In spring 2007, Taylor Smith, a Columbus attorney studying in the Permanent Deaconate program of the Episcopal Church, was interested in developing a project that would lead to Servant Ministry.
(CARLI BERRY / iNFOnews.ca) April 12, 2021 - 10:53 AM Mounties say the rally this past weekend in support of GraceLife Church in Alberta brought 200 people to Kelowna s downtown, and no fines were issued. Kelowna RCMP responded to the protest at a park in downtown Kelowna at around 10:45 a.m. Sunday, April 11. Approximately 200 protestors were observed to be gathered in Kerry Park. Officers were on hand to ensure the safety of the public and the protestors, and to conduct an investigation into the breach of the provincial public health orders, Const. Solana Paré Officers said in an email. Mounties remained on the scene until the crowd dispersed.
(KATHY MICHAELS - EDITOR / iNFOnews.ca) April 11, 2021 - 12:23 PM Dozens have gathered in Kelowna’s Kerry Park today, April 11, as an act of “solidarity” with the Grace Life Church in Alberta and to express continued dissatisfaction with restrictions on church gatherings. “We followed the rules for six months, we spaced the chairs and only allowed 50 people,” Harvest Life Church pastor Art Lucier said in an opening speech. Then, he said, the provincial health officer shut them down for what was supposed to be two weeks, and that was OK. It’s now been five months, Lucier said, and indoor faith gatherings have yet to resume.