If you want to read all the details – follow the link below.  We’d highly recommend the event – maybe we’ll see you there!  The dates are September 29 & 30th.  Guaranteed sunshine – blue skies – great fellowship – inspiring teaching.  What more could you ask for?!

ACTS 29 Boot Camp

What is a ministry hub?  Well, exactly what it sounds like.  A place that all our planters can access for mid-week meetings of all sorts & sizes!  Most of our plants are in rented “weekend only” space and have no facilities where they can run midweek programs.  Where does a worship team practice?  Where can we host an ALPHA event?  What if a group of men or women wanted to gather?  What if several small groups needed a place for a pot-luck or an outreach event?

In the late fall, CPBC leadership team approved the long-term lease of two facilities in the city to provide all our plants with space.  One site is located near the corner of Broadway & Kingsway in East Van.  The second site is above the Sammy Pepper’s restaurant on Granville Island!

Both these sites are already being used by a good number of groups and we look forward to seeing how God will use these facilities to help our planters in their work.

If you know of a planter in the city who needs a place to hold a meeting, or just a quiet spot to do some study – pass along our contact info – we’d love to meet them and see if we can share this space with them as well!

Pastor Bob Cui and Vida Song are the church planter at Surrey PGMC. They both went to seminary in Hong Kong.  Upon returning to Vancouver in the summer of 2009, they quickly discovered the needs of the many Mandarin speakers in Surrey.  Surrey is the biggest municipality in Metro Vancouver.  It is also a culturally diverse city. With the rapid development and relatively affordable housing, many Chinese immigrants have moved into Surrey.  Hence, Surrey is a vast mission field and PGMC is grateful to be able to partner with Church Planting BC in starting a new church here.

Please continue to pray for the followings:

1.  Pray for Bob and Vida and their family so they will have a smooth transition to this new commitment and ask the Lord to be with them during their service to the Lord.

2.  Pray for the few active members of the Church. Ask the Lord to guide them and let them establish their spiritual devotion to Christ alone. Let them serve as good examples in Christ during the meetings and services.

3.  Pray to the Lord to help us prepare people who offer their services to the Lord and ask the Lord to bless their families and works.

Over 350 guests joined us at Willingdon Church in Burnaby on Friday, September 25, 2009 to Celebrate what God is doing in British Columbia. Testimonies were shared, a terrific meal was enjoyed, and many church planters were introduced to the audience.

Pastor Norm Funk from Westside Church gave the message, and an offering for Church Planting BC was taken. We praise God that $50,000 was raised at this event!

It is finally here! Sunday, September 27th we will be celebrating the official public launch of The Rock Church in Squamish, BC.

The journey that began over two and half years ago is now about to enter into a new and very exciting phase. The Lord has been directing every step along the way and we are excited to see what He will do next.

If you’re skeptical about organized religion—good! You’ll be among friends at The Rock. If you’ve been hurt by, or lost faith in, the ‘church’ or ‘christians,’ well, you’re not alone.

If you’re searching for truth, meaning and community, then welcome to the journey.

If you’ve experimented with spirituality but know there’s something more, well, there is. We invite you to explore the life and teachings of Jesus and find, in Him—the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jesus is our mission, He’s our example, He’s our leader and He changes everything.

Hope to see you there!

Glenn Davies
Lead Pastor

Artisan’s Sunday evening worship gatherings will begin monthly in the Alice MacKay Room on the lower level of Vancouver Public Library’s Central Branch in Downtown Vancouver. Here’s the schedule. All gatherings begin at 6:30pm.

About a year and a half ago they began a second Sunday morning gathering which allowed the church to open up seats to accommodate those who were coming and joining.

Late last spring however it became apparent that as attendance continued to increase at the rate it was they would have a space problem even with two the gatherings and they would need to consider adding an evening gathering to the mix.

This past Sunday, January 11th, Westside opened the doors of their new venue just a few blocks from the 5th Avenue Cinemas at the Revue Theatre on Granville Island. What a tremendous evening of blessing it was. Lead Pastor and church planter Norm Funk had said earlier in the week that he didn’t honestly know what to expect, “I mean we could get 50 people, I just cannot say,” were his famous words.

Well, the Revue holds approximately 200 and, despite the fact that there were a few well-wishers there to support the evening, there was a standing room only crowd. It was a tremendous thing to see this venue and Granville Island inhabited by a group of very eager worshipers of Jesus Christ. Norm preached from Eccelsiastes 7:1-14 on Chasing the Wind and he held nothing back. The gathering was complete with some great worship led by Ben Gadd and team, as well as communion to close off the evening.

If you are in the downtown Vancouver area on Sunday nights and looking for an opportunity to worship the Lord in a fresh, relevant and enthusiastic way, check out Westside @ The Revue Theatre on Granville Island at 6:00 PM.

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Ross Road Community Church

Abbotsford

(watch our website for more details)