Citygate incubates and develops networks
with churches and other partners around key societal issues
to collaboratively transform our city and country for good.
Upcoming Events
Welcoming Newcomers Roundtable
Saturday, October 25, 2024
9:00AM – 1:00PM
Join us for a half-day of inspiration, learning and community as we explore how to effectively welcome newcomers to our neighbourhoods. Learn how your church can welcome refugee claimants, international students; two of the more vulnerable people groups coming to our country. Come away from this morning gathering with both an inspiring vision for welcome and practical skills to make that welcome a reality.
This event is hosted by Centre for Missional Leadership and Welcome Church, in partnership with Citygate Vancouver, New Hope Vancouver, Vancouver First Christian Reformed Church and IAFR Canada.
This event is designed for those currently engaged in, or considering developing capacity to welcome newcomers. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, share experiences, and gather practical tools for creating inclusive communities. We look forward to welcoming you to a day of growth and collaboration!
📍 St. Andrew’s Hall, UBC Campus
🗓 Saturday, October 25 @ 9:00AM
💲$10 to attend includes lunch or $25 includes lunch and a copy of Refuge Reimagined by Rev. Dr. Mark Glanville
our work: building networks
Networks
While denominations continue to play a key role in connecting churches, increasingly people of faith are collaborating for other reasons which Citygate recognizes and nurtures. These reasons include:
- Context: Most of the networks we are developing are within Metro Vancouver. Forming city networks allows for face to face communication and greater collaborative effort. The Coalition around Reimagining Church, Land and Community is a national effort with regional conferences.
- Crises: Certain of our networks have emerged as churches and groups respond to critical needs such as increasing poverty in schools, refugees, isolation, unaffordable housing, etc.
- Creative Work: Our collective networks around Recovering the Art of Neighboring and The Bell (Public Theology writers’ group) have arisen because of the individual creative responses emerging in our city.
Forming networks is a way to resource ongoing collective impact. Collective impact is the added transformational effect that results from working together with other churches and groups.
REIMAGINING CHURCH, LAND & COMMUNITY
Catalyzing discussions about church properties to encourage theological reflection and proactive stewardship.
CENTRE FOR MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Offering a one-year certificate program to help churches grow and develop into missionally focused communities.
CHURCHES WELCOMING REFUGEES
Connecting churches, agencies and individuals to support and advocate for refugees and claimants through resourcing and collaboration.
METRO VANCOUVER ALLIANCE
Uniting faith communities, labour unions, educational institutions and community groups for organizational collaboration and strength.
NEIGHBOURING
NETWORK
Equipping and supporting individuals in intentionally loving their neighbours and building local communities.
SERVE OUR
SCHOOLS
Bringing together organizations and churches to alleviate poverty, food insecurity and enhance education in our local schools.
The Bell
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Church Partnerships
Citygate is inviting churches to enter into a partnership agreement.
Partnership with Citygate connects your church with other churches, within and beyond your own denomination. We fill a collaborative vacuum and help the Church work together in the City. A partnership with Citygate connects your churches with valuable resources for strengthening your own local mission.
Through gatherings, conferences, courses, community development processes and more, Citygate is helping churches engage their neighbourhoods and address the issues of our city in a fuller way.
partners
