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City Gate Block Watch

LifeHouse Christian Church partnered with four Block Watch teams in the City Gate area of Vancouver to put on a Block Watch Party on Saturday May 1. LifeHouse volunteered the band, the food and some of the volunteers for this event. Thanks to “Tuesdays with Mikey” for volunteering to make music for us. The day was windy and cool but neighbours still had a great time connecting with each other, eating hot-dogs, and listening to a band. The kids had balloons, chalk-art, and bubble wands. In all we probably had 60 or more people come by. Here are a few photos of the event.

Interesting Simple Church Network:

My friend, Bob Logan, leads a simple church called Viacordis based in Hollywood, California. ViaCordis is a growing network of multi-cultural leaders and associated churches who journey together to start and multiply communities of Jesus followers among all people groups. They have a blog where you can follow this interesting simple church network:

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Hug a tree . . . in Madagascar

Between Jan 1 and May 1, 2010 our church, the size of a modest living room, gave money that will result in 80,600 trees being planted in Madagascar.

The tree-planting project, aimed at stopping the deforestation that is devastating the economy and environment of Madagascar, is run through www.edenprojects.org. Their mission statement? “Eden Reforestation Projects recreates healthy forest systems that restore hope, alleviate suffering, empower people, and build local economies in impoverished communities.” At ViaCordis, we are supporting them through our missions giving.

Interesting Blog:

Our friend, Tom Greentree, at Connections Christian Church had a fantastic blog about what it looks like to be the The Body of Christ in a house church context.

by Tom

Allow me to post a glimpse into our life as a house church.

When Jesus said, “I am the bread of life,” he compared our basic need for daily sustenance with our ultimate need for him. It’s not a far stretch to think that in another cultural context, he would have used a different food analogy (though I think it still would have been a food analogy). For those areas of the world for whom rice is central to their daily diet, Jesus would be the “rice” of life. For others, he may have been the potato.

On Sunday evening at our house church, . . . . Read more.

Friends

LifeHouse Christian Church has a number of friends and we informally partner with the following simple church networks. Please visit and lend your support to these communities of faith:

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