100 Years Remembered!

1922 - 2022

Happy 100th Birthday, Calvary! Since the pandemic has lessened and we can now finally return to this beautiful sanctuary, I hope each of us will pause for a moment to appreciate the fact that this sacred space with its beautiful stained glass windows, is 100 years old and largely unchanged from the sanctuary that folks entered for the first time in 1922. They came, and others followed, to worship and to learn, to feel inspired or comforted or loved or challenged or simply accepted as part of a spiritual community in their own neighbourhood.

The building was a gift from people in another spiritual community, the Zion Evangelical Church on Weber Street, who believed as their ancestors had, that God’s message was intended to be spread to others. With amazing generosity they fulfilled the dream of establishing a place for a Sunday School and special worship in Kitchener’s growing north end.

During this Centennial year, the Anniversary Committee would like to share with you, bit by bit, a few highlights of past events that you may or may not know about, as well as occasional bits of trivia that may surprise you.