Throughout the year several Christian Education programs are available. Some are held in person, others on Zoom (especially during winter when driving can be hazardous).
To learn more about Christian Education programs at St. Simon’s please contact John MacKenzie, the Christian Education Coordinator, christianed@stsimon.ca.
Lent is a time for us Christians to focus on our spiritual journey as we walk towards Holy Week and Easter. One way to focus is to take on a new spiritual discipline for the Lenten season, and hopefully beyond. Below are some online spiritual disciplines for you to consider taking on this Lent.
Rooted in Love: Lent Reflections on Life in Christ, written and edited by Archbishop Sarah Mullally, who in October 2025 was appointed the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to serve in this role. Bishop Mullally will be formally installed on March 25, 2026, during Lent.
Rooted in Love offers forty daily reflections that explore what it means to live a Christ-centred life. The book asks essential questions for Christian discipleship: Who is the Christ we serve? What does it mean to be part of the body of Christ? How are we called to live more fully in Christ today? Rooted in Love draws on the collective wisdom of the area bishops of the Diocese of London. Each day’s reflection includes a Scripture reading, a prayer, and a practical action to help readers integrate faith into daily life.
This book is available through Indigo, Kindle and Amazon.ca.
Wild Paths of Peace, written by Martha Jarvis, explores the unexpected hope of peacemaking at time of conflict in the world and in our personal lives. As the Anglican Communion’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jarvis works to create partnerships between churches and UN teams as they respond to conflict, climate change and forced movement of people. Jarvis has also facilitated church-led peacemaking in South Sudan and Mozambique. Throughout it all, she’s seen nothing that compares to the power of people coming back together after conflict and, ultimately, coming back to faith through Jesus.
Subscribe for these daily devotions at the following link:
https://alongsidehope.org/Lent2026/
This organization of the Episcopal Church in the United States partners with locally-led organizations around the world to advance lasting change in communities impacted by injustice, poverty, disaster and climate change. We focus on four interconnected priorities: early childhood development, women and girls, climate resilience and disaster response. This is the American equivalent to the Canadian Alongside Hope.
These Lenten meditations written by Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopal nun, author and unlikely TikTok star, offer an invitation to rediscover—or deepen—holy habits of prayer, worship and engagement with Scripture. These “holy habits” provide a path to a life that is given shape, meaning and direction by being rooted in a deeper relationship with God.
To subscribe, click on this link:
https://www.episcopalrelief.org/church-in-action/lent/
Subscribe for daily devotions emailed to you every day (not just Lent) at:
https://forwardmovement.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4665018c3bb4f2aa1eb0c4f0d&id=63aa67a250
Booklets with the daily devotions are also available on the table in the church narthex (lobby).
Subscribe for daily devotions to be emailed to you every day (not just Lent) at:
https://ourdailybreadministries.ca/email-subscription/
Booklets with the daily devotions are also available on the table in the church Narthex (lobby).
A daily devotion brought to you by the alumni of Luther Seminary. To subscribe, click on the following link:
https://www.luthersem.edu/godpause/email/
Read your Bible in an organized and disciplined manner using one of the reading plans available on the Bible Gateway web site at the following link:
https://www.biblegateway.com/reading-plans/
Also check our “News” page (a drop down menu on our home page).
St. Simon’s library is free to all members of St. Simon’s. It contains a variety of books which can be signed out. Whether you are looking for reference materials or personal stories of faith, there is something for everyone.
You can browse through our collection of over 400 books by Subject, Author, or Title. Simply go to the link, and browse through the list. If you find something that interests you, it can be taken out next time you are at the church. There’s a sign-out sheet in the Library.
For many, Confirmation is seen as something for younger members of the parish. However, we also recognize that many people, for various reasons, missed being confirmed when they were younger. For that reason we provide periodic guided studies which are an appropriate basis for people wishing to be confirmed.
We also recognize that many who were confirmed previously did so in a less than attentive manner, and as a result would like to go back and look at some of those foundations of faith, as well as ask questions about what it means to live as a Christian. If you are interested, we offer the option of Confirmation or Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows and would be happy to discuss which rite is right for you.
Finally, if you were raised in another faith tradition and have found a spiritual home in Anglicanism, we offer the opportunity to be received into the Anglican Communion. If you would like to know more about any of these options, please email admin@stsimon.ca.
