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Worship

The Service

Weekly Traditional Worship Services – Sundays at 11:00 am

The 11:00 Worship Service will be made available within 24 hours on our YouTube channel.

Mask use continues to be recommended.

Livestream the 11:00 December 15 Service below:

Upcoming Advent Services

December 18, 7:00 pm – Blue Christmas Service

Join us for an evening of quiet and contemplation in the midst of a busy season.

December 22, 11:00 am – Advent 4 Morning Service

During our Advent 4 morning service, the children and the Adult Choir along with narrator, oboe, bassoon and piano will present the 20 minute fable “Brother Heinrich’s Christmas” as the story for the day.

December  22,  7:00 pm – “The Hopes and Fears of All the Years”

A Service of Readings and Carols led by the choir of Young United Church. This will be a service of congregational carols, readings, prayers, organ and choral music by Johannes Brahms, J.S. Bach, G. F. Handel and living composers Andrew Gant, Andrew Balfour, Owain Park, Gerald Near and Michael Burkhard. This year we seek to explore and contemplate the hopes and fears of all the years in these terrifying and tumultuous times when we dare to believe that the spirit continues to move among us. 

December 24, 6:30 pm – Joint Christmas Eve Service

A joint Christmas Eve Service with Hope Mennonite Church.

December 24, 11:00 pm – Late Night Christmas Eve Service

A late night Christmas Eve Service

When we worship, we’re seeking an encounter with God—an encounter with something beyond ourselves. Is it the encounter that joins us together, or is it the seeking? It’s difficult to say. But we do all of this amid the joys and challenges of a community.

At Young United Church, we use traditional liturgy and music to tie us to the long history of the church. In worshipping together, we seek to become a part of something larger than ourselves: a gathering of followers of Jesus, united in part by two thousand years of worship.

Of course, we’re up for trying new things as well. Whether it’s gospel service, dramatic performance, or choral psalms, our ultimate longing is to build a community of faith. A community that’s able to ask questions, offer love to one another and the outside world, and open our hearts to being the Body of Christ. 

Join us for worship on Sunday mornings.  

Young Music Program

Young United Church values the fine arts and provides a welcoming space for a wide variety of artistic endeavours. Music is part of the heartbeat of our worship and a vital expression of our Christian faith.

Adult choir

The 20-voice adult choir  offers leadership Sunday mornings from September until June, providing a strong foundation for enthusiastic congregational singing and contributing carefully chosen anthems and solos to every worship service (hear examples here). The choral repertoire is drawn from a vast range of styles and poetic texts, from the earliest Christian church to the present day. The adult choir is open to new members.

Rehearsal Times: (September through June)

  • Thursday evenings 7:30-9:00 in the Sanctuary. The Adult Choir is open to new members. Contact our music director for more information.

Contact, Lottie Enns-Braun, music director, at yuc@mymts.net for more information.

Instruments and facilities 

The church is home to a Steinway grand piano and a two-manual, 29-stop Létourneau pipe organ (click here for organ info). In addition to being used regularly in worship, the organ is in high demand for lessons and rehearsals.  Resident and visiting organists alike are delighted by the versatility and reliability of this exquisitely crafted instrument.

Community choirs and local groups often choose Young United’s acoustically gratifying space for their concerts and events.  These groups include… Renaissance Voices; The Winnipeg Music Festival; Horizons (a vocal ensemble) and SonoLux (a vocal ensemble).

Read about our organ

Nursery

A nursery room is available for use during Sunday services.  The nursery is not staffed at this time.