Reality Church Vancouver
808 East 19th Avenue V5V 1K5 Vancouver, BC, Canada

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SUNDAY // Missing all of you this morning. We hope you’ll join us with one of the Family Picnic Sunday Gatherings, and while we continue to be ungathered as a whole, we are praying this collect prayer for us. // Posted @withregram @davidtaylor_theologian This is a "Collect Prayer for Geographically Separated Worship," which is the condition that many of us find ourselves in these days. It's a condition that, again for many of us, taxes our capacity to remain faithful to Sun...day worship, to feel that it matters, to believe that it does anything "useful," and that causes plenty of Christians to lose hope in the face of an unpredictable future wherein our physical separation from one another may only worsen our sense of being alone and intensify our painful desperation for relational and embodied presence. That's why we pray that God would do what seems impossible to us: to deepen our kinship with one another across our geographic distances and across our many personal differences. How is that possible? Only God knows. Is it worth praying? I believe so.

This Week at Reality - https://mailchi.mp/realityv/this-week-at-reality-05-3275574 This week is a Family Picnic Sunday, sign up to join a location. Upcoming learning opportunities: Journey Canada 101, Helping Without Hurting discussion group, and more.

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SUNDAY // Tomorrow is a Family Picnic Sunday. Have you signed up to join a picnic? If you’re a regular, check your email. If you’re new, get in touch [email protected] // There’s no online gathering this week but the teaching series continues -and our podcast is now available on Spotify. Watch the video version on our website or listen and subscribe on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.... // Summer series: Philippians. This week: Work Out Your Faith. See more

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Though we're not having a full online Sunday Gathering this week (it's Picnic Sunday!) we are continuing our series in the book of Philippians. This week's recorded video teaching, Citizen's Of Heaven, is now available on our website https://realityvancouver.church//philippians-week-five-cit

This Week at Reality - https://mailchi.mp/realityv/this-week-at-reality-05-3268154 This Sunday we begin a new rhythm of Sunday gatherings, and MYSTERY Day Camp countdown begins!

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SUNDAY // Our online gathering is about to begin. The webinar function of Zoom is giving us trouble this morning so we’ve had to change the link for our main gathering- You’ll find the new link at realityvancouver.church/gatherfromhome // See you there!

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SUNDAY // Come join us for our online Sunday Gathering beginning right now. // Link in profile.

EASTER SUNDAY // He is risen. He is risen indeed. // Church begins in 10 minutes. Come join a welcome group and say hi to some familiar faces you haven’t seen in awhile before we begin.... // Link in profile. See more

We're getting together online this Friday. https://mailchi.mp/515738d21ffe/2019-agm-survey-3192969

Reality Church gathered online this morning. It was beautiful to see each other’s faces, to sing together, to have the love and compassion of Jesus spoken to us. // If you weren’t able to join us live, the recording with ASL will be available shortly on our website (link in profile). // Check your email if you’re subscribed to This Week At Reality for a message for kids from our Kids Coordinator as well.... // See you next time! See more

SUNDAYS // There are two more weeks in our series on The Signs and Sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of John. You can catch up on the videos of the last three weeks on our website. // This Sunday we’ll gather together live via a Zoom gathering to continue this series. We’re looking forward to seeing you there.... // What’s up next? Get ready for a series on the Holy Spirit. See more

Sunday Home Gathering March 29 Whether you are alone, with your family, or gathered with a few friends, we can approach God right where we are, as we are, because of Jesus. We are preparing to move our Sunday Gathering into an live, online meetup format next week. Stay tuned for more information about what that will look like and how you can take part in the gathering.... https://mailchi.mp/d8ee138b7632/this-week-at-reality-3189525

RESOURCES // Last week we shared some resources for this time when perhaps you have more space in your life to reflect, listen to podcasts, or take part in an online course. This week we’re sharing a resource of liturgical prayers for parents. Whether you have children of your own or not you may find these simple breathing prayers and beautifully written liturgical prayers help you to verbalize your anxieties and thoughts to God. // Posted @withregram @liturgiesforparents Take one minute (or as long as you need) for this breath prayer. Stop the scroll for this time. With every breath, give every discouragement big and small to the maker of heaven and earth: Breathe in that God goes before us, breathe out that God is with us. Taken from Deuteronomy 31:8-9.

RESOURCES // Some of you have asked about resources for journeying through this unusual time. While we are a small church with a tiny staff and we’re not producing live-streams and podcasts we ARE part of a larger CHURCH around the world that is writing, teaching, composing, creating, and sharing resources with each other. We’ll reshare some of these - we encourage you to check them out, and bring others in our church family along with you in growing together while we are physically apart.

SUNDAY // We’ve put together our Sunday Gathering into a simple guide to help facilitate times of worship where we are, scattered around the city, as the people of God. Where you are alone, with your family, or gathered with a few friends, we can approach God right where we are, because of Jesus. This is good news. // If you receive our emails you’ll find the guide in your inbox, or you can find it through our website (link in profile)... // Peace to you this Sunday. See more

The Sunday March 15 Gathering is cancelled. // You can help spread the word by reaching out to those in your circle and letting them know - and asking how you can pray for each other. // If you’re signed up for The Week At Reality emails we’ll be sending an email shortly with resources for worshipping and accessing the teaching as a family, even as we do so in our separate spaces.

Reality Church Family: In light of the advisory to limit social contact, and out of an abundance of caution, love, and care for the vulnerable in our community, the Sunday March 15 Gathering is cancelled. We will be sending information about participating in a time of worship and teaching while in our homes shortly.

Last night a our AGM we affirmed Gareth Jones as an elder of Reality Church. Gareth and Tiff are beloved, faithful, serving members of our church family and Tiff gives leadership as a member of the Ops Team. We are so happy to have Gareth bring his wisdom, experience, and gifting to this position. // Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the AGM and participated in this time. If follow up thoughts or questions come up, feel free to connect. //

TONIGHT // Daylight Savings begins tonight at 2AM. Set your clocks forward an hour before bed and don’t miss the Sunday Gathering. And text a few friends to remind them just in case. // Sunday gathering 10AM at the chapel.

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LENT BEGINS // Lent is the season leading up to Easter, when Christians have traditionally followed Jesus into the wilderness by fasting from lesser things to be filled with the greater things he offers. How individuals choose to observe Lent has changed over the years but at Reality Church we still observe this season on the church calendar as a community. This year, we’ve encouraged each person to choose one of a few ways to observe Lent, and journey together with others do...ing the same. // Lent practice one: Is there a habit, distraction, or heart direction God is calling you to step away from for a season? Is there a habit, discipline, or heart direction that God is calling you to step into for a season? // Lent practice two: Journey through the resource Prayer: 40 Days of Practice written by Justin McRoberts with art by Scott Erickson (@scottthepainter). Use this more visual resource to enter into the practices of reflection, contemplation, and listening prayer in this season. // Lent practice three: Work through the Lent Guide provided by @villagechurchtx which includes a weekly reading from the life of Jesus, supplemental readings throughout the week, discussion and reflection questions, and an area of fasting to apply each week. // Whichever practice you choose, consider journeying together with others as we ask Creator God to loosen our grip on lesser things and reveal to us the greater found in him. Let’s begin. See more

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