About Our Community

Discover the various groups and ministries that foster connection, growth, and service within our community.

Ethel Wilson Women’s Group

The Ethel Wilson Women’s Group meets once a month on the last Tuesday at 1:30 pm to provide fellowship, love and support for one another. The meetings feature an activity or guest speaker and are a great way to get to know other women in the church.

Men’s Breakfast Group

The Men’s Breakfast Group meets on the second Saturday of the month at 9 am. They have a guest speaker who may talk on anything from the history of Palestine to the life of a stand-up comic.

Bible and Book Studies

A various times throughout the year Bible and/or Book studies are offered. These typically involve reading, reflection and discussion.

The Knitting Group

Are you a knitter? Would you like to learn how to knit? Then the Knitting Group has a place for you. The group numbers 15 at the moment and they get together on the third Wednesday of the month in the afternoon to knit items like our famous prayer shawls and the fabulous fish and chip sweaters that were made for the For The Love of Africa non-profit that works in Tanzania. Contact the church office for details on how to get involved.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

The Prayer Shawl Ministry offers tangible comfort, support and love as part of Cordova Bay United Church’s pastoral care. The shawls are knitted either at home or during the regular knitters’ gathering. The shawls are then blessed during Sunday worship and given to those in need of pastoral care, babies on the occasion of their baptism, longtime members who are relocating and various other instances. If you would like to offer your pastoral care, gifts and skills through this ministry and would like more information talk to the church office.

Prayer Chain

Pray without ceasing. - Thessalonians 5:17

The Prayer Chain is a ministry available to anyone who would like to request others to pray for them. Anyone can ask for a prayer.

The Cordova Bay United prayer chain has been helping people for more than 25 years (established in 1992). Members of the prayer chain lift up those who have asked for prayer, literally surrounding them with thoughts and prayers.

Requests can be for anything: illness, loss of job, in need of support through a difficult time, etc. Generally, prayers are offered daily over a period of time, which may vary with each request. People are kept on the prayer chain for a month unless a request comes, with an update, asking for the name to be extended. Contact the church office for more details.

Book Club

The Book Club meets every third Friday at 10 am in the Friendship Room. If you’d like to join them, contact Marjorie Gray or just show up.

Church Library

Our church library may not be big but it is mighty. Some of the titles we carry include Marcus Borg’s Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & The Heart of Contemporary Faith and Joanne Henry’s Powered By Love: A Grandmothers' Movement to End AIDS in Africa. We have fiction too, including the latest from Alexander McCall Smith: Love over Scotland. The library is cared for and curated by volunteers. Want to help? Contact Pat MacLeod.