PROGRAMS
Church Programs
Faith formation
Christian Development and Education Coordinator: Lyn Warmerdam
Sunday School-meets during Sunday worship and sometimes participates in the service.
TaG Youth Group-joint Trinity and Gladwin youth group. Leader: Samuel Glasgow
Bible Study-meets Wednesday morning to study the lectionary readings and develop a deeper understanding of scripture and how it pertains to our lives today.
God Experiences-meets for spiritual practice and fellowship on some Tuesday evenings.
Meditation-song, reading and contemplation Tuesdays 5:00 to 5:30 pm
Strenghtening the Branches
Book Studies
Fellowship
UCW-United Church Women is a source of pastoral care and outreach for others and raises funds for many projects. One focus is the `Warm Zone`, a dropin centre for women. They also support the dinner group which provides dinners for the hungry and homeless at Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Fall Fair-The church members have put on a fall fair in September for the last 15 years. It includes crafts, baking, cookies, jewellery, timeless treasures, country kitchen, garage sale, garden centre, cards & candy, books, children's boutique, and pie and coffee from the kitchen with pancake breakfasts and hotdog/hamburger lunches provided by TEAM.
Gathering of Women-This group meets informally for special projects and an annual Women's Retreat at Naramata.
T.E.A.M. (Totally Effective Active Men)-enjoys many social activities like fishing trips, athletic events, barbeques...
Mens Breakfast Club
Pastoral Care & Outreach
Coordinator: Arlene Kropp
Hospital Visiting Team-members from Gladwin and Trinity Memorial visit United Church people in the acute care hospital and the continuing care facilities.
First United Church Mission-special support for the work of this Vancouver inner city mission.
Food Bank/Christmas Bureau-collections for the local food bank with special appeals at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Sandwich Group-every third Wednesday members meet with others from the Baha'i community to make sandwiches for those in need which are distributed through Cyrus Centre and Street Hope.
Peardonville House-a recovery and treatment center for women. Each Valentines, the Gathering of Women's group fills gift bags for the residents.
Healing Pathway-gathers on Thursday evenings to practice and once a month offers healing services to the congregation.
Community Programs Supported by Gladwin Members
Gleaners
Hospice
Abbotsford Area GoGos-Raising awareness and funds to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign email: abbygogos@gmail.com or call 604-856-4627
