We’d love to have you with us for Holy Week and Easter — just note that this year some times and locations have changed, so please check the schedule:

March 29 Palm Sunday
10:30–11:30 am

April 2 Maundy Tuesday
5:30–6:30 pm, Oak Bay United Church

April 3 Good Friday
10:30–11:30 am

April 4 Holy Saturday Vigil
1:00–3:00 pm (no flowers this time!)

April 5 Easter
7:30 am Sunrise Service, Beacon Hill Park
(meet at the corner of Douglas & Michigan to begin the journey)

8:30 am Breakfast

10:30–11:30 am Service

As Rev. Dr. Simon LeSieur, Executive Council President for Pacific Mountain Region, shares with us, the community of West Vancouver United Church partnered with a local artist to offer a three-part linocut workshop. The result was 14 linocut prints illustrating the 14 Stations of the Cross, created by participants ranging in age from 10 to 80, and later brought together into an online devotional for Holy Week.

The Stations of the Cross invite us to contemplate Jesus’ final journey to the cross and what that journey teaches us about grace and the immensity of God’s love for us.

Each station is heavy. Take your time.

Let's play! Join us tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the Upstairs Reception Room.

Get ready to sing the high notes, wear bell-bottoms, and experience the ultimate 70s vibe. This rock opera features angst and belted bangers as Judas questions everything. It stars Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman.

If you have any questions regarding accessibility, please email info@thevic.ca

Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 16 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. This is when we gather to celebrate the life of the congregation, to consider and approve our financial statements, to elect board members, and pass special resolutions.

It’s true that some AGM’s have a reputation for being boring. But not ours - we promise! Come and see for yourself.

(And yes, the photo above is from last year’s AGM — as you can tell from Greg’s look…)

A one-day experience of weaving together practices from two spiritual traditions for personal and collective resilience and transformation.

Stillness in motion is the capacity to find a place of calm from which to act, essential in this time of global unravelling. This day will be both a retreat and a workshop; learn and be nourished.

A retreat facilitated by Kimiko Karpoff and Leslie Sandra Back.

Dress comfortably, in layers. Snacks will be provided. Please let us know of any severe allergies.

Set aside some time to read these lines in a contemplative manner. Pay attention to which word or phrase jumps out at you. Let that word or phrase work in you throughout the day. 

Maybe post this somewhere in your home, reading it at different times to see what else emerges for you during the week.

Fast from negatives;

Feast on affirmatives.

Fast from unrelenting pressures;

Feast on unceasing prayer.

Fast from idle gossip;

Feast on purposeful silence.

Fast from problems that overwhelm;

Feast on prayer that undergirds.

From "A Lenten Prayer" by William Arthur Ward

photo by: Hinda Morris, Victoria, BC