We are a growing, vibrant and progressive Christian community in the heart of downtown Toronto.
We continue to help contain the spread of COVID-19 with a blend of online and in-person worship services. We hold in prayer all affected by the pandemic.
Sunday Worship – Online
Today is Proper 11B in the liturgical year. We gather online through Zoom. Join us after the service for a Zoom coffee-time. We will pause after the announcements to give […]
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Compline – Online
Compline is a Christian tradition of bedtime prayers. The name comes from a Latin word meaning ‘completion’ (completorium). These traditional prayers unveil God’s grace in all of our endings—the day’s end, […]
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Honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Each Monday at noon, beginning on Monday, May 31 to the end of June, our bell will toll seven times, every four seconds, to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women […]
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Mid-day Prayer
Join members of the community for mid-day prayer on Zoom at 12:15 PM. For about 20 minutes we pause to hear scripture read and to pray for what’s on our […]
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Indigenous Solidarity Working Group – Bell Tolling
Beginning on Monday, May 31 and every Monday throughout the month of June, the Church of the Redeemer’s bell will toll seven times at noon every four seconds to honour the missing Indigenous women and girls across Canada. The number seven is to acknowledge the Seven Grandfather Teachings, while the four seconds is in reference […]
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A Fast of the Earth – Lent 2021
The Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care, Diocese of Toronto has created a Lenten resource – A Fast for the Earth. The resource provides a fast for each week of Lent: meat, consumption, food waste, water, injustice, electricity and ignorance fasts. We hope this will be a meaningful part of your Lent this year. The resource: […]
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Daily Bread Food Bank – Agency Spotlight: The Redeemer
In their January, 2021 newsletter, the Daily Bread Food Bank selected Redeemer’s The Common Table for its “Agency Spotlight”. They highlight the outreach work done for many years before COVID-19 and the changes made to respond to the greater need during the pandemic. The Common Table continues to provide services to the larger number of […]
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Celebrating Epiphany at Home
This year, we haven’t been able to celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord with processions and story-telling the way we usually do. We can begin some new traditions, however, with an Epiphany home blessing. The resource below and a piece of chalk is all you need. Epiphany Home Blessing
Read MoreSunday Evenings at the Redeemer: Bach Vespers, Rock Eucharist, Evensong or Taize Services
Sunday evenings at the Redeemer put a special emphasis on music, with services throughout the month: our Rock Eucharists spotlight contemporary music, while our Bach Vespers feature Bach's glorious Cantatas. We also offer meditative music in our Taizé Sundays, and traditional liturgical music on our Evensong services.
Compline – Online
Compline – Online
Drop-In Program at the Redeemer
Our Drop-In Program is open Monday-Friday, 8-11:45 AM.
We offer a welcome and safe place for people in our neighbourhood who may be struggling, homeless or in need of a meal, or simply looking for a place to belong.
‘When you don’t have a consistent place to call home, Redeemer is like one. I consider it my home in the morning.’
- program participant
