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Reverend Dr. Cheri DiNovo

Minister

1971

only woman to sign We Demand, first gay rights demo

2001

performed first legalized same-sex marriage in North America

2006

elected MPP - passed most private bills in Ontario's history and most LGBTQ bills in Canadian history

Present

minister at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts

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12 October

Season for Commitment Celebrations and Events

The Season for Commitment is the time each year our congregation sets aside to reflect individually and collectively on the gifts we have and how we might offer them to our faith community. It's the time when we think about how we will commit our time, experience, insight and financial resources to TSP’s ministry and mission. Here are key events and dates:

October 12 Annual Weenie Roast and Bon Fire on Centre Island Shore
October 14 Season for Commitment launch and New Comers Lunch
October 28 Stewardship focused service followed by lunch and planned giving workshop
November 4 "Celebration of our Saints", congregational lunch and discussion on stewardship opportunities
November 11 Season for Commitment celebration of gifts and close

More information will be provided in the coming weeks! If you have questions Stewardship of Resources Circle members would be pleased to provide answers. We are Del Doucette, Cheri Di Novo, Jim Lewis, Bob Savaria, Darlene Varaleau, Fred Wieler, Robin and David Craig.

20 September

Paul’s Hymn Blog for Sunday, September 23

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 23, 2018

Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 1; Mark 9:30.37

Creation Time 3

18 September

Special services this Sunday – Guest preacher Dr. Colin Phillips, Naming Ceremony and Potluck Feast

On Sunday, September 23, we have a very special schedule of events. You don’t want to miss it!

Starting worship at 10:30 with guest preacher, Dr. Colin Phillips, moderator nominee to the 43rd General Council of the United Church of Canada.

What’s Beyond Our Bubble? – with Dr. Colin Phillips

This Sunday, September 23, we are joined by guest preacher Dr. Colin Phillips, moderator nominee to the 43rd General Council of the United Church of Canada, with a worship service and reflection titled, “What’s Beyond Our Bubble?”

Worship services are every Sunday at 10:30 am. Join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1923194804429246/

Following worship service, there will be a Naming Ceremony and Potluck Feast after coffee time.

14 September

Teaser for Sunday, Sept 16 2018

Come join us this Sunday!
Planet Earth As Our Body
It’s time for a little “good news”.
#TSPUC #HopeRising #lifeofthischurch #affirmingchurch #torontounitedchurches

13 September

Paul’s Hymn Blog for Sunday, September 16

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 16, 2018

Proverbs 1:20-33; Psalm 19; Mark 8:27-38

Creation Time 2

7 September

TSP welcomes our new Children’s Church Coordinator!

Lorna Craig is an actor, director, and community arts facilitator based in Toronto. She has worked with children and youth for 15 years, most recently collaboratively creating plays in Montreal from 2013 – 2017. She trained as a puppeteer with Bread and Puppet Theatre and Puppetmongers, most recently creating and performing mobile puppet shows on Toronto Island with Shadowland Puppetry.

In 2015 she coordinated a research project at Concordia University, The Encounters Project, that used performance to explore theatre’s ability to investigate conflict across cultural divides. In the fall of 2015 she directed on life and living, a documentary theatre piece based on personal stories from ‘AIDS Community Care Montreal’, an HIV/AIDS support network. While travelling in India in 2017, Lorna directed and narrated The Christmas Story pageant at the Hairakhan ashram in Haldwani.

This summer she coordinated and facilitated The White Rabbit Arts Residency at Red Clay Farm in Nova Scotia. Lorna spent much of her childhood at TSP so is thrilled to be returning to her old stomping grounds as the new Children’s Church Coordinator.

6 September

Season of Creation – September 23 & 24

Join Trinity St Paul’s United Church on September 23rd for a Naming Ceremony in recognition of the United Church’s $100,000 donation to the new Anishnawbe Health Center (that will be built near the Distillery District) and an endowment fund established at the United Church Foundation in support of the Center. A medicine person will be conducting a pipe ceremony to identify a name for the Endowment Fund and for our growing partnership with Toronto’s indigenous community. Our schedule is as follows:

10:30 am: Church service with Dr. Colin Phillips
11:30 am: Coffee and Introduction to James Carpenter
noon: Smudging participants as welcome to pipe ceremony in sanctuary
12:20: Pipe Ceremony
12:50: Round dance with AHT in the sanctuary
1:00 pm: Feast in the gym

Also, there will be… bannock-making?!

On September 24, join us for We ARE the Earth! at Church of the Redeemer. Our celebration of A Season of Creation continues with a panel discussion with The Rt Rev’d Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Bishop – Angican Church of Canada, The Rev’d Dr Cheri DiNovo, Minister at Trinity-St Paul’s United Church and former MPP Parkdale-High Park, and The Very Rev’d Dr. Bill Phipps, Co-founder and Board Member, Faith & the Common Good.

5 September

Join us for Welcome Back Sunday – September 9 at 10:30 am

This Welcome Back Sunday (Sept 9), join us for a sermon with Cheri DiNovo titled, “The Church As Our Body” where we explore images of early Christian gatherings and modern persecuted communities.