Metropolitan United Church

The Peace and Social Justice Committee will have information tables in the narthex (that's the church's front lobby) before and after the 11 am service. Petitions and letters can be signed in support of Amnesty International campaigns. This is an annual event at Met, coinciding with Human Rights Day (Dec 10). There is no regular meeting of the Peace and Social Justice Committee today; the

Carols United

Sing favourite carols with the Metropolitan Silver Band and organ Sunday, December 9 7 pm

Monthly meeting of the Worship Committee, held in the Metropolitan Centre Library.

This week's free organ recital features Peter Merrick, organist of Eglinton-St. George's United Church in music by Elgar, Bedard, Bach, and Widor.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Join us for Sunday morning worship with Communion in the Founders' Chapel.

Note the new time for the Library Committee Meeting:  10:00 am - 10:55 am, December 16, 2007.

The Third Sunday of Advent  

Join us on Sunday for worship at 11 a.m. The Carillon prelude begins outside at 10:30 am and the organ prelude begins at 10:45 am inside.

At this service: The Christmas Pageant

Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

This week's free organ recital features organist Patricia Wright in a recital of Christmas music.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Join the Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea for Communion in theFounders' Chapel.  He will speak on "The Wings of the Stork."

Welcome to our Advent IV Worship Service with a sermon by the Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea: "Midwife or Me."  The choir will sing several Christmas selections. Our services are always followed by a coffee and fellowship time.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

"The Star in the Road" - see the Christmas story on our steps with our annual Christmas Eve pageant with live animals.

Our traditional Christmas Eve Communion Service by Candlelight features the Metropolitan Choir and a sermon by the Rev. Dr. G. Malcolm Sinclair "Vacuuming Mary Rose."

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Welcome to our Christmas Day worship service. The Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea will preach on "One Way Gift", and we will sing some traditional carols.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Donations of socks for Community Services visitors are needed. Please bring your donations to the Sunday service during the month of December.

Join us for Sunday morning worship with Communion in the Founders' Chapel.  At this service, The Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea will share his messaage “Unplug the tree�.

The Season of Christmas 

Join us on Sunday for worship at 11 a.m. The Carillon prelude begins outside at 10:30 am and the organ prelude begins at 10:45 am inside.

At this service The Rev. Dr. G. Malcolm Sinclair will preach “The Thing in the Toe�.  Readings this week are:

Isaiah 63:7-9; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23

Join us for our Noon Service in the Founders Chapel.

As Lauren Artress writes in her book Walking a Sacred Path:

Walking the Labyrinth has reemerged today as a metaphor for the spiritual journey and as a powerful tool for transformation.  This walking meditation is an archetype, a mystical ritual found in all religious traditions.  It quiets the mind and opens the soul.

The Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea leads this service with musical accompaniment from Metropolitan’s Director of Music and Organist, Dr. Patricia Wright or Organ Scholar, Matthew Coons.

The Stewards Committee will meet to review December financials and prepare for the 2008 budget presentation to the Annual Congregational Meeting.

Join us for Sunday morning worship with Communion in the Founders' Chapel.

Epiphany of the Lord 

Join us on Sunday for worship at 11 a.m. The Carillon prelude begins outside at 10:30 am and the organ prelude begins at 10:45 am inside.  This week the 
The Rev. Dr. G. Malcolm Sinclair and The Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea will preach “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS�.

Readings this week are:

Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12