Welcome to our church. Glebe Road United is an oasis of quiet in the midst of hectic city life. We value the high quality of our music program, the participation of children and youth in worship, and the challenging sermons that make us think. All are welcomed to our worship services, but we are especially happy to see questioners, doubters and those who are tired of simplistic answers to life’s questions. A congregation for over 150 years, Glebe is a caring faith community for all generations.

Why I Go to Church...

"How We Decided on Glebe" by Barbara Buchanan.
Find out how kids in a family new to the neighbourhood find Sunday School and receive a surprise invitation. Read story

Presbytery Rep's Blog

Click here to read Cynthia O’Connell’s blog.

Outreach

St. John the Compassionate Mission
Glebe is involved with St. John the Compassionate Mission, located on Broadview near Queen. If you want to help in any way, contact Ann Atkey here. Opportunities to help include lunch or dinner shifts, Saturday afternoon activities for children, tutoring, working in their food bank, or cleaning their bakery, St. John’s Bakery, which makes some of the finest bread in Toronto. The donation box for St. John the Compassionate Mission is available each Sunday at the Glebe service. Bring your non-perishable foods, household goods and clothing in good repair. We will deliver them to the mission for people who truly need them. To learn more about St. John click here.
 
Out of the Cold at Eastminster United Church
Again this year, Glebe people are invited to help with the dinner shift the last Friday of each month, 6:15-8:30 p.m., from November to March. This year’s dates are: December 30, January 27, February 24, March 30. Please contact coordinator Mary Chalmers here to sign up or for more information.

The history of the church building dates back to the Davisville Methodist Church which celebrated its first worship service in a log cabin on the first Sunday in April 1851.

Soon after that first log cabin was too small, and in 1860 the congregation built a school house, where the first worship services and Sunday school took place. Already in 1865 the congregation needed more space and built a meeting place for about 120 people. The congregation continued to grow and in October of 1886 broke ground for the first church building, where the first worship service was celebrated on the second Sunday in January of 1887.

The cornerstone for today's church building was laid in December 1924; the official opening of this church was on November 1, 1925. In 1929 a pipe organ was added to the church. And in 1946 the congregation decided to build an addition. Construction did not start until 1958, and the grand opening of the “James Carson Taylor Memorial Community Centre” was celebrated on January 10, 1960

Thanks to German United Church