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Our Lenten program this year is a study and outreach program. On three Sunday Afternoons in different ways we will ask the biblical question "who is my neighbour?" and go out to meet some of our neighbours at sites around the lower mainland:

April 13: Walking the Downtown Eastside

On Sunday April 13 we will make the final visit in our Lenten visiting series--Who Is My Neighbour?. We will visit the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, often described as the poorest off-reserve postal code in Canada. People who live or work in the neighbourhood will act as hosts and guides on a short, slow pace, walking tour of their place in the city. Rain or shine we will go in small groups of five or fewer and hear about gentrification, displacement, economic disparity and resistance in the oldest neighbourhood in Vancouver.
 
You will get the most from your experience if you prepare before hand.
For our bible study please read Luke 10:25-37 and think and pray about the attached questions.
To learn more about some of the issues facing the neighbourhood please read the attached Introduction to the Neighbourhood and look at this short video made in 2010 just prior to the olympics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ZylHNlw7o

We will meet at St. Catherine's at 11:45 for prayer and bible study and at Four Sister's Co-op, 133 Powell St. at 1pm for the tour. If you plan to join us it is essential that you let me know so that we have enough guides. Laurel Dykstra loraldyk@hotmail.com

March 30: Masjid Ar-Raham, mosque at the former St. Richards

Sunday March 30th as part of our Lenten Study-Action Program we will visit Masjid Ar-Raman, the mosque at the former St. Richard’s church building.

 Please bring a bag-lunch and meet at St. Catherine’s in the Mary Pellat Room at 12:45 for a time of prayer and preparation. (1058 Ridgewood Drive, North Vancouver)

 You will get the most from your experience if you are able to pray and prepare before:

  • Read Luke 10:25-37 and the study questions (attached)
  • Read the Guidelines for Interfaith Conversations (attached)
  • Visit the masjid website
  • View this short music video by Kareem Salama

 In the Ash Wednesday service we are called to keep a holy Lent through giving alms. Almsgiving or Zakat is also one of the core principles and practices of Islam. During our visit we will make a group gift to the Zakat Box for those in need, individuals are welcome to contribute as well.

We have been asked by our hosts to observe modest dress during our visit. Most of us already dress modestly on a Sunday morning. Please wear long or ¾ sleeves, a skirt, dress or slacks and women bring a scarf to cover your head when we are in the mosque. No shorts, short skirts or bare arms, please.

 Meet at St. Catherine’s, 1058 Ridgewood Dr., North Van at 12:45

If you are meeting us at Ar-Raman, 1398 W. 15th St., North Van, at 2pm you need to have read the Guidelines for Interfaith Conversations before you come.

 If you plan to attend please let Laurel Dykstra know by e-mail so that we can tell our hosts how many to expect. loraldyk@hotmail.com

March 16--Church as Sanctuary

Ten Anglicans and Lutherans from five North Shore (and one Vancouver) parishes visited Jose Figueroa living in Sanctuary at Walnut Grove Lutheran in Langley. Learn about Jose here and his church community

 

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