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United Church girls group in 1950s.

Helen was born on May 21, 1909. Her full name at birth was Elizabeth Helen Annand. She was a CGIT leader at Langley United church during the 1930s. She died April 17, 1999.

Margaret Greenfield was born in 1926 in Langley Prairie. She married Merv Hunter. Marg was a teacher at the Langley High School. She helped many students pass their Red Cross and Royal Life Saving Society Tests. She wsa a long-time volunteer for the Langley memorial hospital Auxiliary - Penny Pinchers and the Hospital Gift Shop. She was a member of the Cloverdale and Langley Curling Clubs, and the Langley Golf Centre, and Langley Lawn Bowlers Club. She was an active member of the Langley United Church. Margaret passed away on November 22, 2018 at the age of 92.

The Langley United Church congregation initially came into being in 1927. Services were held in a building known as the "Free to All Sunday School Building" on Glover Road. Early in the 1930s, the congregation decided to build a church of its own and land was purchased on the north side of New McLellan Road (56th Avenue) just south of Rump and Sendall's chicken hatchery in what was then a residential neighbourhood, at a cost of $200. The church was initially called the Langley Prairie United Church and was part of the Murrayville Pastoral Charge. In 1950, the congregation became part of the Fraser Presbytery. In 1976, a new building (the current building) was finished on the current site of 200th street between Fraser Highway and 56th Avenue. An addition was made in 1991 and a commercial kitchen was added in the late 1990s.