Dundas Street Centre United Church London ON

Dundas Street Centre United Church is well-known for its outreach and it's warm, welcoming atmosphere.
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OUR MISSION:

To unite people into a caring and inclusive Christian community in which all may express loyalty and devotion to God. We will fulfill our mission by offering opportunities for worship and witness, study, service, friendship, rejuvenation and hope.

 

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Good Samaritan Cupboard: This is a social outreach program established in the 1950s. Clients are referred to us by Social Service and Health Care agencies in London and surrounding communities. Faithful and diligent volunteers provide clothing and household supplies to adults and children in need. Volunteers meet every Monday all year round (except for statutory holidays) to sort and refurbish donations of clothing, bedding and kitchen supplies and to fill orders for needy referrals coming from agencies such as The Men's Mission and My Sister's Place.

Out-of-the-Cold Hospitality Meal: In collaboration with volunteers from other churches and interested individuals, including students completing their volunteer hours, a hot meal is provided for those in need on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 pm starting the first week of October and ending the last week of May. Four teams of volunteers each with its own cook, prepare and serve a hearty soup, chili or casseroles with bread, fresh vegetables, coffee/tea/milk/juice and dessert. This program is coordinated with similar programs at other London churches so that those in need can access a hot evening meal on all days of the week.

United Church of Canada Mission and Services Programs: Our congregation provides financial support to national and international relief through the London Conference of Middlesex Presbytery. For example, we have contributed aid to the Bluefields Project in Nicaragua, water projects throughout the world, hurricane relief, tsunami relief support in southeast Asia, and earthquake assistance in Pakistan.

Lay Visitors: An ad hoc committee of lay persons coordinated by the Minister visit our sick and shut-ins bringing newsletters, flowers at Christmas and Easter.

Quintin Warner House (477 Queen's Avenue; 519-434-8041): Our church through personal contact and staff support, addresses the spiritual needs of the residents and graduates of this substance-abuse treatment centre sponsored by Mission and Services of London. Residents meet Monday and Wednesday afternoons for a game of volley ball in the church gym. There is also a Spirituality meeting for residents in the church Chapel on Tluesdays from 10"30 am to 12 noon. The staff and residents of Quintin Warner House routinely volunteer services to our church and participate in Sunday services. We make every effort to welcome them into an extended church family.

London Innercity Faith Team (LIFT): Our church is one of nine downtown churches on this ecumenical team that oversees the operation of three affordable housing apartment buildings with 75 apartments. Prospective tenants apply through the City of London's Housing Access Centre for two of the buildings - LIFT House, 446 Queens Avenue, and Elaine Lucas Place, 749 Little Simcoe Street. Tenants for Victory Place 446 King Street, come to LIFT from CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association-Middlesex). The original ideals of LIFT Council, now dissolved, of responding, in faith, to the social needs of the community we serve will be addressed by our LIFT Housing Committee.

We also provide space for the following social outreach groups and interact with them at the church on a regular basis:

- Alcoholics Anonymous: Meetings are on Wednesdays at 8 pm and Thursdays at 10:30 am.

- Recovery Inc.: This is a self-help group for persons with nervous disorders and fears. Meetings are every Monday at 11:30 am.

- Westover After Care Program: Meets Wednesdays at 12 noon and at 6:30 pm.

- Relapse Prevention: Quintin Warner House holds a Relapse Prevention Group meeting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Dundas St. Centre from 10:30 to 11:30 am. These meetings are open to the public. Please contact Quintin Warner House for more info (see above).

- Girl Guides: Rangers and Pathfinders meet Thursdays at 7 pm. For more information contact the Girl Guides of Canada website ( Girl Guides of Canada ) or call 1-800-565-8111.  

 

 

We began in 1846 as a group of British and American Methodists meeting for prayer and worship in a small cottage on Adelaide Street near Bathurst. In 1856, a house was rented for worship on Adelaide Street. Plans to build a church were stalled until new hope in the form of moral and financial support from Methodists at the North Street Church (now Metropolitan United Church) was provided. In 1860, a frame church was built on the northeast corner of Adelaide and King Streets to accommodate a congregation of 300 people. Adelaide Methodist Church, as it was called, was sold later to the Anglicans and then to the Baptists. It was moved to the south side of King Street and enlarged to become what is now Adelaide Street Baptist Church.

Wooded property at the corner of Dundas and Maitland Streets was purchased in 1869 and the cornerstone for a new yellow-brick church was laid. On April 3, 1870, the Gothic-style Dundas Street Wesleyan Methodist Church was dedicated. In 1876, it was named Dundas Street Centre Methodist Church to distinguish it from Dundas Street East Methodist Church (which later became Centennial United Church) built in 1874 further east on Dundas Street.

Dundas Street Centre Methodist Church burned to the ground on February 13, 1895 but was quickly replaced with the present red-brick, Romanesque-style building. The Sunday School Auditorium was finished first and dedicated on October 24, 1895; the Sanctuary was dedicated on May 24, 1896. In 1925, the church joined the union of Methodists, some Presbyterians and Congregationalists that became the the United Church of Canada. From then on, we were known as the Dundas St. Centre United Church.

The present building is a designated historic site in London. It is recognized for its unique sanctuary with a semicircular freestanding balcony and its beautiful Victorian stained glass windows and dome. Our pipe organ, which was installed in 1930 to replace one destroyed by fire, is a three-manual Casavant (for more information on Casavant organs go to: www.casavant.ca). It has 39 stops, 53 ranks and 3091 pipes. Some pipes are sixteen feet long while others are the size of a pencil! Its console has three keyboards. The keys are rosewood, not the usual metal keys. Furthermore, it is the only organ in this region with a Wood Harp or Marimba.

Many renovations have occurred over the years. The Sanctuary was redecorated in the summer of 1949. The Sunday School auditorium was remodeled in 1958. The sod was turned for a new Christian Education Building in April 1962 and on November 4, 1962, Shambleau Hall was dedicated. The Memorial Chapel was dedicated in January, 1963. Throughout these many changes we have retained a strong sense of church family, togetherness and a busy schedule of worship, Bible study and community service. This is a caring and compassionate congregation, one that welcomes you and your talents if you are seeking an active church home or refuge from the hurting world.