Posts that will appear in the weekly WCV Newsletter.
Suhail has released a ten-song worship album of original songs! The album is called “The Joy that is Immense and Good” and the CD is available for purchase at church for $10. You can hear, read about, and also purchase the album digitally here. All proceeds will go to our WCV poor fund and the Himalayan Region Vineyard […]
It’s been said that the church is more of a living organism than an organization. Considering that the church is a complex mix of all kinds of people, this observation is a quite apt. However, it is also necessary for every body to have some amount of organization to keep it from becoming a random collection of cells at
Easter is the number one celebration for followers of Jesus. In terms of importance it ranks higher than Christmas – a fact that is lost on most of our children, and, let’s face it, many of us adults too. We just like the cradle more than the cross. In a similar way, we typically skip over
We’re excited about a few changes in leadership in the Vineyard. Some of these shifts are just a normal part of the ebb and flow in the community. Others have been worked on by the Pastoral and Lay elders for quite some time now. In either case our heart is to respond to what the
We’re saddened by the passing of Darren Sawchuk early Saturday morning. Our deepest condolences and love to Loralie, their families and all his many friends. His funeral is on Thursday, March 23, 1pm at Immanuel Pentecostal church at 955 Wilkes Ave. It will be a celebration of Darren’s colourful personality – and as such, people are
Deyan Momtchilov recently created this piece during the wrap-up of our “Why On Earth?” series. Below are his reflections. This piece was inspired by a series of sermons on the topic of calling, illustrated by the life of the biblical figure, David. It summarizes some of my thoughts on the subject, while highlighting pivotal questions,
International Women’s Day was March 8. Sherry Ansloos wrote the following poem. To introduce her poem, Sherry writes, “In honor of women who have inspired, I want to post this poem. It gives a voice to the murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada. It commemorates Helen Betty Osborne, a Cree women who was murdered
At the Outer Circle gathering on March 18, we’ll be doing some significant business as a church community. On Sunday March 12, we will have the specific proposals and other information available in a printed booklet. If you are on our newsletter email list, you will receive a digital copy on Thursday, March 9. Please
Will You Join Us? We’re excited about taking a team of WCVers to India and Nepal – would you consider joining us? John, Nathan and Andy are going and we’re hoping there will be more! There will be a large gathering of people from all across the Himalayan Region, and others who have been involved in Nepal to
On Sunday, February 26, in both the Upstairs Gathering and the Downstairs Gathering, we’ll be making space to hear stories of what’s happened throughout the David series and the Prayer Challenge. Sharing what God has done, what you’re wrestling with, or other clarity that you’ve gained can be both encouraging for those who hear, but
We want to be a community in which nobody gets left out or left behind. This means relationship – lots of relationship! There are many organized venues for encouraging community (think Outer Circle, House Groups, Service opportunities, etc) and there are many organic opportunities (think lunch invitations, parties, farm days, etc). Both are valuable, however
To my loving niece Cherilynn Leveque: I never realized the love you left behind. How kind and sharing you’d had been. We all miss you dearly. We all wish we could have you back So we can sit and talk to you so dearly. You left us all a life’s lesson, we commend you so
We’ve said it verbally for the past few Sundays but we’ll write it here too, just in case you missed it – 2017 turned out to be another year of amazing provision which we’re humbled by and thankful for. We even ended the year with a small surplus. Thank you to those who joined with
