Upcoming Services
Worship Schedule Spring/Summer 2026
Worship Schedule Spring and Summer 2026. No services in August 2026. Services resume Sunday, September 6 at 11:15 AM in person and online.
All in the Family Summer Sermon Series
“All in the Family” Summer Sermon Series — As the Desert Turns: The Rescue of Hagar and Ishmael
As the Desert Turns:
The Rescue of Hagar and Ishmael
Genesis 21:8-21 — In a desolate desert, a new nation is born.
Sarah demands Hagar and Ishmael be sent away, fearing for Isaac’s inheritance. Abraham hesitates, but God reassures him: Isaac carries the covenant, yet Ishmael won’t be abandoned. Cast into the wilderness with dwindling supplies, Hagar fears her son will die of thirst—until a divine intervention reveals a hidden well and renews God’s promise. Ishmael survives, growing up under God’s protection to forge his own destiny in the desert.
All in the Family Summer Sermon Series
“All in the Family” Summer Sermon Series — All My Descendants: The Call of Abraham and Sarah
All My Descendants:
Abraham and Sarah
Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 — From laughter the promise of God is fulfilled.
Three mysterious strangers show up at Abraham’s tent with a bombshell prediction: 90-year-old Sarah is having a baby. She can’t help but laugh from the shadows… Cut to a year later: the impossible happens. Isaac is born, Abraham’s faith pays off, and Sarah gets the last laugh—A story about timing, patience, and a promise that finally delivers.
Community
The More You Gnow* with Rev. Cynthia O’Connell: Ruach and nephesh
*A play on the greek word gnosis, which means knowledge. Each month Rev. Cynthia will share a theological, or churchy word/phrase and its meaning. Since we are in the season after Pentecost let’s talk about the Spirit and its biblical Read more
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June Sunday School Update
The weather remains unpredictable, but we’ve had a lot of lovely days at Sunday School. We’ve spent some time on a new activity of nature logs in observing the world around us and making Zine’s of our findings. A zine is a short form magazine entrenched in DIY culture, a culture that aims to move art away from institutionalized publishing and companies and into the hands of communities and artists.
175th Anniversary Cookbook
Archives – Recipe of the Month (with Jello™)!
From the Glebe Archives: A recipe from the 1972 church cookbook written by the Women of Glebe Road United Church in Toronto, ON, Canada. The recipe features lime green Jello, horseradish, onions and pineapple. Jello salads were inexplicably popular in the 1970s. New recipes shared every month.
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Pride Parade June 28th: Come walk with us!
Come join with other United Church congregations as we once again march in this year’s pride parade. Rev. Cynthia will be walking and heading to the parade after service on June 28th.
Community
Refugee Sponsorship Update
Our committee continues to work closely with our local Member of Parliament and with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada as we seek to advance the family’s application to come to Canada.
Financial donations to support our refugee family are greatly appreciated and especially needed at this time. We ask that you continue to remember our refugee family, and all those affected by the conflict, in your prayers.
Front Page Feature
Glebe Road United Church Heat Pump Fundraiser
Summers have been hot the last few years and weather predictions for this and future summers suggest that temperatures are only going to heat up making our little church on Glebe virtually unusable in Summer. We have investigated cooling systems Read more
Community
2025 Annual General Meeting
Members and adherents are welcome to join us in the Larkman Room on Sunday, April 19 at approximately 1 PM (after the Sunday Service) for Glebe’s 2025 Annual General Meeting.
