You are invited to our Christmas Eve Carol & Candlelight Service on Tuesday, December 24, 6-7pm. Light refreshments to follow.
VEV Church Family Shared Christmas Meal & Trivia with prizes!
Sunday, December 8, is the Second Sunday of Advent, and we will be having a shared Christmas meal and Trivia with prizes. We will be gathering at 10:30am in the lower hall. Everyone is invited.
If you’d like to help and/or to contribute food, please email vev@telus.net.
Hi everyone, Sunday, Nov 24 is an "alternative Sunday" and we are happy to be hosting an Arts & Crafts Event from 10:30am to 12 noon in the lower hall of St. David's. There will be different Christmas-themed stations for making Christmas cards, ornaments and other crafts! Arts & crafts supplies and light refreshments will be provided. We are grateful to Jenn Chu who has taken the initiative for this and we are expecting a number of visitors and guests from the neighbourhood including guest artists who can help lead us. Regardless of your skill and experience or lack thereof, come, enjoy, connect! Sorry, no Zoom option.
For any questions, please email vev@telus.net.
Join us for a magical evening filled with the soulful Christmas carols and songs of Lauren Daigle. Feel the festive spirit as we encourage everyone to join in the sing-along fun. After the music, savor the warmth of the season with mulled wine and delightful cookies.
In collaboration with Vancouver Eastside Vineyard Church and Montessori & More.
For more, see https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/christmas-candlelight-night-of-music-tickets-769878987777
We'll be having Silent Night on Wednesday, Nov 22 at 7:30pm-9pm. There will be an hour of silence in the candlelit sanctuary, a chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. We will conclude with a brief time of reflection. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want. Thank you Shaun for organizing.
SATURDAY, OCT 28, 7PM | DJ KILT, Keep Waiting, A Playlist Liturgy of Cultural Grief, Redemption, and Longing
A contemplative evening with DJ Kilt entitled, Keep Waiting, A Playlist Liturgy of Cultural Grief, Redemption, and Longing. Click here for a video.
Not quite a sermon and not really a dance party, but a chance to listen, pray, and grieve the current state of our broken world while we hopefully wait for God. In the spirit of the Halloween season, please come dressed to grieve, or to wait, or to hope. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct 28 at 7pm in the sanctuary of St. David of Wales. Spread the word!
We'll be having Silent Night on Wednesday, Oct 18 at 7:30pm. There will be an hour of silence in the candlelit sanctuary, a chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. We will conclude with a brief time of reflection. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want. Thank you Shaun for organizing.
Join us for “The Sound of Music” Movie & Sing-Along this Saturday, June 24, 12:30pm-4:30pm at St. David of Wales. Doors open at 12:30pm, the movie starts at 1pm. Entrance is by donation. Audience participation bags (while quantities last), popcorn, juice, and water provided. Costumes welcome!
This event is by donation with proceeds to help low-income families attend church camp.
Volunteers needed to help with the lift (for those needing wheelchair access to the sanctuary), setup, serving snacks and cleaning up. If you can help, please email vev@telus.net.
This Sunday, May 28, we'll be having a VEV Day Camp from 10am to 2pm just outside St. David of Wales. Our theme is “Practicing the Pause” and we look forward to taking a pause together to connect with one another and have fun. There’ll be group games, hot dog lunch, face painting, balloon animals, make-your-own-sundaes and more!
See VEV Day Camp Info for the program schedule, what to bring, and more on our theme.
No Zoom, sorry.
Our Lent, Lament & Listening Nights will be held every Wednesday night from March 1 through to April 5 at 7:30pm-9pm on Zoom. Click for Zoom link.
Please enter in silence. These nights will begin with 30 minutes of silence followed by communal conversations for about an hour as we name our questions, concerns, and griefs together in the presence of God, and seek his heart for our future as a community.
We will begin the Season of Lent together with Strathcona Vineyard who will be joining us for our Ash Wednesday service this coming Wednesday at St. David of Wales. We encourage you to fast on the day as you feel led in grace, which can be from other things than food, such as social media, devices, etc in order to be more present. The service will end with the imposition of the ashes. Please enter in silence. There is a Zoom option, you can email vev@telus.net if you’d like the link (same link as Sundays).
Silent Night, Wednesday, February 15th, 7:30pm-9pm at St. David of Wales. A chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want.
We’re excited to have special guest and friend, Andrew Nemr, share with us during our Sunday, January 29th service! The service starts at 10:30am at St. David of Wales. Andrew is an international tap dance artist and performer, choreographer, educator and speaker. He will be sharing on the topic, A Journey Through the Beatitudes, as well as blessing us with his dancing.
For more on Andrew Nemr, please check out his website, www.andrewnemr.com.
The service will also be live-streamed on Zoom with the link distributed through our weekly newsletter. If you’d like to take part please subscribe or email vev@telus.net.
Silent Night, Wednesday, January 18th, 7:30pm-9pm at St. David of Wales. A chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want.
VEV Sunday Brunch this Sunday, Jan 15, 10:30am at St. David of Wales in the lower hall.
Hi everyone, we’re going to have a brunch and time of connecting this Sunday. Thanks to Wade for generously offering to provide the meal!
We are in need of some volunteers, please email vev@telus.net if you can help with any of the following:
Set Up/Takedown Tables & Chairs - 2 to 4 people
Tableware, Cleanup, and Compost - 2 to 4 people
Visit Brunch Volunteers for more details on the specific tasks.
You are invited! Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, Saturday, December 24th at 6pm at St. David of Wales (2475 Franklin St, Vancouver, BC). We look forward to singing carols, seeing the sanctuary lit up beautifully with candles, and celebrating Jesus, the light of the world as a community! There will also be a Zoom option available (subscribe or email vev@telus.net for Zoom link). Invite your friends and neighbours :)
Please note, this Christmas Eve Service will be our last VEV worship event for 2022. There will be no service on Christmas and New Year's Days, December 25 and January 1. We will regather for our first Sunday worship service of 2023 on January 8, 10:30am.
Silent Night, Wednesday, Dec 14, 7:30pm-9pm at St. David of Wales. A chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want.
Christmas Appetizer Lunch, Sunday, Dec 11, 10:30am at St. David's lower hall:
Bring your favourite Christmas appetizer to share. Coffee, tea, mulled cider will be provided.
We'll have Advent candle lighting, Christmas songs, and Christmas cookie decorating for the kids. And, of course, some sort of expression of our legendary Trivia tradition
Also, a Christmas ornament exchange! So bring a funky Christmas ornament (perhaps one you always think you'll put on the tree, but never do:), and take home a new (to you) one.
If you can help with setup at 9am on Dec 11th, please contact Kate.
Silent Night, Wednesday, Nov 16, 7:30pm-9pm at St. David of Wales. A chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want.
Hey friends, please join us at 7pm on Saturday, November 12 at St. David’s for an evening service featuring a DJ'd reflective journey examining the Christian idea of Original Sin as a continuation of our "Rule of Love" Teaching Series - but not as a sermon or a dance party... but both all at once :)
Click here for more info and please feel free to share link with your friends.
As part of Simple Church on October 30th, we’ll be carving pumpkins together in the lower hall. Pumpkins and decorating supplies will be provided. Come with your creative carving ideas! If you can help with set up at 9AM, please contact Kate. We will begin with a shortened service at 10:30AM with Gordie sharing about the spirituality of carving pumpkins. There will be a Zoom option. If you plan to join us on Zoom, we welcome you to pick up a pumpkin in advance and carve along with us.
If you plan to join in person, and you know how many pumpkins your family will carve, let Kate know. We'll have extras, so please don't be dissuaded if you need to make a last minute decision.
If you can help with setup at 9AM and/or clean up, please contact Kate.
There will also be refreshments and snacks. If you are able, please bring a snack to share.
VEV “Silent Nights.” A chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. This coming Wednesday, Sept 21st, 7:30pm-9pm at St. David of Wales. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want.
Thanksgiving is coming, and VEV is celebrating. Won’t you join us at 10:30am in the lower hall on October 9th? We’ll have a short service together, followed by turkey sandwiches and a communal charcuterie board (vegan and gluten free options available). Please bring one or two items to contribute to the board (cheese, meat, vegan alternatives, crackers, vegetables, fruit, spreads etc.) There will be options to eat inside or outside (weather permitting). And rumour has it that Gordie and Kathleen will be preparing their famous trivia game! The kids have helped organize dessert, decorations and activities. There will also be a Zoom option, which sadly won’t include pie, but will be engaging nonetheless. Support with setting up tables and chairs would also be greatly appreciated at 9AM.
We will be having an Intergenerational Service, paying particular attention to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (the Friday before, Sep 30). Frances (Ceen-ne) will be making a presentation to the church, and Stephanie will be bringing Bannock for communion. Wear your Orange shirts. There will be a Zoom option.
Also, click here for a link from the Government Canada website on ways to meaningful invest on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
VEV “Silent Nights.” A chance to come to a quiet space to sit, contemplate, pray. This coming Wednesday, Sept 21st, 7:30pm-9pm at St. David of Wales. Please feel welcome to come when you can and leave when you want.
Sunday, June 26, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Simple Church + Work Bee: We will gather at 10:30AM at St. David of Wales for a Simple Church service (with Zoom option). Gordie will continue our "Reconnecting & Regathering" series, speaking on the topic, "Elijah and Elisha." Following service, we'll be having a WORK BEE. We'll be working together on various tasks inside and outside the church building from cleaning and dusting to weeding and reorganizing. For our Work Bee to-do list and sign up sheet, please click here.
May 27-29, VEV Church Camp at Camp Sunrise (Gibsons, BC). After two years of not being able to have church camp due to the pandemic, we are thrilled that we can again regather at Camp Sunrise 2022! Our theme will be "Re-Connecting," and we are looking forward to this very special time and place that we are setting apart, just to be together, and we really want to see you there! As always, we will celebrate our stories and we are again extending this invitation to VEV “alumni” to come and be part of a VEV “family reunion.”
For the camp brochure & schedule, please click VEV Church Camp Brochure.
REGISTRATION is due by Sunday, May 15:
To Register Online, please go to https://tinyurl.com/VEV2022Camp
To download hard copy of Registration form, please click here.
If you have questions or want to have some fun helping to organize this year’s camp contact Kim or vev@telus.net.
Please note, Camp Sunrise is located at 1377 Burns Road, Gibsons (BC V0N 1V1) and is only accessible by ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale (camp is only 10 min walk from the ferry terminal). Ferries leave Horseshoe Bay for Langdale on Friday, May 27 at: 9:45 AM, 8:45 PM, 10:55 PM – ALL STILL HAVE RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE; all other departure times are first come first served, including: 11:55 AM, 2:10 PM, 4:20 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:35 PM. Ferry departure times to return home after lunch on Sunday: reservations are sold out for the 1:05 PM, 3:15 PM, 3:50 PM, and 5:25 PM. You can visit www.bcferries.com to pre-book (allow for 45 minutes driving time from Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay), or visit www.translink.ca for transit info.
Join us as we gather for a time of Lenten prayer and fasting called, Waiting Together in the “In Between.” We will meet Wednesday to Friday, March 30 to April 1, 2022, 7:30-9:00pm each night at St. David of Wales. We will end with a communal “Break Fast,” and Communion, Friday night, April 1.
Click for brochure.
Join us for our Sunday, March 6, 10:30AM, Intergenerational Service at St. David of Wales.
We are limited to 50 attendees (50% capacity according to BC guidelines). Please pre-register below. Note, the pre-registration will be closed once we reach 50 attendees.
Masks are required.
Please stay home if you are experiencing any symptoms of illness.
Join us for our Ash Wednesday Service, March 2, 7:30-9:00PM at St. David of Wales
We are limited to 50 attendees (50% capacity according to BC guidelines). Please pre-register below. Note, the pre-registration will be closed once we reach 50 attendees.
Masks are required.
Please stay home if you are experiencing any symptoms of illness.
Join us Sunday, Feb 20 for our in-Person Service at St David of Wales. In following the BC’s current protocols for worship services, we will require the following:
Please stay home if you are experiencing any symptoms of illness (Zoom option, subscribe for Zoom link).
We are limited to 50 attendees (50% capacity), so please pre-register below* if you are attending in person.
Masks are required (can be temporarily removed for ceremonial eating and drinking, and by officiants, readers, or for singing a solo where physical distancing is observed).
Email Tae at vev@telus.net if you have any questions. Thank you!
