Sunday, December 1, 2024

• Featured December 1, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am

  Featured Special Music ~ Advent I


Featured Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Special Music ~ Advent I

Start the Advent season with Special Music Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 10:30am. 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.

• Featured December 1, 2024 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Recurring

  Featured Fairlawn Fundraiser – One Snowy Christmas


Featured Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 @ 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Recurring

Fairlawn Fundraiser – One Snowy Christmas

One Snowy Christmas Our book fundraiser is back in time for you to buy a copy or two for the young (or young at heart) people on your Christmas list, with all proceeds going to Fairlawn. Written by Kathleen Magladry, with illustrations by Jill Klaehn and design by Kathryn Cullen, it is based on a childhood memory of Barbara Springgay. Books will be available during Coffee Hour Sunday, December 1 and 8 at a cost of $15.00 and payment can be made by cash or via ac.de1780788719tinue1780788719uneva1780788719nwalr1780788719iaf@r1780788719efsna1780788719rt-e1780788719 with the memo line noted as “Snowy Christmas”.     For alternate purchase arrangements, please contact ac.de1780788719tinue1780788719uneva1780788719nwalr1780788719iaf@r1780788719esiar1780788719dnufk1780788719oob1780788719.

• Featured December 1, 2024 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm

  Featured Carols Around the Crèche


Featured Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 @ 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Carols Around the Crèche

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.

Monday, December 2, 2024

No events on this day.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

• Featured December 3, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Recurring

  Featured Women’s Spirituality ~ Group I


Featured Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Recurring

Women’s Spirituality ~ Group I

We have 2 women’s spirituality groups where women meet monthly to contemplate life’s questions and support each other. Women’s Spirituality Group I meet online the first Tuesday of each month (October - June) from 1:00pm – 2:30pm. If interested, please reach out to ac.de1780788719tinue1780788719uneva1780788719nwalr1780788719iaf@s1780788719e1780788719 Please note: The gathering of Women's Spirituality Group I on May 5, 2026 has been cancelled and will resume in June - thank you.

• Featured December 3, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Recurring

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


Featured Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Recurring

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

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

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

• Featured December 4, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Recurring

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


Featured Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Recurring

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

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

Thursday, December 5, 2024

• Featured December 5, 2024 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Recurring

  Featured Senior Choir Practice


Featured Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Recurring

Senior Choir Practice

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.  

Friday, December 6, 2024

No events on this day.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

No events on this day.