BVU seeks to live as a faith community through a team ministry model that moves beyond committee structures focused primarily on meetings and decision-making. Instead, we strive to foster meaningful action, collaboration, and shared ministry through teams that help bring our vision and values to life.
Below, you’ll find the different teams that help move our church forward. Click on a team’s name to learn more about their ministries and activities.
If you have any questions or would like to connect with a specific team, please contact our office.
At Broad View United, a wide range of ministry teams are actively led and supported by faithful leaders and volunteers.
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Reconciliation Team
The Reconciliation Team’s purpose is to honour Indigenous voices, support healing, and invite the congregation into learning and solidarity. Through vigils, workshops, and public witness, they seek to embody BVU’s call to walk the path of Truth and Reconciliation.
Affirm Team
The Affirm Team’s purpose is to affirm the dignity and full participation of Two Spirit & LGBTQIA+ people, nurture safe and inclusive spiritual community, and celebrate the diverse gifts of queer and trans members. Through workshops, retreats, public witness, and Pride participation, they embody BVU’s call to be a queer-positive, inclusive church where all people of God belong.
Worship Team
The Worship Team supports the worship leadership of Broad View United in offering diverse services and creative expressions of faith. Their purpose is to create meaningful and inclusive worship experiences that honour tradition, embrace new expressions, and nurture the congregation’s journey with God. Through song, arts, prayer, sanctuary decoration, reflection, and celebration, they help create sacred spaces where all can encounter the Spirit and grow together in faith .
Justice Animation Team
Broad View United has an active Justice Animation Team, which leads monthly Justice Fairs, Palestinian solidarity events, housing and affordability advocacy with GVAT (Greater Victoria Acting Together), climate and creation care, and overdose crisis awareness. Their purpose is to animate and sustain the congregation’s commitment to justice, locally and globally, through education, solidarity, and action.
Evolving Church Team
The Evolving Church Team is active in the North Park ministry, focusing on the intersection of justice and worship. The team hosts and supports events such as International Overdose Awareness Day vigils, Spring Teas for seniors from Our Place Society, and seasonal gifts for families participating in the North Park Hamper program. Through these efforts, the Evolving Church Team integrates justice advocacy, neighbourhood outreach, and creative worship while centering the voices of those often at the margins.
Small Group Ministry Team
The purpose of the Small Group Ministry Team is to make BVU feel smaller, warmer, and more connected—ensuring that everyone can be known, valued, and loved within the wider congregation. The Small Group Ministry Team nurtures connection, care, and spiritual growth by helping people find a “home base” within Broad View United. Small Groups usually consist of 5–10 people who gather regularly—in homes, at the church, or online—to share life, faith, and friendship. The team coordinates sign-ups, recruits new participants, and supports the launch of new groups. Since beginning during the pandemic, these circles have become a source of resilience—helping people feel less isolated, fostering companionship, and deepening spiritual life.
Spiritual Care Team
The team’s purpose is to embody Christ’s compassion by nurturing spiritual resilience, offering comfort in times of need, and reminding the congregation that no one is ever alone.
Through prayer, presence, and pastoral care—whether in times of joy, challenge, or grief—the Spiritual Care Team helps weave the sacred fabric of belonging at BVU.
Their activities include:
Prayer Connection Ministry: A confidential prayer network where requests are held in the deepest confidence and shared with a team dedicated to intercessory prayer.
Visitation and Connection: Sending “Thinking of You” cards, delivering poinsettias, and offering communion and visits in retirement and care facilities such as Berwick Lodge and The Kensington, with a commitment to expanding this ministry.
Quarterly Pamphlets: Producing the Connections and Reflections pamphlet to share with elders and those unable to attend BVU in person, nurturing connection through words of care.
Community Support: Organizing loss and grief groups when there is sufficient interest, providing safe spaces to process mourning and healing together.
Healing Pathway Ministry Team
The Healing Pathway Ministry at Broad View United nurtures wholeness of body, mind, and spirit through prayerful, hands-on healing. Grounded in the tradition of Christ’s healing ministry, the team offers a sacred space of peace, compassion, and prayer where participants can experience God’s love and presence. Their activities include: Healing Sessions: Regularly scheduled treatments on Mondays in the Chapel, offered by trained practitioners in a spirit of care and confidentiality. Practice Gatherings: Monthly sessions where the healing team deepens its practice and strengthens its ministry of prayer and presence. Sessions pause during the summer months and resume in the fall, with ongoing opportunities to book treatments throughout the year.
Hospitality Team
The Hospitality Team creates a welcoming and caring environment at Broad View United, extending Christ’s radical welcome through food, fellowship, and community. Whether on Sundays or at special celebrations, they nurture belonging and ensure that everyone feels at home in practical and joyful ways.
Intercultural Team
The Intercultural Team nurtures Broad View United’s commitment to living into an intercultural reality where everyone belongs, friendships are nurtured, and mutual transformation is encouraged. This ministry creates spaces of welcome where people of all cultural backgrounds and languages can feel at home—not only as a place, but as a lived experience of community. Its activities include Saturday Social, the Mentorship Program, Intercultural Bible Study, and Taste of Home.
Stewardship Team
The Stewardship Team helps Broad View United live into generosity as a spiritual practice by caring for our community and sustaining our mission through gifts of time, talent, and financial support. Their work reminds us that stewardship is more than fundraising; it is also about gratitude, economic justice, and faithful living.
The team’s activities include the Annual Stewardship Campaign as well as pledge and giving support.
Social Enterprise Team
The Social Enterprise Team helps Broad View United live out its Core Values through innovative, mission-driven business ventures. Their purpose is to strengthen BVU’s ministry by generating sustainable revenue and building community impact.
Library Team
The Library Team at Broad View United helps nurture faith, learning, and curiosity by caring for the church’s shared collection of books and resources. Our library—drawn from the combined collections of Cadboro Bay United, St. Aidan’s United, and First Met United—offers a wide variety of materials: Bible studies, theology, spirituality, United Church resources, interfaith writings, children’s books, fiction, biographies, and works on social issues.
Property Team
The Property Team helps care for BVU’s buildings and grounds so they can serve as a safe, welcoming, and vibrant space for ministry and community life. By handling day-to-day maintenance and small repairs, this team ensures that BVU’s facilities remain well-cared-for and aligned with the congregation’s mission.
Investment Team
The Investment Team provides oversight for Broad View United’s invested funds, ensuring that they are managed responsibly and in alignment with the congregation’s mission and values. By monitoring investment income—which contributes significantly to BVU’s annual budget—the team helps sustain the church’s ministries while safeguarding long-term financial stability. Their activities include: Reviewing and monitoring BVU’s investment portfolio. Ensuring investments reflect United Church values, including social and ethical responsibility.
Communication Team
The Communications Team helps Broad View United share its story with clarity, creativity, and care. From the church website to weekly emails, newsletters, and social media, the team works to make BVU’s ministries visible, accessible, and engaging.
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