Please join Eleanor Daley, Director of Music, and the Fairlawn Avenue Senior Choir for Lessons & Carols, with readings of the account of the Nativity with hymns and carols as we celebrate the season and joy of singing together.
Registration is required - please book your FREE tickets today on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/messiahcomplex-an-advent-presentation-tickets-1099122768789?aff=oddtdtcreator Join us as we gather together on the winter solstice, in Advent, for a screening of Against the Grain Theatre's interpretation of Handel's Messiah. This masterpiece presents 4 choirs, 6 languages and 12 soloists representing every province and territory across the country. Please consider bringing a donation of a non-perishable food item to support a local indigenous men's shelter. For more information about Messiah/Complex, visit the Against The Grain Theater's website: https://atgtheatre.com/upcoming/messiah-complex/ and view the YouTube trailer.
Worship service at Fairlawn Avenue United Church are on Sunday mornings in our Sanctuary. Doors open at 10:00am and service begins ar 10:3oam with Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts, Eleanor Daley, Director of Music and the Fairlawn Avenue Senior Choir. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, in our post-service Coffee Hour in the sanctuary – we encourage you to bring your own mug! Coffee Hour provides an important opportunity for people to connect with one another, Experience Belonging, welcome visitors and guests, and feel part of Fairlawn. If you’d like to revisit any of our worship services, curated musical offerings and service bulletins, they are posted online on our website worship page or YouTube channel.
Our wish to all is to have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We take this time off to spend time with family and friends, to rest and relax, and be ready for all that 2025 has to offer. For emergency Pastoral Care during the closure, please email ac.de1780765021tinue1780765021uneva1780765021nwalr1780765021iaf@e1780765021racla1780765021rotsa1780765021p1780765021 or call 647-823-2366.
Join us for a casual First Sunday After Christmas worship service with Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts, Doreen Uren-Simmons on piano, and Fairlawn Senior Choir section lead Giles Tomkins.
Join us for Worship over the holidays: First Sunday After Christmas ~ Sunday, December 29 with Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts, Doreen Uren Simmons on piano and Fairlawn Avenue Choir section lead Giles Tomkins Epiphany ~ Sunday, January 5 with Rev. Rob Metcalf, Eleanor Daley, Director of Music and the Fairlawn Avenue Senior Choir
Wednesday afternoons 1:00pm – 3:30pm January 15 - 22 - 29 Registration required Featuring chapters 4-7 from the book: "Starlight ~ Beholding the Christmas Miracle All Year Long" by John Shea. Christmas is a time of convergence when light and darkness, the divine and the human intersect in vivid ways. Shea helps us appreciate the feast of Christmas as a moment when "the spiritual suffuses the physical and turns it into a medium of revelation." Ordinary objects such as trees, stars, mangers, gifts, and communal meals become occasions which nourish our souls. The book is no longer in print so participants will receive the material (hard copy or online). Part 1 - Chapter 4: Giving Birth to Christ Part 2 - Chapter 5: The Magi Ride Again Part 3 - Chapter 6 & 7: The Close and Holy Darkness & The Man Who Was a Lamp
Pastoral Visitation Team Meeting Our pastoral visitation ministry provides support and compassion for those who may occasionally experience difficulty in their lives and supports our senior members when they can no longer regularly attend church. We send cards and flowers and keep them connected to Fairlawn through phone calls and personal visits. If you have any questions or would like to be involved in this ministry, please contact Kathy Salisbury or Elaine Pitts at ac.de1780765021tinue1780765021uneva1780765021nwalr1780765021iaf@e1780765021racla1780765021rotsa1780765021p1780765021.
Post-service during Coffee Hour in the sanctuary, Group 65 of Amnesty International will have a table with petitions to sign that concern events in Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey and Niger. Thank you for your support.
Meetings to discuss and plan International Day of Pink at Fairlawn Avenue United on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Zoom Meeting I: Monday, February 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm Zoom Meeting II: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm Virtual Meet & Greet If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please reach out to Fairlawn's Affirm Ministry at ac.de1780765021tinue1780765021uneva1780765021nwalr1780765021iaf@m1780765021riffa1780765021 More details coming soon: https://www.fairlawnchurch.ca/dayofpink/