"Whenever you did it for any of my sisters and brothers, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me"  (Matthew 25: 40)

Our Congregation

The people of Kingsway-Lambton are committed to deep personal faith, caregiving, bringing Christ to more people and providing service to our community.

It’s been that way since the beginning. While our cornerstone was laid in 1936, and the church formally dedicated a year later, our roots date to an 1845 Methodist heritage.

Kingsway-Lambton United Church is a part of The United Church of Canada (UCC), a 1925 union of Methodist and a majority of Presbyterian Churches, the Congregational Union of Canada, and, in 1968, the Evangelical United Brethren.

The United Church believes in Scripture as the standard of Christian life and faith and acknowledges the teaching of the familiar Ecumenical Creeds of the Church - Apostles Creed and Nicene Creed. It maintains the teachings and doctrines consistent with the Protestant Reformation.

While maintaining tradition is important, the Church strives for contemporary expressions of faith. “A New Creed” is an example of one way in which the Church holds the past sacred while seeking ways to keep it relevant to modern life.

A New Creed

We are not alone, we live in God's world.
We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God's Presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us,
We are not alone. Thanks be to God.
Amen.

Guide to the Life and Service of Kingsway Lambton

If you would like a paper copy of our Guide to the Life and Service of Kingsway Lambton, please contact us.

Happy 69th Anniversary Kingsway-Lambton United Church!

Some facts about our early Church:

• Sunday February 9, 1845, Opening Services for the Lambton Methodist were held. The chapel stood where 565 Prince Edward is today.
• Between 1860 and 1865, a Sunday School was organized by a merchant named Finch, who came from Toronto with several of his friends to teach.
• By 1877 the congregation faced the need for a new church. Money was raised by canvassing the community. Within a few months, a new site was purchased on the north side of Dundas (4160 Dundas Street West).
• On Sunday, March 3, 1878, the Lambton Mills Church opened. Enough funds were raised at the opening services to write off the debt of $300.
• In 1878, the need for a Sunday School room was realized. Therefore, an addition was built on the north side of Lambton Mills Church.
• In 1904 an Estey organ was installed in the Lambton Mills Church, and Miss Dixon became the first organist. Years later Miss Josephine Creech became organist at the age of 15!
• A Junior Choir was first formed in 1923 with Mrs. Carnell as the leader.
• On June 10, 1925, the United Church of Canada was formed. It was a uniting of three denominations: Presbyterian, Congregationalist and Methodist.
• In November of 1928, land was purchased from Robert Home Smith at a cost of $900. This land would eventually become the site of Kingsway-Lambton United Church.
• By 1934, the numbers in the Sunday School were so great that space had to be rented at the public school at a cost of $5 per Sunday. The superintendent at the time was Mr. George E. H. Booth.
• In 1934 the congregation became Kingsway-Lambton United Church.

• On September 12, 1936, the cornerstone was laid for Kingsway-Lambton United Church.
• On Sunday, February 28, 1937, the grand opening of Kingsway-Lambton United Church was held. So many people gathered for the grand opening that several hundred had to be turned away. The size of the congregation at that time was 347. The very Rev. George C. Pidgeon preached on the subject of "My Church".
• By 1940 it was apparent that an expansion was needed.
• The News Letter was established in 1940 and became an important factor in the life of the congregation.
• By May 1942 the transepts, along with a Sunday School wing were completed. Previously the Sunday School classes had been held in the kitchen and furnace room.
• On Tuesday, September 8, 1942, the congregation welcomed Rev. Wilfred C. Lockhart as new minister of Kingsway-Lambton United Church.
• With the foresight to plan for future expansion, the Church purchased the lot next door in 1943. This would be the future site of the Chapel and West Wing.

The Stained Glass Windows of Kingsway-Lambton
Created by Canadian artists Yvonne Williams and Robert McCausland, the Windows of Kingsway-Lambton are a national treasure which graces our Church.
Take a virtual tour of the windows now.