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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.
Several years ago, the church had been the beneficiary
of some significant bequests. These funds have been entrusted to the
Victoria Foundation which will invests and manages 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.
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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. If JBUC ceased to exist, the
soil from the memorial gardens, containing ashes and memorial plaques,
will be removed to another suitable location. 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 are asked to pay a $200 fee, which helps us
provide perpetual care for the garden.
Names of
individuals whose ashes have been placed in the garden are recorded in
the Memorial Book.
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