Our Purpose: Loving God Loving One Another Loving Our Neighbours

Our Purpose: LOVING GOD LOVING ONE ANOTHER LOVING OUR NEIGHBOURS OUR PRIORITY: Becoming Good Neighbours... ...where we live and work ...where our church is located ...in our global relationships as expressed in the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH For further information or to make a connection with a pastor, please contact the Church Of�ice at 604.683.8441 or info@�irstbc.org

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We hope you feel at home in our church! L��� ������ for more of our story, plus several ways you can

Directions online at www.FirstBC.org

connect with the people of our congregation.

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 969 Burrard Street @ Nelson Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y1 604.683.8441 fax 604.683.8410 info@�irstbc.org www.FirstBC.org SUNDAY WORSHIP 9 & 11�� (identical service) ONE 10�� Service ONLY Canada Day to Labour Day weekends (inclusive)

Our building is stone, heritage, traditional. As a community, we are young, old and in-between, rich, poor, employed and retraining, multicultural, families and singles, Bible scholars, seekers. More than the building itself, WE are the church, and we are diverse and inclusive.

Change and Growth at First In March, 1887, ten people joined hands to birth a new church. Its �irst meeting was as a Sunday School at the back of Blair’s saloon!

From this humble beginning, First Baptist Church has been a witness to God’s unchanging truth expressed in a radically changing city. We thank God for generation after generation of our people’s vision and commitment.

C�����. We often use the term without realizing what it means. When the 1st century disciples of Jesus sought a word to describe their community, they chose the word “ecclesia,” from which we get “church.” N�� ����’� ��� ����������� �����. The word did not refer to anything overtly religious! The word referred to people gathering to conduct the business of the city, gathering to carry out civic responsibilities. The early disciples saw themselves as people with a mission relative to the city city. And ���� is what it means to be the church. We are ordinary, broken people people, summoned by and gathered around the Risen and Reigning Jesus to share in His life and to conduct the business of the city of God right here in the city! Won’t you come and join us? Rev. Darrell Johnson, Senior Minister

Some things we do here: The Alpha Course Bible Study Children & Family Ministries DivorceCare Family Connections (children worship & learn WITH the adults who bring them) First Friends Preschool Internationals: Bible Study in Simpli�ied English & Friday Night Internationals The Marriage Course Men’s Ministries Mums’ Group Prayer Power Route 567 (Gr. 5-7) Stephen Ministry Street Ministries Women’s Ministries Vancouver Christian Counselling Centre Young Adults (CrossRoad) Youth. Please contact the church at 604.683.8441 or see www.FirstBC.org to �ind out when these are offered!

Thank you for the photographs!: Brent Kennedy, Dave Kennedy, Lam Tang, Sabrina Tsai & Job Vela-Martínez

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