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                                        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada            
                                  MEMORIALS          
    The Church Board of James Bay United Church oversees the acceptance and placement of all Memorial gifts to our church. The majority of these gifts is in the form of cash, which may or may not be designated for a particular project or needed item. Sometimes a donation may be a piece of furniture or object required for the enhancement of worship and the work of the church.

Recently, the church has been the beneficiary of some significant bequests. These funds have been entrusted to the Victoria Foundation which will invest and manage the funds to provide an annuity for church operations. With future bequests this fund should grow to the point of being a consistent source of income for the church.

In addition, some bequests have been for a specific purpose, one being to install stained glass windows in the east wall of the church where the space for windows had been boarded over for a number of years.

 

    
       
     

The Memorial Book

 

  
                           MEMORIAL GARDEN  
      In a protected space behind James Bay United Church is a small oasis of flowers, plants, and peacefulness. This site has been dedicated as a memorial garden and sacred space. For that reason, the area will never be legally disturbed, no matter what urban development should occur in the vicinity. A gardener tends to the care of the garden, and special donations have made possible the planting of a wide variety of flowers and perennials which thrive in the West Coast environment.

Those who wish to place ashes of a deceased loved one in the garden can make a donation to a perpetual care fund and then may choose the exact location where the ashes are to be located.

Within the sanctuary of the church a Memorial Book has been placed in a cabinet in a quiet corner. Names of individuals whose ashes have been placed in the garden are recorded in the book.

     
            The Memorial Garden provides a quiet sanctuary in the middle of the city.