We are a liturgical worship community drawing on both ancient and modern forms, symbols, and expressions of faith.
Following the church year, a fresh liturgical framework shapes each Sunday as we gather to pray, care, share, and serve — loving God and our neighbours.
We hold that Scripture is the inspired and authoritative Word of God, shaping our worship, our faith, and our daily living. God revealed himself uniquely through Jesus Christ — the Word made flesh, and our only perfect example for godly living.
Rather than a single doctrinal statement, we articulate our beliefs through our liturgies and the Apostles’ Creed — the oldest and simplest creed of the Christian church.
Our central cross was carved from a 500-year-old yellow cedar — a ten-foot log from upper Lake Harrison, given according to Stó:lō custom to the skilled carver Don Froese to mark the death of a man’s son.
“This is the cross. It is in that log and remains only for me to bring it out.”
Using a hand adze, he bit large chips from the upright beam, and reverently carved hand and foot prints into the wood. The two beams are fastened by four hidden bolts with wooden dowels representing the four directions, bound with cedar-bark rope.
Finished with olive oil, the cross was anointed with oils gathered from twelve countries:
