Where to Worship During the 2010 Winter Olympics

• Most of the main Churches in the downtown core of Vancouver will be open from 8 am to 8 pm daily during the 2010 Winter Olympics, with hosts there to greet you.  This ‘open-door’ policy allows visitors to the city a quiet place to go for meditation or worship during this busy, festive time.  Some of the Churches, such as First Baptist Church are offering a place to drop in for coffee too, at their Hobbit House, just around the corner from the Church.

Here’s a list of Churches of various denominations and Faiths.  These are churches accessible either walking distance from the downtown core or accessible by public transit.

Christ Church Cathedral  680 Burrard @ Georgia St., 6082-3848  (Anglican)

First Baptist Church  969 Burrard @ Nelson St.  683-8441 (Baptist)

St. Andrews Wesley  1022 Nelson Ave @ Burrard  683-4574  (United)

Holy Rosary Cathedral  646 Richards Street  682-6774  (Catholic)

OTHER CHURCHES, MOSQUES, TEMPLES  & SYNAGOGUES IN  VANCOUVER & RICHMOND:

• First United Church  320 East Hastings St. 681-8365
• Broadway Pentecostal 2700 E. Broadway 253-2700
• West Vancouver Baptist  450 Mathers, West Vancouver 604-922-0911
• Richmond Chinese Alliance Church  10100 No.1 Road, Richmond  271-9333
• Vancouver Chinese Alliance  3330 Knight Street, 874-7612
• St Johns Shaughnessy  (Anglican), 1490 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver 731-4966
• St Pauls Anglican  1130 Jervis Street.  685-6832
• Good Shepherd Chinese Anglican  189 W. 11th Avenue  872-1884
• St Francis Xavier Chinese Parish  428 Great Northern Way 242-2727 (Catholic)
• Capilano Christian Community Church  West Vancouver 980-8997
• Oakridge Lutheran Church  585 W. 41st Vancouver 261-2442
• Vancouver Menonite Bretheren Church  5887 Prince Edward Street,  325-3313
• Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection (OCA) 75 E. 43rd avenue  325-1922
• St George’s Greek Orthodox Church  4500 Arbutus St. 266-7148
• Ukranian Orthodox Church  154 E. 10th Avenue  876-4747
• BC Muslim Association  4162 Welwyn Street, Vancouver 873-1787
• Islamic Information Centre 3127 Kingsway, 434-7525
• Vishva Hindo Parishad Temple 3885 Albert Street, Burnaby 299-5922
• Sikh Temple  8000 Ross Street, Vancouver 324-2010
• International Buddhist Society  9160 Steveston Highway, Richmond 274-2822
• Universal Buddhist Temple  525 E. 49th Avenue, Vancouver 325-6912
• Vancouver Buddhist Church  220 Jackson Avenue  325-6912

SYNAGOGUES

• Beth Israeal  4350 Oak Street, 731-4161
• Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture  6184 Ash Street, Vancouver
• Schara Tzedick Congregation 3476 Oak Street, 736-7607