The number of Christmas concerts is way down this year, but several intrepid troupes are bucking the trend. Christmas Presence at Home Ron Reed, founder and now artistic director emeritus, of Pacific Theatre will host an event which has a… Read more →
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Around Town: Urban Shalom, Overdose, Jesus Cristobal-Esteban . . .
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One highlight at last weekend’s Missions Fest was hearing from a couple of city officials about how Christians, and faith groups in general, can have a better rapport with their city. The How Can We Inspire City Officials with God’s… Read more →
Around Town: On the Sixth Day, Uyghur teacher, modular housing, Hope/Gen Z
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The description of Karina Svalya’s current showing at the Dal Schindell Gallery (formerly the Lookout Gallery, still upstairs at Regent College) is brief: This exhibition features large-scale portraits in oil of safari animals: giraffes, zebras, elephants, rhino and lions. Svalya… Read more →
Facing the fentanyl epidemic in the Downtown Eastside – and beyond
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Fr. Matthew Johnson serves in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with the Street Outreach Initiative, a joint program of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster and St. James Anglican Church. British Columbia finds itself in a life and death crisis. All around… Read more →
Around Town: Art on Shared Territory, Mark Noll, Suitcase Stories . . .
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St. James Anglican Church will take an active role in the 13th Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival by hosting an art show which will reflect this year’s approach: The theme of this year’s festival, Living on Shared Territory,… Read more →
Around Town: UGM’s Summer Connect, School’s Out at Playland, Bell Ringing . . .
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Princess Street will close between Hastings and Cordova June 17 to make room for Union Gospel Mission’s fourth annual Summer Connect. People who are homeless, at-risk or struggling will be able to connect with 40 service providers on the street… Read more →
Churches take Halloween in stride, offer creative responses
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
Every year the Halloween machine seems to grow larger. Christians have taken a wide range of stances, from vehemently opposed to creatively engaged to uncritically accepting. This year, writers from two local churches – Redemption and Reality – wrote helpful… Read more →
Best wishes for Gaza and Israel, from St. James Anglican Church
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Anger and polarization are the words that first come to mind as I think about the Israel-Palestine conflict – and much of the media coverage surrounding it. So it was a breath of fresh air to read St. James Anglican… Read more →
April 14 – 20: Stations of the Cross, Surrey Good Friday Service . . .
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Union Gospel Mission is joining First United Church this year to lead a Good Friday Stations of the Cross pilgrimage. Participants will come together in order to carry a cross to seven stations, each of which signifies a place of… Read more →