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Joining God in the renewal of all things Artisan is a church in and for the city of Vancouver.

Our core motivation is to be a movement that joins God in the renewal of all things.

10/27/2026

The third floor of the Japanese Hall recently got some major upgrades! It is now a museum of Japanese Canadian history. Come by the Artisan offices and check out this amazing interpretive centre!

Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall (VJLS-JH)

10/27/2026

It’s impossible to be lonely
when you’re zesting an orange.
Scrape the soft rind once
and the whole room
fills with fruit.
Look around you: you have
more than enough.
Always have.
You just didn’t notice
until now.

–
Abundance, by Amy Shmidt

10/26/2026

In our current series, ‘Creator’s Good Road’, artists from our community are sharing their interpretations of Jesus’s parables about the kingdom of God.

This week we looked at the Parable of the Vineyard Workers in Matthew 18:21-35. Tobi Davidge quilted ‘The Cabbage Quilt’ (second picture) inspired by the parable.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

The quilts of Gee’s Bend offer a vibrant example of making something from nothing. As one of the last regions in Louisiana to stop the practice of slavery, the women of Gee’s Bend used scraps of clothing, the discarded remnants of cotton mills, and thread from seed bags to craft warmth for themselves. While quilting the women sang the gospels.

From salvaged materials Gee’s Bend quilters have created pieces that hang in the Smithsonian and travel around the world as examples of community and healing. Their labour fed not only a physical need but the very need to feel needed.

The cabbage quilt is my reading of the parable, Matthew 20 1:16. It asks us to value the overlooked as equal. Inspired by the Gee’s Bend quilters, it was made almost entirely of scrap fabric from other quilters and myself. The cabbage in the centre was pieced from saved fabric that was meaningful to me. A humble cabbage becomes the core from which a spectrum of colour radiates.

10/26/2026

“If we hear a parable and think, ‘I really like that’… and fail to take any challenge, we are not listening well enough.”
–
Keith Bodner

10/22/2026

As part of our Caring for Caregivers project at Artisan, we have had the joy of hosting three of our community partners at Rivendell Retreat Centre on Bowen Island this week—

Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
DTES Neighbourhood House
E.D. Maria Gaudin

Jacob’s Well
Jacob's Well
E.D. Joben David

Zero Block Society
Zero Block Society
E.D. Ronnie

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About the Caring for Caregivers Project:
In 2024 as part of a 13-week series on “place” we discerned that part of our place-related identity is to serve as a sanctuary for frontline workers and caregivers. We do this by mobilizing the gifts of play, art, community, contemplative practices, and vocational skills.

Email us if you want to join the circle of care!
[email protected]

10/19/2026

On Sunday we looked at the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. It sparked a lot of conversation in the gathering! Here is a modern twist by Hannah O.

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Therefore, there was a man who owned a company that owned 10 homes in Vancouver, each with its own mortgage, each with its own tenant paying the mortgage. The man’s mortgage rates went up, was not able to raise rent and fell behind on payments. He went to the bank.

The bank looked at him and acted mercifully. The bank told him he no longer would owe for any mortgages. The bank forgave him all the mortgages.

A month later, one of his tenants was short on rent. $5 short. The landlord evicted the tenant and his whole family. They were on the street in five days.

In hearing this, the bank got angry. The bank looked at the man and regained the mortgages, got a judgment on his house, and sold his houses in court order to pay his debts. The man no longer had any homes.

10/13/2026

In our current series, ‘Creator’s Good Road’, artists from our community are sharing their interpretations of Jesus’s parables about the kingdom of God.

This watercolour painting is by Christina Powell. Christina Powell

Children & Lost Sheep: Matthew 18:1-14

ARTIST STATEMENT:
My art is a visual prayer as I interact with scripture and sermons. I consider the kindness of God in the face of the complexities of spiritual trauma with watercolours that emulate light shining through stained glass. A poem I wrote expresses the sentiment best:

When I was making this piece I really wanted to reflect on what it would mean to be the sheep and the child. I realized in both the only focus is the embrace of the Saviour. He’s designed in the overpowering shape of a mountain to reference mount Zion and one of the many times God called his children to him but also to understand that even though the sheep may feel lost on the mountain they are never truly alone.

– Christina Powell

10/08/2026

IT’S AWKTOBER at ARTISAN! 😬 An unofficial season of the church calendar that we invented!

Awktober = Awkward + October

It’s an invitation to lean into the tricky business of community. Embrace the awkwardness, whether you’re asking someone’s name or inviting them to share a meal. Community is a spiritual discipline that takes time and practice. It’s something we surrender into as we continue to move from “me” to “we”.

Use this as an excuse to throw an impromptu happy hour, invite yourself over for a meal at someone else’s place, or make a felt pin of the grimacing face emoji 😬 and gift it to someone. (Actual stuff people have done!)

Swipe to see more ideas on how to Awktober.

10/07/2026

These images were photographed by Rachel Pick Rachel Pick inspired by the Seed Parables in Matthew 13:21-52.

As part of our current sermon series, ‘Creator’s Good Road’, artists from our community are sharing their interpretations of Jesus’s parables about the kingdom of God.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
“So often the stories of Jesus place our understanding of how the kingdom of God shows up as the smallest, easy-to-miss things...in nature or other parts of our lives. These images require a pause to notice that life potential all around us — the seeds have the potential to multiply the life far beyond the singular plant (that is often dying). By isolating the plants on a backdrop instead of their natural surroundings, I’m able to notice the smaller details that have been there all along. This noticing with a camera becomes a habit for how I go through life: observing light to see the shadow of an object cast behind it, how the light highlights the details in texture, size and shape.

In the parables of Matthew 13:21-52 I hear how the outsized influence of a tiny seed in the dirt can grow into a tree, of yeast to make bread rise, of buried treasure that could transform the economics of a person’s life, are reminders of God’s pattern to point us to noticing him working with small, often everyday things.”

10/07/2026

Join us for another Young Adults gathering Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Glanvilles’ home (address will be sent to you upon registration). Come for food, conversation, creative exploration, worship, and room to dream about what might be possible together. Dinner will be provided, and you are welcome to bring something sweet to share.

Our theme for the evening will be The Chosen Family of God. We would love for you to bring your gifts to share. If you play an instrument and would like to be part of collaborative worship, or have a creative offering—spoken word, a song, or something else you would like to share—we will make space for it. Please let us know in advance if you can, so we can prepare and make room for what you bring.

At kitchen parties and potlucks, the kitchen table is always where stories are told, conversations unfold, and community forms like an extended family. What you bring matters: a story, a question, an idea, a creative gift, a hope. Around the table, we lean into the question: What might we create together that we could not create on our own?

There is always room at the table, so feel free to invite someone you think should be there.

Please register on our app so we can prepare and host the evening with care.

Address

487 Alexander Street
Vancouver, BC
V6A1C6

Website

http://www.artisanchurch.ca/

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