About
We are a community of seekers, grounded in Christian tradition and united by a commitment to kindness and compassion in a complex world. Some have grown up in church, others are returning after time away, and many are exploring faith for the first time or bringing wisdom from other traditions.
All are welcome here — anyone who wants to learn, grow, and engage with life’s real challenges, as together we practice caring for ourselves, one another, and all of Creation.
No need to dress up. Come just as you are.
Learn more about The Springs development with this detailed video produced by Vancity Community Foundation.
This is where Inlet United Church is mainly located, with a second heritage church site located on the other side of Burrard Inlet in the ghost town of Ioco. The Springs location is where most of our programs and activities and our Sunday worship takes place, although we do host some of our special services (and weddings and small gatherings) at the heritage site.
This video explains how our church community decided to dream BIG and how we partnered with some amazing organizations to bring the dream into fruition. Thank you, Vancity, for this beautiful video that tells our story.
At Inlet United Church, we welcome people of all ages—including our youngest ones. We love having children in worship, and a little joyful noise is always part of the experience. There’s a kid-friendly craft and colouring table right in the sanctuary so children can engage in ways that feel natural to them. Beginning in September 2026, we’re also excited to launch new programming designed especially for children and families.
Music is a vibrant part of our life together. Our Music Director is joined by a “sometimes” band that adds energy and variety to our worship, and our choir rehearses weekly and shares their gifts during Sunday services throughout most of the year. We are always happy to welcome new singers and musicians—whether you’re experienced or just love to make music.
We gather for worship at The Springs, a modern, fully accessible space where we meet both in person and online via livestream. The building’s flexibility allows for a range of worship styles, and it is also home to a beautiful labyrinth set into the sanctuary floor, which we use for meditative walks each month.
We also cherish our IOCO site, a charming 1924 heritage church that we use for part of the year. This cozy wooden sanctuary, with its stained glass windows, pews (with cushions), and even a bell in the steeple, offers a more traditional and intimate setting. During the week, it also serves the community as a daycare space.
Our modern worship space is bigger and more versatile than our heritage church is, and we get creative sometimes with cafe-style (sitting at tables) worship, worship in the round and here we have more space for a bigger band, pot-luck lunches and spreading out. We use chairs in this space and because there are other groups using the space during the week, we often are rearranging things and trying out new configurations.
We also post things on our Facebook page, our Inlet Instagram page and we are on YouTube as well!
We welcome all who would like to join us to "test drive" coming to see if we are a fit for you.
As Jesus said: "come and see"!
Inlet United also spends time out in the community. You will find us in our lime green t-shirts and volunteer buttons at information booths at events like the Port Moody Car Free Day and Ma Murray Days.
We have hosted labyrinth walks at Rocky Point, Dirt Worship (an outdoor spiritual nature walk) at Old Orchard Park and had a drive-by mask giveaway at the beginning of Covid. We have an annual Advent Wreath-Making event that invites the community to join in making table centrepieces (free of charge) for the Advent season and we offer biweekly coffee "drop-in" dates to just sit and have conversation with no agenda other than to connect. We also just hosted our first Empowering Voices conference for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies.
We continue to do other non-Sunday-morning events out in the community to offer multiple opportunities for connection, and have a long list of events and activities planned for this coming year. Check out our newsletter for what is coming up! You can sign up below to stay in the loop.
We are a creative, busy (and a little messy at times) energetic bunch of people with a vision for “walking with” each other the way Jesus did.
We would be delighted for you to check us out.
No expectations or commitment required.
We are rooted in our Christian faith (roots), supported by the strength and wisdom of our faith community (trunk), and we are always reaching out into the communities within which we live, work and serve (branches and leaves). We work at healing, learning and giving and we do so with openness, curiosity and compassion.
Our Mission Statement is:
As followers of Jesus, we seek, question, learn, grow and give back.
The words on our foyer wall at The Springs say it all in one short piece from Ephesians:
Rooted and Grounded in Love
That's us!
*Logo designed by Élan Asselstine*
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Office - Meet Rev Jenn
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Sanctuary - Sunday Worship