2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming

We know that churches and inclusion haven’t always gone hand-in-hand, but our community is built on taking risks to change that. St. Andrew’s-Wesley is inclusive, and not in a passive way. We are intentional and explicit in our commitment to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Our staff work to understand the experience you’re moving through by listening with open hearts and minds. We show up, pay attention, and take action. *2SLGTBQIA+ is an acronym for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and the plus reflects the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify.

Rainbow Refugee Mentorship Program

Are you a local 2SLGBTQIA+ person with five or more years working in your profession? Rainbow Refugee is looking for mentors to support 2SLGBTQIA+ refugees who are new to Canada looking to enter the workforce. By committing two to four hours a month, you can help refugees navigate a new employment system, meet people in their industry, and access the resources available to them. Contact Rev Rhian for more info.

The Word is Out

Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7pm come and join a safe and supportive community to explore the intersections between your faith and your 2SLGBTQIA+ identity. Food, discussion, honesty and support are all on offer during our monthly social meetings and annual retreat. To connect contact Rev Curt.

Lavender Bunch

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm gather with other Queer women and Non-binary folks to explore creativity, spirituality, and community. Whatever questions, sorrows, or joys you bring, whatever your spiritual background, this is a space to do life together with other 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. From monthly chosen-family dinners to yoga nights, painting, collaging, poetry, and more, we hope to provide opportunities for support, self-expression, and connection with the divine. The Lavender Bunch is here to nurture your growth and celebrate your uniqueness. Contact Karis to connect.

Community

Christmas Services

*Doors will be open half hour before service start time. Dec 24 – 11am Parent & Tot Service, 3pm Jazz Vespers, 7pm Family Service, 11pm Traditional Service Dec 25 – 10:30am Christmas Day Service

Community & Worship

Jan 11

Eat Pray Love is a gathering for all ages. A time of singing and story and prayer, a time to to be creative and a time to share a meal and conversation together. We will be gathering 5 times this year to celebrate the seasons of Advent, Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost. This gathering will happen at St. Andrew’s Wesley and at Christ Church Cathedral as we collaborate together.

Community & Spirituality

Wednesdays in January

The Heart of Christianity: this ancient spiritual path is liberating and life-giving, and can also be bewildering. What are we “supposed” to believe, and does belief even matter? How can we grow in faith? What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus, and who was the historical Jesus, anyway? These and other essential questions will be addressed and discussed in our five-week Epiphany series that we all might be “rooted and grounded in love.”

Our Place
In the World

St. Andrew’s-Wesley respectfully acknowledges that we gather on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. For thousands of years, First Nations people have walked on this land and their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives and spirituality. As a church, and settlers on these shores, we have a life-long responsibility to unlearn our misunderstandings of history, territory, and identity through critical reflection, acknowledgement, and listening.