When I look back over the past year, I’d say the glass is more than half full – at least as far as the Christian community in Metro Vancouver is concerned. There are so many signs of good will, hope…
Looking back on 2025
Tag: sanctuary mental health ministries
Sanctuary launches Christian youth mental health resource
Did you know that according to the World Health Organization, half of all lifetime mental health cases begin by age 14? Young people are in need of mental health support, especially as the need has grown. US Surgeon General Vivek…
Full report due soon: ‘Mental Health and Illness in Canadian Congregations’
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries and Flourishing Congregations Institute joined forces earlier this year to survey nearly 1,000 Canadian church participants in order to determine how effectively churches are responding to people experiencing mental health challenges and illnesses Following is a part…
Around Town: Canuck Clay, Addictions Course, Demons and Diagnoses . . .
Clay Imoo’s day job is Associate Director of the Ministries and Outreach Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. But he has become increasingly well known about town as a a Vancouver Canucks superfan – and he is glorying…
Around Town: Coastal & Knox, Sanctuary & Vatican, Christian Racial Reconciliation
Great news in New Westminster. A heritage church has been preserved – as a church. A February 3 article in The New Westminster Times reflects my fears, and relief, regarding the fate of the church: After some concern in the…
Sanctuary Songs invites our ‘whole selves’ to worship
What does it mean to bring our ‘whole selves’ to worship?’ Not just the parts of us that reach our hands out in adoration, but the parts of us that come with open hands, humbly asking, “Where are you, God?…
Creating Conversation: The church’s response to mental health
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership, that gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is to…
Around Town: $1.5 million flood relief, Sanctuary Course, Becoming Neighbours
Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun accepted a cheque for $100,000 May 2, as part of the ongoing flood relief The Salvation Army BC Division is providing to some of the hardest-hit areas in the province. Braun said: “On behalf of Abbotsford City Council,…
Around Town: Justin Welby, L’Arche, Shelter to Home, House of James
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries made an important announcement September 14: Today, we’re delighted to announce our new patron, The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. As patron, Archbishop Justin lends his profile and support to Sanctuary…
An Open Letter concerning racism in our Province of British Columbia
More than 150 Christian Leaders of British Columbia have signed this Open Letter in response to racism in all its forms, especially as directed against Asian, Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in our Canadian communities. We grieve and…