Our Sanctuary space will be open to the public for Spiritual Practices on Thursday, December 5th, 12th and 19th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

Sometimes we can feel really disconnected with our sense of Spirit at this time of year. So, we invite you to come into our space and find some sanctuary from the chaos of preparing for the Holiday Season. Come check out stations set up for various spiritual practices and/or simply sit and listen to soft music and be still awhile. These evenings are self-guided, and the stations may include anything from Mandala colouring, movement prayers, candle lighting and maybe even mindful chocolate eating! You can spend your whole time at one station or check them all out.

Reverend Kim will also be in attendance each Thursday evening should you need assistance.

There is no registration or cost.

You are invited to join Rev. Kim for a 4-week guided book study on Amy-Jill Levine’s book “Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent”. Amy-Jill Levine is a University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies.

This book traces the Christmas narrative in a way that opens conversations around connections between the Gospel stories and the Hebrew Bible, the role of women in first-century Jewish culture, the revolutionary implications of Mary’s song and more!

The book is available in paper and digitally wherever books are sold. While the book is worth having and reading, please feel free to attend our sessions even if you can’t get the book or if you don’t get to the reading in time each week!

Please come in at the Church Office door.

Please contact Rev. Kim directly with questions or concerns by emailing kim@bridgewaterunited.ca or leaving a message at 902-543-6854.

Our Sanctuary space will be open to the public for Spiritual Practices on Thursday, December 5th, 12th and 19th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

Sometimes we can feel really disconnected with our sense of Spirit at this time of year. So, we invite you to come into our space and find some sanctuary from the chaos of preparing for the Holiday Season. Come check out stations set up for various spiritual practices and/or simply sit and listen to soft music and be still awhile. These evenings are self-guided, and the stations may include anything from Mandala colouring, movement prayers, candle lighting and maybe even mindful chocolate eating! You can spend your whole time at one station or check them all out.

Reverend Kim will also be in attendance each Thursday evening should you need assistance.

There is no registration or cost.

Our Church Community will be providing Christmas for six families from our area through the Christmas Daddies program.

From November 24th until December 6th (or when all tags are gone,) there is a tree in the Foyer by the Church Office, with angels on it. Please choose an angel to help create a special Christmas for families in the Outreach of our Church Community. Please wrap the gift in Christmas wrap, place a blank gift tag on them and include the angel tag.

We will be receiving these gifts during our Worship Service on December 8th and through the Church Office from December 10th to December 13th.

Thank you for your continued support of this wonderful Outreach.

All are welcome to join us here at Bridgewater United on Saturday, December 7th in the Chapel (next to the Church Office) from 6:00pm-7:00pm, as we pull out the old Christmas Carol song sheets and share in fellowship and music with one another.

We will be blessed with Barbara Pate on piano, and the B-United Youth will have Hot Chocolate and Cookies for all to share.

Come and share in an evening of joy and fun!

You are invited to join Rev. Kim for a 4-week guided book study on Amy-Jill Levine’s book “Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent”. Amy-Jill Levine is a University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies.

This book traces the Christmas narrative in a way that opens conversations around connections between the Gospel stories and the Hebrew Bible, the role of women in first-century Jewish culture, the revolutionary implications of Mary’s song and more!

The book is available in paper and digitally wherever books are sold. While the book is worth having and reading, please feel free to attend our sessions even if you can’t get the book or if you don’t get to the reading in time each week!

Please come in at the Church Office door.

Please contact Rev. Kim directly with questions or concerns by emailing kim@bridgewaterunited.ca or leaving a message at 902-543-6854.

Our Sanctuary space will be open to the public for Spiritual Practices on Thursday, December 5th, 12th and 19th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

Sometimes we can feel really disconnected with our sense of Spirit at this time of year. So, we invite you to come into our space and find some sanctuary from the chaos of preparing for the Holiday Season. Come check out stations set up for various spiritual practices and/or simply sit and listen to soft music and be still awhile. These evenings are self-guided, and the stations may include anything from Mandala colouring, movement prayers, candle lighting and maybe even mindful chocolate eating! You can spend your whole time at one station or check them all out.

Reverend Kim will also be in attendance each Thursday evening should you need assistance.

There is no registration or cost.

You are invited to join Rev. Kim for a 4-week guided book study on Amy-Jill Levine’s book “Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent”. Amy-Jill Levine is a University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies.

This book traces the Christmas narrative in a way that opens conversations around connections between the Gospel stories and the Hebrew Bible, the role of women in first-century Jewish culture, the revolutionary implications of Mary’s song and more!

The book is available in paper and digitally wherever books are sold. While the book is worth having and reading, please feel free to attend our sessions even if you can’t get the book or if you don’t get to the reading in time each week!

Please come in at the Church Office door.

Please contact Rev. Kim directly with questions or concerns by emailing kim@bridgewaterunited.ca or leaving a message at 902-543-6854.

You are all invited to join me, Rev. Kim and members of the UCW as we gather in the Sanctuary on Friday, November 29th from 6-8 pm to decorate our Sanctuary for this special season.

There will be tree decorating, banner hanging, and more! We will have a potluck table for cookies and hand-held sweets and hot cider for us to enjoy as we work together.

I look forward to meeting you again as we get into the holiday spirit together. Please contact me directly at kim@bridgewaterunited.ca or 902-523-6854 with any messages about this event.

Are you worried about dessert for the holidays?

Bridgewater United Church will be having their 15th Annual Un-Baked Homemade Apple Pie Sale on Saturday, November 23rd with Un-Baked Apple Pie for $13.00 to choose from.

Orders for pies are made through the Church Office ONLY at (902) 543-4833 no later then Friday, November 15th at 12:00pm.

Only 135 pies will be made, so it will be first come, first served!

Pre-Orders ONLY!

All profits to benefit the Local Fund of Bridgewater United Church.

Thank you for your support.

The UCW Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 16th from 10:00am - 1:00pm in the C.E. Centre (Gymnasium) at Bridgewater United.

Bazaar tables include Baking (Christmas and other Baking); Trinkets and Treasures (No White Elephant items please); Jams, Jellies and Pickles; Plants and Flower Arrangements and Crafts, Sewing and Knitting. Come prepared to do some Christmas Shopping.

Donations for these tables will be greatly appreciated by your UCW and can be brought to the Church on Friday, November 15th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm and 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

A Service of Covenanting will be held on Sunday, October 20th at 2:00pm at Bridgewater United.

There will be no morning service at West Side United nor Bridgewater United.

This service will be a celebration of the new Ministry with Reverend Kim Curlett, the continued Ministry with Reverend Neil McEwen and the Collaborative Ministry shared between West Side United and Bridgewater United. Janet Sollows of Yarmouth, will be participating in the service as the Representative from Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Reverend Heather Ferrier will be our Guest Preacher.

The Communities of Faith within the BUD Ministries (Caledonia Pastoral Charge, New West Pine United, St. Andrews - St. Marks United) are also invited to participate in the celebration of our new and continued Ministry.

We look forward to your attendance and participation in our celebration.

A social time of community will take place in the C.E. Centre (Gym) following the service.

The family of Gwendolyn Lois Elizabeth Corkum, who passed away on August 2nd, 2023, extend an invitation to the congregation to come and celebrate Gwen’s life and faith on Tuesday, July 9th at 11:00am at Feltzen South Cemetery. There will be a time of fellowship following the Graveside Service at 361 Mores Point Road, Greenfield.

Gwendolyn Lois Elizabeth Corkum Obituary - Click Here

The family of Gwen Corkum advise her passing at the age of 93 after a short illness. Mom lived independently in her own home up until her passing.

She was born in Feltzen South and spent her first 75 years there. Just moving up the road when she married Capt. Sam Corkum in 1949. She then moved to LaHave Heights in Bridgewater so that she was “closer to the hospital” and “it’s easier to buy milk there.” Her words.

In her earlier years she taught school in Upper Kingsburg, Feltzen South and substituted at Centre Consolidated school for a time.

Mom was a bit of a road warrior, travelling to her husband, Sam’s various Ports of Call in the Maritime Provinces. When she sold her car recently we found 5 speeding tickets she had received occurring over the years; all warnings plus another one she had fought in court and won.

Gwen was the daughter of the late Moyle and Dorothy Corkum. She is predeceased by her husband, Capt. Samuel Corkum, her daughter, Jocelyn and her brother, Bertram.

Gwen is survived by her son, Michael (Connie), grandchildren, Daniel (Laura), Graham and Elisa (Morten), great-grandchildren, Emma, Adam, Olivia, Ayden, Kate and Noah, sisters-in-law, Virginia Corkum, East LaHave; Eva (Fred) Dares, Bayport, Betty Hubley, Bayport; Hilda Corkum, Niagara Falls.

At Mom’s request there will be no church service and a interment service will be held at a later date at the Feltzen South Cemetery.

Memoriams may be made to the Feltzen South Cemetery, Bridgewater United Church or to a charity of your choice.

The family would like to Thank Flossie Tanner for all she did for Gwen over the recent years.

Mom was an avid CB’er back in the day and so, “The Worry Bird” signs off.

A special congregational meeting of members and adherents of the Bridgewater Pastoral Charge will be held on Tuesday, July 2nd at 6:00pm to consider a recommendation from the Search Committee for filling the position of Full-Time Minister of Worship and Small Group Ministry (40 hours per week).

We will also be voting on the acceptance of the resignation for Bridgewater United Church's Board of Trustees and the approval of a new appointment on the Bridgewater United Church's Board of Trustees.

All members and adherents are invited and encouraged to attend in the Church Sanctuary.

The congregation of Bridgewater United Church would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Margaret Anne Cook, who passed away on May 29, 2024 at the age of 84. Margaret Anne was a faithful member of Bridgewater United and the congregation was so blessed when she shared her gift of music during Worship, whether with the Senior Choir or as a soloist for Special Music. She had a contagious laugh, that could make anyone smile. We offer many thanks that God allowed Margaret Anne to be a part of all of our lives.

Please embrace and support her husband, Everett; their children, Paul, Steven and Janice and their extended families; her sisters, Janet and Gail and brother, Cameron and her sister-in-law, Ruby. Prayerfully guide them as they journey during this time of grief.

There will be no visitation at the funeral home by request. Service of Remembrance will be held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at Bridgewater United Church, 87 Hillcrest Street, Bridgewater. Reverend Neil McEwen officiating. Internment will take place at a later date in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater.

Family flowers only please, donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia, North Queens Nursing Home, Bridgewater United Church, or a charity of choice.

Margaret Anne Cook's Obituary - Click Here

COOK, Margaret Anne – It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Margaret Anne Cook, age 84, of Pine Grove, Lunenburg Co., on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in North Queens Nursing Home, Caledonia, where she had been residing for the past 8 months. Born in Bridgewater on February 17, 1940, she was the first-born child of the late Allister St. Clair and Evelyn Margaret (Gaetz) Seamone.

Margaret had fond memories of growing up on Empire Street in Bridgewater. Her childhood days were filled with playing games with her siblings and neighborhood friends, going to wrestling matches at the arena, and developing her lifelong love for music. In the winter, coasting down her street on bobsleds, skating and watching hockey games at the arena filled her time.

She developed a solid work ethic early on with a part time job during high school on Saturdays and summer vacation at the Steadmans Store on King Street. After high school, Margaret went to the Bridgewater Commercial School where she graduated tied for the top of her class. Not bad for someone who didn’t like studying. After graduating, she got a job at Hebb Motors and then Household Finance up until family came along. After raising her 3 children, she returned to work and settled into her career as bookkeeper at the Bridgewater Farmers Co-op, the career that would take her to retirement. While doing all this she also worked along side her husband on the family farm in Pine Grove.

Music played a significant role throughout her life. She took piano lessons from a very early age and developed into a gifted pianist. Later she learned guitar and started playing and singing in local music “jams” and variety shows. She sang in the church choirs in both the Bridgewater Anglican and United Church for many years. One of her proudest music moments was when she released her CD’s containing Country, Christmas, and Gospel selections.

Family came first and foremost to Margaret, and she engaged in many roles throughout her lifetime. She was a Cub leader, Brownie leader and 4-H leader. Her interests changed as her children grew and made their way in the world. She watched with pride as the grandchildren started to come along and went to many school concerts, sports games and graduations. She often bragged that she had the best-looking grandchildren! She and Everett made many friends through their involvement in organizations like the Bridgewater United Church Happy Gang, Rosedale New Horizons Senior Club, Tai Chi and their many bus trips across Canada and the US. She touched so many lives that it is impossible to include them all here. She lived life to the fullest even as Alzheimer’s was slowly taking her away from us.

Surviving is her husband of 62 years 8 months, Everett St. Clair Cook, Pine Grove; children, Paul (Eva) Cook, Pine Grove; Steven (Lisa) Cook, Hebb’s Cross; Janice (George) Lewis, Molega Lake; grandchildren, Benjamin (Kayla Rhodenizer), Hannah (Elliot Wajchendler), Leah (Ryan) Mercer, Abigail (Thomas Smith), Miranda (Bruce) Heim, Grant, and step granddaughter Courtney Lewis; great-grandchildren, Millie Wajchendler, Maren Mercer, and Martha Heim; her sisters, Janet (Robert) Edwards, Courtenay, BC.; Gail (Michael) Conrad, Baker Settlement; brother, Cameron (Ruth) Seamone, Petite Riviere; sister-in-law Ruby Seamone, Bridgewater; along with many nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Seamone.

The family would like to thank the staff and one on one’s at the North Queens Nursing Home for their care and compassion for Margaret during her final months.

There will be no visitation at the funeral home by request. Service of Remembrance will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Bridgewater United Church, 87 Hillcrest Street, Bridgewater. Rev. Neil McEwen officiating. Internment will take place at a later date in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater. Family flowers only please, donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia, North Queens Nursing Home, Bridgewater United Church, or a charity of choice.

Arrangements entrusted to Sweeny’s Funeral Home, 35 York Street, Bridgewater, where on-line condolences may be made by visiting www.sweenysfuneralhome.com.

A special congregational meeting of members and adherents of the Bridgewater Pastoral Charge will be held on Monday, June 10th at 6:00pm to consider a recommendation from the Search Committee for filling the position of Part-Time Minister of Pastoral Care and Outreach (20 hours per week). All members and adherents are invited and encouraged to attend in the Church Sanctuary.

The congregation of Bridgewater United Church will be celebrating the Life and Faith of Gladys Mary Veinot and her son, Hazen Malcolm Veinot on Wednesday, May 8th at 2:00pm at Bridgewater United Church. A reception will follow in the C.E. Centre (Gym).

Gladys Mary Veinot passed away on December 22, 2022 at the wonderful age of 101. Gladys was a long-time member of Bridgewater United Church and a founding member of the UCW. Her son, Hazen Malcolm Veinot, also a long-time member of Bridgewater United Church, passed away on April 10, 2024, at the age of 84.

We will come together in celebration of this mother and son, who loved each other so dearly, and were so kind and loving to all who knew them. We extend our thoughts and prayers with their friends and family.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the R.A. Corkum Funeral Home, Wileville. A memorial service for Malcolm and his mother, Gladys Veinot, will be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday, May 8th at Bridgewater United Church, Reverend Neil McEwen officiating. A reception will be held in the C.E. Centre (Gym) following the service. Interment in Brookside Cemetery will take place after the reception.

Memorial donations may be made to the Bridgewater United Church, the South Shore Regional Hospital Foundation or a charity of your choice. Online condolences and donations may be made by visiting www.corkumfuneralhome.ca

Gladys Mary Veinot's Obitituary - https://www.corkumfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/167289

Hazen Malcolm Veinot's Obitituary - https://www.corkumfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/177028

Join us at Bridgewater United Church on Sunday, May 5, 2024, for Worship at 10:30am, as we will be blessed with the musical talents of the St. John's Lutheran Handbell Choir.

The choir was first formed in 2007 under the direction of Jane Kristenson and many of our members you see today were in the original choir. Gale Lohnes has been the director since 2017. The choir has an extensive repertoire and aims to perform once a month during service. We have played at a number of different churches and events throughout the years.

Their goal is to make beautiful music together and have a lot of fun along the way!

Enjoy a wonderful evening of music with Rose Cousins in Concert in support of Second Story Women's Centre at Bridgewater United Church on April 27th at 8:00pm. Doors open at 7:00pm.

Advance Tickets Only

Reserve Seating: $40.00

General Admission: $35.00

All tickets can be purchased by contacting Gary Lohnes;Event Coordinator at garylohnes@bellaliant.net or by phone at (902) 688-2447.

https://rememberingwhen.ca/

Second Story Women's Centre provides support, counselling, referrals, personal development programs, advocacy, volunteer engagement, wellness programs, youth programs, social opportunities for women, girls and other gender-diverse people.

They offer:

support counseling

crisis intervention

referrals

support groups

accompaniment

outreach

girl’s programs

social advocacy

volunteer opportunities

education

presentations and workshops

The congregation of Bridgewater United Church was saddened by the passing of Ernest "Ernie" William Bolivar on March 21, 2024. Ernie, as he was faithfully called at Bridgewater United Church, has been a faithful member of Bridgewater United Church since 1965. Ernie was always up for a good chat and always seemed to leave the conversation with his wonderful laugh. 

We extend our sympathies and support to the family and friends of Ernest "Ernie" William Bolivar and hold them in our hearts and prayers, as they journey through this time of loss and grief.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, March 30, 2024 at Bridgewater United Church, 87 Hillcrest Street, Bridgewater. Reverend Neil McEwen and Reverend Hans van Nie officiating. Reception to follow. A private family burial will be held at Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bridgewater United Church or South Shore Hospice Palliative Care Society.   ON-LINE STREAMING OF MEMORIAL SERVICE: To be provided with a ZOOM link please contact by email the Bridgewater United Church Office (info@bridgewaterunited.ca) - requests need to be received by Thursday, March 28th, 2024 by 12:00pm.

BOLIVAR, Ernest William ‘Ernie’ - It is with great sadness, yet grateful for a life well lived, the family of Ernie announces his peaceful passing which occurred on March 21, 2024 at the South Shore Regional Hospital with his beloved family by his side.  Born in Bridgewater on June 21, 1939, he was the son of the late Clyde and Bernice ‘Bunnie’ (Mailman) Bolivar. 

Despite hardships and very humble beginnings, Ernie was blessed and grateful to be surrounded by the love of family, special friends and a supportive community. Growing up in Baker Settlement, Ernie would walk 4 miles each way to his one room school-house, to his credit he achieved 100% attendance. Ernie graduated in 1958 from Bridgewater High School where he was voted Mr. BHS and excelled at track and rugby. He then attended Bridgewater Commercial School where he studied business and accounting.  Ernie began his career with Canadian National Railway as a ticket agent at Halifax’s Pier 21, welcoming people to Canada from all around the world. On November 2, 1963, he married his high school sweetheart and love of his life, Marilyn. In 1965, Ernie and Marilyn moved to Bridgewater and he began working in the Accounting Department at Acadia Construction where he spent 27 years. Later, Ernie was pleased to join Dexter Construction as a Sales Manager, Lunenburg and Queens Counties for 30 years, recently retiring.

Ernie was dedicated to public service and served with distinction. Passionate about his local community and wanting to advocate for change, he chose to run for public office. He was elected to Bridgewater Town Council in 1969 and later served as Deputy Mayor. In 1991, he was proud to be elected Mayor of The Town of Bridgewater, serving the people and community for 13 years, to date the longest sitting Mayor of Bridgewater. Ernie took on many leadership roles over his career in office: Chair of the Bridgewater Board of School Commissioners, Board Member of Dawson Memorial Hospital and South Shore Regional Hospital, Presidents of both the Nova Scotia Union of Municipalities and Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Chair of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, President of the Nova Scotia Association of Police Boards and Chair of the Resource Recovery Fund. Ernie loved to help others and be of service. He was President and Life Member of the Bridgewater Kinsmen Club, a K40 Member and a Bridgewater Fire Department volunteer.

Ernie was honoured for his leadership and service with the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. 

Ernie was a man of strong faith and hope. A loyal member of Bridgewater United Church, he took on many roles to be of service to the congregation, including Sunday School Teacher, Elder and Clerk of the Congregation.  

Ernie was a true sportsman. He loved to watch, discuss and participate in all sports. He adored golf and would look forward to playing with his amazing ‘golf crew’. Over his golfing life, he shot 4 holes-in-one, a thrilling accomplishment for Ernie. Ernie ‘Ace’ Bolivar was an avid card player and took glee in skunking his friends at crib or taking a few dollars off of his poker buddies. 

Ernie enjoyed family time on the beautiful beaches of the South Shore, boating on the LaHave River with treasured friends and making his famous lobster sandwiches for almost every occasion. Ernie and Marilyn enjoyed entertaining family, friends and neighbours at 28 Glenridge Avenue with home cooked meals, great music and laughter. 

Ernie was a devoted and proud grandfather. Forever encouraging and supporting his grandchildren in their education, sports, careers and life. Check in phone calls, voicemails and Facetime visits with Grampie were the highlight of their days - no matter how frequent. Many cherished memories were made together on special family vacations.

Ernie’s energy, generous love, wisdom and selflessness will always be remembered and missed dearly. 

Ernie is survived by his cherished wife of 60 years, Marilyn Anne (Hebb) Bolivar, Bridgewater; his children, Andrea (Mike) Weagle, Halifax; Brian Bolivar, Calgary; Jane (Dannie) Bolivar Steeves, Halifax; grandchildren, Jessica (Alex) Weagle and Justin Weagle, Patrick and Alison Bolivar, and Caroline Steeves;  brothers, St. Clair Bolivar, Chester; George (Mary Lou) Bolivar, Newcombville; Vernon (Linda) Bolivar, Lower Branch; sister-in-law, Carole  Bolivar, West LaHave; a very special cousin, Paulette Woodworth, Bridgewater, and many devoted nieces, nephews and cousins. 

Besides his parents, he was predeceased by dear Uncle Gerald and Aunt Shirley Hirtle, brother, Douglas Bolivar and sister-in-law, Mary Bolivar.  

Ernie’s family extends heartfelt thanks to Dr. Everett Weagle, Dr. Sarah Tennant, Dr. Paul Salomon and the nurses and staff at the South Shore Regional Hospital for their exceptional care, kindness and compassion.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 am, Saturday, March 30, 2024 in Bridgewater United Church, 87 Hillcrest Street, Bridgewater. Reverend Neil McEwen and Reverend Hans van Nie officiating. Reception to follow. A private family burial will be held at Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bridgewater United Church or South Shore Hospice Palliative Care Society.

Arrangements entrusted to Sweeny’s Funeral Home, 35 York Street, Bridgewater, where online condolences and messages may be made by visiting www.sweenysfuneralhome.com   ON-LINE STREAMING OF MEMORIAL SERVICE: To be provided with a ZOOM link please contact by email the Bridgewater United Church Office (info@bridgewaterunited.ca) - requests need to be received by Thursday March 28, 2024 by 12 NOON.

Bridgewater United extends an invitation to the senior members of our community to come together on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 between 2:00pm and 4:00pm in the Gymnasium (in the Christian Education Centre) at Bridgewater United for a time to socialize, reconnect with others and celebrate the arrival of Spring.

This is an informal gathering for our community and refreshments will be provided. Thank you to the Members of the UCW for your support with this event.

During our time together, we will be blessed with musical entertainment from Runnin’On MT, who play Classic Oldies and Seaside A Cappella. Seaside A Cappella is a local singing group of many women who placed 5th in a 2023 international competition.

There is no charge to attend this event. Come, be our guest.

To help us ensure we are adequately prepared, please let us know you will be attending this event.

R.S.V.P. by March 20th (the 1st full day of Spring.)

If you would like to attend but unsure about transportation please let us know, we may be able to offer assistance.

Tracy Rafuse (Church Office) (902) 543-4833

Reverend Neil McEwen and Reverend Hans van Nie (Minister’s Office) (902) 543-6854

Join our surrounding church communities on Friday, March 8th for the Ecumenical World Day of Prayer Service at the Bridgewater Baptist Church; 564 Glen Allan Drive at 2:00pm.

The service this year has been written by the women of Palestine: "I Beg You…Bear With One Another in Love,” based on Ephesians 4:1-3. This calls us to bear with each other in love, despite all difficulties and oppression.

They reflected collectively on this theme from the context of their suffering as Palestinian Christian women. They hope to inspire other women around the world to bear with one another in love during troubled times. Storm date is March 9th at 2:00pm.

https://wicc.org/world-day-of-prayer/

Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, March 3rd, with a storm date of Monday, March 4th at 6:30pm. This meeting is to review the Annual Report and hold elections. We will highlight all our Committees and Ministries throughout the Worship Service, and then proceed with the Business Meeting to review the Annual Report immediately following the service. All are encouraged to attend.

2023 Bridgewater United Church Annual Report (Draft) - Click Here

Come and join us on Wednesday, February 14th at 6:00pm for our Ash Wednesday Service led by Reverend Hans van Nie. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. The Ash Wednesday scriptures focus on turning toward God’s healing. Come and gather as we prepare for this Lenten journey with Jesus.

Bridgewater United Church's Special Congregational Meeting scheduled for February 7th has been cancelled and postponed to our storm date of Monday, February 12th at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary.

The congregation is asked to join your Church Community next Monday to vote on the approval of Bridgewater United’s Living Faith Story and Profile/Descriptions for Full-time and Part-time Ministry Personnel Positions at Bridgewater United.

Bridgewater United's Living Faith Story - Click Here

Please join the Profile Committee in the Chapel following Worship on Sunday, February 11th, for an opportunity to reflect and review Bridgewater United’s Living Faith Story and Profile/Descriptions for Full-time and Part-time Ministry Personnel Positions. Refreshments will be provided.

Bridgewater United Church's Special Congregational Meeting is on Monday, February 12th at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary. The congregation is asked to join your Church Community next Monday to vote on the approval of Bridgewater United’s Living Faith Story and Profile/Descriptions for Full-time and Part-time Ministry Personnel Positions at Bridgewater United.

Bridgewater United's Living Faith Story - Click Here

Bridgewater United Church and Scotia Brass will be co-hosting a Songs of the Season concert on Thursday, December 14th at 7:30pm at Bridgewater United.

Scotia Brass is Nova Scotia's premier large brass ensemble, featuring brass musicians from HRM and beyond.

Free-Will Donation.

Bridgewater United’s portion of the donations will be split between the Bridgewater Inter-Church Food Bank and Souls Harbour Bridgewater.

Save the date for a night of wonderful music!

Bridgewater Inter-Church Council Ecumenical Community Advent Carol Service and Reception will be held on Sunday, December 3rd at 7:00pm at Bridgewater Baptist Church; 564 Glen Allan Drive.

A Free-Will Donation will be in support of the Bridgewater Inter-Church Food Bank.

They have asked for donations of cookies and sweets for the reception. These can be dropped off before worship on December 3rd.

Get ready for Christ(mas)! Advent—a holy, four-week countdown to Jesus’ birthday—begins on Sunday, December 3rd! Get ready to make room for Christ and the radical, countercultural messages that Christ brings.

This Sunday, December 3rd, come and celebrate the Season of Advent with the Be United Communities of Faith. Worship begins at 10:30am. We will be blessed with the Ministry Team of Reverend Neil McEwen, Barbara Pate; Music Ministry Director and West Side United's Student Minister, Donna Kelly.

We will also be blessed with the talented musical talents of Patricia Watson. Patricia Watson, a winner of The African Nova Scotia Music Association's "Rising Star" award, has been singing gospel music and jazz most of her life. Patricia presently sings with the Patricia Watson Quintet and Seaside A Cappella Chorus.

http://www.patwatsonsings.com/