Service Times:  Sunday Morning @ 10:30 am

with Sunday school....more


Other Worship Services
Throughout the year, different styles of worship are offered at
different times here at St Marys United Church. Notices of these services will be posted on our front page and on the calendar.......more

Our church family would love to welcome your family to St. Marys United this week.

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CHURCH BOOKINGS & EVENTS

Camp Bimini provides an enjoyable overnight Christian camping experience in July and August for kids from age 5 to 14 years old...more

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Our Charities

Haiti: Our Haiti charity program includes direct aid for the charity relief.  We also sponsor the 'Crutches for Haiti' program.  Give generously!... more 

GRANDMOTHERS ALIVE
Grandmothers Alive is passionate about raising funds and awareness to support grandmothers and their orphaned grandchildren by AIDS in 15 countries across sub-Saharan Africain Africa through the Stephen Lewis Foundation......more

Community Dinners is a ministry of St. Marys United Church that provides nutritious, high-quality food to help feed people and families in need within the St. Marys Area in Perth County. Low-income families are welcome...more

 

WELLS 4 AFRICA In regions of Abadan, Nigeria where poverty is a part of everyday life, families are eager to have access to clean water, but do not have the means to do so.....more

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Our congregation currently follows the liturgical calendar. Most Sundays the scripture readings follow the Revised Common Lectionary. 

The children participate with the adults for about 25 minutes and then head to Sunday School (although they are also welcome to remain with the rest of the congregation in the sanctuary). We work to make sure that our music and prayers are accessible to all of our members. As part of their time with the rest of the congregation, our minister shares in a "Young and Old Learn Together" time with the children. This time often includes stories, music and prayer focused specifically on the needs of this part of the congregation.

In past years, the children have participated in worship leadership, not only as greeters and ushers, but also by leading the Christmas Pageants.

Our Director of Music Timothy Gilbert works with the choir to share with us inspirational music in a variety of styles. Prior to this appointment, he was Organist and Choirmaster of St. Jame's Anglican Church, Stratford, St. Paul's Anglican Church, Stratford, Christ Anglican Church, Listowel and All Saints' Anglican Church, London.  Tim is a head of the Department of Arts at Stratford Central Secondary School where he oversees the Music, Drama, Dance and Visual Arts programs, teaches music, and conducts the Symphonic Band, Marching Band and Junior Band.
Our hymn book of choice is Voices United, we also regularly reach back into our heritage for some of the older gospel hymns, as well as exploring newer musics (with the help of LicenSing.)

St. Marys United Church celebrates communion six times during the year: the first Sunday of Advent (end of Nov.), Christmas Eve (end of Dec.), Palm Sunday (end of Winter), Profession of Faith Sunday (mid-spring), mid-Summer and World-Wide Communion Sunday (beginning of Oct.) Our style of partaking alternates between the more traditional United Churcy practie of individual cups and bread with an earlier common cup style known as intinction. (For those with gluten allergies we have rice cakes or crackers alongside of the wheat-based breads.)

Following worship, many people in the congregation head into the "Fellowship Hall" to spend some time together over coffee, juice and cookies.

For more information, or to know what's happening this Sunday, please contact the church office at (519)284-3016.

For more information, please contact our minister, Pirie Mitchell, at (519)284-3016.

Sunday school is an exciting kid's program at St. Marys United. We meet at 10:30 A.M. every Sunday morning (excluding summer holidays) for class and devotion. Children learn the word of God through the teaching of very dedicated instructors. Sunday school is for children ages 3-11.

For more info contact: Gwen Bradley at: administrator@stmarysunitedchurch.org

 

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