Messiah News

One of the things that I love most about our denomination is that we build bridges.  Usually, the bridges are metaphorical: connecting across denominational lines, forging partnerships with community organizations, bringing people together to work for a common purpose. But occasionally, the bridges we build are more concrete (and steel, and wo...

The submission deadline for the next round of Endowment Grant requests is Tuesday, March 25, 2025.  For more information and to apply see the "About Messiah" tab on messiahvancouver.org or visit messiahvancouver.org/endowment. Grant requests are considered quarterly. 

I grew up in the Lutheran church. I could see the church that we attended from my bedroom window and it was pretty much the case that whenever the church building was open for an event some if not all of my family would be there. I stayed in that congregation for my entire childhood before moving on to a new congregation that I attended in college ...

As Messiah continues to assess its needs and the ways in which we share the Good News we are considering small group ministries involving Messiah North.  If this is something you are interested in being involved with or would like to see as part of the Messiah community, please take a minute to complete this brief survey to help us get started...

Often, people tell me that they want to keep politics out of church. And while there's a certain wisdom in that, from time to time the politics of the day invoke the Church, in general, or our (Lutheran) branch of the Church, specifically. Our faith does not call us to support one political party or another, but it does call on us to have certain r...