The objectives of the fund are:
1. To provide financial assistance to people who wish the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to further their own growth and thus help the church community:
2. To enable groups and committees within the church to bring in qualified leaders to conduct workshops and seminars.

Funds contained in the Leadership and Enrichment Capital Fund are held in perpetuity. Interest earned by such funds is deposited to the fund’s operating account and used to provide assistance to applicants.

Those wishing to contribute or who wish more information, Please contact the chairperson of the Leadership and Enrichment Fund via the church office.

Pastoral Care Team

The Pastoral Care team meets regularly to share the concerns of the people of the church through the weekly bulletin. Cards of condolence and thinking of you, as well as celebration of birthdays and special anniversaries are sent out. Phone calls are made to shut-ins and some visits are made to nursing homes.

Concerns are shared with the minister, who does the hospital visiting, on a regular basis. Other members of the congregation extend their caring through phone calls, cards and visits to ill and shut in members of the congregation and we are happy for their ministry too.

We do depend on someone letting us know about his or her illness or another’s and we encourage that this information be passed on to the church office. Let us be the hands and feet of Christ for others!

Prayer Shawl Ministry

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the first and third Monday of each month (2:00 to 4:00pm) in room 120. As our world unravels bit by bit in various ways, countless circles of compassion are knitting it back together again, one stitch at a time. Shawl recipients especially will see more clearly that there is hope for tomorrow, that no one is ever completely alone, that someone cares enough to reach out and welcome them in.
Prayer begins in the heart. Because the creation of a prayer shawl is, first, a spiritual practice for the shawl maker, it’s important to set an environment of intention, or purpose, as you begin. We will get together twice a month to pray, knit or crochet and share stories and patterns. Completed shawls will be blessed before being presented to a recipient. For more information or if you know someone who should get a shawl please contact Cheryl Blake at jcblake@shaw.ca or call 604-219-5186

Bible Study

Como Lake United holds various Bible Studies each church year. Many use the Disciple Series of Bible Studies which consist of weekly readings followed by a weekly gathering using video and discussion groups. Dates and times of studies are posted in the weekly bulletin and on the events page of this website. If there is a particular area of study in which you are interested please see Rev. Jan.

Healing Touch Ministry

Our ministry team is made up of one Practitioner from Como Lake United Church and others from Trinity United Church, St. Andrews United Church and members of the community, all who have taken at least Phase One of four phases offered by the Healing Pathway Program sponsored by Naramata Centre. All practitioners have had criminal records checks. As Healing Touch practitioners we offer healing touch upon request. We work in pairs whenever possible. We go into the community upon request for home visits or into hospitals, care facilities or hospices.

On a regular basis we offer open sessions in the Sanctuary at Trinity on the third Monday of the month and at St. Andrew’s United-Port Moody by appointment. Appointments may be sched-uled at Como Lake United. All churches offer appointments upon request and availability of a healing team. These appointments can be made through the office of each of the churches. The fourth Wednesday of each month is for self care, held at Trinity United.

We support educational events regarding the Healing Pathway throughout the year. All dona-tions to the Healing ministry are used to purchase any supplies or equipment needed, but mostly to offer educational support for persons to further their education in the Healing ministry. Some of our members have gone on to the second, third and fourth phase of the Healing Pathway pro-gram. Some have become mentors and or worked a week in the Healing House at Naramata Centre during Good Works Week or during the summer programs held at Naramata Centre. The ministry is spiritually nurturing for all of us taking part, as givers and receivers.

United Church Women

Como Lake United has an active UCW

Our Mission Statement
- Our mission is to love God; to foster Christian faithfulness, spirituality, commitment, and devotion, and to promote love and respect by living gernerously and giving joyfully to all God’s people; and to affirm and strengthen ourselves creatively.

Our Values
Fellowship, Study, Service

Who we are:
- We have seven units, the Arbutus, Cypress, Daisy, Lilac, Magnolia, Maple and Willow. They work together to support the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada, the needs of the local congregation and the UCW Presbyterial.

Membership:
- Any woman who is in sympathy with the purpose and is willing to contribute her prayers, gifts and service for the work of the church in the world is welcome to participate in a unit.

Please call the church office at (604) 931-8555 for contact information.