Southminster-Steinhauer United Church
An Affirming Congregation within the United Church of Canada

 

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"Jery grew up in the United Church while I grew up Catholic.  After we married, we decided to pick one church for our children to give them a solid spiritual background.  Southminster-Steinhauer has been the right place for our family because everybody is welcome without regard of our differences."

Jery and Chona Aguilar

Family and Children's Ministries:  Parents and kids today are on-the-go, often attempting to find the right balance between home, business, and school, between making a living and "having a life". Southminster-Steinhauer offers programs for parents which seek to address the stressful realities as well as illuminate the underlying joy that lies at the heart of all relationships rooted in love. Program offerings in this area include
 
  • K-6 Rotation Learning Circle
  • Parents' Morming Out
  • Children's Choir
  • Infant and small child care during worship
  • Space for community "new moms" groups
  • Summer Camp/music and drama

Youth Ministries: Teenage years can be tough on kids lives as bodies change and mature. Along with increasing freedom, these years bring increasing responsibility to make good choices. Figuring out how to be a Christian impacts on these choices, while at the same time making new friends and having lots of fun are primary concerns of Southminster-Steinhauer's youth ministry. Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders in church and society. We want to prepare our youth not only to survive but thrive!

  • Sundays Learning Circle for Junior Highs
  • Youth Group for Senior Highs
  • Mountain Adventure
  • Confirmation
  • Your activities

Adult Ministries: Southminster-Steinhauer believes that each member is a minister of the gospel according to her or his interests and abilities.  Sunday morning reflects this belief with broad participation of the membership in worship leadership. Laypeople also contribute their time and talents to create small group experiences that challenge the intellect and nourish the soul. Whether it's Tuesday Connection, which participants describe as "a wide-ranging, free thinking" Bible study, or a Healing Touch workshop, the life of the Spirit is explored and shared in adult-oriented programs.

  • Worship
  • Congregational Care
  • Choirs
  • Study Groups
  • Men's Breakfast Fellowship
  • Tuesday Connection
  • Healing Touch
  • Grief Group
  • Labyrinth
  • LGBT Luncheon and Educational Programs
  • Women's Great Escape
  • Men's Advance Weekend
  • Book Club
  • Adult Education Programs
  • Instrumental Group

 

Seniors Ministry:  Seniors are an active part of the Southminster-Steinhauer community.  Respected for their wisdom and sought out for their gifts of long-experience, the church seeks to provide occasions for fellowship and opportunity for meaningful volunteerism for the elders among us.
  • Home Communion
  • Home Visitation
  • Seniors Luncheon
  • Silvertones Choir
  • Spring Tea

Community Ministry:  In an increasingly impersonal world, Southminster-Steinhauer aims to be an oasis of hospitality and care for members, friends and strangers alike. Christ calls us into community, to know and be known by others so that we may give and receive the love, healing, mercy, forgiveness and grace that God first showed to us. A sample of the fun times we can have as a family of God include the following :

  • Pot Luck Meals
  • Social Activities, music concerts, film nights
  • Church Picnic
  • Community New Year's Eve Celebration
  • Book Club
  • Bridge Club

Outreach/Social Justice Ministries: Southminster-Steinhauer is rooted in a vision of ministry that follows Christ into action to bring about healing, justice and peace. Members are encouraged to study issues in our contemporary society in the world and put their faith into action to make a difference. Through our annual operating budget and through the volunteerism and activism of our members, we try to make a positive impact.

  • Southern Homes society
  • Operation Friendship
  • Bissell Center
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Amnesty International support
  • Families support
  • Camp Wohelo
  • Camperships
  • United Church Mission and Service Fund
  • Food Bank Distribution Centre
  • Lifestyle Helping Hands support
  • McKee School assistance
  • Inner City High School
  • Refugee and Student support
  • Annual Lent and Christmas Outreach projects
  • Inner City Youth Development support
 

"I first heard about this church in 1977 from a flyer dropped off in my mailbox.  I accepted the invitation to attend a service and am so glad that I did!  From that first Sunday I have felt welcome and at home in this warm, friendly community."

Ruth Marsh

  

 

 

 

 

10740  19 Ave. Edmonton, AB   T6J 6W9
Phone (780) 435-2028

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