Our Community of Faith.

When I got this blog a year and a half ago, I didn't know 

how in the world to upload photos to add to my blog. I know I've had a lot of words in my blog before (Sunday messages), but they are simply there, if you couldn't come to service, and wanted to know what the message was about.

I found out that in the 1.5 years of life of my blog, I never once snapped shots of our congregation! Well, here are a few pictures for y'all to see what our community of faith is about. We're casual people, and we're also relatively young. We don't pretend to know everything about the Christian faith, because it's a journey that we're all on together as we continue to grow up in Christ (1 Cor. 3:1). As you can see in the above picture, we're a fairly small congregation (approx 30-35 people), and the majority of our people are in their high school years. We have a growing number of people in their young careers and in University (or entering into Uni). 

We also have a great Awana program (www.awana.org) in our church, and many of them we are trying to teach the Scriptures to, so that they do not remain spiritual infants in Christ, but they mature in their faith. I love my congregation! They are awesome sheep. If you don't have a home church, or if your interested in the Christian faith, we invite you to come and drop by. We're pretty friendly people =) 

(Left to Right) Julia, Ken, Isabella, Carol   

A little history about our congregation. We started about 7 years ago today (in 2001) with only a handful of people. Initially, the congregation started off because most of the parents who were attending the Chinese service had no place for their children to go, and thus the english congregation's birth! :) Since that time, there has been a growing passion to reach people for Christ, regardless of age, ethnicity, or culture. 

One of the most beautiful vision of the church is described in the Scriptures in Revelation 5:9,10, "You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation. And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth." We live in one of the most multi-ethnic cities of the world - Vancouver - Our congregation seeks to reflect that vision, and one day reality, in Revelation 5. Our congregation is growing, slowly, but surely. I look forward, by the Lord's graces and mercies, to see where He's going to take us all. It'll be an adventure, for sure ;)

Holli & Dave - LOL

 

              Blessings in Christ, 

 Sam