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Walk in our doors on any day of the week and you will find lots going on. Join us Sundays at a worship service or volunteer with our outreach activities. Enjoy one of the many spiritual development seminars or study groups, meditation groups, musical offerings, children’s events, social events and clubs, educational or health and wellness activities that take place every week at First†Met.

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The Colour Purple

No, not the book by Alice Walker, but the colour associated with the season of Lent. Lent (from the Anglo-Saxon word for spring) starts on Ash Wednesday (February 17 this year) and is 40 days of spiritual renewal and preparation for Easter. It is a time when we take stock of our lives and our relationships with God and all creation to discover and change what we must. We follow the example of Jesus in seeking to attune our own will to the purpose of God.

Here at First Metropolitan, we have many events and activities to help us in this process of reflection and renewal. Check out our events calendar! Pick up one of the special Calendars created by our Children, Youth and Families Ministry to reflect on the needs of the global community and help raise funds for the World Development and Relief Fund of the United Church of Canada.

On Easter Sunday, white symbolizes the joy of Jesus’ resurrection and our eternal life with Christ. We are transformed for sacred friendship with Christ and one another in community.

Upcoming Events

  • Mar 5: World Day of Prayer Service at 2:00 pm (click on events calendar for details) 
  • Mar 6 Annual First Metropolitan Flea Market
  • Mar 6 Snowbird Concert
  • Mar 17 New Vistas Lunch and Learn Program: Myth and Metaphor in the Bible
  • Note there are no “Listening Heart” sessions on Mar 15 and Apr 5. Sessions will be held Mar 29 and Apr 19 at 1:30 pm.
  • Check out the many services and special events during Holy Week by clicking on the events calendar

Children and Youth Ministry at First†Met

Children and Youth Ministry at First†Met

We believe that children and youth are part of the body of Christ – a community in relationship with God through the gift of Jesus Christ, a community in which all members are valued and contribute to the whole.

For a summary of youth-focused worship events, programs for children and parents, youth, and young adults including leadership training opportunites, see our Children and Youth Ministry page.

Share Your Gifts

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First†Met is a large, active community that reflects its calling to love, honour, worship and serve God through programs that reach inward to foster spiritual growth and outward to help meet the needs of our neighbours and others in the world beyond. It is through the contributions of you, our members, adherents and friends that we can live out that calling. Your support allows us to maintain the wide array of programs we presently offer, add new programs to serve urgent, emerging needs within the church and community, and update our church facility to meet existing and emerging needs.

See our Special Gifts brochure (PDF/2pp/400 KB) for more information.

Share your talents with members of our congregation and the broader community by volunteering with one of our many programs.

First†Met Website has been updated!

 If you haven’t visited the First†Metropolitan United Church website for a while, welcome back! You will notice that the site looks very different. The Communications team has been working with Bob Paterson and Trevor Murdock to renovate the site and reorganize the content.

For those who are technically-minded, the site has been rebuilt on a WordPress platform, an open-source publishing and content management system. Using an automated system such as this means we can easily update and revise content. Because WordPress is supported by a committed community of volunteer developers our web publishing infrastructure will be up-to-date and we can add new features as soon as they are released.

Two prominent features of our new site (apart from the fresh design) are an events calendar and the use of subject tags such as “Weddings” or “Youth Ministry” for content elements. Subject tags enable us to to link related content regardless of where it may be on the site.