Churches on the Hill
The Churches on-the-Hill group is an ecumenical association of Christian churches in the Yonge and St. Clair area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] The group works together on projects such as the Churches on-the-Hill Food Bank and other outreach projects to aid the local and wider community.
The member churches hold occasional ecumenical worship services, most notably an annual Advent Service and a Good Friday Walk. The food bank sponsored by the Churches on-the-Hill is located at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.[2]
The group celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2006 with the issuance of a DVD, Churches on-the-Hill: A 50 Year Anniversary Celebration 1956–2006. The group originally began with six member churches: Grace Church on-the-Hill, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Deer Park United Church, Calvin Presbyterian Church, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, and Christ Church Deer Park. The member churches held a service once a month in the fall and winter, with services conducted by the ministers in turn.
Current members
The nine current member churches are:
- Calvin Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in Canada)
- Christ Church Deer Park (Anglican Church of Canada)
- Deer Park United Church (United Church of Canada)
- Grace Church on-the-Hill (Anglican Church of Canada)
- Holy Rosary Church (Roman Catholic)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (Roman Catholic)
- St. John's Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia)
- Timothy Eaton Memorial Church (United Church of Canada)
- Yorkminster Park Baptist Church (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec)