Rowntree Memorial United Church

Rowntree is open to everybody for sunday services either in the sanctuary or on line (zoom). We provide pastoral care to those in need through illness or confined to home or nursing home. We will also provide personal communion if desired to shut-in persons. We have an ongoing study on indigenous. We have a weekly knitting group who provide many warm little caps for premature babies in our local hospital. We take part every year in the london pride parade. We supply space in our church for girl guiding and boy scouts groups. We provide a tuesday evening meal program for those in need. We provide space for a wednesday noon-hour hot meal cooked and served by a group by the name of eluco (east london united church outreach). Both meals are free supported by monetary donations from our congregation along with others. We financially support eluco luso community services canada food grains united church summer cam 'camp kee-mo-kee'. Our congregation provides donations to the united church of canada’s mission and service fund. Also at christmas we provide approximately 40 christmas hampers of supplies for christmas dinner along with warm scarves hats mitts and treats for the children. Recently we have started providing space in our gymnasium for pickle ball playing two or even three times per week. We have three tops groups meeting on a weekly basis. As in past years we grow vegetables to donate to the london food bank. Space is provided in the gymnasium three time per week for games of pickle ball. Space was provided in the gymnasium for little children's indoor soccer games - november & december. Group called 'little kickers'.