Co-Lead Minister

Rev. Dan Chambers

Dan came to St. Andrew’s Wesley in the summer of 2013 and has been energized, stretched and fortified by this shared ministry every year, every day.

Dan came to St. Andrew’s Wesley in the summer of 2013 and has been energized, stretched and fortified by this shared ministry every year, every day. The heart of Christianity, he believes, is discovered at the intersection of spirituality and social justice, because the outer journey and the inner are not two but one. Care of the soul and care of the world go together like the inhalation and exhalation of our breath.

Dan has been in pastoral ministry since 1993. He holds a Master of Divinity and an MA in Comparative Religion with a focus on Zen Buddhism and Christianity from the Pacific School of Religion in California. He taught “The Life and Times of Jesus” at Orange Coast College, and also “The Living Religions of the World” at Chapman University.

Dan loves a good walk, a great movie or play, an incredible meal around the table, and encounters that open the mind and heart. He delights in any music that moves the soul and is inspired by communities of compassion.

Married to Rev. Janet Gear and father of two amazing people, Dan is nourished by the love of family, a circle of friends near and far and the cantankerous wisdom of a community of faith that both unsettles assumptions and tethers to what is most real.

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Dan Chambers
Co-Lead Minister

604-260-6048
rev.chambers@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.