Children and Youth are Welcome
Children and youth are respected and encouraged to express themselves and participate in sharing their experience and understanding of life. We have a wonderful Kids United group that gets together during our 11am Sunday service.
February Family Programs
contact brenda For more info • call 604-223-1559 • CLICK TO email
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Parent Tot Playgroup
Saturday. February 29th • 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Fellowship Hall (downstairs)
Bring your toddler(s) and join other parents and toddlers for some free play, table top activities, snacks, and singing.
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FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Saturday. February 8th • 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Trinity Hall (Upstairs)
Games, puzzles, crafts and winding up with a sing-a-long, fun for the whole family.
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Wednesdays at 6:30pm starting March 11th
These meditation workshops open participants to fresh vistas of life and self. They use breathing techniques, imagination, stretches of body and stretches of mind. Also allegories, mythologies and archetypes. They are participatory, joyful and open up possibilities for fresh choices in life.
Family Programs at Powell River United Church support young families in spending quality time together in a safe and healthy group environment with a professional facilitator. Make new friends, and parents get to take a break.
Join us Saturday, February 15th, 2020 at 4pm on a spiritual journey through jazz at our Harmony Vespers event. Everyone is welcome to enjoy The Jazzmen featuring Hannah and Sarah Schweitzer. Admission by donation.
The exercise uses blankets to represent the lands of what is now called Canada, and the distinct cultures and nations which live on those lands to this day. Participants represent the First Peoples; when they move onto the blankets, they are taken back in time to the arrival of the Europeans. The Narrator and facilitators will work with the participants to read a script while the exercise goes through the history of treaty-making, colonization and resistance that resulted in the nation we today call Canada.
The Powell River United Church is excited to announce that The Jazzmen will be featured in our next Harmony Vespers event on Saturday January 25th, starting at 4pm.
Family Programs at Powell River United Church support young families in spending quality time together in a safe and healthy group environment with a professional facilitator. Make new friends, and parents get to take a break.
Every member of the Powell River Community is welcome to the Powell River United Church Christmas Dinner on Monday December 23rd at 4:30pm. Let’s celebrate the gift of Christmas together.
For many Powell River families, it is a Christmas tradition to attend the United Church on Christmas Eve for a special service to honour and remember the true gift of Christmas
If you are seeking solace and support this Christmas because of family members who are no longer with us, or feelings of aloneness, sadness and isolation, you are warmly invited to attend a special Service of Light event.
Join us this December for Christmas themed family events. Family Programs at Powell River United Church support young families in spending quality time together in a safe and healthy group environment with a professional facilitator.
The Powell River United Church Christmas Gift Catalogue is now available online for you to browse and make a special gift on behalf of someone you’re thinking of, and share the gift of giving.
The more we learn about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), the more we can understand individuals who may be living with this invisible disability, and by learning more we can have positive prevention messages to share with our young people who are in their child bearing years.
You are welcome to attend the Sign Unveiling Ceremony at Wellington Beach, Sunday, November 17th from 12pm to 3pm.
Join us as we come together and Walk for Reconciliation, Sunday November 10th, Willingdon Beach at 11:30am.
Tell your family and friends to Chase them Blues Away!
The next Harmony Vespers event happens Saturday Nov. 9 at 4pm at PRUC, featuring the Blues Busters.
Join Powell River’s Brendan Maguire Saturday October 19 at 4pm who originally hails from Newfoundland and enjoys playing East Coast and Celtic folk songs. He appreciates a good kitchen party and loves it when people sing along.
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to all our families and friends. CLICK through to play the video of our Sunday sermon.
Saturday October 12th • St Francis believed that nature itself was the mirror of God. He called all creatures his “brothers” and “sisters”, and even preached to the birds and supposedly persuaded a wolf to stop attacking some locals if they agreed to feed the wolf.
Sunday August 25th, 6:30pm at Willingdon Beach
Your family is invited for an evening of games and snacks. This is an open event for Powell River families with children under 11 years old, please feel free to bring your friends.
Harmony Vespers Sunday August 11th at Willingdon Beach. A free public event. Bring your own lawn chairs, coffee and snacks. Enjoy our unique blend of live music and spiritual poetry, featuring Ken Mason.
More details and a message from Brenda Pielle, Camp Registrar regarding the Kids (ages 5 to 11) Summer Day Camp from July 15 – 19, 9am to 3pm
Children Ages 5 to 11 July 15th to 19th from 9am to 3pm, Only $12 per day. Come join us for Games, Music, Storytelling, Outdoor Activities, Arts, Crafts and Fun.
March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-spirited People
The event was attended by well over 200 people who met at City Hall and marched along Marine Ave to Willingdon Beach, where a vigil was held.
Everyone is welcome to join us this Father’s Day at Willingdon Beach starting at 10:30am for a special service, followed by a Family BBQ and Picnic starting at 11:45am. Hope to see you there!
Ken Mason is a singer and a multi-instrumentalist based in Victoria BC. Known for his wide vocal range, Ken covers popular favourites including songs by Journey, Pink Floyd and Elton John.
Musical selections celebrating faith, family and friends for Mother's Day weekend by the sibling duo, Michael Coey and Brenda Pielle.
Please Visit Us • Sundays at 11 a.m.
You, your family and friends are always welcome at Powell River United Church. We offer a variety of ways to participate and serve in the remembrance of God. Our main worship service is held every Sunday from 11:00 am until 12 noon, with coffee and snacks served from 10:15 am to 11:00 am.
The Spiritual Practice of Meditation
Our Vision is Love. Our Mission is to Serve.
We feel a sacred obligation to serve and love our fellow human beings. We want to give our best, and see the light of God in all creation. Our goal is to help make Powell River and this world a better place.