Union Gospel Mission (UGM) is 75 years old. Much celebrating was under way this week to mark the anniversary of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) landmark at 601 East Hastings Street – and two other nearby locations. (The Mission has operations… Read more →
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‘Dignity for All’ challenges next federal government to end poverty in Canada
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
As Canadians prepare to vote for a new federal government this year, a faith-based justice group has teamed up with a national anti-poverty movement to release a comprehensive plan which challenges the incoming governing party to end poverty in Canada.… Read more →
Missions Fest: Ede Clarke and Gotta Go serve those without a voice in Asia
by Ede Clarke • • 0 Comments
Ede Clarke, who runs the non-profit organization Gotta Go, will be one of the four keynote speakers at Missions Fest January 30 – February 1. Since 2003, Gotta Go’s teams of nationals have been spreading the gospel to those… Read more →
Metro Vancouver Alliance launches Municipal Accountability Assembly
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Update (October 10): Good news – as in good media coverage. The Sun, the Courier, News 1130 and 24 Hours all covered the MVA’s Municipal Accountability Assembly. *********** As far as I can see, Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA) still isn’t… Read more →
Thanksgiving: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’
by Randy Barnetson • • 0 Comments
A discontented person thinks about what they don’t have and is miserable. A contented person thinks about what they do have and is thankful. But a truly blessed person thinks about how they can share what God has given them… Read more →
Oppenheimer Park and Abbotsford tent villages make the housing crisis visible
by Jean Swanson / Dave Diewert • • 0 Comments
The homeless are out in the open at the Oppenheimer Park tent city. Many who were hidden in shelters or sleeping in the bushes have occupied the Downtown Eastside park for more than two months now. The same is true… Read more →
May 26 – June 1: We Make Stuff 005, Lauren Mann, Poverty Revolution . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The creative types behind We Make Stuff produced an impressive book featuring the work of 100 local artists and innovators, and are working on a second volume due out this fall. But along the way, they are putting on a… Read more →
Why I am proud to be a chaplain for the Portland Hotel Society
by Al McKay • • 14 Comments
A funny thing happened on Sunday at church. I had been scheduled for a month to read the scriptures, and I felt a slight chill when I discovered the passage was John 12:1-11. This is the story of Mary anointing… Read more →
Vancouver authors: A final look at books for Christmas
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
Originally I’d intended to devote a couple of short articles to locally-written books, in the hopes that a few of those books would find their way under Vancouver Christmas trees (here are parts one and two). But as I started… Read more →