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Wilf in jeopardy
The Wilf Ray Program, a
two-hour gospel music show on local radio, may be going off the air after
more than 2,000 shows. Each program consists of contemporary, traditional
and country gospel music, interspersed with thoughts for successful living
and three short spoken messages. The program has been on 600 AM since 1965,
except for 1986-1994, when it was on JR Country (93.7 FM).
Wilf Ray began in radio in 1944, and has not missed a
show – except for a brief break in the 1980s, for health reasons.
The program is now in jeopardy because the 600 AM
management has offered to give up the broadcasting rights if it is granted
the new 100.5 FM station. Ray told BCCN that many people have accepted Christ because of the
program over the years.
Women Alive
Thelma Wells is the plenary speaker at
Celebrate,’ a major Women Alive gathering at Glad Tidings Church in
Vancouver October 17-18. The event is designed to be attractive to all
women, not just women of faith. Music will be by Glenda Rae, Dust Bunny and
the Spacemakers. Tanya Dimeglio will lead worship. For more information,
see: www.womenalive.org
Luke 15 could close
As reported in the Surrey
Leader last month, Luke 15 Transition
House is facing foreclosure. The 29-bed facility, which helps rehabilitate
men who have been convicted of a crime due to addiction issues, was opened
in 2005.
However, its zero tolerance for any drug use is
inconsistent with the provincial government’s harm reduction
principles – and this means that it does not qualify for public
funding. This year, it was refused the annual grant of $40,000 it
previously received from the BC Gaming Commission.
Just Add Water
The Life Campaign (www.lifecampaign.org) is a student
movement dedicated to re-imagining the injustices of our world. Its focus
this year is water, particularly the millions of people who do not have
safe drinking water, and lack proper sanitation. The immediate goal is to
encourage water conservation in Canada and to raise $250,000 to dig 26
wells in 12 countries.
The issue is being promoted through a cross-Canada
‘Just Add Water’ tour – featuring Christian
musicians Vicky Beeching and Bluetree, and humorous inspirational speaker
Phil Cann.
There are two B.C. stops on the tour: October 22
at Christian Life Assembly in Langley, and October 23 at Glad Tidings
Pentecostal Church in Victoria. Admission is $20.
Free Church changes
At its national convention this summer, the
Evangelical Free Church of Canada elected Bill Taylor to be president of
the 150-congregation denomination. Taylor replaces Ron Unruh, who has
served in the position since 2002.
Before being elected president, Unruh had been a
pastor for 34 years, most recently at Cloverdale Baptist Church in Surrey.
He also served as Canadian director for World Radio Missionary Fellowship,
as an adjunct faculty member in homiletics at two Bible colleges, and as a
regional president with the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptists.
Taylor served as senior pastor of Saskatoon
Evangelical Free Church and as superintendent of the Alberta Parkland
District of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada.
Kenyan bishop visits
Bishop Ndambuki of the Africa Brotherhood Church
visited the William Carey Institute in Vancouver in early September to
discuss The Kenya Project.
The William Carey Institute, a project of Canadian
Baptists of Western Canada, offers theological education through local
churches.
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The Kenya Project is a collaborative effort of the
Institute, Canadian Baptist Ministries, the Africa Brotherhood Church, and
the African Christian Church and Schools in Kenya, to train lay and
professional church workers in Kenya.
Lose the Locks Walk the Wall
 | Left to Right: Akhila Regunathan, Janet Lam and Judith Lam Tang. |
Judith Lam Tang and Akhila Regunathan (see
photo) participated in a ‘Lose the Locks’ event on August 29;
Tang also participated in the Walk the Wall event September 13. Both
efforts were dedicated to Judith’s sister, Janet Lam.
Lose the Locks is a cooperative effort of Pantene
Beautiful Lengths, the Canadian Cancer Society and HairUWear, to provide
wigs to women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment.
Walk the Wall is a worldwide project of International
China Concern (ICC), to walk twice the length of the Great Wall of China
(12,000 km) – to raise funds for abandoned and disabled children in
China.
Janet Lam spent a year volunteering with ICC in
Hengyang, Hunan, China, and is now battling breast cancer.
Streams vs poverty
Sponsored by Streams of Justice, Grandview Calvary
Baptist Church in Vancouver is hosting ‘Poverty in the Land of
Plenty’ an evening with Seth Klein, B.C. director of the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, on October 6 at 7 pm.
This innovative gathering brings together personal
testimonies of people who have lived with poverty, along with a discussion
of some of the structural causes and necessary components in addressing
poverty in B.C.
The province has led all others in rates of child
poverty for four years, despite a strong economy and budgetary surpluses.
www.streamsofjustice.org
Pro-life back at Cap
The pro-life Capilano College Heartbeat Club and the
Capilano Students Union (CSU) have reached an agreement that gives the club
CSU recognition. The parties released a joint statement shortly after
the agreement.
The summer of 2006 saw the CSU pass a motion put
forward by a member of the campus Women’s Centre, which made the
group an official ‘pro-choice’ organization. Shortly
after, the CSU denied the Heartbeat Club’s application requesting
official CSU club status.
After a second application was also denied, for the
reason that the club would hinder “a woman’s right to
choose,” Heartbeat forwarded a complaint to the British Columbia
human rights tribunal, which stated the club was being discriminated
against, based on religious belief. In January of 2008, the tribunal
rejected a request by the CSU to dismiss the Heartbeat Club’s
complaint. – Lifesite News
100 years of ministry
Three Anglican churches in Metro Vancouver have
recently celebrated their 100th anniversaries: St Augustine’s in the
Marpole area of Vancouver, All Saints in Ladner and St. David’s in
Delta.
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