Join us on Sunday, September 27 at 2 p.m. in Rooms 1 & 2 on the Main Floor for a conversation with D. Grant Campbell, author of Surviving Dementia Care: The Realities of Caregiving. Admission is free, books will be available for purchase, and donations in support of the Interfaith Lunch Program at Beach United are warmly welcomed.
Jazz & Reflection: Laurel Tubman — October 10
Join us for an afternoon of Jazz & Reflection featuring one of Toronto’s most versatile and up-and-coming voices, Laurel Tubman.
Known for her ability to cross genres — from soulful jazz and reggae to the Great American Songbook — Laurel brings warmth, energy and an expressive voice that makes every song unmistakably her own. She’ll be joined by Jacob Damelin on piano and Jesse Visser on bass.
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 4:30 p.m.
Beach United Church · 140 Wineva Avenue · Main Hall
Free Admission · Donations Welcome
Come enjoy great live music and the welcoming community of Jazz & Reflection at Beach United.
Stories That Refuse To Be Silenced — October 14
Stories That Refuse to Be Silenced
Join us for a compelling evening with two acclaimed Canadian women writers — Kim Echlin and Justine Abigail Yu — exploring storytelling, identity, belonging and whose voices get heard.
Giller Prize finalist and internationally acclaimed author Kim Echlin will read from her new book, Tell Others: Storytelling for a World in Turmoil. She’ll be joined by award-winning writer, storyteller and Living Hyphen founder Justine Abigail Yu, whose work amplifies the experiences of hyphenated Canadians.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 7:30 pm
Beach United Church · 140 Wineva Avenue, Toronto
Tickets: $20 · Coffee & dessert included
All proceeds support Beach United’s Interfaith Lunch Program — the only weekly lunch program in the Beach operating 51 weeks a year.
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Come for the stories. Stay for the conversation. Help support community in the Beach.
Echoes & Homages: Musical Dialogues from Buxtehude to Duruflé
Featuring organist Joshua Duncan Lee
Saturday, October 17, Beach United Church Main Hall at 4:30 p.m.
Free Admission — Donations Welcome
Experience the extraordinary sound of the organ in a program that brings centuries of music into conversation.
Toronto organist Joshua Duncan Lee presents Echoes & Homages, an eclectic program exploring the ways composers have inspired, answered and paid tribute to one another across generations. From the Baroque music of Dietrich Buxtehude to the rich colours of 20th-century French organ music, the program moves between musical eras, styles and moods.
Joshua is the Wayne C. Vance Organ Scholar at the Cathedral Church of St. James and studies Organ Performance at the University of Toronto.
Come hear one remarkable instrument bring centuries of musical conversation to life.