St. Martin's North Vancouver

05/11/2022

Even after getting vaccinated against COVID-19, keep taking precautions to protect yourself, family and friends.

04/19/2022

Prayer for Ukraine and for Peace for the World
A message from The Canadian Council of Churches
Sunday, April 24, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Everywhere

(LAST UPDATED: April 11, 2022) >> Click here for Ukrainian translation. >> View this news story as a pdf in English or French. In solidarity with the Ukrainian Bishops of Canada we invite you to join with The Canadian Council of Churches on April 24, which is Pascha (Easter Sunday on the Julian cale...

01/21/2022

St. Martin's Annual Vestry Meeting will take place in-person and online via Zoom on Sunday, February 20 At 11:30 am.

Anyone who is an accustomed worshipper at St. Martin's and who has been on the Parish List for at least three months, is welcome to attend.

https://www.saintmartins.ca/events/annual-vestry-meeting--370/2022-02-20

12/31/2021

12/15/2021

The service of Lessons and Carols is one of the most widely-anticipated and well-known events during Advent.

12/15/2021

So far, 2021 has already been the deadliest year on record for illicit-drug overdoses in British Columbia. According to the British Columbia Coroners Service, here are some of the facts as presented: 1,782 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths occurred between January and October 2021....

11/16/2021

From Bishop John Stephens:

On Saturday, November 20 people around the world will mark Trans Day of Remembrance.

This day began in the late 1990s to commemorate the life of Rita Hester, an American trans woman, who was murdered in Boston in 1998. Her murder remains unsolved. The violence of her death and the lack of media and community attention to her murder, led to candlelight vigils and memorials that have spread around the world and that honor thousands of other trans people who had died, committed su***de, or been subjected to violence. Canada is by no means exempt from this sad record.

Trans Day of Remembrance is also a day to commit and recommit to ending transphobic violence and discrimination.

We as members of the church need to confess how we have contributed to the situation faced by trans people. How have our thoughts, words and deeds, and the things we have done and left undone allowed this violence and discrimination to continue? How often have we failed to see the trans people in our families, our parishes, our communities as fully human and worthy of our concern, support, respect and love? What steps can we take as individuals and parishes to ensure safety for trans people? How can we educate ourselves about gender identify and expression in ways that change the church, our societal institutions, and our personal understanding of gender and identity.

I would urge you to seek out and participate in events being held in your area or on-line to mark Trans Day of Remembrance this Saturday. Bring that experience to your justice work in our parishes and in our diocese, challenging all of us to become allies or to become better allies to members of the Trans communities. How can we in the church chart a different path of love, living out the grace of God?

I encourage you to remember the trans community in your Prayers of the People this Sunday.

Please share this information on your electronic sites.

Here is a link to CUPE site https://cupe.ca/event/trans-day-remembrance

Here is a link to the QueerEvents website with information about November 20, 2021 - https://www.queerevents.ca/tdor

Blessings and Peace,

Bishop John

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is internationally recognized on November 20th every year. This day was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked...

11/04/2020

Here's a great graphic on how to protect yourself from airborne germs.

Also a great article on masks from the CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ask-covid-mask-questions-1.5782108

06/19/2020

In honour of National Indigenous Day, please take a moment to watch this very moving documentary.

This film is one of the responses of the Anglican Church’s Primate’s Commission on discovery reconciliation and justice. The purpose of this film is to respo...

06/19/2020

In honour of National Indigenous Day, please take a moment to watch this very moving documentary.

This film is one of the responses of the Anglican Church’s Primate’s Commission on discovery reconciliation and justice. The purpose of this film is to respo...

06/03/2020

ANGLICAN CHURCH STATEMENTS ON JUSTICE

As people of faith, the community of St. Martin’s opposes racism and systems of oppression that give rise to violence, hatred, and fear of neighbour.

We pray for God’s restorative justice and peace for people of colour and racial minorities in the United States and the rest of our fragile world.

May we all take part in standing with our brothers and sisters of every race and witnessing to the truth in Jesus’ name.

The Diocese of New Westminster engages in ongoing work to dismantle racism in our communities and subscribes to the Charter for Racial Justice of the Anglican Church of Canada

https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/A_Charter_for_Racial_Justice-approved_March_07.pdf