St. Paul’s Yuletide Fair (Past Event)

Yuletide Fair

St. Paul’s Yuletide Fair is back!!! The annual event that is the best in Newmarket. Join us for the many offerings we have including: Tea & Coffee room, Christmas table, Craft table, Gift Basket Raffle, Silent Auction, Jewellery, Bake/Preserves/Candy table and much more. Saturday Nov 26, 2022, 9am to Noon...

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Asian Heritage Month 2022

Asian Heritage Month

As children of God, we know that we are all part of one family.  In Christ, the barriers have been broken down and we are one.  However, this theology is not always part of lived reality.  Even in the church, racism and discrimination have existed historically and can still exist...

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Profiles Rooted in Community – Science and Medicine

Leaders in Science & Medicine

Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Shanta Corbett is an American viral immunologist. Corbett was the scientific lead of a COVID-19 Team with research efforts aimed at COVID-19 vaccines. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Corbett started working on a vaccine to protect people from coronavirus disease. Recognizing that the virus was similar...

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Dr. Howard McCurdy

Dr. Howard McCurdy

Dr. Howard McCurdy was a Canadian activist, a member of Parliament, and a professor of science.  Born in London Ontario on December 10, 1932, he moved to Amherstburg at the age of nine where he faced racism from his earliest years.  The town assumed the Black community would want their...

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

This Boxing Day, many of us were saddened to hear the news that Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa had died.  A vocal opponent of apartheid, Archbishop Tutu fought for justice in South Africa and beyond, receiving the Nobel Peace prize for his work in 1984. Born in 1931 in...

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Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black History

Friends in Christ at St Paul’s, February is Black History Month. The vision of God’s Kingdom is one where all races, tribes and nations are welcomed and made one in Christ Jesus – where barriers are broken down and all are full citizens of the household of God.  As we...

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Afghan Family Needs Our Help (Fundraiser)

Hanif Family Needs Our Help

As part of a recently-formed community group called “Newmarket Together”, St. Paul’s will be partnering with the Town of Newmarket and Trinity United Church to sponsor a refugee family from Afghanistan. AURA (The Anglican United Refugee Alliance) will coordinate the sponsorship.  Our role will be the administration of funds from the...

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