Interested in helping out at our 19th Annual Teddy Bear Picnic this June?
Please fill out this form to sign up: tinyurl.com/4cv5epyr
Thank you!
(And if you have any teddies lying around, we're still accepting donations for our Adopt-A-Bear table. Contact the office or drop off at Sunday worship).
On June 14, join us for food and storytelling from a renowned Palestinian chef, Izzeldin Bukhari.
Food, Love and Resistance
June 14, 6 pm
Tickets here: buytickets.at/sacredcuisine/2198124
This Sunday (May 31), join us for Jazz Vespers with Armi Grano!
She'll be joined by Michael Creber on piano and Derek Maroney on bass.
By donation. All are welcome!
May 31, 4 - 5 pm.
Today!
From 10 - 11 am, drop in to our Friendship Room if you're dealing with food insecurity to receive non-perishable food items.
No ID required.
Thank you to Harvest Project for partnering with us on this.
This Friday (May 29)!
Breath & Bowls with Sabrina Siwiec Wellness
7 - 9 pm
$66 -- registration required. Register at www.sabrinasiwiec.com/events
As Sabrina says, Breath & Bowls is a 90-minute healing experience that weaves together somatic movement, conscious breathwork, and sound healing, closing with oracle cards and space for real human connection.
This is not a yoga class. It's not a meditation app. It's an invitation to get back into your body, move what's been stuck, breathe what's been held, and surrender into the restorative frequencies of crystal bowls and chimes.
We live so much of our lives in our heads, replaying, planning, bracing. This evening is about coming home.
Upcoming Workshop: Breath & Bowls, Fri May 29, 7 - 9 pm.
From Sabrina: "Breath & Bowls is a 90-minute healing experience that weaves together somatic movement, conscious breathwork, and sound healing, closing with oracle cards and space for real human connection. This is not a yoga class. It's not a meditation app. It's an invitation to get back into your body, move what's been stuck, breathe what's been held, and surrender into the restorative frequencies of crystal bowls and chimes. We live so much of our lives in our heads, replaying, planning, bracing. This evening is about coming home."
$66. Registration required: www.sabrinasiwiec.com/events
This Saturday, join us for a home-cooked meal with members of the community (old and new friends!) at our FREE monthly community dinner run by north shore youth.
Sat, May 23
3:30 - 5:00 pm
in our Rainbow Room
All are welcome! Questions? Email nvancommunitydinner@gmail.com.
UPCOMING EVENT: "Breath & Bowls," a healing journey with Sabrina Siwiec in our Sanctuary. An evening of deep restoration with somatic movement, breathwork, sound healing and community.
Fri, May 29 from 7 - 9 pm.
$66.
Registration required (please register by Wed May 27 at noon).
To register & for more info: www.sabrinasiwiec.com/events
This promises to be an incredible evening -- and we're expecting it to sell out, so register ASAP!
Tickets: $50 (feast) or $25 (low income).
June 14, 6pm at St. Andrew's.
Registration website: buytickets.at/sacred cuisine/2198124
SEEKING DONATIONS.
Do you have any of the following items lying around? Would you be willing to donate them to our community kitchen? (It's a busy place that serves many folks throughout the week, and we're needing to replenish a few things).
- tea towels
- dish cloths
- aprons
- teaspoons
You can drop off the items at worship service on Sun, or at the office during the week (9am - 4pm, but call or email before if you can). Thank you!
The church is closed today for Victoria Day.
(No Mindfulness Meditation either).
We'll be back up and running as usual tomorrow.
Have a lovely day!
A mindful moment, heading into the weekend: "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
—Jonas Salk
Today (and every Thursday)! All are welcome at our weekly, free community lunch. There's also a bread ministry: free loaves donated by local charities and bakeries.
Doors open at 11:30am, lunch is served at noon in our Friendship Room.
This weekend Rev. Eric will be helping at Camp Fircom's first Queer Family Camp! Rev. Gerry Teichrob will be stepping in for Sunday worship.
Thank you, Rev. Gerry -- and have a blast, Rev. Eric!
PS: There are still spaces at the camp. If you'd like to register, visit www.fircom.ca/summer-camp
The teddies are coming!
Sat June 20 from 11am - 2pm
Join us at St. Andrew's Park (beside 1046 St. Georges Ave) for our 19th Annual Teddy Bear Picnic! Food, drink, music, face-painting, clowns, a teddy doctor, and, of course, bears to adopt and take home.
*(If you have any teddies looking for a home, please consider donating them to the picnic. It's a very popular table: the more bears, the merrier! Contact the church to arrange a drop-off time, or bring them to service on Sunday. Thank you!)
#FYI, the church will be closed NEXT Monday, May 18 for the Victoria Day holiday. There will be no Mindfulness Meditation that day...
...but there is one tonight (May 11)! 6pm in our Sanctuary. By donation. All are welcome! With Paul Belserene and Greg Sutton of Vancouver Shambhala Centre.
Drop by on May 23 for our monthly community meal, led by North Shore youth. Spend a Sat afternoon surrounded by home-cooked food and friends, new and old? Yes please!
Sat, May 23
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Free!
Questions? Contact nvancommunitydinner@gmail.com.
This Sunday at worship, we'll be honouring Mother's Day—which in the United Church is also referred to as Christian Family Sunday.
We’ll be reminded of the image of God as a mother hen as we pray: “As a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings, gather us in, Holy One. Gather us in to this time of worship. Gather us in to this time of community. A-men!”
Join us at 10:00 am, in person or online (livestreamed through our YouTube channel).
A reminder: if you need a moment away from the bustle, you are welcome to visit our Sanctuary. It's open for all on weekdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Today! Visit our Rainbow Room from 10:00 - 11:00 am to receive non-perishable food items through our weekly Emergency Food Program, run with Harvest Project.
All are welcome! No ID required.