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Happy Family Day
Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, CanadaThe church will be closed Monday, Feb. 20 for Family Day
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International Day of Pink ~ Martin Boyce’s Courage to Stand Up Tour
Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, CanadaFairlawn’s Affirm Ministry, in partnership with International Day of Pink, will be hosting Martin Boyce’s cross-Canada Courage to Stand Up tour on Sunday, April 16 at 1:30pm, his only public event in the GTA. We’ll have more information in the coming weeks about registering for the event that is being held in the sanctuary. Boyce was a participant in 1969’s Stonewall (or, Stonewall Riots, Stonewall Uprising) in New York City, a pivotal moment in queer/trans history. He remains an activist to this day. The tour is being funded by the U.S. Embassy. Boyce will be interviewed by Michael Coren, Anglican priest, columnist and former broadcaster. Save the date!
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20, was set aside to recognize those who have been killed due to ignorance and hatred, targeted because they were trans or gender non-conforming. The first event took place in 1999 in San Francisco to honour Rita Hester, who had been brutally murdered the previous year.
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National Affirming/PIE Day
Off-site , CanadaCelebrate National Affirming/PIE Day on March 14, 2024! Why PIE? PIE = Public. Intentional. Explicit. Those are the standards we hold ourselves and our welcome to when we seek to live into being Affirming, Welcoming, or Inclusive people and communities.
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Worship Service – Pride Sunday
Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, CanadaWorship Services at Fairlawn Avenue United are on Sunday mornings at 10:30am in our sanctuary, with Minister the Rev. Dr. Cameron Watts; Associate Minister Rev. Jean Ward; Eleanor Daley, Director of Music; and the Fairlawn Avenue Senior Choir. If you’d like to revisit any of our online worship services, please visit our website worship page. On Sunday, June 2 at 10:30am Fairlawn Avenue United Church celebrates Pride Month. A guest speaker will share with us the important work of Rainbow Community Places (RCP). RCP offers a weekly queer drop-in program for both seniors and youth at Birchcliff Bluffs United Church in Scarborough. The programs are a lifeline for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in precarious situations, including newcomers, refugees, and others seeking community. There will also be music to celebrate our life together as an Affirming congregation and Coffee Hour after the service. We look forward to welcoming you to Fairlawn on June 2 for our annual Pride service
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Affirm Ministry Online Meeting
OnlineFairlawn Zoom meeting of the Affirm Ministry. Fairlawn is a welcoming and inclusive community of faith where you will discover a church that lives out its faith in a way that is both dynamic and life affirming. As a church, we celebrate the richness and diversity of our community, including 2SLGBTQIA+ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and more). Fairlawn became an Affirming church in 2015. This inclusiveness is founded on love, and we invite all those who may be economically, physically or mentally challenged or who have been discriminated against because of ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, gender or age. If you would like more information or would like to become a member of the Affirm team, please contact Kevin Doe, Chair of Affirm at .
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International Day of Pink
Fairlawn Avenue United Church 28 Fairlawn Avenue, Toronto, Toronto, Canada2025 International Day of Pink Tour Theme: Re-emergence We will be celebrating: 35th anniversary of the word Two-Spirit 35th anniversary of the start of the LGBT Purge (court cases) 25th anniversary of the Little Sister's bookstore supreme court case 10th anniversary of the ban on conversion therapy