Our Easter celebration begins early this Sunday (7:30 am) – rain or shine-- as we meet at the corner of Michigan and Douglas Streets in preparation for a walking meditation that takes us into the beauty of Meegan/ Beacon Hill Park.  We’ll enjoy a light breakfast in the church hall around 8:30am, followed by our service at 10:15am.  Come for any or for all of it as we enter into the wonder and bewildering mystery of new life breaking forth.  Communion will be part of our 10:15am celebration. If you are joining online, you may wish to include bread and wine/ juice in however you are setting up your sanctuary space.

POST-SERVICE ZOOM Coffee Chat (join others online after the service)

The worship team encourages you to bring a bouquet of fresh cut flowers on Easter Sunday.  It might be a gesture of gratitude for a loved one who has died, or in celebration of some event in your life or the life of the world that makes your heart sing. Either bring them in a vase ready to be placed in the sanctuary or know that there are plenty of vases available at the church. Please note:  Lilies, while lovely to look at are problematic to many in our gathering ... it’s a matter of being able to breathe!

“...simply one of the most exceptional jazz pianists of his generation that Canada can boast of...”
Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

"The piano man that ranks as one of Canada's national treasures..."
Chris Spector, Midwest Record

This masterclass is open to everyone, musicians and non-musicians alike, who would like to explore an interactive Q&A and masterclass with one of the county's finest pianists and educators! Admission is free (donations accepted).

David Restivo is an award-winning pianist and composer. Born in Lansing, Michigan, molded by the mountains and coasts of New England, and based primarily in Toronto, Canada since 1982, he has been a sought-after and influential figure in Canada’s jazz community since the late 1980s. He recently relocated to Nelson, BC after accepting an offer to join the full time music faculty at Selkirk College. 

We'll be gathering for our AGM THURSDAY, April 13th at 7pm, by Zoom and in person in our church sanctuary.

The 2022 Annual Report can be found here. 

Join us for an interactive workshop exploring the rich history, rhythms and melodic lines of Cuban genres such as danzon, habaneras, son and charanga. OKAN leaders, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne (both Juno winners and Latin Grammy and Grammy nominees) will take participants on an journey through the musical traditions (from European court music to African-based religious music) that inform their award winning repertoire, and that of other contemporary Cuban composers.

Friday, April 14th - the Movie is King Richard

Doors will open at 6pm, POTLUCK dinner at 6:30pm and the movie will start at 7:15pm. 

Your search team members - Martin Stewart, Colleen Nichol, Owen McCooey, Karen Halliday and Colleen Adair (Chair) - have completed their training with our liaison at Pacific Mountain Regional Council. We have spent time considering how our biases are shaped by our power in society and in our church as well as our calling to reflect God’s radically inclusive love and justice. 

We have reviewed how human rights must be upheld throughout the pastoral relations process, and have reviewed how we will use the United Church’s online pastoral relations tool, ChurchHub, to search for potential matches for a new pastoral relationship. 

Pray for us as we discern among the ministry personnel profiles and our own community of faith profile.