CHURCH ACTIVITIES & NEWS
Worship Sunday, February 19th at 10:30 am
Join us for Worship on Family day weekend!
Nursery, children & youth programs
Pancake Supper - Tuesday, February 21st. from 5pm to 7pm
Our annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper will be held Tuesday, February 21st. Proceeds to support children and youth programs at Port Nelson. Save the date and plan to bring the whole family! PDF
Ash Wednesday Service - Feb. 22nd at 7:30 pm
Prayer with the Songs of Taize for Ash Wednesday
Our 2012 Lent & Easter Journey
An Outline of worship services for Lent & Easter PDF
Lamentations for Lent
A Five-part study on the Book of Psalms.
Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 PDF
The Diamond Jubilee Fundraiser - Friday, April 27, 2012 at 6pm
The Diamond Jubilee Fundraiser is an evening of food, drink and celebration of our rich past and our promising future.
Please join us on Friday, April 27th, 2012 at The Atrium Conference Centre, Burlington, ON -
Tickets go on sale March 2012.
More information to follow soon. PDF
Gerry Brown Memorial Curling Event
Sunday, March 25th at 6:30 pm
A fun everning of curling!
Church Reports
Church reports can be found on the Church Council web page
| "The church exists for mission as a fire exists for burning" - Emil Brunner |
OUR MISSION
Our Story
Port Nelson's history is very much tied to the development of the City of Burlington. Like most communities, Port Nelson began rather informally when a small group of people who had been part of the former Trinity and St Paul's United Churches in downtown Burlington felt God was calling them to begin a new church in the Roseland area.
The first public gatherings of the new church were in the former Glenwood School, near the corner of Guelph Line and Glenwood School Drive. In April, 1952, we received our charter as an "official" congregation of The United Church – Canada's largest Protestant denomination. This ensured the church's long-term viability, and the congregation purchased land on Guelph Line at First Street in the area that was originally known as Port Nelson, prior to the incorporation of the City of Burlington.
A small building was erected that is, today, used as the Burlington headquarters of the Red Cross. The new and thriving church quickly outgrew this facility and, in 1957, built a larger structure a few blocks east on South Drive near Rossmore Boulevard in the developing and picturesque Roseland neighbourhood. In just five years the congregation outgrew this facility and, in 1962, the worship space that is presently used opened.
Seating about 600 people, it has been the site of countless celebrations and markings of life stages for several generations of people. The space features a long central aisle, detailed stained glass windows that tell of the life of Jesus as well as contemporary church history, and a fine 3-manual 1962 Casavant organ which is the centerpiece of a long-standing program of musical excellence.
Port Nelson has had a long history of reaching out into its surrounding community. It was the meeting place in the early development of the Nelson Youth Centres and continues to be an important part of the Centres' life and work today. Port Nelson was one of the founders of Habitat for Humanity Halton and the Burlington Inter-Church Council. This history of reaching out continues to this day as, in recent months, Port Nelson has been instrumental in the development of weekly community suppers, food access programs and inter-church worship services and prayer opportunities.