St. Jacobs Mennonite Church Welcomes You!
A warm welcome to our visitors, whether it’s for a one-time visit or you’re searching for a church-family to worship with on a regular basis.
Our church elevator accesses all three levels of the church building.
An unsupervised nursery is available for families with young children to use during the worship service.
“We seek to celebrate and listen to the Living God; empowered by the Holy Spirit to be a welcoming, caring community of faith centered in Jesus Christ; and to demonstrate God’s love in our neighbourhoods and the world.” (Vision Statement)
St. Jacobs Mennonite Church is a vibrant, active, caring, inter-generational congregation. Communal worship, engaging the Biblical story, following Jesus, community life, spirituality, and peacemaking are all important to us.
Together with strong lay leadership, a three-member pastoral team helps lead the congregation. There are many ways to get involved here, everything from prayer shawls and quilting, to refugee sponsorship and hamper deliveries, to potlucks and Sunday Suppers, to events for all ages (junior youth, youth, seniors, women’s group, men’s gatherings, etc). We invite you to walk this journey of faith and community with us.
Incorporation:
On January 1, 2017 St. Jacobs Mennonite Church became a Canadian corporation, registered under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.
SJMC Welcoming Statement:
From 2015-2016, we at SJMC engaged in conversations, listening, learning and discernment in relation to people who are LGBTQ+. At the end of the process, we affirmed a new SJMC Welcoming Statement and received it within the context of worship on May 15, 2016.
Grounded in God’s universal love, we are a community of faith growing into our calling to be the body of Christ. We welcome people who are LGBTQ+ to participate in the life and ministry of our congregation.
Living into our Welcoming Statement:
- We welcome people who are LGBTQ+ into the life and ministry of SJMC, including baptism and membership upon confession of faith in Jesus.
- We will trust and support our pastors in discerning requests to participate in marriages, including same-sex marriages.
- When we are in a pastoral search, we will consider individuals according to their particular gifts and calling for ministry, not their sexual identity.
- As we journey together, we welcome ongoing storytelling and conversations of listening and learning in a spirit of gentleness, grace and love.
Read our Final Report to the Congregation
Read how we received our welcoming statement in worship
More Mennonite History at The Mennonite Story