In This Time of COVID-19, TSP’s Ministry Continues

Message from Colin Phillips, Chair of the TSP Church Board:

In the first verse of her hymn Will Your Anchor Hold, Priscilla Owens asks ‘Will your anchor drift, or firm remain?’ TSP certainly is an anchor in the lives of many. We are a concrete expression of faith in a loving and just God. We care for our community. We are a place to make art. We are dedicated to social change.

Despite the pandemic, TSP’s ministry continues. In many ways, our work is more important than ever.

Your financial contribution at this critical time helps TSP and the United Church of Canada continue our important mission here in Toronto and across Canada.

6 Ways You Can Give

You can make regular or one-time offerings and gifts to:

• TSP’s activities locally
• the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada

1. Pre-Authorized Remittance (PAR)

This option requires your attention just to set it up, then your offering will be given each month automatically. Choose an amount that will be withdrawn from your bank account or charged to your credit card each month and click here to complete the PAR authorization
form. Email the completed form to par@trinitystpauls.ca.

2. Cheque

Single gifts or Sunday offerings may be made by personal cheque(s) payable to Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and mailed to:

TSP Treasurer
110 Barton Avenue
Toronto, ON M6G 1P9

3. CanadaHelps

CanadaHelps can process your donation and forward it to TSP. A small portion of your gift goes toward a transaction fee charged by CanadaHelps. After you complete your donation, you will immediately receive by email a printable tax receipt. Please click here for this online option.

4. Interac e-Transfer

You may forward your gift by e-Transfer to tspdeposit@trinitystpauls.ca. Please send an email to Bob Savaria at tsptreasurer@trinitystpauls.ca indicating how you would like your gift allocated. Your banking institution may charge a small transaction fee.

5. Credit Card

To make monthly offerings or one-time gifts, click HERE to complete the PAR authorization form. For credit card payment, select Option 2 at the bottom of the form. Email the completed form to par@trinitystpauls.ca. A service charge of 2–3% will be charged per transaction.

6. Time and Talent

If you would like to support TSP with your volunteer time, special skills, or other non-monetary contributions, please contact our Treasurer at tsptreasurer@trinitystpauls.ca.

Our Mission

Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church seeks to be an inclusive and affirming Christian community — living out our faith individually and in our life together, engaging the world locally and globally for the sake of justice and peace, and striving to be a centre for faith, justice and the arts.

Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church is an Affirming congregation of the United Church of Canada.

We believe that all persons are equal before God; that the miracle of God’s creation is manifested through our many differences; and that racism is a sin and violates God’s desire for humanity.

As a Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts (CFJA) we are committed to:

• Developing new partnerships with arts, justice and community groups.

• Deepening our understanding of how faith, justice-making and artistic endeavours can interact and enliven one another and be a source of great creativity and hope.

• Creating a place of hospitality and community.

Ethical Investment

Trinity-St. Paul’s invests in fossil free and high impact market funds that are screened against ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria. We also invest in a fund specializing in the environmental sector. We support investment in global development through Oikocredit, an international ecumenical development cooperative society. We were also members, for many years, in the Canadian Alternative Investment Cooperative (CAIC), to support community development and social housing. As CAIC has closed, we are now considering how to redeploy those funds.

Our Charity

Faith

As a centre for Faith: We are a vibrant, busy congregation of the United Church of Canada. We affirm the creative Spirit of God in all of life.

Justice

As a centre for Justice: Our congregation supports social justice through a variety of church programs and offers affordable office space for groups promoting social justice in Toronto, across Canada and around the world.

The Arts

As a centre for the Arts: Our building in the heart of the Annex offers a variety of performance and rehearsal spaces that are affordable and convenient for performing arts groups of all kinds.

Your donation will be used to help further these goals – please let us know how you would like it to be applied and thank you for considering TSP in your donation plans.

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