Since being elected moderator of the 500,000-member denomination, the media have focused on how Paterson, 63, has openly been in a 30-year marriage with Vancouver City Councillor Tim Stevenson, also a United Church clergyman. Andrew’s-Wesley has for years offered a Sunday Jazz Vespers event movie nights with spiritual reflection classes based on Christian and Buddhist contemplation practices and an interfaith dialogue series. Paterson’s liberal Christian congregation now welcomes roughly 450 people (about four times the size it was when Paterson arrived) to its two services on any given Sunday. The approach is having some success on the highly secular West Coast. With the United Church struggling with declining membership, Paterson is convinced a metaphorical method of interpretation is key to reaching the growing cohort of Canadians who insist they are “ spiritual, but not religious.” The next issue of West Coast Table will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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