{"id":1479,"date":"2020-01-22T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/?page_id=1479"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:17:04","slug":"life-at-our-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/life-at-our-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Life at Our Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deepening Our Spiritual Relatedness Through Worship and Caring for One Another<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"245\" src=\"http:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/helpinghands.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" style=\"width:192px;height:229px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are committed to deepening our spiritual relatedness and honouring the worth of each individual by sharing relevant and meaningful&nbsp;worshi<a href=\"http:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/engaging-the-spirit-2\/sunday-worship-services\/\">p<\/a>,&nbsp;supported by spiritual practices, extending hospitality,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/caring-for-others\/pastoral-care\/\">caring for one another<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/caring-for-others\/small-group-ministry\/\">small group ministry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1999, we have been an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/life-at-our-church\/affirming\/\/life-at-our-church\/an-affirming-congregation\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/life-at-our-church\/affirming\/\/life-at-our-church\/an-affirming-congregation\/\">Affirming Congregation<\/a>, intentionally welcoming and embracing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit people in our shared life and ministry.&nbsp;These activities are supported by a strong&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/life-at-our-church\/music-and-our-choir\/\" target=\"_blank\">music<\/a>&nbsp;program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow-up to the Coronavirus Pandemic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the COVID-19 virus is still circulating in the general population, <strong>Sunday Services<\/strong> are currently live in the church. However, all attendees are encouraged to be fully vaccinated and to wear a mask. Live recordings of the service are also available each Sunday by 11:00 hr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SydenhamStreet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a class=\"maxbutton-5 maxbutton maxbutton-youtube\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"YouTube\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SydenhamStreet\"><span class='mb-text'>Youtube<\/span><\/a><\/a> <br>The weekly Bulletin is also available <a class=\"maxbutton-6 maxbutton maxbutton-bulleting\" href=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/welcome-to-ssuc\/weekly-bulletins\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Bulletin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information from KFL&amp;A Public Health about SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19 and other infections can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kflaph.ca\/en\/health-topics\/covid-19.aspx\">found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/united-church.ca\/community-and-faith\/being-community\/children-and-youth\/youth-and-young-adult-ministry-resources\">View a video here<\/a> from the United Church of Canada and links to resources for Ministry with Children and Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">updated 2025 05 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deepening Our Spiritual Relatedness Through Worship and Caring for One Another We are committed to deepening our spiritual relatedness and honouring the worth of each individual by sharing relevant and meaningful&nbsp;worship,&nbsp;supported by spiritual practices, extending hospitality,&nbsp;caring for one another, and&nbsp;small group ministry. Since 1999, we have been an&nbsp;Affirming Congregation, intentionally welcoming and embracing lesbian, gay, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/life-at-our-church\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Life at Our Church&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12353,"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1479\/revisions\/12353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydenhamstreet.ca\/ssuc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}