LENT IS A SEASON OF SOUL SEARCHING.

A TIME OF REPENTANCE...

...which simply means a change of heart leading to a change of action.

WE ARE ALL ON JOURNEYS OF CHANGE

Change we wish to see in ourselves. Change we long to witness in the world.

​Join the East End United community as we journey through Lent
​collectively wondering about CHANGE:

changes we yearn for
changes we're fearful of
changes we've been promised
changes...that leave us changed

Throughout Lent and Easter, you can find us worshipping Sundays 10:30am at our Eastminster Campus, as well as on our YouTube Channel (link)

We also gather for worship Thursday evenings 6:30pm at our Glen Rhodes Campus.

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OUR LOCATIONS

GLEN RHODES CAMPUS

1470 Gerrard Street — Coxwell & Gerrard

EASTMINSTER CAMPUS

310 Danforth Avenue — Danforth & Chester

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PANCAKE DINNER & KARAOKE - FEBRUARY 13
EASTMINSTER CAMPUS 5:00PM
The East End United Choir is serving up a special treat! Gluten Free and Vegetarian options are available. At 6:00pm, Rev. Bri-anne will be firing up the sound system for a good ol' karaoke party.  Come ready with your song selections.  Everybody welcome.


ASH WEDNESDAY: IMPOSITION OF ASHES - FEBRUARY 14
EASTMINSTER CAMPUS (OUTSIDE) 8:30AM - 9:00AM
GLEN RHODES CAMPUS (OUTSIDE) 12:00PM - 12:30PM
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Rev. Bri-anne offers the imposition of ashes (choose forehead or hand) to begin the lenten season.


ASH WEDNESDAY: WORSHIP - FEBRUARY 14
ONLINE 7:00PM link
An entirely online worship service of music and poetry exploring the theme of repentance.


SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP
FEBRUARY 18, 25, MARCH 3, 10, 17 10:30AM
EASTMINSTER CAMPUS & ONLINE
Join the East End United community as we explore what it is to be a people of faith in this beautiful and broken world. With a dedicated choir, heartfelt preaching, and programming for children, you are very welcome to bring the deepest and most authentic parts of who you are to worship. We can't wait to meet you.


THE SPARK: THURSDAY EVENING WORSHIP
FEBRUARY 15, 22, 29, MARCH 7, 14, 21, 28 6:30PM
GLEN RHODES CAMPUS
This Thursday evening worship offering at Glen Rhodes is meant to nourish those:
who need a break from screens and technology
who find it difficult to attend worship on Sunday mornings
who are interested in a more intimate worship experience
The service lasts between 30 and 45 minutes and is led by Rev. Bri-anne, who provides accompaniment for hymns and music on guitar


BOOK STUDY: "MY BODY IS NOT A PRAYER REQUEST"
TUESDAYS STARTING FEBRUARY 20
ONLINE 7:00PM link
"Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection."
Join Rev. Bri-anne in wondering about ability and disability, bodies and spirit through a study of Amy Kenny's book, My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church.


PALM TO PASSION / "COME AND SEE" SUNDAY! - MARCH 24
EASTMINSTER CAMPUS & ONLINE 10:30AM
We prepare to enter Holy Week with both celebration, and wondering how it all went wrong. There will be a parade. There will be communion.  There will be a potluck lunch afterwards.  If you are a member, please stick around for East End's AGM.


MAUNDY THURSDAY - MARCH 28
GLEN RHODES CAMPUS 5:30PM
We remember Jesus' last meal and conversations with his friends, starting with a simple supper of soup and bread before moving into an intimate service of foot washings and sharing an old, old story of how the more intimate relationships are also often the most complicated.
 

GOOD FRIDAY: ECUMENICAL SERVICE AND WALK - MARCH 29
STARTING AT EASTMINSTER 10:00AM
Along with our friends from Danforth Community Church, St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Riverdale Presbyterian Church, and Holy Name Catholic Church, we move church to church in shared event of remembrance.

GOOD FRIDAY: 90s PASSION SING-A-LONG - MARCH 29
LOCATION: FACTORY GIRL, 193 DANFORTH AVE. , 7:00PM
If the Good Friday service is a funeral, this gathering is the wake.  Join Music Director Stephan Ermel and Rev. Bri-anne as we tell the story of Jesus' betrayal, trial, and crucifixion through collectively singing the music of artists such as R.E.M., The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Joan Osborne, No Doubt, and others!

 
EASTER SUNDAY - MARCH 31
EASTMINSTER CAMPUS & ONLINE 10:30AM
Hallelujah! He is risen!
We celebrate Christ's resurrection, and the assurance of a resurrected world, with music, prayer...and a whole lotta hallelujahs!!!

WhO IS EAST END UNITED REGIONAL MINISTRY?

We are not all the same.

We come from different backgrounds. Different kinds of families. Different experiences of the world.

However, many of us share some things in common.

We are a community of seekers, with a sense there is something greater than ourselves. We root this spiritual seeking within the story of Jesus:

WE SING OF JESUS,
A JEW,
BORN TO A WOMAN IN POVERTY
IN A TIME OF SOCIAL UPHEAVAL
AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION.
HE KNEW HUMAN JOY AND SORROW.
SO FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS HE
THAT IN HIM PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THE PRESENCE OF GOD AMONG THEM.
WE SING PRAISE TO GOD INCARNATE.
-A SONG OF FAITH (2006), UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

​We are a community who believes that "love" and "faith" are action words.  We are deeply committed to the welfare of our neighbours, both locally and internationally. All of God's beloveds deserve to be fed, sheltered, honoured, and cared for.

East End United has many outreach programs. Out of the Cold runs Fridays through the winter months, serving hot meals and offering showers and a place to sleep for those experiencing homelessness.  Nourish East End offers a variety of food security programs including our Wednesday food bank and monthly community dinners. We've sponsored dozens of refugee families as they've come to call Canada home and raise money for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank through our Danforth Grow Hope initiative. 

Knowing charity models addressing the needs of underserved communities are often flawed, we also advocate for changing the systems that force people into poverty in the first place.

Currently, East End United is hosting 30 asylum seekers from African countries. They are living in our Eastminster Campus until they can find more stable housing. You can read more about our guests in this article from Broadview Magazine.

​We sing of God’s good news lived out,
a church with purpose:
faith nurtured and hearts comforted,
gifts shared for the good of all,
resistance to the forces that exploit and marginalize,
fierce love in the face of violence,
human dignity defended...
We sing of God’s mission.
-A Song of Faith (2006), United Church of Canada

East End United is proud to be recognized as an Affirming Congregation (2S & LGBTQIA+ positive) within the United Church of Canada.   To become recognized, the congregation must go through a rigorous process of studying its practices, policies, and attitudes toward inclusivity – not just about gender and sexuality, but also around racism, ableism, classism, sexism, and many of the other artificial labels that attempt to segregate us one from another and from God.  As a congregation, we’re committed to the P.I.E. Principle: being Public, Intentional, and Explicit about our theology of God’s love and inclusivity of all persons in our community of faith. 

Divine creation does not cease
until all things have found wholeness, union, and integration
with the common ground of all being.
As children of the Timeless One,
our time-bound lives will find completion
in the all-embracing Creator.
In the meantime, we embrace the present,
embodying hope, loving our enemies,
caring for the earth,
choosing life.
-A Song of Faith (2006), United Church of Canada

Grateful for God’s loving action,
we cannot keep from singing.
Creating and seeking relationship,
in awe and trust,
we witness to Holy Mystery who is Wholly Love.
-A SONG OF FAITH (2006), UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
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If you are looking for an authentic and loving community where you are valued for who you are, we would love to meet you.

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