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What your financial gifts support
Growing People
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. Proverbs 18:10. Let’s start with our foundation: Everything we do at St. John’s is about declaring Jesus as our strong tower, and helping people to grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord.
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Training Future Church Leaders
Just like some hospitals, St. John’s is a training church and we are committed to raising up both lay leaders and clergy through our Curacy and Artizo programs. In the past five years, we have ordained six curates. In the Artizo program, we estimate that more than 100 graduates are now regularly preaching and teaching to over 10,000 people across North America, and themselves helping train others to follow in their path.
Expanding World Mission
St. John’s has a thriving volunteer missions committee who oversee our support of world-wide missions. In 2021 we financially supported the work of over 13 missionaries and missions organizations and plan the same for 2022.
The Studying of God’s word
Teaching Children Well
Did you know that we have over 80 children registered in our Sunday School program? Not only that but God’s Big Story, the children’s ministry curriculum developed and supported by St. John’s, has been used by over 100 churches across North America.
Spreading the Word of God Across the World
Each week we record, edit, and publish our sermons online. They are freely available through our website, on YouTube, and as audio podcasts, and are accessed by people around the world. In 2021 over 6,000 people listened to St. John’s sermons on Apple podcasts, and we had 33,000 views on our YouTube channel. For each new sermon series, we have a dedicated team of staff and volunteers who develop, design and publish Bible study guides. All of this is available in print and online to our congregation – free of charge. In 2021 our Bible studies resource web site page was visited 3,500 times.
Livestreaming Services
While we hope that sometime in 2022 we will finally be able to gather for worship with no restrictions, for now, being online is essential and your gifts make it possible. Going forward we plan to continue livestreaming as it is an effective way to reach out to people who might be unable to attend in person and to those outside the Lower Mainland.
Bookkeeping to Bulletins
For most people admin isn’t the most exciting thing to talk about, but good administration is essential to a flourishing church.
Gathering In Person
It’s been a challenge to gather in person these last two years and we don’t yet have a permanent church home, but God has blessed us with our rental agreements at OAC and our Burrard Street office. In 2021 we were able to secure an agreement to be able to use the church building all day on Sundays. We hope to be able to fully take advantage of this in 2022.
If you are new to St. John’s you might not know of God’s grace in establishing the Anglican Network in Canada in 2009 in the midst of the Anglican crisis. We support our diocese financially, but also we have staff members and lay volunteers who support the work of ANiC through serving and teaching. And, if you haven’t heard, one of our staff members became its new Bishop.
