Who We Are?

Welcome to Lawrence Park Community Church.

If you’re church shopping, there are lots of ways to see what we're like. We meet on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. in-person, with free parking, and also live on Zoom. Our services are also recorded, so you can check us out anytime on our YouTube channel.

We are an affirming church, a member of the United Church of Canada. By affirming, we mean that we welcome people of all kinds to our services, and to serve as ministers - all genders, sexualities, races and abilities. If you are queer, you are welcome here just as you are. Oh, and there's no dress code, either. 

Sunday mornings, we gather at 10:30 a.m. for a service which usually runs about an hour and ten minutes. Our lead minister is  Rev. Stephen Milton, who preaches and presides. He is joined by our Pastoral Care and Young Adults Minister, Rev. Roberta Howey. We  have a large choir of up to 20 singers, including five soloists.  They lead us in hymns, and wow us weekly with beautiful anthems and solos chosen from the best of traditional and modern Christian choral music. Our Music Director, Dr Daniel Rubinoff, is a gifted organist, saxophone player and jazz pianist. He makes sure that the musical selections reflect a broad range of spiritual music, and borrows from secular music, too.

Social Justice: We are a progressive church with a strong social justice focus in our sermons, and in our church activities. Our goal is to explore how Christian wisdom can help us navigate and improve the modern world, especially for those who are feeling lost or marginalized. Our practical social justice work focuses on helping to settle refugees, help the homeless get housing, feed homeless youth in shelters, volunteer in out of the cold programs, and aid nearby marginalized communities with food drives and educational resources. 

Young Adults - We have a ministry specifically tailored to people in their 20s+30s called The Front Porch Community. This community meets online and in person, during the week and on Sundays. Most come to Sunday morning services, and also go out on field trips occasionally and host events at the church for themselves, and for the whole congregation. It is a great place to make friends, to learn, have some fun, and help the world. The Front Porch is led by Rev. Roberta Howey.

More than Sunday morning: Our church is a very busy place, both in the building, and within our congregation. We offer many programs live online, which can be found on the front page of this website. Each week, we offer Meditation ( online on Mondays), Tai Chi , and choir and bell practices. We also have monthly events:  Rev. Stephen offers an online Bible study, men and women's groups meet, and there's usually an educational session after the service, offered by our Affirm Committee on topics like equity and social justice issues.

Sunday School:   Each week, the kids join us for the first part of the service, receive a children’s time sermon from one of the ministers . The kids then go upstairs for Sunday school.  It is a warm program focused on learning Bible stories, and how to be a good person.We also have a teacher for the really little ones who need nursery care. 

We hope you’ll drop by and take a look for yourselves sometime soon. We’d love to meet with you and get to know you. If you would like to talk to the minister before or after coming, they would love to hear from you. Stephen can be reached at stephen@lawrenceparkchurch.ca 

We hope that you find what you are looking for. Peace be with you. - Rev. Stephen Milton