Please note that the church building is closed
for all purposes except social outreach
The Provincial House of Bishops has suspended worship services in the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, including the Diocese of Toronto, as of March 15, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, services at St. John's are cancelled until further notice. Read the letter from the Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Bishop of Toronto.
Welcome to the Anglican Church
of St John’s West Toronto
St. John's Anglican Church is an energetic community of faith in West Toronto where you will find a variety of worship experiences and opportunities for learning and socializing.
Based on our baptismal vow that "we respect the dignity of every human being", we affirm diversity and embrace inclusiveness.
We have something to offer you and we know we can learn something from you. You're welcome here – let's journey together!
St John's performs same sex marriages.
Join us on Sunday
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Pentecost Sunday
May 31 at 10:00 am
You are invited to join us via Zoom. Worship will be live and we will follow up with a coffee hour. You can join us online or by telephone.
Details:
Sunday, May 31, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98091888336?pwd=UXFxMFV0VnpqTmZ2NHJneHJ0TXgrdz09
Meeting ID: 980 9188 8336
Password: 613861
by telephone
+1-647-374-4685
OR
+1-647-558-0588
Meeting ID: 980 9188 8336
Password: 613861
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adDUpwG3KY
Click here for the Order of Service.
Intercessions:
If you wish to add your name or another's name for our prayers for those who are ill, in distress, or have died, please email deaconevelyn@sjwt.ca
Needs and celebrations:
Email Pastor Dawn with your celebrations and requests for prayer to share at the end of the Sunday service.
Hey kids and families!
Join our children's minister, Edna, Sunday at 11:00 am.
For more information, click on the image below.
Queer Compline with Bishop Kevin Robertson
Wednesday, June 10
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Gathering our Queer Eucharist community together again with Bishop Kevin Robertson for Queer Compline. Bishop Robertson will lead us in a form of nighttime prayers and lead us in discussion. We will publish a Zoom link closer to the time. If you want to receive an email when the link is ready,
please register with pastor@sjwt.ca.
Online retreat
Emerging from the Cave
Saturday, June 13
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Retreat Leaders: Wendy Passmore, spiritual director and founder of the Centre for Spiritual Growth; Esther Townsend, local coordinator for the Student Christian Movement at York University and University of Toronto; and Carrie Cardwell, St. John's artist in residence and registered psychotherapist.
To register: https://bit.ly/2XzOyPh
For more information: https://bit.ly/2ZARDS5
Food and Donation Drop Off
We are still collecting food, gift cards and accepting offerings on Saturday mornings from 9:00 am to at the church.
We respectfully ask that you wear a mask when you drop of your donation.
If you know of anyone who needs food, please contact Deacon Evelyn.
Land Acknowledgment
We celebrate our relationship with the first peoples of this land and with gratitude we acknowledge the territories on which this Church building and community, lives and moves and has its being. We give thanks for the peoples of the Wendat, the Anishinabeg, the Mississauga of the Credit, and the Haudenosaunee communities, and we recognize the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples on this land.
