Worship
Sunday Morning Services
10:30 a.m.
Minister: Rev. Elizabeth Macdonald
Service in the Sanctuary followed by Coffee Hour in the Lower Hall
Wheelchair accessible
Assistive Listening Devices available
Introducing Rev. Elizabeth Macdonald
Children and Youth Art Program:
Many Gifts - One Spirit : Exploring Spirituality through Creative Arts for Children & Youth
Our youth program, Many Gifts One Spirit resumes this morning at 10:30 AM for ages 4-9 and at 4:00 PM on Monday for ages 9-16. On Sunday morning, children are finished at the end of the worship service.
Sundays 10:30 a.m. - children under ten
Mondays 4-5:30 p.m. - Youth
Hospitality for our youngest children!
A “drop-in centre” for children (up to 4 years old) and their parents is set up in the Chapel. No supervision is available but if your little one is restless, needs to play and have some space, please check out this inviting option.
Join us for traditional and contemporary worship: for dramatic dialogues or inspiring preaching on issues of the day in light of the Gospel of Christ. Listen to the wonderful Casavant pipe organ, the Sydenham Street Choir, or the grand piano. Connect with timeless church music or some jazz or African-American spirituals. Find a moment of peace in our church community.
Upcoming Services:
Our Easter journey at Sydenham Street United
A letter from Reverend Elizabeth Macdonald
Be part of updating and expanding what The United Church of Canada believes!
Add your voice and cast your ballot as Sydenham Street United Church joins congregations and presbyteries across The United Church of Canada in voting on Remit 6, a proposal to elevate the status and authority of three statements of faith – The Song of Faith (2006), A New Creed (1968) and the 1940 Statement of Faith – by adding them to the 20 Articles of Faith already in the Doctrine Section of the Basis of Union (our denomination’s constitution)
More information:
Our Words of Faith: A resource document prepared for the remit (January to May 2012) concerning the Doctrine section of the Basis of Union of The United Church of Canada, Preparing for SSUC’s vote on Remit 6.
Services - Easter Road to Pentacost
Sunday, May 20 Easter 6 - Ascension Sunday on the Easter Road to Pentecost, Faith in Transition
Sacrament of Baptism
Bulletin, Music
Sunday, May 27 Easter 7 - Road to Pentecost, A Vision of Many Colours
More information on upcoming services - A Season of Sunday Services
Information on Weddings, Baptisms, Funerals
Introducing Reverend Elizabeth Macdonald
Rev. Elizabeth Macdonald accepted the call to Sydenham Street United Church in 2002, having been drawn to Sydenham Street United
Church’s choice to be an Affirming Congregation. She also found its long standing commitments to worship & music, and outreach & social justice to be a good match for her. The rich heritage of an historic old stone church in downtown Kingston provided an additional appeal. But it is the congregation’s willingness to engage in serious discernment of God’s call into renewed identity and mission, and then to take the necessary leap of faith into the emerging vision that has become so compelling for Elizabeth and keeps her energized.
Elizabeth has been actively involved other levels of the United Church, and is also committed to ecumenical and inter-faith initiatives primarily in the area of social justice and the arts.
In June 2010, Elizabeth celebrated her 25th Anniversary of Ordination. She has served congregations in rural Manitoba, Cambridge Ontario, the GTA and downtown Toronto. Her studies at the Centre for Christian Studies, Emmanuel College and Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge Massachusetts have shaped her theology and practice of ministry.
Elizabeth’s partner, the Reverend Dr. Nan Hudson, also a United Church minister, is Executive Director of ICA Canada. Since moving to Kingston, they have, with congregational support that is deeply appreciated, made three pilgrimages. In 2002 they travelled to Iona, and in 2006 to Assisi and Rome. In 2008 they walked 800km of the Camino de Santiago. In the summer of 2010 their family grew to include a Corgi puppy named Olwen who, daily, brings increased exercise and unlimited exuberance into their lives!
