All Saints' – for all ages, for all times, for everyone. See yourself here.

All Saints’ is a growing, Christ-centred community that seeks
to share the message of God’s love and put faith into action.

Located in the downtown of Whitby and blessed with a beautiful gothic revival-style building, All Saints’ is not hard to find. In fact, we’ve been meeting, working, and worshipping in the same location since 1866. As a place of worship, we are older than Canada; as a people of faith, we strive constantly to be fresh, responsive, and forward-thinking in our relationship with God and in our care for others.

On Sunday mornings, we offer a quiet and contemplative communion service at 8:00am; a relaxed and informal service with piano, contemporary songs, and shortened, seeker-friendly liturgy at 9:30am; and a classic Anglican service with choral music, organ at 11:00am. Sunday School is offered at the 9:30am service.

Why not come by on a Sunday morning?

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Music

The music of All Saints’ encompasses traditional cathedral music, choral arrangements of contemporary praise choruses, familiar Anglican and English-language hymns, as well as a number of popular new hymn texts and tunes. Typically the services include four or five songs that we sing together, some other musical offerings (acoustic guitars or soloists), or an anthem by the Chancel Choir. The high ceiling and open space of our church make for excellent acoustics for choral and congregational singing. The main instruments used in worship are a 2000-pipe organ, originally built in 1935 for a … Read More »

Children & Youth

All Saints’ strives to provide an easy and comfortable experience for children (and the adults who bring them). That may mean children working in the pew with one of our specially-made activity packs*, toddling in the aisle, or joining in our Nursery, Sunday School, or youth program. We want children to enjoy their place in the church and the place of the church in their lives. Sunday School is offered at the 9:30am service for children ages 3 and up. Just before the service starts, children are invited to meet our Sunday School teachers by the pulpit and make their way to the parish hall. … Read More »

Learning

Learning is a lifelong activity. Ongoing learning is an important element of our spiritual lives. At All Saints’ we provide spiritual growth and learning opportunities for people of all ages. Of course the mainstay of our teaching is the weekly sermons, but we also have the following:Small Study Groups: Several groups run at various times throughout the year, including a book club, movie club, weekly Bible Study, and a summer “walk & learn” group, as well as special-topic study and discussion groups that meet in people’s homes and follow a set curriculum.Seasonal Studies: During … Read More »

Community

All Saints’ is actively involved in a variety of ministries and programs in our neighbourhood, town, and region. We are mindful that many families and individuals in our area struggle every day with food insecurity, health issues, isolation or alienation, and worries over job availability or housing. We feel called by the Spirit and Christ’s example to share our time and resources with those whose day-to-day needs are as much material and physical as they are spiritual.To that end, our church operates a “Deacon’s Food Cupboard,” a small permanent food bank that helps over 180 families … Read More »

Advent and Christmas at All Saints

November 25, 2018

Journey with Us this Season We start Advent on Sunday, December 2 with services at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00am. The chancel is decorated in royal blue, the first of the Advent candles is lit, and we begin to set the stage for the arrival of the Jesus child. We also have a Evensong service that evening at 7:00pm. Enter into the Advent season with a contemplative awareness of the great gift that God has given us. Try our Advent Oasis... Read more »

We’re growing, so we’ve made room for more!

September 5, 2018

All Saints is a growing church and we are excited to offer a fresh form of worship at a new time. If you haven’t been to church for a while or have never been at all, now is a great time to come and see what’s on offer. At 9:30 am, you’ll find a seeker-oriented, all-ages service with contemporary songs and favourite hymns, a sermon that connects to your lived experience, and fresh expressions of Anglican liturgy. This service includes... Read more »

Take your coffee break with us

May 5, 2018

All Saints has a standing tradition of coffee and conversation on Sundays between services. Many of us come early (9:30am) for about 40 minutes of music, worship, and prayer beforehand; some stick around afterward (11:00am) for an hour or so of classic Anglican liturgy, hymns, and prayer. Everyone is encouraged to meet in the middle. Plus we have cake … on the 1st Sunday of every month. Read more »

Parishioner Contact Information Form

January 28, 2016

From time to time, we communicate with our congregation by email blast. But we would only do that with your express permission. That’s why we invite you to fill out a Parishioner Contact Information Form. To access the form, click here. You can then print and complete it and return it to one of the specially marked green boxes at the south or breezeway entrances to the church. We also have a FAQ page which may answer any questions you have about the form and our email list use.... Read more »

Blessing of Indigenous Lands Marker

June 20, 2017

“This church acknowledges being on the traditional territories of …” At the opening of our Sunday worship on June 18, Cecile Wagar, Senator of the Oshawa and Durham Region Metis Council, led the congregation in a ceremony to dedicate a stone and plaque that acknowledges the Mississaugas of Scugog Island, the Iroquoian-speaking Wendat, and the 1923 Williams Treaties First Nations as the traditional owners of the land on which the church now stands and has done for 151 years. The indigenous... Read more »

All Saints’ welcomes an Assistant Curate

May 13, 2017

On May 14, we welcome our new Assistant Curate, the Reverend Molly Finlay, to our ministry team! What’s a curate, you ask? And who exactly does she assist? Here’s what our resident “Notes & Queries’ correspondent, Bertie Weatherbottom, told us in the March issue of the parish newsletter: At our recent Vestry, our parish voted to take on a new member of the clergy—a curate. Those of us who are long of the Anglican tooth may be comfortable with the... Read more »