Challenge 4 Change Games Night & Silent Auction

Saturday, April 18, 7 pm to 10 pm

A fun evening for a great cause!

At Runnymede United Church

Crokinole, Euchre, Trivia Quizzes, Dominoes, and Bananagrams

Wine Bar, Complimentary Snacks, Door Prizes, and Silent Auction!

 All proceeds in support of Village of Love Canada. Help impoverished Kenyan women caring for orphaned children to meet the extreme challenges of feeding their children and keeping them in school!

Tickets start at $35 or contribute more and get a tax receipt.

For event details and to purchase your tickets, visit the website here: https://www.villageoflovecanada.org/challenge-for-change/

Do you struggle to explain the mystery and difficulties of death to young ones in your life? Join our workshop with social worker and counselor, Lisa Robinson, for our upcoming workshop, Hard Conversations with Kids: Death & Dying, on Sunday, March 29th, from noon to 1:30. To register, contact revlaura@runnymedeunited.org. 

Read more here: Death happens, but so often we feel ill-equipped to speak with the children we care for about it. Join Lisa in exploring how to talk about and support a child while they learn about and/or experience a death in their life.

All are welcome for our delicious and nutritious Community Meal the last Saturday of the month! The menu is our famous vegetable soup, salad, roast beef and roast potatoes with gravy, steamed vegetables, and homemade dessert. 

Our doors open for community time, coffee, tea, fruit, and cookies at 4pm. Dinner is served at 5pm. Enjoy live music while dinner is served! 

To volunteer, please contact Rev. Laura.

“An activist priest provides sanctuary for an encampment of unhoused people in her churchyard near Kensington Market, Toronto.  Known as an outspoken social justice activist, author Maggie Helwig has spent the last three years getting to know the residents and fighting tooth and nail to allow them to stay, battling various authorities that want to clear the yard.  Encampment tells the story of Helwig’s life-long activism as preparation for her fight to keep her churchyard open to people needing a home. More importantly, it introduces us to some of the residents: their lives, their challenges, their humanity." (Adapted from publisher)

We will meet in person on three consecutive Tuesday evenings: March 3, 10 and 17, from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the Kingsbury Room at the Runnymede Campus to discuss the book and issues raised by it. Leaders:  Katrina Hall and Monica McGlynn-Stewart.  To sign up or ask for more information, please email hall.katrina@outlook.com or see Monica at the sign-up table in Memorial Hall after church on Feb. 1, 15th or 22nd.  You can purchase a book from Monica as well.

P.S. The book is under 200 pages long, an easy read on a complex topic.

Join us on Sunday, March 15 for a special service featuring reflections shared by members of our congregation. Following the service, everyone is invited to stay and enjoy pie together.

Join us for a warm meal and great community at Runnymede United Church!

🗓 Saturday, March 14, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 11:30 AM
🍽 Lunch served at 12:00 PM
📍 432 Runnymede Road (North of Runnymede Station)

Come enjoy good food, friendly conversation, and community connection. All are welcome!

Faith and Formation

All are welcome to a weekly online gathering to reflect on poetry or spiritual text. 

We invite voluntary responses and wait in silence until someone speaks. We are a friendly group and guided by Spirit we support one another.

We close with a prayer circle. However you come is okay.

First time attendees: Contact church office

Tuesdays 7:00pm to 8:00pm

On ZOOM

To register Phone: 416-767-6729

Email: office@runnymedeunited.org

“An activist priest provides sanctuary for an encampment of unhoused people in her churchyard near Kensington Market, Toronto.  Known as an outspoken social justice activist, author Maggie Helwig has spent the last three years getting to know the residents and fighting tooth and nail to allow them to stay, battling various authorities that want to clear the yard.  Encampment tells the story of Helwig’s life-long activism as preparation for her fight to keep her churchyard open to people needing a home. More importantly, it introduces us to some of the residents: their lives, their challenges, their humanity." (Adapted from publisher)

We will meet in person on three consecutive Tuesday evenings: March 3, 10 and 17, from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the Kingsbury Room at the Runnymede Campus to discuss the book and issues raised by it. Leaders:  Katrina Hall and Monica McGlynn-Stewart.  To sign up or ask for more information, please email hall.katrina@outlook.com or see Monica at the sign-up table in Memorial Hall after church on Feb. 1, 15th or 22nd.  You can purchase a book from Monica as well.

P.S. The book is under 200 pages long, an easy read on a complex topic.

Faith and Formation

All are welcome to a weekly online gathering to reflect on poetry or spiritual text. 

We invite voluntary responses and wait in silence until someone speaks. We are a friendly group and guided by Spirit we support one another.

We close with a prayer circle. However you come is okay.

First time attendees: Contact church office

Tuesdays 7:00pm to 8:00pm

On ZOOM

To register Phone: 416-767-6729

Email: office@runnymedeunited.org

"An activist priest provides sanctuary for an encampment of unhoused people in her churchyard near Kensington Market, Toronto.  Known as an outspoken social justice activist, author Maggie Helwig has spent the last three years getting to know the residents and fighting tooth and nail to allow them to stay, battling various authorities that want to clear the yard.  Encampment tells the story of Helwig’s life-long activism as preparation for her fight to keep her churchyard open to people needing a home. More importantly, it introduces us to some of the residents: their lives, their challenges, their humanity." (Adapted from publisher)

We will meet in person on three consecutive Tuesday evenings: March 3, 10 and 17, from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the Kingsbury Room at the Runnymede Campus to discuss the book and issues raised by it. Leaders:  Katrina Hall and Monica McGlynn-Stewart.  To sign up or ask for more information, please email hall.katrina@outlook.com or see Monica at the sign-up table in Memorial Hall after church on Feb. 1, 15th or 22nd.  You can purchase a book from Monica as well.

P.S. The book is under 200 pages long, an easy read on a complex topic.

All are welcome for our delicious and nutritious Community Meal the last Saturday of the month! The menu is our famous vegetable soup, salad, roast beef and roast potatoes with gravy, steamed vegetables, and homemade dessert. 

Our doors open for community time, coffee, tea, fruit, and cookies at 4pm. Dinner is served at 5pm. Enjoy live music while dinner is served! 

To volunteer, please contact Rev. Laura.

Brian McLaren (2024) offers a nuanced exploration of hope, grief, and the transformative power of rethinking how we live, connect, and act in turbulent times. 

A timely guide for cultivating resilience, courage, and wisdom in facing today’s challenges.   

A six-week study:  Thursday, January 22 to February 26

7 to 8:30 pm on Zoom

Please arrange to get your own copy of the book.

Discussion questions will be sent out in advance of each week’s discussion.

To register contact Phone: 416-767-6729

Email: office@runnymedeunited.org

What happens to our faith as we age? We all age differently, and God calls each of us to new spiritual birth as we mature and deepen our faith. 

This study will help to explore:

* The journey of retirement

* Lifestyle changes

* New limitations

* New opportunities that come with aging well

5-week study beginning February 5th, 26. Thursdays at 2pm. 

In-person @ Runnymede campus and by Zoom. 

Co-leaders - Rev. Laura Gallagher-Doucette, and Judy Hauserman.

To register, call 416-767-6729 or email office@runnymedeunited.org

Faith and Formation

All are welcome to a weekly online gathering to reflect on poetry or spiritual text. 

We invite voluntary responses and wait in silence until someone speaks. We are a friendly group and guided by Spirit we support one another.

We close with a prayer circle. However you come is okay.

First time attendees: Contact church office

Tuesdays 7:00pm to 8:00pm

On ZOOM

To register Phone: 416-767-6729

Email: office@runnymedeunited.org

Brian McLaren (2024) offers a nuanced exploration of hope, grief, and the transformative power of rethinking how we live, connect, and act in turbulent times. 

A timely guide for cultivating resilience, courage, and wisdom in facing today’s challenges.   

A six-week study:  Thursday, January 22 to February 26

7 to 8:30 pm on Zoom

Please arrange to get your own copy of the book.

Discussion questions will be sent out in advance of each week’s discussion.

To register contact Phone: 416-767-6729

Email: office@runnymedeunited.org

What happens to our faith as we age? We all age differently, and God calls each of us to new spiritual birth as we mature and deepen our faith. 

This study will help to explore:

* The journey of retirement

* Lifestyle changes

* New limitations

* New opportunities that come with aging well

5-week study beginning February 5th, 26. Thursdays at 2pm. 

In-person @ Runnymede campus and by Zoom. 

Co-leaders - Rev. Laura Gallagher-Doucette, and Judy Hauserman.

To register, call 416-767-6729 or email office@runnymedeunited.org

Wednesday, February 18th, 7:00pm

In-person: Windermere Campus

356 Windermere Avenue

Online: YouTube.