Outreach


Jazzing It Up for Out of the Cold

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

 One hour of Jazz in the Sanctuary followed by a Wine and Dessert Tasting here at St. David’s.  Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.    To raise funds for the Out of the Cold dinners as well as for our other Outreach ministries including the What If? Foundation that “provides hope and opportunity to impoverished children [...]

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Be The Change: Heal the World Day

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

“Be the Change: Heal the World Day” is a joint project of three congregations: the Har-El Jewish community, the Baha’i community of West Vancouver and St. David’s United Church. This is an inspiring opportunity to work together to be an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just presence in our local community.

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Sandwich Making at Lookout Shelter

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

 A group of volunteers from St. David’s makes sandwiches for the clients of the North Shore Lookout Shelter on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. If you can help or need further information, please contact Dora Bergen 604-722-2195. Lookout Emergency Aid Society is a non-profit, charitable organization, providing non-sectarian lay services to [...]

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Child labour on cocoa farms

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Children of West Africa toil on cocoa farms under conditions the United Nations International Labour Organisation classifies as the worst forms of child labour, entailing enslavement, hazardous working conditions, little pay and little or no time for education. This according to the March 24, 2007 issue of The Vancouver Sun.

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Out of the Cold Dinners

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

St. David’s is committed to being involved in hands-on work that makes a concrete difference in the lives of the most impoverished communities in our city. In response to pressing needs in Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhood, several United Churches in Vancouver have participated in a programme where homeless people are fed beautifully prepared food and attentively served at sit-down dinners at First United Church, located at the corner of Gore and Hastings.

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