Join us for worship on Christmas morning at 10:00am!

Join us for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship.

While Christmas is a season of celebration, it can also be a difficult time for many. Join us for Blue Christmas, in partnership with St. George’s Anglican Church, for a service for those searching for comfort, hope or healing during this Christmas season. t will take place on Wednesday, December 17 at 7:00pm at St. George on Yonge, 5350 Yonge Street.

Join us for a fun, family-friendly evening as we sing our favourite Christmas songs with an upbeat band, enjoy lots of great desserts, and meet the animals from Pawsitively Pets! Admission is free. This is a great event to share with your neighbours, friends and family.

We are also looking for donations of baked items, fruits and veggies. If you would like to contribute, please contact Cheryl at cheryl.chapman@live.ca

You are invited to join Ben Reynolds for a four-part Bible Study: Moments with Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. It will run Sundays on November 16 & 30 and December 7 & 14 from 8:45 - 9:45am in the Children’s Theatre in the church basement. Everyone is welcome to come, learn, and ask questions.

This will be a morning spent wrapping the gifts that are donated for our Christmas Care Project, ‘Hope 4 Holidays’. We will be hosting this on Saturday December 13th from 10:00am - 12:00pm in the Multipurpose Room. All the supplies will be provided and a light brunch will be served too. Anyone is welcome to attend. We believe this will be a great way to do something more personal for these families! If you have any questions, email Holly at hollyquinn@springgardenchurch.ca

If you’d like to donate items towards our Christmas Care Project, visit our website here. Items are due before December 5!

You are invited to join Ben Reynolds for a four-part Bible Study: Moments with Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. It will run Sundays on November 16 & 30 and December 7 & 14 from 8:45 - 9:45am in the Children’s Theatre in the church basement. Everyone is welcome to come, learn, and ask questions.

Hope 4 Holidays: Advent season is approaching and this year, we’re partnering with an organization called Home Suite Hope. Their mission is to break the cycle of poverty for single parents and their children by offering a variety of vital support services. Their Christmas campaign, ‘Hope 4 Holidays’, involves families who are in need being sponsored by donors.

There are a few ways to get involved in this campaign: 

The first way is by donating items. Any one item or gift should be under $50. We as a church have sponsored 5 families and there is a list of gifts and items for each family that we would love to collect and donate to them. The list of items is written on our whiteboard and is available here. You can either write your name or initials by the item(s) you’d like to donate on the whiteboard OR you can email Holly at hollyquinn@springgardenchurch.ca with the item(s) you’d like to donate.

Items can be dropped off on Sundays or during office hours, Monday - Thursday from 9:00am - 4:00pm before December 5. 

The donation collections end in early December because of our Gift Wrapping Party! This will be a morning spent wrapping the gifts that are donated. We will be hosting this on Saturday, December 13 from 10:00am - 12:00pm in the Multipurpose Room. All the supplies will be provided and a light brunch will be served, too. Anyone is welcome to attend. We believe this will be a great way to do something more personal for these families!

If you have any questions, you can email Holly at hollyquinn@springgardenchurch.ca

Does Spring Garden Church feel like 'home' to you? Is this worship community a place where you'd like to set down roots and grow? Perhaps you'd like to consider Membership at Spring Garden Church. Join Esther Penner in the Membership Corner of the West Lounge on Sunday, December 30, following our 10:00am morning worship, to learn more about Membership!

Join us on the First Sunday of Advent for an Intergenerational Worship gathering and a celebration of baptisms!

You are invited to join Ben Reynolds for a four-part Bible Study: Moments with Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. It will run Sundays on November 16 & 30 and December 7 & 14 from 8:45 - 9:45am in the Children’s Theatre in the church basement. Everyone is welcome to come, learn, and ask questions.

We’ll wrap up our current series on hospitality with a Potluck on Sunday, November 23 after our worship gathering at 11:45am. Everyone is welcome! The church will provide desserts and drinks and we invite you to bring a main or side dish to share. We are also looking for volunteers! If you are able to help with set up or clean up, please contact Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca.

Are you interested in learning more about Baptism? During the month of November, we will be holding baptism learning sessions during three Sundays (Nov 9, 16 & 23) from 8:30-9:30am to talk about what baptism is and why it is important. Baptism Sunday is planned for November 30, 2025. Please email Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca to sign up for the baptism learning sessions or if you have any questions. 

Join us this Christmas season on Friday, November 21 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm in the West Lounge for a night of making Christmas cards, watching a Christmas movie, enjoying holiday snacks, and engaging in conversation. Wear your comfortable Christmas clothes and bring a movie blanket if you wish! We ask you to bring your favourite snack for a night of fun and Christmas cheer! Please let us know you are coming and what snack you will bring by filling out the form here. If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Wright at carrie.wright@sgbc.ca.

Are you new to Spring Garden Church? We invite you to join us for a light lunch on Sunday, November 16, after worship and refreshments, from 12:00-2:00pm to meet others and learn more about our church community. This is a chance for us to say welcome and is open to anyone new to Spring since our last New to Spring Lunch! Please let us know you are coming by filling out the form here. If you have any questions, email Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca.

Are you interested in learning more about Baptism? During the month of November, we will be holding baptism learning sessions during three Sundays (Nov 9, 16 & 23) from 8:30-9:30am to talk about what baptism is and why it is important. Baptism Sunday is planned for November 30, 2025. Please email Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca to sign up for the baptism learning sessions or if you have any questions. 

You are invited to join Ben Reynolds for a four-part Bible Study: Moments with Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. It will run Sundays on November 16 & 30 and December 7 & 14 from 8:45 - 9:45am in the Children’s Theatre in the church basement. Everyone is welcome to come, learn, and ask questions.

Donate with Purpose - Compassionate Hearts

Beginning Sunday, October 26 we will be accepting donations of items (clothes, household items, books, etc). The proceeds raised from the donations collected will go towards Compassionate Hearts which empowers families in Northern Uganda to grow food, restore dignity and break the cycle of poverty, reflecting Christ’s love in action.

Click here for the full list of items being accepted.

Donations will be accepted up to Saturday, November 15 when we’ll be holding a Community Collection Day from 9:00am – 1:00pm. For more information, contact Alice by email at partner@compassionateheartscharity.org or by phone at (647) 467-4299.

Compassionate Hearts Flyer

Are you interested in learning more about Baptism? During the month of November, we will be holding baptism learning sessions during three Sundays (Nov 9, 16 & 23) from 8:30-9:30am to talk about what baptism is and why it is important. Baptism Sunday is planned for November 30, 2025. Please email Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca to sign up for the baptism learning sessions or if you have any questions. 

Halloween night (Friday, October 31) is a great time for you to be a light in your community. For those who don’t do Halloween in your own neighbourhood or who live in condos, we are looking for volunteers who would be interested in organizing and/or giving out candy here at the church building. We are also looking for donations of nut-free candy to give out. If you can help, please email us at office@springgardenchurch.ca

NeighbourLink North York is hosting a Halloween-themed Newcomers Welcome Tea on Tuesday, October 28, from 6:00-8:00pm here at Spring Garden Church! They are also looking for volunteers who can offer support anytime between 5:00pm-8:30pm, whether it be helping with set up, clean up, serving, or chatting with newcomers. It would be especially helpful to have volunteers who speak Cantonese, Farsi, Mandarin, Russian, Turkish, Spanish or Ukrainian. If you are interested in volunteering, please email Lily Su at lily.su@neighbourlink.org or call 437-800-1631. For more information or to register for the event, visit neighbourlink.org/newcomers.

Join us for our Fall Clean-Up, both inside and outside, following worship on Sunday, October 26 from 12:00-2:00pm. We’ll have lunch first and then start cleaning! This day will be an opportunity to work together as a community and care for the resources and facilities God has given us. All are welcome! If you are planning to attend, please contact Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca.

During the month of October we will be taking up a collection of new and used summer clothing and shoes to send to impoverished areas of metro Manila and beyond. Please remember, the Philippines is a hot country! You can donate summer clothing for children and adult clothing in small sizes. There are also 8-10 youth groups who would love to have board games to play, especially during rainy season and typhoon season. They're a great way to invite new community members to join and stick around for Bible Studies! You can drop off your donations in the designated boxes in the lobby.

Please bring all donations in by Sunday, October 19.

If you have any questions, please email Jen Chrystman at jenchrystman313@hotmail.com

On Sunday, October 12, we will be hosting a potluck after worship at 11:45am. Everyone is welcome and we encourage you to bring your favourite dish to share. We are also looking for volunteers! If you are able to help with set-up and clean-up, please contact Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca

On Sunday, October 5 we will be having a fire drill after our Worship Gathering to practice our fire safety plans. There will also be a fire truck on hand!

As people who worship a triune God, we believe we are called to embrace spiritual growth as a collective, not simply as individuals. We also believe that we are all made in the image of God and are therefore created to belong in community. With these things in mind, we invite you to be part of a Communal Discipleship Group for six weeks this fall. We will be starting a study on hospitality and will go through the book "A Meal with Jesus" by Tim Chester.

If you would like to join a group starting the week of October 5, please sign up here by Sunday, October 5.

If you have any questions, email Sam at samlee@springgardenchurch.ca.

September 30 is Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.

Here are some ideas on how you can observe and honour this day.

• Join the Truth and Reconciliation Week daily Lunch and Learn webinars. For more information, visit trw-svr.nctr.ca/lunch-and-learns/

• Wear Orange: Orange Shirt Day is a commemorative day led by Indigenous communities to raise awareness about the intergenerational impacts of residential schools on children, families, and communities. It honours Indigenous children who were lost in the residential school system.

On Sunday, September 28, we will be having an Intergenerational worship gathering, acknowledging National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Children and youth will remain upstairs for worship. We invite you to wear orange.

Join us on Sunday, September 21 for our annual Vocational Commissioning where we will bless each person as they seek to pursue God’s mission through their respective vocation(s) during our 10:00am worship gathering.

If you would like to learn more about this, click here.

NeighbourLink North York's Willowdale Yard Sale is back by popular demand! The sale will be held here at Spring Garden, and at Lansing United, on Saturday, September 20 from 9:00am –1:00pm. If you are interested in helping out at the yard sale, please email us at office@springgardenchurch.ca.