Light of Christ is always there.
Sometimes it has to be dark
before you can see it...

First Lutheran Church is located at 5745 Wales Street in East Vancouver (at the corner of East 42nd Avenue and Wales Street—and Wales is six blocks east of Victoria Drive and three blocks west of Rupert Street—see map).

We celebrate the Lord’s Supper every week at our Sunday worship which begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School (September to June) for children ages 3-12 begins at 9.15 a.m.

We are a multicultural, inclusive congregation of the British Columbia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and we welcome all into our community worship, service and life.

First Lutheran is a "Reconciling in Christ" congregation--that is, a community which publicly welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons into full participation in the life of our parish.  As an RIC congregation, we are connected to Lutherans Concerned - North America (LC/NA)  which advocates for GLBT Lutherans in Canada and the United States.

Take a short virtual tour around our church.

Mission Statement

We are a community of Christians who gather regularly to worship God, to examine the Scriptures from a Lutheran perspective and to reflect on their significance for our lives. As human beings, filled with God’s Holy Spirit and trusting in Jesus Christ as our Saviour, we are sent to care for the whole creation and to bear witness to God’s love for the world by serving, supporting and encouraging all who are in need.