New Beginnings, A Courage & Renewal® Spring Retreat
2026-04-23 16:00 - 2026-04-25 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Kingfisher Bay Retreat Centre, 150 Fraser Estates Lane, North Kawartha, Ontario, K0L 2H0, Canada
What does it take to start something new? For some it takes connecting to courage, for others it takes time apart from everyday routines. Are you looking to begin again with a deeper sense of purpose? Perhaps you want to reconnect your soul with your roles in life? Or are simply longing for protected time to rest and reflect? This retreat is for anyone in need of a fresh start.
Event Cost: Includes all meals, instruction, lodging and tax $700.00 per person (private room)/ $520 per person (shared room)/ $350 per person (commuter).

Friday Folk Club
2026-04-24 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-05-23 19:30 - 22:00 | St. Paul’s United Church (Brampton), 30 Main Street South, Brampton, ON, L6W 2C4, Canada
A fun evening of down home folk music presented in a coffee house setting.
October 24 …… Sea Shanties with “Pressgang Mutiny”
December 5. …. A Seasonal Singalong with members of Brampton Folk Club
January 30……..Celtic Fiddle and Song with “Maggie’s Wake”
February 27……Fiddle Supergroup “Portage”
March 27……….Fun Bluegrass Band “The Slocan Ramblers”
April 24………….Sing into Spring with Leah Holtom and “Gathering Sparks”
May 23…………,.Brampton Folk Club Annual Showcase Concert (Saturday Concert)

Kingsway-Lambton Charity Flea Market
2026-04-25 08:00 - 13:00 | Kingsway-Lambton United Church, 85 The Kingsway, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8X 2T6, Canada
The Kingsway-Lambton Charity Flea Market invites the community to enjoy a fun and meaningful event on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Visitors can explore a wide variety of treasures, including antiques, china and silver, books, records and DVDs, jewellery, cookware, linens, framed art, toys, small appliances, sports gear, housewares, and more. Clothing for men, women, and children will also be available, offering something for everyone.
Guests are welcome to enjoy BBQ, coffee, and refreshments while connecting with others in a warm and lively atmosphere.
All proceeds from the flea market support over 20 charitable organizations, making every purchase an opportunity to give back to the community.
Donations of gently used items are gratefully accepted. Items can be dropped off at the west/glass entrance of the church. For specific drop-off times, visitors are encouraged to check the event page on the church website.

Earth Day Retreat: Rooted in Earth, Rising in Creativity!
2026-04-25 09:30 - 16:00 | Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON, M5s 1X7, Canada
Everyone is invited to our Earth Day Retreat on Saturday, April 25th, Rooted in Earth, Rising in Creativity! This day-long retreat will be an opportunity to explore our relationship with the Earth, honour our feelings about the climate crisis, nurture and renew our spirits, and get inspired for healing work in the world.
When: Saturday, April 25, 2026, 9:15AM-4PM
Where: Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts, 427 Bloor Street W, Toronto
Register at https://rootedinearthrisingincreativity.eventbrite.com
When you visit the event page you will see descriptions of the great line-up of workshops we have in store for the day:
Earth Body: Rooted in Resilience workshop with Amy Lister of the Spiral Centre
Choice between: Sabbath as Gift with Rev. Emily Gordon; Popular Theatre with Thomas McKechnie; or Diorama-Making with Martha Davis
Singing of Hope and Resistance with Alan Gasser, co-director of Echo Women’s Choir
A suggested donation of $25 will be collected at the door. Please try to bring cash if you can. We will be accepting cash, cheque or e-transfer. Proceeds will provide honoraria for workshop facilitators. Please make a donation that aligns with your finances. If you wish to donate more than $25 that will help subsidize others.
Registration: Reserve your spot through our Eventbrite page. A suggested donation of $25.00 will be collected at the door to provide honoraria for workshop facilitators. Cash, cheque, or e-transfer will be accepted.

Take-Away Roast Beef Dinner - Midhurst United Church
2026-04-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Midhurst United Church, 91 DORAN RD, Midhurst, ON, L9X 0L5, Canada
Enjoy a delicious take out meal including —
*Roast Beef and gravy
*Mashed potatoes and vegetables
*Garden salad and dressing
*Horseradish and bun
*A selection of our famous homemade pies
COST: $35.00 Cash
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Dinners can be picked up at the church drive-thru on Sat. April 25th at your scheduled time and then easily reheated at your convenience.
Midhurst United Church
91 Doran Road
Midhurst
Questions?
Phone: Liz at 705-722-7208

Community Meal
2026-04-25 16:00 - 18:30, 2026-05-23 16:00 - 18:30 | Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd, Toronto, ON, M6S 2Y8, Canada
All are welcome for our delicious and nutritious Community Meal the last Saturday of the month! The menu is our famous vegetable soup, salad, roast beef and roast potatoes with gravy, steamed vegetables, and homemade dessert.
Our doors open for community time, coffee, tea, fruit, and cookies at 4pm. Dinner is served at 5pm. Enjoy live music while dinner is served!

Fairlawn Avenue United Church Senior's Ministry Discussion Series
2026-04-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Fairlawn Avenue United Church, 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5M 1S7, Canada
Join us for a fun and easy session with Artificial Intelligence! Wednesday, April 29 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Our guest speaker, Ebrahim Alia, Program Coordinator at Rainbow Seniors at Lansing United, is a technology specialist with a background in digital media, technology training, and delivers workshops and presentations on technology, social media, and digital tools, helping people understand technology in a simple and practical way.
Join us and learn how Al works and how to turn your ideas into pictures. No technical skills are needed.
These gatherings will be inclusive, engaging, and filled with opportunities to connect face-to-face. Each session will explore interesting, accessible, and enjoyable topics inspired by shared experiences, curiosity, and community.
Whether you’ve attended previously or are joining us for the first time, you’ll be warmly welcomed. Come on your own or bring a friend, neighbour, or family member—together we’ll enjoy good conversation, shared stories, and memorable moments.
No registration is required—just come as you are.

Team Trivia Night
2026-05-01 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough Bluffs), 200 McIntosh Street, Scarborough, Ontario, M1N 3Z3, Canada
Fun, Snacks, & Friendly Competition! Cost: $10 per person (pay at the door). Join us for an evening of laughter and brain-teasers! Gather a team of up to 6 people, or come solo. Includes snacks, refreshments, and prizes. Weekly, every Friday!

YAPP - Young Adult Social Club
2026-05-01 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough Bluffs), 200 McIntosh Street, Scarborough, Ontario, M1N 3Z3, Canada
Young Adult Social Club: for ages 18-30, every Friday from 7 – 9 pm
“A place to belong when you’re not sure you do.”
Different activities weekly (board games, movies, crafts, prayer, etc.). Free group.

Jubilee's Gigantic Garage Sale
2026-05-02 08:00 - 13:00 | Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Drive, Toronto, Ontario (ON), M3A 2J5, Canada
Each year, the entire Jubilee building from sanctuary to auditorium, garden room and foyer, from floor to rafters, becomes one gigantic garage sale. We accept donations from the community on April 30 and May 1 for 9am to 7pm, then our volunteers sort and display all the gently used treasures. On May 2, the fun begins at 8am when the doors open. We’ll have a barbecue lunch going for our hungry shoppers too.
If you’re interested in donating items to this sale, please note that we cannot accept mattresses, sofa beds, suitcases, large appliances, computers, typewriters (in case you still have one of those!), console TVs, skis, baby car seats or cribs, encyclopedias, or Christmas decorations. Some are due to liability issues; others are not resale items and we’d end up toting them away at the end of the day.
We can arrange for large item pick up if you live in the area of 40 Underhill Drive in North York/Don Mills.

May Sale - Humbercrest United Church
2026-05-02 08:30 - 12:30 | Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Jewellery & accessories
• Clothing, shoes for ALL ages
• Children’s toys, games, puzzles, craft supplies, books
• Books, records, DVD’s, CD’s, adult puzzles
• Giftware – china, crystal, hostess gifts, collectibles, gift sets
• Housewares, pots & pans, dishes, glassware
• Linens (bedding), towels, curtains, drapes, table cloths, fabric
• Home furnishings, pictures, mirrors, lamps, clocks, wicker, rugs
• small tables or chairs, NO large furniture eg. sofas, mattresses, nothing over 50 lbs. NO electronics
• House and garden tools, sports equipment, luggage

The Olive Branch for Children presentation
2026-05-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy Street, Bolton, Ontario, L7E 1C7, Canada
The Olive Branch for Children presentation will take place during Sunday Worship on May 3, 2026, presented by Deborah McCracken.
All welcome to attend.

'BELONG' - A Sing-a-Long
2026-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 | 76 Anglesey Boulevard Toronto, 76 Anglesey Boulevard, Toronto, ON, Canada
Humber Valley United Church’s Valley Voices Community Choir invites you to celebrate Spring with music.
Come join in a ‘sing-along’ evening. Participate in the singing, or just tap your toes in time to the tunes.
A Silent Auction and Sparkling Reception follows.
Tickets are available via Eventbrite, ticket line at 416-231-2263 Ext.#39, from the church office, or at the door.
Proceeds support church charitable projects.

Yoga at St. Paul’s
2026-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s United Church (Brampton), 30 Main Street South, Brampton, ON, L6W 2C4, Canada
Weekly, every Monday. Gentle exercise amongst friends, with gentle guidance

Yoga
2026-05-05 10:00 - 11:00 | St. Paul’s United Church (Brampton), 30 Main Street South, Brampton, ON, L6W 2C4, Canada
Weekly every Tuesday. Gentle exercise among friends with gentle guidance

Fairlawn Avenue United Church Senior's Ministry Discussion Series
2026-05-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Fairlawn Avenue United Church, 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5M 1S7, Canada
Join resident author, Gord Pitts and learn from his book showing how the past can inform our current reality
Scary Harry, the Cheesemaker Assassin
It was a fractious time of vast inequity and sharply polarized views, sparking an explosion of political violence in the U.S. But It was 1906, not 2026. Into this cauldron of class warfare stepped Harry Orchard — paid assassin and a former cheesemaker from the Ontario countryside east of Toronto. What are the lessons from his murderous rampage in an earlier Gilded Age? Gord Pitts discusses his new book. Tuesday, May 5 2:00pm – 3:30pm
These gatherings will be inclusive, engaging, and filled with opportunities to connect face-to-face. Each session will explore interesting, accessible, and enjoyable topics inspired by shared experiences, curiosity, and community.
Whether you’ve attended previously or are joining us for the first time, you’ll be warmly welcomed. Come on your own or bring a friend, neighbour, or family member—together we’ll enjoy good conversation, shared stories, and memorable moments.
No registration is required—just come as you are.

West End Affirm Film Festival – Screening of Small Town Pride
2026-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Kingsway-Lambton United Church, 85 The Kingsway, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8X 2T6, Canada
Come out wherever you are.
Small Town Pride offers an intimate look at the joys and challenges of being queer in a small town. Filmed in Alberta, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories, the film follows LGBTQ2S+ people and allies as they prepare for their local Pride celebrations. Organizing in church basements, classrooms and around kitchen tables, they take on a conservative town council that won’t fly a rainbow flag and bend some rules to create a safe space for youth to come out. But despite experiences of isolation and discrimination, they love their communities and strive to make them places where everyone, no matter who and how they love, can live and thrive.
Doors open at 6:30pm, film starts at 7pm.

ISARC Interfaith Spring Prayer Vigil 2026
2026-05-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Queen’s Park), 111 Wellesley Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2, Canada
Join us for the ISARC Interfaith Prayer Vigil, a multi-faith prayer event grounded in ISARC’s core values. Taking place on the grounds of the Ontario Legislature, this gathering will bring together faith leaders from diverse traditions to offer prayers and reflections for justice, compassion, and dignity in Ontario.
Together we will name each of our elected provincial MPPs and hold them in prayer, calling for policies that support those most affected by poverty and exclusion.
Starting at 10:00 am. Every 15 minutes a faith leader will offer a prayer from their particular faith tradition and some names of MPPs will be read.
Vigil Candles will be blessed and provided to all participants to bring home to their particular faith community
All are welcome to stand in prayerful solidarity, and witness this shared inter-faith commitment to a more just and equitable society.
RSVP Now: coordinator@isarc.ca or eagle.susan@ymail to let us know you can attend or if you have questions

Changing Seasons: Exploring Life's Transitions
2026-05-06 10:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-07 10:00 - 15:00 | The Rosedale Centre, 159 Roxborough Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M4W1X7, Canada
How can we face life’s transitions with grace, integrity and courage? “Changing Seasons” is a retreat for people interested in exploring what it means to move through life’s transitions and how we can enter into times of change with intention and openness.
October 15-16, 2025, 10am-3pm both days
January 21-22, 2026, 10am-3pm both days
and May 6-7, 2026, 10am-3pm both days
Sign up for the fall retreat as an introduction before signing on to the winter and spring retreats.
Fall intro retreat: $100
Winter retreat: $125
Spring retreat: $125
Full three-season series: $300 (can be purchased after the fall introductory retreat – we’ll credit your account)
This retreat series takes place at the Rosedale Centre in Toronto. The Rosedale Centre is a secular community space offering music, arts, wellness, and social programming for all ages. It hosts concerts, art exhibitions, community meetings, and educational workshops. All are welcome. Located in Rosedale United Church, the building is fully accessible and 2SLGBTQ+ affirming.

Vendors Wanted!
2026-05-09 09:00 - 12:00 | ON
QHL United Church (20453 Leslie Street, Queensville) is looking for vendors for a sale on Saturday, May 9th, 9am-12noon. Inside tables: $20, outside spots: $15 and trunk sale-ers: $10. (personal and household items only in the trunk sale). Please call Robin at (905) 478-4781 or email qhlunited@gmail.com to reserve your spot.

EMPLOYMENT: Strategies for Longer-Term Success
2026-05-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Online, two-hour workshop for private refugee sponsors to learn how to access newcomer skills, recognize experience, and help shape dreams. As sponsors we need to help address immediate need, but at the same time, build strategies that lead to future employment pathways. Three presenters from the employment sector will address challenges and issues.

Jubilee Choir Concert "Choose Something Like a Star"
2026-05-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Drive, Toronto, Ontario (ON), M3A 2J5, Canada
Please join us for a spring concert filled with beauty, wonder, and song featuring the Jubilee Choir under the direction of Jeannie Wyse. This is a free community concert. Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 7:30pm, this concert will showcase the diversity of music our choir sings.
You might even consider joining us at our Community Table dinner at 6pm, making it a “dinner and a show” night out!

The Giant Garage Sale at Royal York Road United Church
2026-05-23 08:30 - 12:00 | Royal York Road United Church, 851 Royal York Road, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8Y 2V3
Join us for our annual Giant Garage Sale on Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 8:30am – 12:00pm!
Drop off any of the following items to the church on May 19, 20, 21:
Household goods, china and glassware, jewelry, scarves, purses, toys, puzzles, kid’s bikes, small appliances (in working order), decorative items, kitchenware, craft supplies, tools, CDs, DVDs and vinyl, house plants, perennials, garden supplies and small items of furniture.
The RYRUC Outdoor Cafe with Back Bacon on a Bun returns on May 23!

'DOORS OPEN' Toronto 2026
2026-05-23 10:00 - 17:00 | Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Toronto, ON, M9A 3C1, Canada
Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd. is pleased to participate in Toronto’s
‘DOORS OPEN’ 2026.
May 23 and 24!
We welcome all to experience the awe-inspiring modern stained glass project of award-
winning glass artist, Eric Wesselow, that turns the sanctuary windows into an explosion of
colour, shape and form.
Called ‘A Glance into the Heavens’ it has been suggested that this 6 ½ year project, consisting
of 9 windows and a massive chancel screen may be the largest undertaking of its kind in the
world, involving the work of one man unassisted.
Listen to its story, learn about community programs , enjoy music while you contemplate your
own ‘glance into the heavens’.
Chec

Celebrating Women in Ministry: In Honour of Dr. Marion Pope
2026-05-26 13:00 - 18:00 | Emmanuel College, 75 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1K7, Canada
On May 26, 2026 from 1:00-6:00 p.m. join us at Emmanuel College, third floor for an afternoon of storytelling,
reflection and celebration as we honour the life and legacy of Dr. Marion Pope.
Marion Pope was a United Church of Canada diaconal minister and nurse who served in Korea for 36 years. Her ministry was marked by a deep commitment to education, music, social justice and the global church.
This special gathering will offer an opportunity to share stories, reflect on Marion’s legacy and consider the ongoing work of women in ministry today.
The program will include panel discussions, presentations and musical offerings.
For more details and to register for this free event, click the link.
https://www.emmanuel.utoronto.ca/whats-happening/celebrating-women-in-ministry

Spring Market/Yard Sale
2026-05-30 09:00 - 13:00 | St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough Bluffs), 200 McIntosh Street, Scarborough, Ontario, M1N 3Z3, Canada
BBQ, Bake Sale, Vendors, Books, and More!
St. Paul’s United Church, Cliffside
200 McIntosh Street

Inter-cultural Gospel Extravaganza
2026-05-31 14:00 - 17:00 | Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Great Kenyan music – FEATURING RUTH MATETE!
Purpose: Proceeds will support the Village of Love Canada (Work in Kibera, Kenya).
Highlight: Sampling of East African food.
