Cake and babies are definitely a few of our favourite things at Leaside United Church!
This Sunday we were thrilled to celebrate Rev. Emily Gordon’s return to Leaside United Church after her maternity leave. Emily’s husband and four month old son joined us for this joyful celebration.
We enjoyed a delicious cake to honour and thank our wonderful supply minister Rev. Warren McDougall and wished him continued adventures in his retirement.
Rev. Evan Smith joined us on Sunday March 4th, 2018 as our Guest Preacher, preaching on the scripture of John 2:13-22 where Jesus clears the Temple Courts while people were making preparations for Passover.
LISTEN to audio recording here:
March 4, 2018: runtime 19:27- Guest Preacher Rev. Evan Smith – A House for Whose Prayers?
Rev. Evan Smith is ordained in the United Church of Canada and is the minister at Toronto Urban Native Ministry in Regent Park. Rev. Evan is Two-Spirit, Anishinaabe, and turtle clan. Evan works on the front lines doing pastoral care and harm reduction with sex workers, Indigenous LGBTQ2A youth, families, people who are incarcerated and street-involved folks. Passionate about encouraging peoples spiritual health, Evan serves Indigenous people living on the margins through the practice of both Traditional Spirituality and Christianity as part of her ministerial work at Toronto Urban Native Ministry.
El-Farouk Khaki joined us on Sunday, February 25th, 2018. El-Farouk is a spirituality activist, human rights & justice advocate, and refugee lawyer, a public and media speaker on issues including Islam, LGBTIQ/human rights, refugees, politics and HIV. El-Farouk is founder of Salaam: Queer Muslim Community (1991); and co-founder & imam of el-Tawhid Juma Circle (2009). El-Farouk is co-owner of the Glad Day Bookshop, and recipient of numerous Awards including: 2006 “Excellence in Spirituality” Award – Pride Toronto; 2007 Hero Award, Canadian Bar Association; and 2016 CCVT Trevor Batram Award. He is currently working on his first book exploring issues of sexuality, social justice and spirituality.
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