Bloor Street United Church

This Week

Bible passages to be read on Sunday May 19th , Pentecost Sunday. The Sacrament of Communion,
Acts 2.1-21
2013 DOORS OPEN TORONTO – Saturday, May 25th
Please see Robert Thoen in McClure Hall after worship this Sunday to sign up as a volunteer
TC3 – the Toronto Children’s Concert Choir and Performing Arts Company present Rejoice Again!, a celebration of gospel music, inspirational song and dance at the Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst Street) on Saturday, June 15th at 7:00 p.m. General admission: $25 – senior/youth; $30 – adults.

New to Bloor? Click here to find out more about our ministry team, including Reverend Martha ter Kuile, our Minister of Worship, Pastoral Care and Faith Formation, pictured here. New to church? Try Bloor 101, for an introduction to our church services.

Doors Open at Bloor Street

Saturday, May 26th, 2013.

Bloor Street United Church is participating in the “2013 Doors Open” May 25 & 26 organized by City Hall, Toronto. We are participating only on Saturday, May 25, because we do not want to disturb our Sunday service and the Korean Sunday service in the afternoon. Our doors will be open Saturday, May 26, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Volunteer guides will be on hand to tell the stories of over a century of worship and architectural change, still visible in the sanctuary's windows and walls. From a humble Sunday school building, to a key player in the creation of the United Church, a raging fire, and an exciting future, our building has an amazing story to tell.

Welcome to Bloor Street!

Whoever you are, you are welcome here. Our church has been welcoming friends and strangers alike for over a century. We are an open,
affirming congregation of compassionate people. We have a commitment to explore our faith, seek justice and live with respect with each other, and all of creation.

If you're looking for a place to worship where ideas matter, and are put into action, this may be the place for you. We try to balance exploring the meaning of our faith in these changing times with helping others as Christ calls us to - here, and in the world around us.

We meet every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. at 300 Bloor Street West, just north of the University of Toronto's main campus in downtown Toronto. We welcome all who come through our doors - all genders, sexualities, races, faiths and all manner of questions. Each week, we rely on our service to renew our faith, like returning to a well. We have a wonderful music program, with a classically trained composer leading our large, enthusiastic choir. Like most churches, we read the scriptures together, pray and listen to sermons about how to connect this ancient faith with a quickly changing, modern world.

Our commitment to seek justice takes many forms. We have people helping grandmothers in Africa who are raising children orphaned by HIV. We have an active refugee outreach program, where we help refugees settle into life in Canada, and provide financial assistance for getting the paperwork done. We have a long history of helping newcomers to Toronto - in the 1940s, our services needed to be moved to Massey Hall to accommodate all our new congregants.

Today our numbers are still strong, with over one hundred people coming to most services. We have a thriving Sunday School program, with classes for children of all ages, including teenagers. We also have a nursery for small children so parents with babies can enjoy the service.

After each service, we retire to McClure Hall, where we have coffee and chat, catching up on our week, and enjoying each other's fellowship.

Please feel free to explore this website to learn more about us. There are sections on what we do, our weekly podcast of sermons, how we celebrate throughout the year, and also what we like - from articles and books, to videos. You can also follow us on our Facebook page.

We hope that you can find a home here with us, among people who believe life is full of meaning - but it takes some help to find it - and make it. Please join us in making your life and ours more meaningful. By helping each other, we help ourselves, too.