Social Action

Mission and Service

The Mission and Service Program is the heart and soul of the United Church and an important ways we live out the call to do God’s mission.

A national program, it supports a range of activities across Canada and around the world, including partnering with:

The Morogoro Women’s Training Centre in Tanzania to train traditional birth attendants

The Guatemala Conference of Evangelical Churches to train more than 400 Indigenous women in human rights, citizen participation, and economic empowerment through farming

ACT Alliance to provide much-needed food, clean water, sanitation, health services, and shelter for the nearly one million Rohingya people living in refugee camps .

Community Partners

Cordova Bay United Church is active in the local community in other ways and supports the activities of a number of local groups.

For The Love of Africa

For The Love of Africa started in Cordova Bay United Church but support from the community was so enthusiastic it quickly created its own society. For The Love of Africa is an incredible success story, partnering with local communities in Tanzania to build more than a half-dozen facilities, including a medical clinic, several schools and a technical institute.

Other Community Partners

Cordova Bay United Church’s Ethel Wilson Women’s Group raises funds and donates to a range of community charities. Recent charities have included: The Cridge Centre Respite Program, the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre, the 1UP Single Parent Resource Centre, and Bridges for Women - an employment training program for women with a history of trauma and abuse.

Welcoming the community

At Cordova Bay United Church we welcome the community into our home and encourage the use of our facilities. A number of community groups, agencies and non-profits rent our space or partner with us to raise funds for worthwhile causes, such as Our Place or The Morogoro Women’s Training Centre. Some of the groups and their activities are featured below.

Country Cousins Square Dance Club

Girl Guides of Canada (Embers and Sparks)

Island Health Adult Day Program

Jazzercise

KSI Karate

Mavericks Square Dance Club

Royal Oak Women's Institute

Saanich Squares (Square Dance Lessons)

Scouts Canada (Cubs and Scouts)

Victoria Arion Male Choir

Yoga

Zumba

Caring for one another is central to Jesus’ teachings: feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and the dying.

Following in Jesus’ footsteps, at Cordova Bay United Church we believe in social justice and that it takes action to achieve social justice. We do that through thoughtful involvement in our community – locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Outreach Committee provides the leadership for our social action.