Doors Open 2025

Beach United Church May 6, 2025 No Comments

Have you always wanted to Beach United and learn more about its history? We will have our Doors Open all weekend (Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 from 10am-5pm) as a part of the City of Toronto event. Entry is free and our building is fully accessible.

As a part of our programming, we will have organist Sebastian Moreno perform and demonstrate on our historic Guilbault-Thérien organ on Saturday, May 24 at 4:00pm.

On Sunday, May 25 at 10:30am, you are more than welcome to join our Sunday Music Service. Later in the afternoon at 2:00pm, we invite the public to participate in our jam session (feel free to bring your own instrument, or just your voice!) in our Main Hall.

We look forward to welcoming you into our space.

Last Jazz & Reflection of the Season!

Beach United Church April 8, 2025 No Comments

Beach United Church is excited to present the multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Rebecca Hennessy for our final Jazz & Reflection concert of the season on Saturday, May 3rd at 4:30pm (after our Ecofair!), alongside Tania Gill on piano and Michael Herring on upright bass.

Join us for an afternoon of swinging jazz, along with a cash bar to celebrate the end of our season!

RSVP here (suggested minimum $15)

ABOUT REBECCA

Rebecca Hennessy is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. On February 7th, 2025, she released a live album recorded at the Jazz Room in Kitchener-Waterloo featuring her full-band, Makeshift Island. This live album follows two other vocal albums released since 2020,“Joy Will Find Us”, and “All The Little Things You Do”. All three albums feature wold-renowned guitarist Kevin Breit (Sisters Euclid/Norah Jones), Michael Herring (Juno nominated), Dave Clark and Tania Gill. 

She has also performed and recorded with internationally recognized artists including Adele, Kevin Breit, Ron Sexsmith, Andy Kim, Owen Pallett, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Ab Baars and Ken Vandermark. She was the bandleader and trumpeter for Massey Hall’s Women’s Blues Revue (2013-2022) and in 2018, won the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Jazz Artist Award and was nominated for Montreal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz in 2016.

Ecofair 2025

Beach United Church March 14, 2025 No Comments

This year’s Ecofair at Beach United will be on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 from 10am-2pm. Get inspired, get involved, and bring the entire family. There will be food, vendors, and exhibitors – bring something in to our Repair Café, or your bike for a free tune-up!

If you are still interested in being a vendor or non-profit exhibitor, please fill out our online application form. If you are interested in volunteering the day of, please fill out this form.

And if you are curious as to why a church might be interested in environmental issues, please take a look at this blog post. For photos and videos of previous Ecofair events, see below.

Ecofair 2024 photo album on Facebook
Ecofair 2023 photo album on Facebook

Ecofair at Beach United

Music for the Soul with Opera Revue

Beach United Church March 13, 2025 No Comments

Back by popular demand! 

Beach United Church is excited to welcome back Opera Revue on Saturday, April 19th at 4:30pm.

Opera Revue began with the question “Why does opera get such a bad rap?”. Founder and lead Soprano, Danie Friesen, came up with several answers: It’s expensive. You have to dress up. It’s snobby. You can’t drink, except during intermission. You can’t talk. It’s snobby. You can’t get up and move around. And it’s snobby. So, that’s what Opera Revue has set out to change. Their shows are a great way to introduce opera to people who have never seen it before, as well as a new way for opera lovers to enjoy it. 

Suggested minimum price is $15 – you may reserve your tickets online, or pay in person the day of the concert. We look forward to seeing you there!