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

January 4 2026 Link

December 28 2025 Link

December 24 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
DK Youth Group Update

Join us! Bring a friend! Bring your smile!

The Little Drummer Dude
~ Did you miss the service?
click here to watch ~

Coffee Hour

1^st and 3^rd Sunday each month

January 4^th 2026
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.

Taking a break
we’ll return January 8th
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 –

The United Church Women

Normally meet in the Parlour,
the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30pm
(except January, July and August)
Come join us!

Thank you to everyone who supported
our St. Paul’s Sweetest Season
Purdys Chocolate Fundraiser.
Enjoy your premium Canadian chocolates and we’ll announce the fundraising
results in 2026! – Christina –

Congregational Life

Open Gym Returns for the 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, January 23^rd, 2026
Friday, February 27^th, 2026
Friday, March 27^th, 2026

Faith Formation:

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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Theology Study
Tuesday evenings on the couches in the Discovery Room from 7pm – 8pm

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 –

Lifelong Learning Series

The series will continue in 2026. If you have topics you are interested in, please share them with the office. Thank you.

Outreach

Annual Advent/Christmas Food Drive

Thank you to everyone for your generous donations
for those less fortunate including,
The Gift of Grace Soup Kitchen,
The Guesthouse Shelter and
Rosewood Shelter.
This year we highlighted various items as a way of recognizing the theme of Advent, in a practical, compassionate and dignifying way.
– Joan Whitman –
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Regardless of your ability to donate, we encouraged 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.

— Make a 2026 Resolution to Volunteer —

How about considering your Church to fulfill your resolution? There are opportunities right now at St. Paul’s for:

Social Hour volunteer: We need folks who will help set up, serve and clean up for our twice monthly Social/Coffee Hour following Sunday worship. Baking isn’t a requirement, but helpful. We could also use folks who may not be able to set up, but could make a batch of cookies etc. to donate once a month.
Greeting/Usher: Every Sunday there are folks who greet you at the door, welcome new-comers and take up the offering. Some of our teams are very thin and would appreciate more volunteers.

“Each of these groups work on a monthly basis, three times a year for greeters and six times a year for Social Hour. Please contact me at 705-526-2186 or smthompsin@gmail.com if you have any questions or wish to volunteer.”

– Sheila –

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

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

Well the tree ended up on it’s side this past week. Thank you to Jim, Jim and Bruce for getting it standing again.

Advent 4 & Christmas Eve

Minister Musings ~

Sunday, January 4, 2026
Rev. Kirsty Hunter.

Beyond Sunday: The Epiphany

Years ago, when our children were small, Christmas was a busy flurry of visits from one family to the other to make sure that all the grandparents had time with the grandchildren, and the grandchildren had time with their grandparents. It was good. And we made many wonderful memories. But it felt, at times, like we were being stretched. So one year, my husband came up with a plan. Christmas was for the whole family, for travelling, for presents, for activities. But twelfth night would be for us. We would gather, just our small family, put the decorations away, and then have a special meal. It was really lovely. After running around, we had a chance to take a breath. To set everything in order. To prepare for the New Year. It was the deep breath. The cleansing breath. The preparation breath. The strengthening breath.

“I have always carried that feeling into worship on the first Sunday of the New Year. Deep breath. Here we go!”

– Rev. Kirsty

God is creating new paths and possibilities,

as we prepare for where we are going.

Christ is freeing us with newfound love and grace,

as we learn from where we have been.

The Spirit is revealing new dreams to guide us,

as we start our journey home on a new path.

We take courage in the assurance that God goes with us;

we affirm our call to go where Christ leads; and we trust the Spirit to guide us through the challenging space between, where we have been, where we are, and where we are going.

Surely, we are not alone.

Thanks be to God.

Aadapted from Prayer for Times of Change, The United Church of Canada.

-Kirsty-

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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