St. John’s, Shaughnessy fills pews with witches, warlocks, vampires, ghosts and demons

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Ever since the Diocese of New Westminster evicted the orthodox congregation of St. John’s, Shaughnessy, the place has been like an empty mausoleum.

Since the diocese can’t fill the pews with Christians, it is filling them with witches, warlock and demons instead. There’s a metaphor begging to be interpreted here.

From here:

The 14th Annual Hallowe’en Organ Spooktacular
Witches, warlocks, vampires, ghosts, demons and more populated the pews of St. John’s, Shaughnessy (SJS) the evening of October 25, 2019 for the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO) 14th Annual Vancouver Hallowe’en Concert.

4 thoughts on “St. John’s, Shaughnessy fills pews with witches, warlocks, vampires, ghosts and demons”

  1. I was part of the congregation that left was really terrible

    The congregation decided to leave & anyone in the pews just went too

    We’re at Oakridge Adventist on Baille & W37th between Oak & Cambie

    This resulted in St John’s Shaughnessy going from 1000>50 cannot keep a building like that going

    The Diocese makes it a mission church gets money from the diocese if it is & moves the Bishop’s Office there gives money to use property & Vancouver School Of Theology moves its’ Archives Library there also gives money to use the property

    So, St John’s gets money from three sources:

    As now a Mission Church now is able to get money from the Diocese

    With a Bishop’s Office there gets money from a tenant of which the Bishop is

    The VST Archives Library pays money to stay there too

    The tithes are so small from 50 or so people the only way to stay afloat is to have these three tenants in at St John’s Shaughnessy

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  2. I don’t see how the diocese can keep funding up. Won’t it run out of money eventually?
    I attended St. John’s Vancouver recently John. What a difference. Big building. Beautiful service. Well attended. And, I could take communion using an individual little cup, which I greatly prefer. Very considerate to include that option.

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  3. Well, we’re close to Regent College

    But Anonymuse also the split has taken quite an emotional toll on us all

    But we run well

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    This is the recent 9am Learners’ Exchange starting this Sunday back to 9am & 11am from the 10am

    The 8am is now 7:30am

    The Diocese is doing things with the properties

    St Mark’s W2nd & Larch sold

    A stone building on Kingsway in Burnaby sold too moved congregation into an unused building

    Just flipping around properties all over the place that’s all

    What a mess yes it is

    But time will tell won’t it

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  4. Anonymuse

    Also St David of Wales congregation has gone has no more Sunday service but uses the building during the week

    But no positive cash flow from the offering pots on Sundays any more

    The list goes on & on of this great big mess

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