The land of daffodils: the presbytery of Vancouver Island. (Presytery Profile).

Presbyterian Record | April 1, 2003| | Copyright

Readers of this column should rest assured it is strictly a coincidence two of the three presbyteries profiled so far have been islands. No presbytery is an island, entire of itself.

That said, the subject of this issue's profile encompasses an area recently rated the best island in continental United States and Canada, and third best worldwide, by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine. It has also been declared the world's most temperate island by the readers of Conde Nast Traveller. Temperance is one subject many Presbyterians know something about and, in the ...

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