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  • Starlight In-person

    In-person ~ Starlight ~ 3-part Advent Series with Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    In-person   Wednesday afternoons 1:00pm – 3:30pm December 4, 11 & 18 Registration required Featuring chapters 1-3 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 1:  The Soul of the Season Part 2 - Chapter 2:  Strange Stories, Spiritual Sight, and Blurred Guidelines Part 3 - Chapter 3:  Waking Up on Christmas Morning

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    Senior Choir Practice

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Weekly practice of the Fairlawn Avenue Senior Choir with Eleanor Daley, Director of Music. There is no choir practice December 19 - 28 and January 2.  

  • Peace Advent II

    Advent II – Communion Service

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.

  • Dialogue for Direction

    Dialogue for Directon

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Congregational Meeting ~ Sunday, December 8 following worship service In 2019 the Shining Waters Regional Council of the United Church of Canada was formed to provide support for Ministry Personnel and Faith Communities. Earlier this year, at the request of delegates from Fairlawn Avenue United Church, the Region was asked to develop a strategic plan for all of the communities of faith. The Region agreed to do this, reporting twice, in October of this year and June of next year, before presenting that plan in October of 2025. A simplistic survey was circulated by the Regional Executive that, in our opinion, dodges the responsibility of creating that strategic plan. It does not address allocation of resources, including finances. There is no immediate impact on Fairlawn but it does impact ministry in our Communities of Faith, particularly in the GTA (e.g., Saint Luke's). We would like to take this out to other churches, creating momentum for change. Our request to Fairlawn is that you endorse this wider action and provide some insight we can, collectively, take to the Region. This may or may not include a recommendation that we communicate to the Region that they need to resource this process properly, perhaps even the dedication two staff to do this work.

  • Joy Advent III

    Advent III – Worship Service

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.

  • Lessons & Carols

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.

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    Messiah/Complex ~ An Advent Presentation

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.  

  • Advent IV Love

    Advent IV – Worship Service

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.

  • Christmas Eve Family Service

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  • Holiday Closure Dec 25’24 to Jan 3’25

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.de1780770944tinue1780770944uneva1780770944nwalr1780770944iaf@e1780770944racla1780770944rotsa1780770944p1780770944 or call 647-823-2366.  

  • Christmas Eve

    First Sunday After Christmas Worship Service

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    Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    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.