National Volunteer Week 2025: Volunteers Make Waves

Our 100 active volunteers have already contributed nearly 2,000 hours in 2025

The Meaning of Easter – Holy Week

Easter is celebrated by over 2.3 billion Christians in the world. For 40 days, Christians anticipate the death and resurrection of Jesus in a time of Lent. This ends on Palm Sunday which is the start of the Holy Week. The end of the Holy Week brings Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ death and Easter Sunday, His resurrection.

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Safety During Viral Respiratory Illness Season

On January 7, 2025 the BC Ministry of Health put out new public health orders to help keep everyone safe during the current Viral Respiratory Illness season. Posters have gone up around campus. These new guidelines apply to all buildings on our campus and will stay in place until the Public Health Officer declares VRI […]

Invisible Sensors Lead to Fewer Falls for Seniors – Menno Place and Esprit-AI Team Up for Pilot Project

These sensors, which do not use cameras, provide non-invasive, real-time monitoring of residents’ sleep patterns.

Hymn Stories – December 2024

The origins of this carol date to medieval times. The Latin verses were discovered in the mid 1800s by an English minister named John Mason Neale, who translated and wove them together to produce “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” Neale is also the author of the carol, “Good King Wenceslas,” and the Palm Sunday hymn, “All Glory, Laud, and Honor.” Find out more about this poet, scholar, and director of a home for the elderly.

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Hymn Stories – November 2024

Overwhelmed with God’s creative brilliance, Folliot S. Pierpoint wrote this poem, “For the Beauty of the Earth.” He intended it primarily for Communion services in the Anglican Church, but when it jumped the Atlantic, it quickly became associated with the American Thanksgiving holiday. Find out more about this hymn!

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Hymn Stories – October 2024

“My soul cried for deliverance, and God’s unlimited promises stood out like stars above me. But I wasn’t willing to pay the price.” The author of “Standing on the Promises,” Russell Kelso Carter, author was an athlete, educator, rancher, preacher, and physician. Find out more about his captivating testimony of surrender.

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