March 2, 2014

City of North Vancouver Churches
Red Dot-Churches

Yellow Dot-Additional Congregations

Blue Dot-Additional Worship Spaces

Present (2015*) Churches
City of North Vancouver, B. C. Canada

The City of North Vancouver is 4000 acres located on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, across from the city of Vancouver. It is surrounded by North Vancouver District on the east, west, and north.

Date Started                      Name                    Address                  Blog Post Date

1910-St. Agnes Anglican Church, 530 East 12th Street, 2/6/11.

St. Agnes Anglican Church

1910-St. Edmund's Catholic Church, 545 Mahon Avenue, 6/26/11.

St. Edmund's Catholic Church

1912-St. Andrew's United Church, 1044 St. Georges Avenue, 1/9/11.

St. Andrew's United Church

1928-The Gospel Hall, 133 East 4th Street, 12/9/12.

The Gospel Hall

1951-Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 2725 Lonsdale Avenue, 4/22/12.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church

1955-St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 2641 Chesterfield

          Avenue, 3/3/13.

St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church

1984-North Shore Christian Centre, 1400 East Sutherland Avenue, 12/4/11.

North Shore Christian Centre

1987-St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 220 West 8th Street, 9/30/12.

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church

1988-North Shore Alliance Church, 201 East 23rd Street, 12/8/13.

North Shore Alliance Church

1995-Sutherland Church, 630 East 19th Street, 1/26/14.

Sutherland Church

2008-North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church, 185 East

          Keith Road, 2/3/13.

North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church

2008-Vision for the World Church, 821 West 15th Street, 6/15/14.

Vision for the World Church

Additional Congregations 

(no blog posts published)

2001-Korean Presbyterian Church, meeting at St. John the Evangelist 
           Anglican Church, 220 West 8th Street, church blog post at 9/30/12.

2004-Christ Church, meeting at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 

                220 West 8th Street, church blog post at 9/30/12.

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church

2010-St. Timothy's Anglican Church, meeting at Sutherland Church, 

                630 East 19th Street, church blog post at 1/26/14.

St. Timothy's Anglican Church Altar

(Photo: Patricia Young)

Sutherland Church

2011-Persian Church of The Light of the World/North Shore Iranian Church, meeting at North Shore Alliance Church, 201 East 23rd Street, 12/8/13.

North Shore Alliance Church

Additional Worship Spaces

1980-Lion's Gate Hospital Chapel, 231 East 15th Street, 6/23/13.

Lion's Gate Hospital Chapel

2000-St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, 541 West Keith Road, 6/9/13.

Convent Chapel

2014-Westside Church-333 Brooksbank Ave./Cineplex Odeon Theater. 

333 Brooksbank Ave. (rental)

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Note: For more information on the City of North Vancouver, B.C. Canada see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver_(City)

*Blog Post updated in May of 2015.

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.

                                                                                                                     February 23, 2014

Posthumous Churches of the City of North Vancouver
(North Vancouver Neighborhood Map)

Posthumous Churches  

City of North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

(Listed by date built or in use.)

Name                                    Dates in Use               Address                  Blog Post Date

F* Moodyville Methodist, circa 1865-1901, Moodyville, 12/16/12.

D* Dorman's Shack, church use-late 1890's to 1900 Anglican/1903 

      Presbyterian, East 13th Street at Lonsdale Ave., 9/2/12.

*** St. John's Anglican, 1900-1909, West 13th Street (moved to West 3rd and
       Chesterfield Avenue), 9/9/12.

D St. Andrew's Presbyterian, 1904-1933, 100 Block East Keith Rd.,  11/18/12.

D Baptist Church, 1909- circa 1912, corner of east 5th Street and St. Georges, 
                                                                        11/25/12.

F St. John's Anglican, 19o9-1985, West 13th Street, 9/16/12.

D Methodist Church, 1910-1915, 425 St. Georges Avenue, 10/6/13.

 Sixth Street Methodist, 1910-1926, 167 East 6th Street, 3/25/12.

D North Lonsdale Presbyterian Church/St Stephen's Presbyterian Church/St. 
    Andrew's and St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 1910-1961, 
    2641 Chesterfield Avenue/north side of lot, 3/3/13.

D First Baptist Church, 1912-1967, 161 East 12th Street,  10/28/12.

*** First Church of Christ Scientist, 1925-2008, 185 East Keith Road, 1/27/13.

** Sixth Street United Church/St. Andrew's Church Hall,
     1926-1940's, 167 East 6th Street, 3/25/2012.
              

             

D * Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle, 1930-1934, 132 East 12th Street, 1/20/13.

*** Sisters of the Child Jesus-Convent Chapel, 1932-2000, 524 West 6th Street, 
       6/02/13.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian, 1933-1955, 121 East 12th Street, 3/25/12.

D** North Shore Lutheran, 1940's-1954, 167 East 6th Street, 3/25/12.

D Elim Pentacostal Chapel, 1942-1973, 124 West 8th Street,  7/1/12.

D Hillside Baptist Church, 1950-1973, 139 East Lower Keith Rd., 2/9/14.

** *** Evangelical Free Church, 1952-1984, 1400 Sutherland Avenue, 2/17/13.

D St. Mark's Lutheran,  1955-1969, 137 West 6th Street, 3/18/12.

D ** Jehovah Witness Hall, 1955-1976, 121 East 12th Street, 2/13/11.

D Sutherland Bible Chapel, 1970-1995, 630 East 19th Street, 1/19/14.

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* Church met in existing building.
** Church bought existing church building.
*** Church buildings that continue to be in use.
F Destroyed by Fire
D Demolished

22 church congregations
17 church buildings originally built

13 church buildings demolished
5 church building used by other church congregations
2 buildings destroyed by fire
4 church buildings still in use

1 church building still used, but not a church

Note: For more information on the City of North Vancouver, B. C. Canada see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver_(City)

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)

Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel
(3rd Floor Burrard Building)

St. Paul's Hospital Chapel
Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel is on the 3rd floor of the Burrard Building of St. Pauls Hospital at 1018 Burrard St. in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.  The double doors leading to the chapel each feature three red glass crosses.

The altar at the front of the chapel features a relief sculpture of  The Last Supper. On the wall behind the altar is a crucifix and in the right hand corner a statue of The Virgin Mary.

Altar-The Lord's Supper

The Virgin Mary-right front corner of chapel

Lining the west wall of the chapel, and opposite the doors are three sets of doubled windows.  The glass panes are multiple diamonds of opaque leaded glass.  The east and south walls of the chapel are lined with carved Stations of the Cross.

Station of the Cross-#5

In the rear of the chapel a pedestaled Holy Water Font sits next to the double entrance doors.  Statues of the Pieta and The Christ Child  line the east wall. And hanging from the east rear corner is a golden angel.

Pieta

Angel

Services in the Chapel include: Roman Catholic Mass Monday through Thursday and Sundays with Confession before and after Mass and Anglican communion on Fridays.  All these services are at 12:30 pm.  "Spaces are available to persons of all faiths and religious traditions for prayer, meditation, and quiet reflection." (REF.)

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"From the beginning, the sisters, staff and physicians of St. Paul’s were keenly interested in using the latest medical technology. The hospital became one of the first to have its own X-ray machine, circa 1906. By the 1970s, plans were in place to remake the 500-bed hospital to fulfill its new role as a provincial referral and tertiary care centre for specialty services, with the ability to respond to changing needs in community care.

"Now a renowned teaching hospital with a strong research focus, St. Paul’s Hospital is recognized provincially, nationally and internationally for its work in the areas of heart disease, kidney disease, nutritional disorders, HIV/AIDS, and the care of the disadvantaged. 

St. Paul's Hospital
1081 Burrard Street

(Janet Wood painting)

"1843 – Sisters of Providence is founded in Montreal.
1894 – The congregation establishes St. Paul’s, a 25-bed compassionate care hospital.

1904 – A surge in Vancouver’s growth brought on by the Klondike gold rush allows for the first of many expansions, with the addition of 50 more beds. 

1906 – St. Paul’s becomes one of the first hospitals to have its own X-ray machine.

1907 – The School of Nursing at St. Paul’s Hospital is officially opened on September 1.

1914 – A modern fireproof structure with a new surgical department and 120 beds is added.

1931 – The North Wing is completed.

1945 – The South Wing is completed - combined with the North Wing this means an additional 500 beds.

1969 – The first lay administrator is hired and runs the hospital while the Sisters continue their involvement in the hospital and on the board.

1983 – The first 10-story tower is completed.

1991 – The second 10-story tower is completed." (Link )

Photos: Taken in Jan 2014 by SW.
Reference: "Care of the Human Spirit" pamphlet by Pastoral Care Services, Provindence Health Care.

Link: http://www.providencehealthcare.org/hospitals-residences/st-pauls-hospital/overview/history

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)

                                                                                                                         February 9, 2014

139 East Lower Keith Rd.

(Architectural Drawing 1946)

Posthumous
Hillside Baptist Church
City of North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

"The City of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by the Burrard Inlet. It is surrounded on three sides by the District of North Vancouver."  and is located on the slope of Fromme Mountain.  (Link 1.)  Keith Road is the street on the lower side of Victoria Park which crosses Lonsdale Ave., the main commercial street in the City of North Vancouver.  Keith Road is, therefore, on the slope, hence "Hillside", of Fromme Mountain.

Although the architectural drawing are dated 1946 and 1949, the City Directory at the North Vancouver Archives has no listing of 139 East Keith Road until 1950.  Listing then continue for Hillside Baptist at this address until 1973.

Main Floor and Sanctuary

(Architectural Drawing 1949)

When the Keith Rd. church closed  the communion table and two pews were moved to the new church on 870 Lynn Valley Rd.

Pew original to Keith Rd. Hillside Church

"This do in Remembrance of Me"

Communion Table original to Keith Rd. Hillside Church

For more information on Hillside Baptist Church see Blog Post 2/9/14.


Thank you: To Pauline Sanderson, wh0 attended this church  on Keith Road
                         when she was seven years old.
Photos: Taken of Architectural Drawings at the North Vancouver Archives in 
                 January 2014 by SW.
Link 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver_(city)

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Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.

                                                                                          2/2/14

1343 Lynn Valley Road

(North Vancouver Archives Photo 10680, Link 1.)

Posthumous
Knox Presbyterian Church
North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

The origins of Knox Presbyterian Church in North Vancouver were with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church also in North Vancouver in 1906. ( See Blog Post 11/18/12.) "Accordingly, the first General Meeting of the 
Presbyterian congregation took place at the residence of Julius Martin Fromme at what is now 1466 Ross Road in Lynn Valley in the heart of 
Shaketown, on October 20, 1908....Mr. J.M. Fromme gave the site for the building on the condition that the building be erected free of debt. (Link 2.)

"Having worshiped for three years in the Agricultural Hall at Lynn Valley, Presbyterian of that section of North Vancouver are now building themselves a permanent edifice.

"The new church will be erected at the junction of the Lynn Valley and the Center road.  It will seat about 200 and will cost $2000.  It will be of frame construction with plastered interior and wainscotted to the height of the window sills.  The ceiling will be domed, and the windows of stained glass.  It is expected that the building will be completed by the end of September.  the present membership is about thirty..."(REF)

In 1925 the Knox Presbyterian Church joined the United Church of Canada and became Lynn Valley United Church.  The Methodist Church on Institute Road in Lynn Valley (See Blog Post 1/30/11) joined the Lynn Valley United Church as part of this amalgamation. 

In 1959 a new Lynn Valley United Church was built on Mountain Highway. (See Blog Post 2/19/12.) At a Sunday worship service the congregation sung hymns as they marched from the building on Lynn Valley Road to the one on Mountain Highway. *

"The old Knox Presbyterian-United Church on the corner of Draycott and Lynn Valley Road was demolished 62 on January 3, 1967,... The 
basement of the church served as a shop for the sale of plans, seeds and fertilizer. The stolid Manse in the rear of the property became the home of the 
owner of the Nursery (Maple Leaf Garden Centre) which replaced the church on that site." (REF)

("Maple Leaf Garden Centre in North Vancouver is situated in the vibrant family oriented community of Lynn Valley with a view of the often snow covered North Shore Mountains.  The site was once home to the Knox Presbyterian Church and its manse.  In 1971 the Duynstees purchased the property which by then was operating as a small garden centre.  At first the garden centre operated out of the basement of the church.  In 1990-91 the site was completely renovated resulting in a new nursery, glass greenhouse and large store.  Since then Maple Leaf has become a popular destination for gardeners inside and outside the community.") (Link 3.)

*As told to SW.
Reference: The Vancouver Daily Province, "Presbyterian Church at Lynn
              Valley,"August 15, 1910.
Link 1: http://www2.cnv.org:8085/webcat/request/DoMenuRequest?
              SystemName=North+Vancouver+Archives&UserName=web
Link 2: http://www.dnv.org/upload/documents/District_History/181818.pdf
Link 3: http://www.mapleleafgardencentre.ca/about/

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.

Sutheroand Church

                                                                                                                 January 26, 2014

630 East 19th Street

Sutherland Church
North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

"Sutherland Church is a multi-generational, community church.  The heritage of the church is from the Plymouth Brethren tradition and the congregation is made up of people from a large number of denominational backgrounds." (Link 1.)

The origin of  Sutherland Church was in the Hollyburn Gospel Chapel in West Vancouver, B.C..  However, the members of the Hollyburn Gospel Chapel that lived in North Vancouver, the city to the east of West Vancouver, decided that they wanted a church in their own area.  

The property was bought from the City of North Vancouver in 1967.  The lot on the north-west corner of East 19th Street and Sutherland Avenue was a swamp and needed to be built up before construction of a church could begin.

After a very successful Vacation Bible School at Queensbury Elementary School, North Vancouver in the summer of 1968. The congregation continued Sunday worship services in the cafeteria at Sutherland Secondary School on 19th St. and Sutherland Avenue.

Actual construction of the church building was started and completed in 1970. The first part to be built was the foyer and lounge.  An auditorium was added in 1974.  The church at this time was called Sutherland Bible Chapel.

"The ministry of the church was carried out in the tradition of the "Christian Brethren" in that there was no paid or full time ministry staff.  Rather, the Elders and others voluntarily took an active and visible part in leadership,counselling, visitation, preaching, teaching music and other spiritual ministries,...  in the early 1980's the Elders decided that because of the practicalities of the times, a full time Pastor would be a good idea." (REF.)

This 1970's church was demolished in 1995, the 25th anniversary of the church. The new church was built with its entrance of a bank of broad steps on East 19th Street. "Shortly after moving into our new building our fellowship's name was changed to the present 'Sutherland Church' ". (REF.) 

Sanctuary/Auditorium

The new church sanctuary/auditorium has a balcony and a foyer.  There are numerous meeting room, an office, and an active daycare area.

"Today there are still remnants of the twelve families that formed the nucleus of our original church..."  In the 1980's the Brethren heritage was blended with that of the Baptist Church.  Since 1992 Youth Pastors have also been hired to work with the children of the church. (REF.)

Banner made by the children

For more information on Sutherland Church see Blog Post 1/19/14.

Thank you: To church secretary Sharon La Lau, Youth Minister Keith Williams
                 and congregation member Bill Gillmartin for information on the 
                 church.
Reference: "History of Sutherland Church, 8/2013"  from Bill Gillmartin.
Photos: Photos taken in 2013 by SW. 
                 Top photo taken in year 2000 by SW for Project Your 
                 House/Our Home on file at the North Vancouver Archives.
Link 1: http://sutherlandchurch.ca/
Link 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)