Oscar Sermon Series: Sinners
Grab your popcorn and join us for this year’s Oscar picks for our Sunday Oscar sermon series! We unpack the spiritual themes in the best movies of 2025 on Sundays at 10:30am! Feb 22 – Sinners Mar 1 – Sentimental Value Mar 8 – Mr. Nobody Against Putin Mar 15 – Train Dreams
Jazz Vespers Black History Month with Candus Churchill & Friends
In 2020/2021 Candus Churchill was inducted in The BC Entertainment Hall Of Fame Star Meritus. She was born into a musical family in Louisville, Ky., and was influenced by all the great Jazz, R&B and Gospel artist of the day. Candus has performed across The US and in Japan. She arrived in Canada in 1980 […]
Live Recording Album & Scholarship Fundraiser
Come join us for an incredible event at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church on March 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM. We’ll be recording a live album and raising funds for a scholarship at Capilano University Jazz Department! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE! At a time of relentless budget cuts to grade school, secondary, and post-secondary music […]
Jazz Vespers with Strauss Whiteside & Ben MacRae
Strauss Whiteside (piano), and Ben MacRae (clarinet, sax, tuba, vocals) have been playing jazz together since they first met when they were both eighteen years-old, studying music at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Together, Strauss and Ben have a love of traditional jazz, and seek to offer excellent roots music that provokes the mind, captures the heart, […]
Ryan Davis and Songhee Lee – Viola, Cello and Electronics
International performers and partners in crime Ryan Davis (viola) and Song Hee Lee (cello) bring their uniquely innovative music to St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Together, they blend classical virtuosity with live electronics, and inspired by folk, classical, and hip-hop music. Bios: “A violist unlike any other” (Stir Vancouver), Canadian Ryan […]
Jazz Vespers with Nancy Newman Trio
Nancy holds a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from San Diego State University and previously worked in public and private counselling sectors. After pausing her career to raise three sons, she returned to music: studying, performing, and composing. Nancy’s background in rehabilitation counselling continues to inform her songwriting and approach to music. She has […]
Jazz Vespers with Big Shoulders
Big Shoulders is a Vancouver based Modern Jazz Quartet. We celebrate the music of the jazz master composers and present their music in our own style, often modernizing and moving the music forward. Our repertoire includes music by Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Charlie Hayden, Herbie Hancock and Thelonius Monk and many […]
Jazz Vespers with Footnotes
Footnotes is a father-daughter-led jazz ensemble that seamlessly blends saxophone (Ron Kinders), tap dance (Bryn Kinders), piano (Jason de Couto), and upright bass(Noah Gotfrit) into a dynamic conversation of rhythm and melody. Originally a duo exploring the interplay between sax and tap, the group evolved into a full-bodied band where movement is as integral as sound. With a repertoire spanning […]
Gospel Choir Rehearsal
Rehearsals are at 7:10-9pm. Performances are on the 3rd Sunday of the month in the 10:30am service. Can I get a hallelujah? Come and explore the rich tradition of gospel and contemporary Christian music in this casual and fun non-auditioned choir. To sign up and for more details, please email Curt at c.allison@standrewswesley.com
Gospel Choir Rehearsal
Rehearsals are at 7:10-9pm on: Thu. Jan. 15 – First rehearsal of 2026 Thu. Feb. 12 – Rehearsal Thu. Mar. 12 – Rehearsal Thu. Apr. 2 – Rehearsal with Congregational Choir Thu. May 14 – Rehearsal Thu. Jun. 18 – Rehearsal Performances are on the 3rd Sunday of the month in the 10:30am service. Can I get […]