Annual Caribbean Night
2024-09-28 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for this fun evening of dinner and music in the Parish Hall!. Tickets are $40 pp. Please call the church office for further information 416-923-8714 ext.3

Homework Club Benefit Concert in conjunction with Rosedale Presbyterian Church
2024-10-05 15:00 - 17:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Saturday, October 5, 3:00 pm. Come out for this amazing fundraiser benefitting our after-school program for the children of the St. James Town neighbourhood.
The choirs of SPSS, Rosedale Presbyterian & the St. James Town Community Arts Children’s Choir will perform!
Pay what you can, no tickets required.

Flute Street Concert
2024-10-27 16:00 - 18:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join the Flute Street Choir as it presents a concert of music on the theme of the night.

All Saints Sunday Evensong
2024-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for this festive Evensong in remembrance of our patronal saints, St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle.
A reception follows the service.

Remembrance Sunday Service
2024-11-10 10:30 - 12:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for a service of Choral Mattins, with the full choir and the reading of the names of those who fell in the First and Second World Wars, and who were members of St. Peter’s Church Carlton Street and the former St. Simon-the-Apostle Church (these two churches were amalgamated in 2016).
Please join us for refreshments in the Parish Hall after the service.
All Welcome!

Mistletoe Market 2024
2024-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Saturday, November 16, 10: am – 2:00 pm.
Come out to our annual Christmas bazaar. Purchase holiday gifts from our amazing vendors, sample homemade baked goods, and listen to seasonal music performed by members of our choir and other local musicians. Please call the church office for further information 416-923-8714 ext.3

First Sunday of Advent Lessons & Carols
2024-12-01 16:00 - 18:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for First Sunday of Advent Lessons and Carols, with the Choir of St. Peter & St. Simon-the-Apostle.
The service will be followed by a sherry and Christmas Cake reception in the Parish Hall.

Once Upon A Starry Night
2024-12-15 13:00 - 14:30 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for this humorous and touching play, presented by the parish children and the St. Jamestown Community Arts Children’s Choir.
Admission is free. All welcome!

Flute Street Christmas Concert
2024-12-15 16:00 - 17:30 | St. Peter & St. Simon Nave, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
What could be more celebratory for the approaching season than the sweet, pastoral sound of a flute? How about a full-bodied chorus of fourteen flutists playing nine different sizes of flutes? This Sunday at 4pm, just following SPSS’s children’s children’s musical presentation, Flute Street will be presenting here It’s Christmas on Flute Street. Join them for a delightful journey of carols and some classical standards including Respighi’s Adoration of the Magi, Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers and a world premiere Low Flutes version of Corelli’s beloved Christmas Concerto. Tickets are available at the door: $25, $20 seniors/arts workers, $15 students.

Blue Christmas
2024-12-18 18:30 - 20:30 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
While most people look forward to the Christmas season, we acknowledge that there are also those for whom Christmas is not a happy time, people who — for various reasons — approach Christmas with sadness or even dread, people whose Christmases are more blue than white. We are pleased to be able to offer this quiet and contemplative service of healing and hope.
Please come and support our “Blue Christmas” service on December 18 even if Christmas is your favourite time of the year. Your attendance will help to provide a safe and accepting place for our brothers and sisters who are not so fortunate. Not everybody in pain is comfortable with sharing their feelings, and it is a loving thing to do to be supportive of them. We need to gather as a whole community, surrounded by love, to listen to God’s word, remember God’s promises, and to praise God who is the source of all light and hope.
A time of refreshment and fellowship will follow the service.

Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
2024-12-22 16:00 - 18:30 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for traditional Christmas Carols and readings.
Music of Matthias, Hadley, Lauridsen, Holman, and Skempton.
Reception with festive treats and mulled cider follows the service.

Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist
2024-12-24 22:00 - 23:30 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for a beautiful and festive Christmas Eve service, as we gather on this Holy Night to worship in wonder the birth of our Lord.
Music:
Missa ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib) – George Malcolm
O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
Love Came Down at Christmas – John Rutter

Christmas Day Service
2024-12-25 10:30 - 12:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us on Christmas Day for a sung Eucharist with carols. This beautiful and reflective service celebrates and shares together the joy of God’s blessing in the birth of Jesus.

Love Letters - a Special Performance at SPSS with proceeds to our outreach ministries
2025-02-14 20:00 - 21:30 | Ontario
LOVE LETTERS
by A. R. Gurney
Featuring Carol Peck and Michael Burgess
St. Valentine’s Day – Friday, February 14th, 2025, at 8:00 pm

“A table, two chairs and a pair of actors reading from scripts on an otherwise bare stage sounds like one notch up from a radio play. But A.R. Gurney’s deceptively simple epistolary two-hander, Love Letters, is that rare work whose emotional richness requires no embellishment in order to become a full-bodied theatrical experience… in the age of texts, tweets and superficial social-media connections, in which handwritten personal correspondence has become a quaint relic of a gentler time, this elegant drama takes on added resonance.” ~ Hollywood Reporter
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Love Letters is a unique and imaginative theatre piece comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful
as what is actually written down.
Admission $25, Students and Seniors $20: Tickets available at the door as well as after Sunday services.
Proceeds to support our outreach ministry at SPSS.

Annual Vestry Meeting
2025-02-23 12:00 - 14:00 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join the parish community for the annual Vestry Meeting immediately following coffee hour.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
2025-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join us for Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, March 4th, 6pm, in the Parish Hall at St. Peter & St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. east. This is a warm communal event that will also showcase live music! Suggested donation: $10

Ash Wednesday Services
2025-03-05 11:00 - 20:00 | St. Peter & St. Simon Nave, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
There will services both at 11 am and 7pm on Ash Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 with imposition of ashes.

Annual Vestry Meeting
2025-03-09 12:00 - 13:30 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
The annual Vestry Meeting that was to take place on February 23 will now take place on Sunday, March 9th, 2025, immediately following the 10:30 am service. A light lunch will be served.
All members of the parish are welcome to attend.

Lenten Scripture Study
2025-03-18 18:15 - 19:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join our Lenten scripture study as we delve into the Gospel according to St. John.
A light supper will be served at 6:15 pm, followed by scripture study.
Compline will follow the scripture study.

DISCOVERY DAY
2025-03-29 09:00 - 15:00 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
The SPSS Parish “Discovery Day” will be a time of prayer, listening, conversation and fellowship as we reflect on our past and look ahead to the future.
This process will help us develop a clear articulation of our parish priorities so that each of us, and all our guilds, groups and ministries will grow spiritually and work together in fulfilling the unique ministry we share at our beloved parish.
Our Discovery Day is being facilitated by Deb Whalen, congregational development specialist at the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. Our parish Steering Committee members are Regi Khokher, Jane Rajanthi, Ted Robinson, Abraham Thomas, Geoffrey Sangwine, Gary Toneguzzo and Stephanie Woodside. Please speak with one of the committee members if you have any questions.
The day is shaping up to be a wonderful occasion for us to come together to focus on the God of Mission whose Church is called to proclaim his love, mercy and grace in thought, word and deed.
Lunch and refreshments throughout the day will be provided.
We hope you will join us.
We ask that you kindly register to attend so that we can plan catering. To register please contact Jessy Balendra in the Church Office by March 20th.
e-mail:office@stpeterstsimon.ca Telephone: 416.923.8714 ext.3.
There is also a registration sheet posted in the lobby.

“The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth”.
Psalm 145.18

Lenten Quiet Afternoon
2025-04-05 14:00 - 17:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Personalities of the Passion
Join Father Michael as he leads us in a quiet afternoon of prayer and reflection as we journey towards Holy Week.

The Gospel According to St. John Scripture Study
2025-05-06 18:15 - 19:30 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
Join the community for scripture study of St. John’s Gospel
Light Supper at 6.15 pm
Study at 7.00 pm followed by Compline.

Doors Open 2025
2025-05-24 10:00 - 17:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
SPSS is pleased to participate again in the City of Toronto Doors Open event. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our church to find out about its history, the stained glass windows, and more!
For more information about Doors Open, please visit https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/doors-open-toronto/

Special Vestry Meeting
2025-06-08 12:00 - 13:30 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
There will be a special financial vestry meeting to approve the audited financial statements and the 2025-26 budget.

Annual Church Barbeque
2025-06-15 12:00 - 14:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada

Sunday School Picnic
2025-07-12 11:00 - 13:00 | Woodbine Beach, Lee Avenue, Toronto, Lee Avenue Entrance, Toronto, ON, Canada
Annual Picnic of the SPSS Sunday School.

Garden Tour: Splendour in the Grass
2025-09-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Ontario
Ted and Isabelle Robinson invite you to tour their exquisite fall garden in support of AURA (Anglican United Refugee Alliance), a Canadian charitable organization assisting in the sponsorship and resettlement of refugees. AURA’s offices are located at SPSS, and our church has collaborated closely with this organization over the years, as part of our refugee sponsorship work.
Isabelle and Ted’s gardens have been cultivated since 1981, and they are designed to unfold with flowering plants, shrubs, and trees throughout the entire season, beginning with very early spring until late fall.
We hope many members of the parish will participate in this fundraiser.
To donate to the cause, please visit: https://walk-n-roll-2025.raiselysite.com/ted-robinson

Mark Your Calendars - Annual Caribbean Night!
2025-09-27 18:30 - 21:30 | St. Peter & St. Simon Parish Hall, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
The SPSS annual Caribbean Night to raise funds for Codrington College will be held this year on September 27th at 6:30pm. Tickets are $40, and will be made available after Sunday services starting August 17th.

Hansel and Gretel Opera
2025-10-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 | The Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1J1, Canada
No Strings Theatre presents Opera in Concert: Hansel and Gretel.
Come and enjoy the timeless opera Hansel and Gretel, an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck. The libretto was written by Humperdinck’s sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale of the same name.
