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On Sunday, October 19, 2025 immediately after the worship service, we will be holding a congregational meeting in the Sanctuary to review our Strategic Planning report and proposed action items. The meeting will be followed by a light lunch downstairs.

The Draft Report and SWAT Analysis Appendix can be found here:
2025 Strategic Planning Report
2025 SWAT Analysis

We are accepting orders for our Apple Pies!
They are $12.50, pay on pick up. Pies are unbaked. We make 500+ pies and sell out every year, so get your order in soon!
To order please email Sarah at admin@castlegarunited.ca with the following details.
Last, First name of person picking up:
Phone number of ‘pick up person’ to be reached at on Thursday October 9:
We will be using this email as our email contact unless other noted:
How many pies:
Are you available to volunteer on Thursday October 9?

Join us at 4 pm on Saturday, December 21st for our Blue Christmas Service. The 21st is the longest night of the year, also known as Winter Solstice. On this day, we recognize that Christmastime holds a lot of difficult feelings for many people. Amid the merry, merry, and the ho!ho!ho!, many of us are grieving the loss of a loved one, or a past that has ceased to be through divorce, job loss, or other major life shift. It is important to make space for those feelings, and to offer up to God our whole selves, not just the cheerful parts. Come light a candle, say a prayer, sing, and listen, as we hold one another in the challenges of the season.

We have a busy month ahead of us! Here are some of the things going on either at Castlegar United Church or in connection with us at other locations:
Sunday, Dec. 1, 10 am Communion Worship, Advent 1, Brass Trio plays
Monday, Dec. 2, 3 pm Worship at Castle Wood Village
Sunday, Dec. 8, 10 am Worship Advent 2 White Gift Sunday (bring gifts for Food Bank), Choir Sings,
2 pm Worship at Castleview Care Centre
Monday, Dec. 9, 12 pm Thrift Store Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon in the Gym
Sunday, Dec. 15, 10 am Worship, Advent 3, Bell Choir plays, 2 pm Community Carol Sing at New Life Assembly (with the Choir and the Bell Choir)
Monday, Dec. 16, 3 pm Worship at Castle Wood Village
Saturday, Dec. 21, 11 am Interfaith Prayers for Peace at the Brilliant Cultural Centre, 4 pm Blue Christmas/Longest Night Prayer Service
Sunday, Dec. 22, 10 am Worship, Advent 4, Choir Sings, 7 pm Christmas Service at Robson Memorial Church
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 7 pm Christmas Eve Service
Sunday, Dec. 29, 10 am Christmas Child Within Worship, Solo Bells with Piano
Sunday, Jan. 5, 10 am Epiphany Communion Worship, Trumpet and Organ Duet
May we all feel the hope, peace, joy and love of Christ this season!