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SUMMARY:Sacred Jazz: Leaning to the Canadian Light
DESCRIPTION:Save the date and plan to attend the next Sacred Jazz Service hosted by Bloor Street United Church in Toronto! It will be held on Saturday\, October 4 at 4:30pm in the Parlour of St. Matthew’s United Church at 729 St. Clair Ave West. \nCome for a time of Canadian jazz music\, poetry\, and reflection led by Rev. Douglas duCharme and a fantastic group of musicians: Randolf Jimenez (drums)\, Mikey Zahorak (piano)\, Kathleen Matthews (vocals)\, and Andrew Ferguson (upright bass)! \nIf you were at the previous services\, you know what a special and meaningful time this is. If not\, come experience it for the first time! It’s a beautiful spiritual experience in community. Tickets are not required\, and everyone is warmly welcomed! Mark your calendar now – you won’t want to miss it.
URL:https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/event/sacred-jazz-leaning-to-the-canadian-light/
LOCATION:St.Matthew’s United Church\, 729 St. Clair Avenue West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6C 1B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bloor Street United Church":MAILTO:martha@bloorstreetunited.org
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SUMMARY:Sacred Jazz: Leaning to the Light
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to attend Bloor Street United Church’s next Sacred Jazz Service\, Leaning to the Light\, on Saturday\, April 5th at 4:30pm! This special service will be held in the St. Matt’s Parlour\, and will be held in-person only. \nTo help us encounter the sacred in community\, Rev. Douglas will lead us through reflection and poetry\, and these talented musicians will be sharing the gifts of music: \nJacob Pozin\, trumpet\nNick Fraser\, drums\nRob Clutton\, upright bass\nChristopher Chan\, vocals\nRandi Helmers\, vocals\nMikey Zahorak\, piano \nCome celebrate the start of spring and the return of longer days in community at Leaning to the Light! Free\, and all are welcome. We hope to see you there!
URL:https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/event/sacred-jazz-leaning-to-the-light/
LOCATION:St.Matthew’s United Church\, 729 St. Clair Avenue West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6C 1B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bloor Street United Church":MAILTO:martha@bloorstreetunited.org
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SUMMARY:A Jazz Christmas: Vespers in a Minor Key Service
DESCRIPTION:This year’s A Jazz Christmas: Vespers in a Minor Key Service (known in some churches as a Blue Christmas Service) will be held on Saturday\, December 21 at 7:00pm in the St. Matt’s Sanctuary (729 St. Clair Ave West\, Toronto) and on Zoomchurch. \nAt this service\, we recognize and make space for those who experience Christmas with less of the sparkle and the merriment\, and more with an awareness of loss\, or trauma\, or difficulty. Some familiar prayers and readings will be a part of it\, as well as lighting of candles\, and some carols. And\, there will also be a jazz combo led by Mikey Zahorak\, with Rob Clutton on upright bass\, Brendan Vandepol returning on drums\, and Randi Helmers on vocals. \nYou will hear Christmas Time Is Here by Vince Guaraldi from “A Charlie Brown Christmas\,” and Solitude by Duke Ellington\, and River by Joni Mitchell\, as well as arrangements of carols including In the Bleak Midwinter and What Child Is This?\, and even Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. \nThere will also be quiet time to be in community with others\, who will also be there to support one another\, and to listen. \nEveryone\, and all of your feelings\, are welcomed.
URL:https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/event/a-jazz-christmas-vespers-in-a-minor-key-service/
LOCATION:St.Matthew’s United Church\, 729 St. Clair Avenue West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6C 1B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bloor Street United Church":MAILTO:martha@bloorstreetunited.org
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SUMMARY:Longest Night Service
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to this year’s Longest Night Service at St. Matthew’s / Bloor Street United Church in Toronto on December 21. Please join us at 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary (729 St Clair Ave West) or on Zoom as we mark the Longest Night with readings\, music\, silence\, prayers and candle lighting.
URL:https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/event/longest-night-service-2/
LOCATION:St.Matthew’s United Church\, 729 St. Clair Avenue West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6C 1B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="St. Matthew's United Church":MAILTO:stmattsunited@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Discussion: Kent Monkman’s Miss Chief and Other Tricksters
DESCRIPTION:Spend some time at Kent Monkman’s Being Legendary at the Royal Ontario Museum this winter\, getting to know the stories of Miss Chief and Turtle Island (For tickets\, see: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/kent-monkman-being-legendary). Encounter more Tricksters in Tomson Highway’s 2022 Massey Lectures\, Eden Robinson’s Trickster Trilogy\, Karen McBride’s Crow Winter\, or other works of art or literature. Then\, let’s talk about it on March 14 at 7pm! Discussion will take place at St. Matthew’s United Church at 729 St. Clair Ave West\, Toronto. \n1. From Monkman’s website https://www.kentmonkman.com/\nKent Monkman (b. 1965) is an interdisciplinary Cree visual artist. A member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 Territory (Manitoba)\, he lives and works in Dish With One Spoon Territory (Toronto\, Canada). Known for his thought-provoking interventions into Western European and American art history\, Monkman explores themes of colonization\, sexuality\, loss\, and resilience—the complexities of historic and contemporary Indigenous experiences—across painting\, film/video\, performance\, and installation. Monkman’s gender-fluid alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle often appears in his work as a time-traveling\, shape-shifting\, supernatural being who reverses the colonial gaze to challenge received notions of history and Indigenous peoples. \nMonkman’s painting and installation works have been exhibited at institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal; Musee d’artcontemporain de Montreal; The National Gallery of Canada; Crystal Bridges Museumof American Art; Hayward Gallery; Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art; Musee d’art Contemporain de Rochechouart; Maison Rouge; Philbrook Museum of Art; and Palais de Tokyo. He has created site-specific performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Royal Ontario Museum; Compton Verney\, Warwickshire; and The Denver Art Museum. Monkman has had two nationally touring solo exhibitions\, Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience (2017-2020)\, and The Triumph of Mischief (2007-2010). \nMonkman’s short film and video works\, collaboratively made with Gisele Gordon\, have screened at festivals such as the Berlinale (2007\, 2008) and the Toronto International Film Festival (2007\, 2015). Monkman is the recipient of the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (2017)\, an honorary doctorate degree from OCAD University (2017)\, the Indspire Award (2014)\, and the Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award (2014). \n2. Current ROM exhibition: Kent Monkman: Being Legendary. On now until March 19\, 2023\n(From ROM Website): Interpreted by Monkman’s shape-shifting\, time-travelling\, gender-fluid alter ego\, the legendary being Miss Chief Eagle Testickle\, the exhibition depicts how deeply Indigenous knowledge is embedded in the lands of Turtle Island. Cree and other Indigenous peoples have carried this knowledge in stories\, songs\, and artworks since time immemorial. Through the power of storytelling\, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle reframes the forced interruptions of the colonial project on Turtle Island and honours leaders in the community who shine a light forward for future generations.\nhttps://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/kent-monkman-being-legendary
URL:https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/event/discussion-kent-monkmans-miss-chief-and-other-tricksters/
LOCATION:St.Matthew’s United Church\, 729 St. Clair Avenue West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6C 1B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Good Friday Service - online or in-person
DESCRIPTION:Whether you attend church once a week\, year\, or decade\, you are welcome to worship with Bloor Street and St. Matthew’s United Churches in Toronto! \nOur Good Friday worship will be held in-person and on Zoom at 11am on Friday\, April 15th. If you are attending in-person it will be held in the sanctuary at St. Matthew’s United Church (729 St Clair Ave West). If you are attending online you can attend via Zoomchurch: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3616118730?pwd=MmY5THYwenhlS2JyaS8rS1ZmR0Mydz09. Alternatively\, you can call 647-374-4685 or 647-558-0588\, enter ID 361 611 8730\, then press # # \nIf you are attending in person please register in advance\, and bring a mask and proof of vaccination. You can register and see our full set of re-opening guidelines on our website at https://bloorstreetunited.org/returning-to-worship/
URL:https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/event/good-friday-service-online-or-in-person/
LOCATION:St.Matthew’s United Church\, 729 St. Clair Avenue West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6C 1B2\, Canada
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