to encountering God. Convivium: What is Kinbrace, and how did you… Read more →
Snapshots of faith in Vancouver: insights from two veteran East Van pastors
by Peter Biggs • • 0 Comments
Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a focus on each one. The September issue features the first of three ‘snapshots’ devoted to the City of Vancouver. Following is a portion… Read more →
Around Town: Neighbourhood Stories, On the Table, TWU law school: context
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Barry Jung has been going out of his way to spend time with his neighbours for several years now (see Staking faith in the Cambie Corridor). Over the past couple of years he has been sharing his insights at several… Read more →
Co:Here Housing Community created on former church parking lot
by Derek Witten • • 0 Comments
Clean from hard drugs for two years and living in the brand new Co:Here Housing Community, Todd K’s[i] journey of recovery has been long. He began drinking heavily at 15, and was living on the streets of Vancouver with a crack cocaine… Read more →
Coalition supports modular housing for homeless in Richmond
by Flyn Ritchie • • 4 Comments
Joannie Fu and Vinson Shih are in the midst of final exams at the University of Toronto, but their minds are still on Richmond, where they grew up. In particular, they are with the homeless people who will benefit from… Read more →