Affirming

Christmas Pageant – Sunday December 15 at 10:30am

December 16, 2019

This year, the Christmas Pageant will be performed on Sunday, Dec 15th at 10:30am during the Sunday service at Leaside United Church.

The Pageant is called “Papa Panov’s Special Christmas”, and it’s an adapted short story by Leo Tolstoy, but it was originally written in French by Ruben Saillens in 1888. The pageant tells about an old shoemaker’s Christmas Eve experience and demonstrates the virtues of kindness and compassion. It’s based on a verse from the Bible, Matthew 25:35: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”

Note: Dress rehearsal on Saturday, Dec 14th from 2-4pm in the sanctuary!

See you soon!

Natalie Jahn, Young Families and Youth Leader

Searching for Bethlehem – Adult Study

November 15, 2019

North Toronto Cluster offers this newest Adult Study opportunity:

Searching for Bethlehem. Manor Road’s new (but well-known!) minister, John Joseph Mastandrea will help attendees prepare for Christmas with this Advent Study. Note the time!

Where: Manor Road United Church, 240 Manor Road East

When: December 4, 11, 18, 9:30 am to 10:30 am.

Children & Youth Programs

November 15, 2019

CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

What do you think: Is everything fair in this world?  On Sunday, we thought about this question and based on our experiences we talked about what we can do to make the world a better place. As a story we learned about Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent resistance. Then we traced dried leaves on paper, because winter is coming soon!

LUCY GROUP

The next North Toronto Church Cluster Youth Night is coming up soon on Friday, November 22nd! The Youth Night will be taking place at Lawrence Park Community Church from 6-8:30pm. We will be meeting at 5:15pm at Leaside United Church to take the bus to Lawrence Park Community Church. If you have any questions, please contact Natalie Jahn.

LUC Renovation Team Update

October 30, 2019

October 29, 2019

Leaside United Church Renovations

Important Timetable Update

The Renovation Committee met with the architect and construction lead today for an update on the complicated construction process that we at LUC are facing.

Here is the summary:

  • The upstairs kitchen servery is presently under construction and will be completed no sooner than late November. The crew is pushing as hard as they can, however, the process will take longer than expected. We toured the area today and saw that it will be spacious and outstanding when completed. It is not expected there will be a delay to any of the starting times of the planned construction schedules in the rest of the church.
  • Construction on the lower kitchen, halls, storage areas and gymnasium will commence on Monday November 4th, as scheduled.
  • Commencing March 2020, the Sanctuary, Offices and Office Entrance will be renovated.
  • The last phase of the process from April 2020 to early fall will be the outside entrance area and ramp, elevator as well as the exterior landscaping.

We greatly appreciate your patience. Major planning and coordination are required to keep our church and renters’ facilities operating as smoothly as possible.

We are very excited about the construction and eventual facilities that we and our community will be able to share.

Many thanks for your understanding.

The LUC Renovation Committee