Members, friends and visitors gather at the Danforth Mennonite Church each Sunday, for a time of worship, a time of learning and sharing, and a time of fellowship. We seek to develop through this time, a closer connection to God, a deeper understanding of what it means to be followers of Christ, a significant sense of community with each other, and a strong base of support and encouragement for the commitment each of us has made, to become and be, God’s people in our own worlds and on the Danforth.
We welcome you to join us.
We are committed to providing a nurturing environment for each other, our children, and those who join us as searchers. Our Christian Education program is very flexible and needs are met as they are presented.
Servanthood, as demonstrated in Christ’s life, is important to us and we seek ways to be practically involved.
The challenge in community outreach is not finding areas in which to be involved, rather, in finding ways to serve that are not beyond our capabilities.
As we attempt to be Church, we find ourselves spending quality times together in various groupings; in worship, in study, in giving and receiving support and affirmation in our personal lives, in service projects in the community, in planning and developing, and in wonderfully fun social events. We cherish our feeling of belonging and invite you to this “Banquet Feast” of a Toronto Mennonite congregation.
Stephen Reist, Intentional Interim Pastor
What’s an ‘Interim’ Pastor and what is ‘intentional’ about it? An interim pastor serves a church in the time between a recently departed pastor and the ministry of the next pastor. This is an important time for a church to acknowledge the past, understand its identity, and discern its future and an interim pastor can help navigate that transition ‘intentionally’ with leadership, good processes and spiritual attention. Stephen Reist has been called by Danforth Mennonite Church to serve as Intentional Interim Pastor till approximately April 2023.
Stephen spent 10 years in IT as a Systems Analyst before leaving to finish his theology degree at Wycliffe College (Anglican), University of Toronto. He considers himself a denominational “mutt” having grown up in Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches, marrying a Convention Baptist, attending Church of God, and Anglican churches, studying at an Anglican school and being first ordained in the Church of Christ. But he has found a home with Mennonite/Anabaptist theology and community.
Stephen preaches twice a month (usually the 1st and 3rd Sunday). He seeks to hear the Bible, especially the life and teachings of Jesus as a guiding light to our daily lives and relationship with our loving Creator.
Stephen and his wife Carol and their son Daniel live in Glen Williams (near Georgetown) on four acres with lots of trees, a creek and several egg laying chickens. He loves wood working, hiking, playing his guitar or flute, and watching movies about ‘honorable theives’.