St. Paul's United Church

Welcome to
St. Paul's United Church
Midland, Ontario

We're glad you're here.

We invite you to come and experience life at St. Paul’s. We’re an inclusive Christian community that welcomes everyone regardless of age, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious tradition, economic status, political affiliation, or ability.
All. Are. Welcome.
The St. Paul’s community has served the Midland area for over 125 years. We’re a forward-looking community committed to living Jesus’ message through worship and a wide range of social justice and outreach programs.

Come and participate in spiritual life with us.

About Us

We’re an inclusive community aiming to follow Jesus’ example.

Worship & Music

Worship & Music are alive and well here at St. Paul’s.

Living Our Faith

Engaging spirituality and sharing our faith

Outreach & Social Justice

Turn compassion into action, Join our community outreach.

Church Life

News, Events & Gallery

December 14 2025 Link

December 7 2025 Link

November 30 2025 Link

Office Hours

Our administrator John Craig is in the office
Monday thru Friday from 9am to noon!
Please note

Pastoral Care

Please contact Rev. Kirsty Hunter at 705 717 1918.
She wants to know if you are in hospital
and seeking a visit from her.
Please use her direct phone number at all times to reach her, as there isn’t always someone in the church office to answer the regular phone line.
You can also email her at revkirsty@gmail.com

Expressions of our
Sympathy and Condolences
together with funeral, life celebration and memorial service information can all be found by clicking HERE

DISCOVERY KIDS
Join us! Bring a friend! Bring your smile!

Rehearsals for
The Little Drummer Dude

~ Saturdays 11am to 12:30pm ~

Coffee Hour

1^st and 3^rd Sunday each month

December 7th 2025
fellowship*coffee/tea*goodies

Special
ONLINE Coffee Hour
March 29^th2026
after Sunday Worship at 11:30am.
We’ll supply a Zoom link, so keep an eye on the Weekly Update. ~ Kirsty

Men’s Breakfast
Saturday, January 31^st@ 9am
Mom’s Restaurant.
Gather with the guys for some food, fellowship and interesting conversation.
All men of the congregation are welcome.

Connecting Together
Come join us
make connections with others
as we take time for
conversation, storytelling,
tea/treats, fun and fellowship.
Every Thursday
2 ~ 2:30pm
For details click HERE

Would any of our members or friends appreciate a friendly visit or phone call
or be interested in making that
friendly visit or phone call?
Contact Sheila for further info.705-526-2186.
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Forum for Faith and Science
2^nd and 4^th Friday
each month between September and June
from 10am to 12pm in the Parlour.
Our purpose is to openly enjoy discussing our ideas and experiences relative to the book we study. Currently we are exploring ‘Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart’ by Brian McLaren. If you are interested please come along and attend! For more information please give me a call at (705) 549-4483.” – Ray Porth –

Our Pot Luck Christmas Luncheon
Tuesday, December 9th at 12:30pm.
All ladies in the church are welcome!
Please bring a donation of personal items for the Gift of Grace Soup Kitchen
e.g. toothpaste, deodorant, socks, etc.
If you have any questions, please call Judy at 705-529-1826.
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Normally we meet in the Parlour,
the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30pm
(except July and August)
Come join us!

Bake Sale
Sunday November 30^th
A great big Thank You!
to everyone who baked or bought.
– Marlis Dupuis –

Christmas Day Drop-In

~ THIS IS IT ~
Pick up your order!
Please pick up your Purdys order in the Atrium on:
Friday, December 12^th
from 10:30am to 1:30pm
Saturday, December 13^th
from 9:00am to 12:00pm
Sunday, December 14^th
from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Thank you for supporting our fundraiser.
We’ll announce the results in January!
– Christina –

Congregational Life

Open Gym Returns for the Fall and Winter!
Mark your Calendars… Drop-in after dinner and let the kids free-play in the gym while you hang out with other adults or just sit and watch while they play. Please wear shoes for running around and bring a water bottle. Light snacks will be available. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. – Rebecca Amadei –

5:30pm to 7:30pm in the Great Hall
Friday, November 28^th
Friday, January 23^rd, 2026
Friday, February 27^th, 2026
Friday, March 27^th, 2026

Faith Formation:

Theology Study using
Separation of Church and Hate
Tuesday evenings on the couches in the Discovery Room from 7pm – 8pm
Bible Study
Tuesday mornings in the Meeting Room from 10am – 11am.
Bring your own Bible
or borrow one from the Church.
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We put together a survey offering everyone
(who completes it) a chance to be entered into a draw
to win a copy of the book the theology group will be studying

The book : Separation of Church and Hate:
A Sane Person’s Guide to
Taking Back the Bible from
Fundamentalists, Fascists,
and Flock-Fleecing Frauds.

– Victoria Tovell –

The Bay Sound Choir organization and St. Paul’s United Church
Memorial Poinsettia
for December 7^th, 14^th, 21^st
and Christmas Eve.
the poinsettias will be delivered Saturday, December 6^th and will be on display in the sanctuary from Sunday Worship on December 7th. Purchases that are not for chancel memorials may be picked up Saturday, December 6^th in the sanctuary between 1 – 4pm.

Outreach

Annual Christmas Food Drive
Our focus during Advent is
Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.
This annual Food Drive can be an important way to reach out to our community in practical ways.
Click HERE for details on what we are collecting and where you can drop your donation. Remember every bit is helpful.
We are grateful for the many helping hands in our community.
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Regardless of your ability to donate, we encourage you to click on the link below to learn how food insecurity is impacting those in our community and what we can do to address equitable
access to nutrition.

Joan Whitman and her crew served
450 cups of hot chocolate
to the community at the
Santa Claus Parade
It was a wonderful way for us to be present with our neighbours.
A very special thanks to everyone
(hot chocolate was donated by
Midland Food Basics).

Our Foodgrains Campaign
is complete and we are pleased to advise that thanks to your generosity we raised $17,555.30! Add the $2,500 from the Trust fund for a grand total of $20,055.30
And remember all our donations will be matched 4:1 by the Canadian Government.

Lifelong Learning Series
Fraud and Scams
Thursday 20^th November
@ 2pm here at St Paul’s we had an interesting presentation by Mr. Tom Cheel of the CAFC

Thank you Tom and the Life Long Learning Team.

Join our Cooking Crew

The popular – Stock Exchange – soup sales have resumed!
Soup is frozen in 500ml containers.
$6 each or 2 for $10.
Proceeds help fund outreach efforts.
Would you like to join our crew?
Come and have fun with us
while we cook!
Interested? talk to Heather, Zena or Carol MacDonald

Women’s Grief Group
not active at this time

Men’s Grief Group
not active at this time

You Are Needed

Our teams of greeters seem to have shrunk recently and we’re looking for fresh volunteers to help.
There are four teams and each team greets at the doors and collects offering for one month, three times a year.
Please contact Sheila if you’d like more info or wish to volunteer.
We have a variety of committees and other volunteer positions available here at the church.
Without our volunteers, we couldn’t be the church, so please prayerfully ponder if you might be able to help.
Some of our committees meet in person, others by Zoom.
Please call the church office or Carolyn Hendry, our Chair of the Board, and we will be happy to speak to you and
explore where you might feel you are able to contribute, even if only for a few hours every now and then.
We are open Monday thru Friday mornings from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and can be reached by phone at 705-526-6077 or email at stpaulsunited@rogers.com.

United Church of Canada 100-year anniversary
As part of our 100 Trees Project
at St Paul’s United Church in celebration of
the 100 year anniversary of the UCC
ordered 70 tree seedings from SSEA that were ready to go into the ground. – 10 each of …: White Pine, White Spruce, Tamarack, Red/Silver Maple Hybrid, Nannyberry and 20x Red-Osier Dogwood. Pat File organized this with a few helpers. Photos of the tree or shrub when planting were sent in to be part of our display.
If you planted your own tree or shrub – we continue to track in hopes of celebrating 100 trees – we are up to 83.
Contact pat@patriciafile.ca and please email your tree photos to officesecretaryspuc@gmail.com.

100 Year Celebrations here at St. Paul’s
Picnic update – over 100 people attended the 100 yr anniversary picnic at Little Lake Park on June 8th… thanks to the beautiful and tasty box lunches provided by Julie Fong, musical accompaniment by Charlie Carswell and lots of games for children and adults led by Lynne Angus. Souvenir song books are still available at the church.
If anyone has photos to share – please share them by email to officesecretaryspuc@gmail.com . Also check out photos and newsclippings from the 60’s on display in the Atrium courtesy of Liz Rogers. Thanks to all who participated.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Current & Upcoming News & Events

We will also be back performing at the Midland Library on Saturday, December 6th from 2-3:30pm.. We will be joined by some children’s choirs and Vox Femina is also performing.

Hope to see you!

Advent 1

Minister Musings ~

Sunday, December 7, 2025
Rev Kirsty Hunter.

Beyond Sunday: Peace amidst Chaos

Friends,

Are you in the chaotic midst of lists, baking, wrapping, cleaning, Christmas events, special worship services, family, friends…

Or perhaps previous patterns have been replaced by hospitals, doctors, loneliness…

Whatever you are doing, whatever the shape of your life, this time of year can feel like being stuck in snowbank, with the snow still falling. It is beautiful, but overwhelming.

We are approaching the longest night of the year.

Darkness comes early and stays late.

And yet. That beauty is there.

The peaceful muffled sound of a snowstorm is there.

The comfort of warm blankets and hot drinks is there.

What do you need to do so that you can choose peace?

The peace of joy and hope.

Peace rooted in love.

Peace that refreshes and restores.

Peace be with each one of you. – Rev. Kirsty –

God of Peace,

It is so hard to find peace,

in our hearts, in our communities, and in our world.

We ache for it.

We know this is not how you would want us to be.

May your will be done. May your peace prevail.

May our longing for peace lead us on a new journey

to your sacred peace.

Amen.

an Advent prayer by the Rev. Won Hur, originally written for Advent Unwrapped

Discovery Kids

Faith Formation is excited to announce that we have expanded to welcome in some volunteer teachers to help teach the Sunday Discovery Kids lessons. All of our teachers have been approved by and welcomed onto our St. Paul’s Faith Formation Committee. Our current group of teachers include Rebecca Amadei, Heather McDonald, Kim Belfry, Kait Byrick and Lynne Angus.

If anyone is interested in learning more about how to become a volunteer teacher, please reach out to Rebecca Amadei. 226 339 8218 rebeccaamadei@gmail.com.

Community Outreach

We aim to serve others as Jesus did. From Midland to around the globe, we turn compassion into action everyday. Join us.

Territorial Acknowledgment

St. Paul’s United Church recognizes that we are on the traditional and treaty territory of the Anisinabek people, now known as the Chippewa Tri-Council of the Beausoleil First Nation, Rama First Nation and Georgina Island First Nation people and that we seek to be in right relationship with Beausoleil First Nation. We have Inuk people and are the historic homeland of the Metis people. We have had a painful and tragic past; may we together work for a more wonderful, honouring, and dignity-filled future.

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Contact Information

308 King Street
Midland, Ontario L4R 3M6

Phone: 705-526-6077

E-mail: stpaulsunited@rogers.com

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