Outreach

Gordon United Church participates in a number of ongoing outreach projects such as:

Examples of Outreach

Community dinners are served two Mondays per month at 5:00pm to 6:30pm. Everyone is welcome. Our meal is free. Please check <http://gordonunitedchurch.ca/sunday-bulletin/”>our bulletin for exact dates each month.
Donations to help the local community are made to:

1. Goldstream Food Bank
2. Our Place Society
- distributing and collecting socks and toiletries
- Christmas “Angel” gifts – The Angel Gifts program is a chance to share friendly greetings with someone in need. The Angel Gift may be the only gift that person receives. Our Place Co-ordinates the distribution of Angel Gifts.
3. University of Victoria Chaplaincy Multifaith Services
- Soup for Students.
4. Camp Pringle We also collect Canadian Tire Money for this cause.
5. Kairos Ecumenical Justice Initiatives such as the Blanket Exercise
6. A local refugee family from Syria
7.The United Church of Canada Mission and Service Fund
8. Threshold Youth Housing
9. Priory Worship. Our church helps with a worship service at the “Priory, Langford, an assisted living facility the third Sunday each month.
Overseas Aid

1. Fair Trade coffee is served at all church functions
2. United Church of Canada Mission and Service Fund
3. Compassionate Resource Warehouse
- collecting wool
- empty prescription bottle
4. Supporting events to raise money overseas for organizations such as the Canadian Food Grains Bank.
5. Canada Comforts
Low cost room use – Gordon United provides low cost meeting rooms s to various service groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Girl Guides, Brownies, 12 step groups, Al-Anon, TOPS, Pacific Edge Chorus, the Almosthome Preschool and the Kids Klub. If your group is interested please check out our facilities page to see about room sizes/shapes and phone us for special donation pricing.

We are able to support these outreach events by your gifts to the church.