It’s Official!

L-R The Reverend Victor Kim, Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Michael Blair, United Church, and The Venerable Alan Perry, Anglican Church, on site at 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, in March.
Credit: Patrick-James Boyd/The United Church of Canada

~ from a post published May 9, 2024 on The United Church of Canada website.

The United, Anglican, and Presbyterian churches have signed leases to share national office space at the redeveloped site of Bloor Street United Church at 300 Bloor St. West in Toronto. The agreement reflects the churches’ ongoing commitment to nurturing ecumenical relationships and cooperation, to reducing costs, and to lessening their carbon footprint.

The Venerable Alan Perry, General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada; the Reverend Victor Kim, Principal Clerk at The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and the Rev. Michael Blair, General Secretary of The United Church of Canada, met at the construction site to see the progress of the project and to offer prayers of blessing for the safety and well-being of the construction workers.

“This opportunity to be together in this space came out of a relationship and conversation. We are excited about the possibility of the relationship and working together, with a commitment to ministry,” said the Rev. Blair, General Secretary of The United Church of Canada. “We collaborate to be witnesses in the healing of God’s world. So, I am excited and grateful for the possibilities.”

Located in downtown Toronto’s Annex-University of Toronto neighbourhood, the development includes a refurbished Bloor Street United Church and office, community, commercial, and worship spaces. The floor plans reflect a more efficient and flexible use of physical space for the new offices, and were drafted with input from all three denominations. The three denominations’ archives will also move to the new head office building and be shared, along with meeting and video spaces.

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