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  • CATC 2024

    Carols Around the Crèche

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    Spread the word! Grab your kids, grandkids, friends and neighbours and join us on the lawn of the church for Carols Around the Crèche on Sunday, December 1 at 4:45pm to 5:30pm. This outdoor carol sing and lighting of the nativity crèche helps us mark the first Sunday of Advent in our North Toronto community. The carol songsheet can be accessed on your phone and hot chocolate will be served. We invite you to support Fairlawn's Annual Red Door Holiday Gift Drive with donations of:     women’s hygiene products & toiletries     baby formula and diapers (size 5 and 6)     new unwrapped gifts for children to age 13     new children’s winter clothing (coats, snowpants, boots, hats, scarves and mittens) Carol Song Sheet - coming soon.

  • Starlight Online

    Online ~ Starlight ~ 3-part Advent series with Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts

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    Online    Tuesday evenings 7:00pm – 8:30pm December 3, 10 & 17 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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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.

  • CATC 2025

    Carols Around the Crèche

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

    Spread the word! Grab your kids, grandkids, friends and neighbours and join us on the lawn of the church for Carols Around the Crèche on Sunday, November 30 at 4:45pm to 5:30pm. This outdoor carol sing and lighting of the nativity crèche helps us mark the first Sunday of Advent in our North Toronto community. The carol songsheet (COMING SOON!) can be accessed on your phone and hot chocolate will be served. We invite you to support Fairlawn's Annual Red Door Holiday Gift Drive with donations of new unwrapped gifts for children to age 13, new children’s winter clothing (coats, snowpants, boots, hats, scarves and mittens), grocery gift cards or cash donations.

  • Communion Worship Service ~ Advent II

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

    Gather with us on Sunday mornings at 10:30am this Advent, Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts preaches on the theme of “God does all her best work in the dark”. As we light our Advent Candles this year, we focus on the work God does in the darkness: Creation, the Exodus, the Nativity and the Resurrection. Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts Eleanor Daley, Director of Music and the Fairlawn Senior Choir Advent I - Creation (Hope) Advent II - Exodus (Peace) Advent III - Nativity (Joy) Advent IV - Resurrection (Love)

  • Worship Service ~ Advent III

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

    Gather with us on Sunday mornings at 10:30am this Advent, Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts preaches on the theme of “God does all her best work in the dark”. As we light our Advent Candles this year, we focus on the work God does in the darkness: Creation, the Exodus, the Nativity and the Resurrection. Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts Eleanor Daley, Director of Music and the Fairlawn Senior Choir Advent I - Creation (Hope) Advent II - Exodus (Peace) Advent III - Nativity (Joy) Advent IV - Resurrection (Love)

  • 2025 Lessons & Carols

    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.

  • Worship Service ~ Advent IV

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

    Gather with us on Sunday mornings at 10:30am this Advent, Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts preaches on the theme of “God does all her best work in the dark”. As we light our Advent Candles this year, we focus on the work God does in the darkness: Creation, the Exodus, the Nativity and the Resurrection. Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts Eleanor Daley, Director of Music and the Fairlawn Senior Choir Advent I - Creation (Hope) Advent II - Exodus (Peace) Advent III - Nativity (Joy) Advent IV - Resurrection (Love)