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Beginning May 24th, pray 5 minutes of each day for the 40 days leading up to General Conference.

I remember my first time being in the Toronto Pride Parade. It was in June 2011. I was then Co-President of the Ontario Government Employees Pride Network. On a hot, hot, hot day, I was walking alongside dozens of smiling, jumping and mesmerized colleagues. Toronto was saying ‘we love you – you’re all fine – […]

As Canadians, we should feel free and safe to be ourselves.

Red geraniums adorn our sacred space.

Our 2016 first quarter results are in!

Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M., calls for all Members of Parliament to support a private member’s bill that seeks to change two words in O Canada.

An update from your Board of Directors

Jazz/R&B fusion group nominated for Julian Award

The volunteers at the Thrift Shop would like to thank the congregation for their generosity in both their donations and purchases over the last year.

The initial results from our Church of the Future survey have been very enlightening. Many of you have asked if it’s too late to take the survey. Well, it’s not! We’d love to include your feedback in the results that we’ll be publishing in the new year. If you haven’t completed the survey, take a […]

On Sunday, November 29, we begin the season of Advent.

TREAT – the Trans* Education and Awareness Team invite you to join us Friday, November 20, at Nathan Phillips Square for the annual Trans* Flag Raising at City Hall at 3:30 p.m. Also, please join us at the 519 Community Centre for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance program at 7:00 p.m. The Transgender Day […]

The Thrift Shop has received a very generous donation of a signed and numbered, limited edition print by the late Toronto artist Steve Walker. Steve was an internationally known painter who died unexpectedly in 2012. His work has been exhibited in many prestigious galleries around the world and will also be familiar from local exhibitions […]

Popular YouTube blogger Davey Wavey visited MCC Toronto this August to talk to diverse LGBT couples about their experience of love. Many of you were interviewed by Davey… and now we can see the result! Enjoy this heartwarming video featuring folks from our community!

“What are you thankful for?” It has become tradition to ask this question around the table at Thanksgiving. In these exciting times, most of us have immense riches as well as ponderous problems, and the latter can prevent us from seeing the former. By asking ourselves this question, we can show ourselves that we really […]

View the 800 year old document that brought the rule of law into our justice system.

Thursday, October 22

August 3 was New Brunswick Day, and the province of Rev. Dr. Hawkes’ birth celebrated by naming ten accomplished New Brunswickers to the Order of New Brunswick. From the provincial government’s website: “The award honours current or former long-time residents of New Brunswick who have demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in […]

This Sunday, our guest preacher is someone who is familiar to MCC Toronto – on weekdays. Now, he will be with us to share his moving story at worship. Jeffrey White is a teacher at the Triangle Program, Canada’s only alternative highschool for LGBTQ youth who have encountered bullying in the regular school system. He […]

Those of you who attended the gala celebration of Brent’s 65th birthday on June 10 will remember the wonderful collection of video greetings that were shown throughout dinner. And those of you who were unable to attend should have a chance to see all those heartwarming videos! So we have finally collected them all in […]

We have received some warm thank yous recently from some friends of the church, thank yous which are directed at YOU, the congregation and donors, for your warmth and generosity in recent weeks. We wanted to make sure everyone gets a chance to read them! Thank You from Premier Kathleen Wynne Click here to see […]

42nd Anniversary Award Recipients Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for your good work! Beloved Disciple Award: Bev Wybrow Bev recently retired after 22 years as CEO of Canadian Women’s Foundation. The Foundation works to empower women and girls in Canada to move out of poverty, out of violence and into confidence. The […]

This series of letters, Love Wins, comes to us from Bruce Walker, a human rights advocate, gay man and retired lawyer who  served the LGBTQ community in Toronto for many years. Bruce is an avid traveller who is passionate about the fight for equal human rights, everywhere. You can read more of Bruce’s travel adventures on his website. June […]

  Pride 2015 brought lots of great media attention to MCC Toronto! Click any of the links below to read the stories, see the photos and watch the videos! June 24 CBC News: Does Pride need to get more political? Read the great article on their website and don’t miss the amazing archival video from […]

Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M., calls for all Canadians to join our American sisters and brothers to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favour of same-sex marriages.

Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention Black CAP is highly focused on supporting the needs of LGBTQ newcomers from Africa and the Caribbean, and has been a leader in Toronto’s HIV movement for more than 25 years. Over the past year Black CAP has, among many other accomplishments, provided services and supports to 391 individual clients […]

Welcome and Usher folks to their seats! What does it entail? • We ask that volunteers arrive at 9:45am and we will do a brief training at 10:00am to help orientate you to the space and what is going on. • 10:30-11:00am usher guests to their seats as folks begin to arrive • During the […]

Awards & Medals On July 17, 2016, we will celebrate MCC Toronto’s 43nd anniversary!  Every year on our anniversary, we bestow several awards for outstanding contributions made my MCC Toronto folks.  The Beloved Disciple Award is given for long-term distinguished service to the church; the Community Service Award is given to remarkable people who have […]

Everyone should write their MPPs and urge them to support a bill aimed at prohibiting ‘conversion therapy’ for youth. By: Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M.   Published on Tue Mar 31 2015 in The Toronto Star I have a good friend and colleague who, as a teen, was sent for conversion therapy and neuro-psychiatric treatment […]

Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, led by senior pastor Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M., is the spiritual home to a diverse and progressive community of faith, rooted in the teachings and spiritual practices of Christianity. We believe in a relevant and forward-thinking spirituality and are proud to be a congregation serving people with assorted beliefs, […]