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 There’s a lot you can learn from just striking up a conversation and seeing where it takes you. Sometimes it sheds light on an issue you weren’t aware of and other times it gives you a fresh perspective. Bill Millar, the pastor at Knox United Church, has a vision for the West End and downtown neighbourhoods, and it all starts with listening to the community he serves.
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 A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FIND A HOME IN A UNIQUE DOWNTOWN SPACE.
A group of urban pioneers intends to help invigorate their neighbourhood, based out of an enclave in downtown Winnipeg that optimistic developers built on a plot of land that once wasted as a parking lot.
The tenants of the Webbsite condominiums—at 443 Webb Place, two blocks behind the Investors Group building—came to Winnipeg from cities all over Canada and from the other side of Europe. They gravitated seemingly by chance to this experimental project at the centre of a small but compelling pocket of downtown development.
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Many out there are what could be considered “Christmas Christians,” heading to church on Dec. 25 (for the carols) and suddenly getting all charitable and stuff as soon as It’s a Wonderful Life starts playing in heavy rotation. Not that this is a bad thing. Surely local churches are happy to see more smiling faces and the city’s charities certainly welcome a boost of support. But what happens come January, then February, or heck, all the months between this Christmas and next? Maybe it all leads back to that eternal question often posed in cheesy holiday movies: just how do we keep the Christmas spirit alive all year long? |
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 As five o’clock commuters make the long and winding drive through downtown, many will spot another line, this one circling a large brick building on Princess Street. A hot meal, a real bed, a dry pair of socks, a friendly face: the promise of all these things keeps men and women waiting patiently outside the Siloam Mission each day. |
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