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Open Way is a new church start-up in East Vancouver. Everyone is welcome to come belong, enjoy, and transform with us. Kid-friendly and LGBTQ-inclusive!

10/03/2026

THE BODY OF CHRIST KEEPS THE SCORE - Open Way is hosting this 4-week course on Zoom with instructor Dr. Brad Melle, a church historian who will take us through 2000 years of church history through the lens of ancestral trauma. We’ll be meeting on Zoom for 4 consecutive Tuesday nights, Oct 20 - Nov 10, 6:30-8:30 pm PT. Payment is by sliding scale. The registration form link is in our bio.

Here’s Brad’s fuller description of the course:

“The fear of Hell. The suspicion of non-Christians. The shame around the body. The performative certainty. None of this started with your church, or your pastor, or your denomination. It came down a very long ancestral line. Something critical happened long ago. You’ve inherited so much that you didn’t ask for. This 4-week online course covers 2000 years of church history through the lens of ancestral trauma. Together, we will walk through Christianity’s whole dysfunctional family history in order, from the early persecutions to today’s Christian Nationalism. Each two-hour session will include university-level teaching paired with heartfelt, honest discussion. Opening up a complicated, painful family inheritance can be heavy and disorienting, but it’s also immensely clarifying. Understanding it doesn’t undo what happened. It doesn’t absolve anyone or erase the ripples of pain. But it does grow your capacity through compassion. And that new space is where new possibilities can take shape.”

09/27/2026

This Sunday we’re having a Hybrid service - we welcome everyone to join us at 4:00 pm, either in person at St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage Church (please wear a mask), or on Zoom (message us for the link).

We’re excited to welcome guest preacher and friend of Open Way, Rev. Laurel Dykstra, who will preach on Exodus 17, with a focus on “Living Water.”

Laurel is the priest of Salal + Cedar Watershed Discipleship community. They live on the bank of Lost Creek which flows into the Brunett River and are a bible nerd who loves wild places and creatures.

09/13/2026

This is Open Way’s second annual “Belonging Sunday,” a time to reflect on the ways we feel belonging at Open Way! Beth will be finishing our sermon series in Isaiah, and we’ll be adding to our woven community art project together. Come to St. Margaret’s at 4:00 pm (please bring a mask) or message us for the Zoom link!

[Image description: in the background, a photo of multicolored rattan woven together in a herringbone pattern. A headshot of Beth is on the bottom left, with short red hair, dark-rimmed glasses, and a dark shirt. The Open Way logo is in the top left and right. Text reads: “Sunday Sep 13, 4:00 pm/ Hybrid Church in the Large/Belonging Sunday/Beth Carlson-Malena preaching/“We Belong with Her” (Isa. 66:7-14)]

04/25/2026

Join us this Sunday afternoon on Zoom! Tim Harder, a member of Open Way, will be preaching on the story of Thomas. Send us a message here or at [email protected], and we’ll gladly share the link!

[Image description: Background is a photo of Tim, with a tan-colored cap, a bushy beard, and a dark blue button-up shirt, a grey sky and greenery behind him. The Open Way logo is in the top left. Text reads: “Sunday Apr 26, 4:00 pm/ *Zoom-Only* Church in the Large Service/ “Sacred Doubt and Embodied Belief (John 20:19-31)”/Tim Harder preaching”]

04/12/2026

Everyone is welcome to join us for our Hybrid Church in the Large service this Sunday. Beth is preaching on John 20:1-18 on the topic of Jesus the Risen Gardener. Come at 4:00 pm, either in person at St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage Church (bring a mask!), or on Zoom (message us for the link).

[Image description: Background is a photo of dirt with seeds resting on top, with a hand dropping more seeds, and green blurry plants behind. The Open Way logo is in the bottom left. Bottom right, there is a headshot of Beth with short red hair, wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a dark shirt. Text reads: “Sunday Apr 12, 4:00 pm/Church in the Large Service/on Zoom & at St. Margaret’s/ “The Gardener is Risen” (John 20:1-18)”/Beth Carlson-Malena preaching”]

04/03/2026

Too often we rush from Good Friday to Easter Sunday and don’t make space for the “in between” - the night of waiting, when Jesus is dead in the tomb (for all the disciples knew, never to return).

At 8:00 pm this Saturday, we will hold a contemplative service where we can bring everything that is unresolved or uncertain in our lives: dissatisfaction, doubt, suffering, grief, fear, anger, faithlessness, God-forsakenness. Refusing any easy answers, we will hold vigil together at the tomb. Join us at St. Margaret’s (or tune in on Zoom around your virtual campfire) for some (mostly) non-churchy music and readings. There will be space to sit, reflect, and create art.

For Zoom safety reasons, we will not be posting the link here publicly, but if you’d like to participate online, please send us a message or comment below, and we’ll give you the link.

03/29/2026

Everyone is welcome to join us for our Palm Passion service, where we walk through the story of Holy Week from Palm Sunday until the crucifixion, “Readers Theatre” style. Please join us at 4:00 pm either in person at St Margaret’s (bring a mask!) or on Zoom (message us for the link!)

03/07/2026

Everyone is welcome to join us for our Hybrid Church in the Large service this Sunday. Beth is preaching on John 18 & 21 - pivotal moments in the life of Peter. Come at 4:00 pm, either in person at St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage Church (bring a mask!), or on Zoom (message us for the link).

[Image description: Background is a seaside photo at dawn or dusk, with a campfire built next to the shoreline. The Open Way logo is in the bottom right. Bottom left, there is a headshot of Beth with short red hair, wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a dark shirt. Text reads: “Sunday Mar 8, 4:00 pm/Church in the Large Service/on Zoom & at St. Margaret’s/ “Three Questions, Two Fires, One Task” (John 18 & 21)”/Beth Carlson-Malena preaching”]

02/21/2026

Everyone is welcome to join us for our Hybrid Church in the Large service this Sunday. Sonya is preaching on John 11 - the story of the raising of Lazarus. Come at 4:00 pm, either in person at St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage Church (bring a mask!), or on Zoom (message us for the link). Feel free to stay afterward for our Annual Community Meeting!

[Image description: Background is a photo of a hillside with a gravestone rolled away leaving an open entrance. The Open Way logo is in the bottom left. Bottom right, there is a headshot of Sonya wearing glasses, a hat, and a blue button-up shirt with red and white polka-dots. Text reads: “Hybrid Church in the Large Service/ Sunday Feb 22, 4:00 pm/on Zoom & in person/ “Unbind! Death, Resurrection, and Communal Liberation” (John 11)”/Sonya Taylor preaching!”]

02/18/2026

We are grateful to be partnering with Kits Church and Salal + Cedar for two identical short Ash Wednesday services today where you can pray, sing, and receive (glitter or non-glitter) ashes to mark the beginning of Lent and the paradox of (star)dust: our beautiful and painful mortality.

- 1:30-2:00 pm - Outdoor service at Strathcona Park (near the community gardens at Malkin Ave & Raymur Ave)

- 7:00-7:30 pm - Indoor service at Fairview Baptist Church, (1708 W 16th near Pine). Church is wheelchair accessible through Pine entrance.

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