Four local Conservative Members of Parliament will host an Ontario MP who is leading the charge against the Liberals’ Bill C-9, ‘An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places).’ The…
The office is in Delta, but the influence of Outreach Canada extends throughout Metro Vancouver, across Canada – and around the world. That reach reflects the diversity of their ministries, but also their heritage. Outreach Canada is strong on partnering.…
BC Housing announced November 6 that an “affordable and supportive homes” project on the property of First United Church is now under way: Indigenous Peoples and people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will soon have…
Five local groups sponsored a talk by well known climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. (The May 21 visit was to have been in person, but ended up on Zoom for health reasons.) Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy (called Nature…
UBC law professor Benjamin Perrin will present the main findings from his study on human trafficking in Canada next Wednesday (February 25) as part of the UBC Graduate and Faculty Christian Forum lecture series. Confronting Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking…
We really have our choice of music this week. On Friday (September 19) alone, you can hear a Maasai choir, take part in an old-style gospel sing-along, listen to popular worship music with Kari Jobe and Warren Barfield, or worship…
Alvin Plantinga will make the case during his lecture at UBC this Wednesday (October 2) “that there is no real conflict between science and Christian belief.” Plantinga, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will draw particularly from his ‘Where the…