Pictured: ‘Enter God’s gates with Thanksgiving!’ Vera Taylor, artist The cornerstone of our week, this service is offered under the...
Pictured: The Prophet Jeremiah by Michaelangelo The cornerstone of our week, this service is offered under the leadership of The Rev....
The cornerstone of our week, this service is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen Bowles, The Rev. Jason Francis Meyers, and...
Spirit in the City: Full Advent & Christmas service and event details, here. The cornerstone of our week, this service is offered...
The Metropolitan Silver Band joins us this Sunday. Following Worship is the annual Met Christmas Lunch downstairs in MET Centre. Stay...
Our Blue Christmas service offers special recognition of the struggles that many people face during this season. We need the space and...
Full Advent & Christmas service and event listings, here. Later on December 22nd at 7:00 p.m. is our annual Candlelight Lessons...
Our annual Candlelight Carol Service includes traditional readings from the Old Testament through the Gospel story of the birth of...
Full Advent & Christmas service and event listings, here. In addition to our nativity play, Pageant Sunday will see the collection...
We gather outside around the fire pit and then move into the sanctuary with music. This will be a casual service with stories, singing...
We welcome Christmas by candlelight, together at 11 p.m. Communion Service with The Metropolitan Choir. Full Advent & Christmas...
Join us Christmas Day at 56 Queen Street East. Full Advent & Christmas service and event listings, here.
The cornerstone of our week, Worship at 11 a.m. is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen Bowles, The Rev. Jason Francis...
Epiphany is the end of the Christmas season, when we remember the Magi’s visit with the Holy Family. The cornerstone of our week,...
Join us for a gentle time for the soul. This service will include the reading of scripture, simple chants in the style of Taizé and a...
Transfiguration, Armando Alemdar Ara The cornerstone of our week, Worship at 11 a.m. is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen...
We begin the season of Lent with the marking of ashes and a simple, profound service to move us into the 40 days of personal and...
We are grateful to be able to gather for worship together via live stream, broadcast from the home of Rev. Jason Meyers, as well as...
We are grateful to be able to gather for worship together via live stream, broadcast from the homes of Rev. Karen Bowles and Rev. Jason...
We are grateful to be able to gather for worship together via live stream on Facebook and YouTube, broadcast from the homes of Rev....
The cornerstone of our week, Worship is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen Bowles, The Rev. Jason Francis Meyers, Dr....
Picture: Jesus Mural of Faith, Hope, Love, and Peace, Chicago, IL The cornerstone of our week, Worship is offered under the leadership...
photo by Jesse Bowles Conover The cornerstone of our week, Worship at 11 a.m. is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen...
Join us for our Summer Worship Series 'The Keys to the Kingdom' each Sunday at 11am on Facebook and YouTube. The cornerstone of our...
Join us for Online Worship this summer, each Sunday at 11am on Facebook and YouTube. The cornerstone of our week, Worship at 11 a.m....
"For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." Since March of this year, these words from Jesus in Matthew...
Once the service is over we ask that you continue to physically distance 2 metres as you leave the sanctuary and not socialize in...
The cornerstone of our week, Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen Bowles, The Rev. Jason Francis Meyers,...
Register Now: Sunday August 30th, 11am The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of The...
Our unique online offering, Sunday evening worship features extra musical selections from our Metropolitan musicians, as well as videos...
Register Now: Sunday September 6th, 11am The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of The...
Register Now: Sunday September 13th, 11am The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of...
Register Now: Sunday September 20th, 11am The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of...
'Moses struck the rock, and water came out of it, and the people drank.' Exodus 17:6 Register Now: Sunday September 27th, 11am The...
Register: Sunday October 4th, 11am The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of The Rev....
This World Communion Sunday at 7pm we offer our online service over Zoom and Facebook, featuring a Eucharist liturgy live from the...
The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Karen Bowles, The Rev. Jason Francis...
‘Happy are those who delight in the law of the Lord. They are like trees planted by streams of water.’ - Psalm 1 The Rev. Karen...
We welcome Minister Emeritus The Rev. Dr. G. Malcolm Sinclair as guest preacher. The 11am service is live-streamed directly to...
‘Take up our quarrel with the foe,’ goes the familiar line by Dr. McCrae. Who might that ‘foe’ be? Do we ‘break faith with those who...
Our guest preacher for Peace & Social Justice Sunday is The Rev. Dr. Alison Falby, Priest-in-Charge at All Saints Church-Community...
Comfort ye my people - welcome to Advent and Christmas at Metropolitan. The cornerstone of our week, Worship at 11am is offered under...
Comfort ye my people - welcome to Advent and Christmas at Metropolitan. The cornerstone of our week, in-person Worship at 11am is...
The cornerstone of our week, worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of Minister of Worship and Faith Formation The Rev. Jason...
We take a deep and a shallow dive into the waters of discipleship this week with Jonah and with Jesus. We step into the flow of history...
This week we heard a poet preach the gospel of Jesus, specific to the time and place of the American Inauguration. Amanda Gorman is her...
In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes "Food will not bring us close to God.” And he’s right - there is no God-aioli or...
Met has been described by some as a church with a traditional liturgy and a progressive theology. This distinguishes us from other...
Three huts, radiant faces, luminous clothes, whirlwinds and chariots are all part of Sunday's readings on this day we call...
We've all likely heard the phrase "Jesus Saves" (or seen it displayed on a sign in gold letters along the highway). What does that...
The heavens tell the glory of God' in Psalm 19, God speaks 'all the words' of the Ten Commandments in Exodus, and a woman is accused of...
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have...
Chances are you did not know that this Sunday was once known in parts of the Christian Church as the beginning of a set of days known...
"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise." With a sermon titled "Thick with Spirit", a story...
From The Rev. Karen Bowles: I have two announcements. The first is that I will preach Mother’s Day for the first time this Sunday. I...
The Book of Acts tells us that the very first thing that the disciples of Jesus did after his ascension was to form a church committee...
In word and in song, we will recognize and give thanks for The Rev. Karen Bowles' ministry with us as Intentional Interim Lead Minister...
This week, we explore the somewhat esoteric Christian doctrine known as the Trinity. Three in one, one in three. Holy, holy, holy (or...
The United Church of Canada's General Secretary, The Rev. Michael Blair, is our guest preacher as we also mark the beginning of Pride...
On what is traditionally our annual picnic Sunday, we are excited and fortunate this year to launch The Met Farmers' Market, running...
Our guest preacher this Sunday is Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo, Professor at Emmanuel College at Victoria University in the University of...
Met celebrates Pride alongside Toronto, and while we won't be "meeting in the crowd" just yet, we'll mark the occasion with a special...
Prelude: Various (Buxtehude; Cabena; France; Bales) Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1–5, 9–10; 2 Corinthians 12:2–10; Mark 6:1–13 Sermon:...
The cornerstone of our week, worship at 11am is offered under the leadership of The Rev. Jason Francis Meyers, Dr. Patricia Wright, The...
Prelude: Various (Chopin; Haydn; Fricker) Readings: 2 Samuel 7: 1-14a; Ephesians 2:11-22; Luke 15:11-32 Sermon: "Somewhere Between...
Welcome to Metropolitan United Church, a faith community in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You are welcome here. Prelude:...
Welcome to Metropolitan United Church, a faith community in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You are welcome here....
Our guest preacher this Sunday is The Rev. Alan Hall. The Rev. Alan currently serves in ministry at the General Council Office of the...
Our guest preacher this Sunday is Minister Emeritus The Rev. Dr. G. Malcolm Sinclair with a sermon entitled "The Space Between Sleep...
Our guest preacher this Sunday is Minister Emeritus The Rev. Dr. G. Malcolm Sinclair with a sermon entitled "Bustin' A Move." We each...
“To mask or not to mask.” That is the question. Are we compelled by love or the law? What would Jesus do? Stay tuned....
"And the people standing around Jesus were astounded and said: 'He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf to hear.'" Jesus...
In our Proverbs reading this week we hear of "Wisdom crying out in the street." There is lament and anger over the peoples' selfish...
Join us on Zoom for a simple communion service - please have your own bread and beverage available to celebrate communion together! Led...
September 30th is Orange Shirt Day; a day where Canadians are called to honour survivors of Residential Schools and remember those...
Some scripture passages should come with a “handle with care” warning sticker. This week’s Gospel story where Jesus talks about divorce...
Jesus tells his followers "Whoever welcomes a child, welcomes me.” In this week’s sermon, Rev. Meyers examines just how radical of a...
For many of us, food is a central part of the Thanksgiving holiday, but how much attention is paid to the land that yields it? In his...
We gather on the east side of the church (Church St. side of the Park). Masks are required, and we will keep a two metre distance....
When we read the Book of Job, it can feel like the old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, where Calvin, looking up into the starry night, yells...
A very special Sunday is ahead as the Covenanting of The Rev. Jason Meyers as our new Minister of Worship and Faith Formation at...
New members are welcomed this Sunday and a quintet from the Metropolitan Silver Band returns to mark our church anniversary. In Rev....
Often, we are tempted to give out of our "leftovers". The woman Jesus identified in the Temple, and those we remember on Remembrance...
The Lutheran scholar Clarence Stoughton once said “Stewardship is everything we do after we say, ‘I believe.’” In his Stewardship...
We, being well settled, know that life makes sense and God is well placed in heaven, presiding but not bothering. Our reading of...
Join us for Taddle Creek Wild Church service in the Park! Taddle Creek Wild Church is our new monthly nature-based service. Elements...
Welcome to the Advent & Christmas season at Metropolitan. You can find all worship, programming and concert information at...
Register to attend this service Download the bulletin We don't always know what to do with John the Baptist. The locust-eating...
Maybe you wonder why the Wise Ones went home. Well, the story had to be told. Life was forever changed. They went home as different...
Luke tells us that Jesus was about 30 years old when he was baptized in the Jordan River. It was a “threshold" experience for him. Once...
May 29: What legacies or traditions have you been given that you feel compelled to continue? An opportunity to check in and connect...
Why not hop onto Zoom for après Church, our new weekly check-in and discussion group, when we're finished worship? You'll find the Zoom...
We hope you'll hop onto Zoom after service for après Church, an opportunity to connect face to face and explore a different discussion...
Unlike the more spiritualized version of the Beatitudes found in Matthew, in Luke's version of Jesus' famous sermon, we encounter some...
On a rock that stands at the entrance to the Tent of Nations just outside Bethlehem in the West Bank are painted the following words in...
Begin Lent with our Ash Wednesday Taizé Service next Wednesday, March 2 at noon. We will begin outside where we will burn last Palm...
"What are you giving up for Lent?" is a common phrase we hear at this time in the church's liturgical year. We also hear words like...
Please note that our final Evening Communion on Zoom on Thurs. evenings will take place Dec. 22 A service of word and table. Join us...
In the Gospel of John, the religious authorities ask Jesus to speak plainly about who he is. In his sermon this week entitled “The...
While every service of worship should be about love, love takes on particular prominence this week with Jesus’ new commandment found in...
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