Welcome to our World! The Manire’s in Canada Manire Family RED SQUARE Christmas 2016 We are all about connecting young adults across Canada to Jesus Christ Through Campus Ministry VANCOUVER OVERVIEW
Vancouver surprises you. It’s a vertical city; a large garden of high rises at the foot of the mountains and the edge of the Salish Sea. Surf and sail in the morning; snow ski in the afernoon; end the day with a fve-star meal—all in Canada’s largest seaport and North America’s most diversity-dense city. It’s younger than you’d imagine (125 years old), growing into every available space (mostly in high rises) and garnering a reputation for global magnetism. Some 200 language groups are represented among its residents. Discovered by the Squamish (First Nations), explored by the Spanish, established by the English and heavily settled by the Chinese following the Gold Rush years, it’s as much West Coast North America as it is Far East and Western European. With its winning hockey team, it’s also thoroughly Canadian. Vancouver is the third largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a population of 3 million, according to the Canadian census. It’s a city of several cities—Richmond, Steveston, New Westminster, Burnaby, Surrey and Pitt Meadows to name a few. Dozens of communities bustle along the transit line (Skytrain and Seabus), each with its own personality and spiritual typography. To reach the people who live in Vancouver, it will take churches that refect the ethnic makeup and culture of the communities in which they are planted. And Church As a part of Send North America: Vancouver, partner churches can commit to the difcult but eternally important work of reaching Vancouver for Christ. “Vancouver is a testimony to the power of partnership and a persevering sense of purpose among our partner churches,” says Ray Woodard, city coordinator for Send North America: Vancouver. “I’ve been here 23 years and I’ve seen what can happen when churches take the call to this city seriously.” Planting Churches that want to partner with a church planter through Send North America: Vancouver can start the process by visiting namb.net and clicking “Send Me.” FAST FACTS
Population in Vancouver CNBC Church-Population Ratio Ethnic Diversity 3 million people live in Tere is one Canadian National Baptist (58 percent Anglo, 38 percent the metro Vancover area. Convention church for every 39,252 Asian, 1 percent Hispanic) metro Vancouver residents.
Statistics are for the Send North America: Vancouver focus area. Compiled by the NAMB Center for Missional Research. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, SBC Annual Church Profle, 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregation & Membership Study Statistics are for the Send North America: Washington, D.C. focus area. Compiled by the NAMB Center for Missional Research. That’s why we begin planting MOVEMENT CHURCH in September 2017 § Because God has given us a passion to reach the University of the Fraser Valley Community! § Because, Abbotsford, being the centre of the Fraser Why Plant a Valley, is poised for significant growth over the next new church in 20 years. § Because of the new U-District beginning to form at Abbotsford, BC? the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. § Ultimately, we are planting Movement Church, because people in our neighborhood need Jesus! Our primary strategy has been using the Alpha Film Series to share the gospel ALPHA Winter 2018 Alpha Summer 2018 This Winter 2019 we plan to run Alpha again at UFV …it’s bigger than reaching only Abbotsford, BC for Jesus! The Forgotten50 is a movement focused on reaching the fifty What is the college and university campuses Forgotten 50? in North America with the least access to the Gospel. §WE CALL THEM “FORGOTTEN” BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE Why are they UNNOTICED OR IGNORED BY Forgotten? PARACHURCH CAMPUS MINISTRIES, DENOMINATIONAL CAMPUS MINISTRIES, ESTABLISHED CHURCHES, AND CHURCH PLANTS ALIKE. THE MOVEMENT FOCUSES ON FIFTY BECAUSE WE WANT TO Why 50? START WITH THE CAMPUSES WITH THE LEAST ACCESS TO
THE GOSPEL. ALL 50 The SURPRISING RESULT of this OF THESE CAMPUSES research…. ARE IN CANADA!! Where are they located? §Maritmes - 3 §Quebec – 34 §Ontario – 8 By Province §Saskatchewan – 1 §Alberta – 2 §British Columbia - 2 The Forgotten in British Columbia And in Downtown Vancouver Jerusalem = Movement Church, Abbotsford, BC
Judea = Forgotten 50 and Campus Ministry in BC The Big Picture Samaria = Forgotten Acts 1:8 50 across Canada 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to To the ends of the the ends of the earth.” earth = Reaching young people for Jesus in Canada, the USA, and around the world! We are focusing on reaching young adults AND the community surrounding the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. We are using Alpha, an evangelistic tool on campus, to reach students for Christ. We are using a variety of outreach strategies like BBQs, Movement Block Parties, and one-off Events, to reach the community Church Strategy surrounding the University of the Fraser Valley. We plan to publicly launch Movement Church on 2019 September 29, 2019. Currently, we are seeking out leaders for our church planting team in the areas of worship, kids ministry, campus ministry, and social media ministry strategist. If interested, please contact Kelly & Jeanne at 604-226- 2416 or at [email protected] § The F50 is a new initiative in its early stages of development. § 2018 was the year we began casting vision to raise AWARENESS for the need to evangelize the least reached college and university campuses in all of North America. § 2019 will be the year of ACTION. In order to take one Forgotten 50 campus off the F50 list, the campus community must be reached by Church Planting & or Campus Ministry for a Strategy minimum of 18 months. 2019 § If you would like to help in this endeavor please contact Kelly at 604-226-2416 or [email protected]. § In addition, we have a goal of raising 1000 Prayer Warriors by Dec 2019. Currently over 250 have signed up for our weekly F50 Prayer Texts. § Sign up HERE to receive the F50 Friday Prayer Text. § Step 1 – PRAY! Sign up for our Prayer Newsletter on our website. www.movementchurch.ca
§ Step 2 – GO! Send a team to serve alongside us in Pathways to British Columbia and across Canada. PRAY, GO, and GIVE § Step 3 – GIVE! Join our Ministry Team and start giving through our website. Or click here to give now!
Your support is tax receipted and will go into our designated Movement Church Staff Account to pay for salary and ministry expenses. § Praise God with us that $4000 in monthly The Goal is $5000 support has been raised as of January in monthly 2019! support by § Only $1000 in monthly support is still Easter 2019 needed. Who are we Affiliated with? Other great Connections The Point Church @ Simon Fraser University Sister Churches www.pointchurch.ca in Greater Origin Church @ University of British Columbia Vancouver www.originchurch.ca BECAUSE WE HAVE A PASSION TO SEE YOUNG ADULTS Why are we COME TO KNOW AND doing this? FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST FOR LIFE ACROSS CANADA! Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! John 20:21 As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” Would you financially partner with the Manire’s? What could a partnership look like? Could you recommend Churches, friends, or family we could partner with?