Music

Music is at the heart of St. Andrew’s-Wesley and a central part of our services. Our Sunday Morning and Candelit Contemplative services are led by the stunning voices of the Sacred Voices Ensemble, whose repertoire ranges from Renaissance choral music to gospel, jazz, and contemporary. We also regularly feature our Congregational Choir, Gospel Choir, and guest musicians from our local community.

Concerts

Selected Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm

Featuring talented local musicians and guests from across Canada. Check out our events calendar to find out more, or send an email to music@standrewswesley.com.

Congregational Choir

Weekly rehearsals, Sundays 1:00-2:00pm.

Led by Choral Director Peggy Hua, our church’s non-auditioned choir performs once a month during our Sunday morning services, singing a mix of beloved classics and modern sacred music. To sign up or inquire about the choir, please email music@standrewswesley.com.

City Lights Gospel Choir

2^nd Thursday of the month 7-8:30pm for practices. 3^rd Sunday of the month in the 10:30am service at St Andrew’s Wesley United Church.

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.

West End Children’s Choir

Thursdays, in the Salons
Grades 2 and younger: 5:30-6:00pm
Grades 3 and up: 6:10-7:00pm

Developed especially for young minds, this fun and engaging program teaches the basics of musicality, rhythm and singing through games and songs. This program also creates a great opportunity for kids to interact with others their same age from around the neighbourhood in a safe, structured environment.
To sign up and for more details please email wecc@standrewswesley.com.

West End Singers

Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 9:00pm in the Salons.

Sing your heart out in this fun, free non-auditioned community choir led by our Choral Director, Peggy Hua. This choir takes on some of the best songs from musical theatre and broadway, pop and film. Knowing how to read music is not a requirement. Come join us and make some new friends!

To sign up and for more details please email wes@standrewswesley.com.

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.