Join Sylvan United Church for our 40th Annual Raspberry Tea and Quilt Display. This event is one you don’t want to miss! On the beautiful lawns of Sylvan’s courtyard enjoy delicious desserts, tea, and company!   Article from Cowichan Valley Citizen July 6, 2005 Raspberry Tea and Quilt Show

Join us after worship this Sunday June 14th for a soup lunch! Lunch includes your choice of soup, bread, dessert and beverages. Lunch donation is $10 Everyone is Welcome

Join Sylvan United Church for our Pride Sunday Service at 10am with Rev. Suzanna Bates Everyone is Welcome!

Camp Pringle is looking for community members to attend their Annual General Meeting  April 26, 2026 2PM – 4PM Bottom Room of Spencer Hall Please contact Camp Pringle if you would like to attend.  info@camppringle.ca 250-743-2189

Don’t forget to join us this coming Thursday April 2nd for our Maundy Thursday Service at 12:00pm Lunch & Worship with Hand Washing & Holy Communion

Sylvan United Church will be holding their Annual General Meeting in the Sanctuary after Sunday’s Service. We hope that many of Sylvan’s members will be able to attend the meeting.  This is an opportunity for us to reflect on the past year and all the wonderful things we’ve accomplished.

Our theme this year is Words for the Beginning from A Sanctified Art.  Each week we will tell part of the story, bringing us closer and closer to Christmas. We begin on December 1st with the theme You Are a Blessing.  Join is as we light the candle of

Sylvan has become known as the place for amazing music!  This November is packed with opportunities. November 2nd at 4pm we have the community concert by the Artistry & Outreach musicians.  The next day it’s the start of practices for our popular Community Children’s Christmas Choirs!  November 15th sees

Celebrate Spring with two offerings featuring one of the baroque era’s most beloved composers – Antonio Vivaldi!  We are offering an opportunity for Children to experience these classics at 4pm, in addition to our 7pm concert. Tickets available on Eventbrite  4:00pm Children’s Concert tickets 7:00pm Concert tickets  

  Calling everyone who uses our buildings and grounds!  We had several big repairs to keep the buildings safe (like replacing ancient water mains!) and we need your help.  We are asking people to choose an envelope – they are numbered 1-100.  You’re asked to return the envelope with

Brooke Maxwell, pianist, singer and saxophonist and Scott White, multi faceted bassist join Patrick Boyle on guitar and trumpet, and Rev Katherine with poetry, prayers and reflection, for an evening of Jazz Vespers. Our theme for October is gratitude. Come and join us for an evening to fill your

It’s back! Our popular Camp Spirit program runs from August 8-11th.  There are still a few spaces left in both the camper program and the Leader in Training program (ages 12 +) Click the link for more info and to register.  

On July 23rd at 10am, we have a special event planned for worship. We have paintings by artist, and Sylvan member Peter Spohn hanging in the sanctuary space.  Musicians Rykie Avenant, Catharina de Beer and Eve Danielle are curating a special music program based on their response to these

Walk through the ancient story with the Holy Week series at Sylvan.  We remember the Last Supper with Dinner Church – a potluck meal on Thursday April 6th, beginning at 6pm.  We’ll weave story and liturgy around the meal. Good Friday – April 7th  – is an interactive, all-ages,

We’re welcoming Camp Spirit back again this Summer! With day camp for children ages 5-11 and Leaders in Training for those ages 12-14. $140 for the week – and that includes lunch!  For more information and to register, head over to campspirit.ca

We have brought back the popular Jazz Vespers program at Sylvan.  Our second event is on Mardi Gras – Fat Tuesday.  Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday is the day before the beginning of Lent, a traditional time of fasting.  The idea was to eat all the fat and flour

We will tell stories, sing songs, share favourite traditions and celebrate Christmas together.  10:00am. Wearing Christmas PJs is strongly encouraged!

Join is for singing, candle lighting, stories and all things Christmas. 

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Sunday School for our children is back! Everyone is invited to stay after worship for Sundae Sundays, and we’ll have a special blessing of the backpacks, brief cases, panniers, diaper-bags – whatever carries your life – during the 10am service. Bring your bags to be blessed and stay for

For more information, call the Sylvan United Church office at 250-743-4659

This Sunday, 22 May, we are joining the First Third Ministry Family retreat at Camp Pringle, 2520 Shawnigan Lake Road.  Guest Speaker is Rev John Snow, Indigenous Minister for Pacific Mountain Region. Please note the time – it’s 10:30! 

In recognition of Camping Sunday, our April 24th worship service will be held at Camp Pringle at 10:00 am. The address is 2520 W. Shawnigan Lake Road. Hope to see you there! 

Holy Week Services: Maundy Thursday Campfire Church, April 14th  5:00 pm Good Friday Interactive Stations in the Garden, April 15th 10:00 am Easter Sunday, 8:30 and 10:00 am  

Beginning January 23rd, we are back to in-person worship, Sunday mornings at 10:00am. We are opening all the windows (so please dress warmly, or bring a cozy blanket).  Everyone must wear a mask and we’ve got lots of room for distance. The United Church strongly encourages everyone to be

It is with heavy hearts that Sylvan Council members have decided to forgo in-person worship services, effective immediately, including Christmas Eve, until it is determined that the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus has been brought under control. While Provincial regulations allow for in-person worship services with restrictions, the

We have been gathering in person on Sunday mornings at 10am.  It looks a little different – we are further apart, everyone wears a a mask.  We don’t sing hymns, pass the offering plate or pass the peace – but we do gather together.  Hear the sacred story. Listen

Join with United Church folks across the country as we wonder, pray, strive and work with what it means to be an anti-racist church. “Each day from Tuesday, October 12 to Friday, November 26 (with the exception of Sundays) there will be a new reflection on anti-racism, as well

This coming Sunday is World Wide Communion Sunday – and we are celebrating the sacrament safely. Everyone will receive a baggie with the elements – in this case a gluten-free rice cracker and some grapes (aka wine/juice in it’s natural state). When it comes time, people can remove their

Sylvan Sumer Social – Saturday July 24th, 1-3pm You are invited to bring your own chair, tea cup or mug and any games you think people might enjoy (bocce, croquet, etc.)   Raspberry shortcake with whipping cream and raspberry sundaes will be on the menu along with both hot and cold tea.

Sunday, July 11th, we will gather outside for worship and communion.  Bring your own chair and wear a mask if that makes you most comfortable, and we will gather together at 10:00am  

To support the health of our whole community, and in compliance with Public Officer of Health and Pacific Mountain Region’s wishes, our building is closed for now. But the Church continues – come to this page regularly for updates, resources, ways to connect with each other, the Creator, Word and

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