Epiphany Anglican Church

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Children and Youth Programs

Adult Learning and Fellowship

Volunteer

How We Help Our Community

Children and Youth Programs

Children and youth are a vital part of our community!

We aim to nurture our young people’s spiritual growth by building connections with their family, our parish life, the Anglican faith and our broader community.

At Epiphany, young people will

  • Find joy and glorify God through music and song

  • Make friends and build a community of faith

  • Experience worship through connections to the Anglican liturgy

  • Grow their relationship with God by learning how to pray

Programming is tailored to age and stage of development

  • Nursery program up to age 4

  • Junior Sunday school for ages 4–7

  • Senior Sunday school for ages 8–11

  • Youth program for ages 12–18

Young people at Epiphany will have many opportunities to interact with each other and our congregation. They will be encouraged and supported to participate in all aspects of parish life. We have a variety of exciting plans for children and youth to teach them about the bible, build fellowship, and engage them in our church community. For example:

  • Intergenerational services, planned and led by our youth

  • First Communion (ages 7+)

  • Servers and Crucifers who assist the Priest during the service (ages 10+)

  • Confirmation (ages 14–16)

  • Nursery volunteers (ages 12+ who have completed a babysitting course)

  • Christmas Pageant

  • Membership on committees (e.g., Children and Youth Advisory Council, Parish Council)

  • Outings as suggested by youth (e.g., ziplining, Flying Squirrel)

  • Fellowship activities, like board game nights and BBQs

Our youth are generous with their time, and we are happy to track and report on their volunteer hours.

Adult Learning and Fellowship

Epiphany offers many opportunities for learning and fellowship:

  • Join us for coffee hour after the 10:30 am Sunday service. 

  • Drop in to Creative Connections, a weekly social gathering on Tuesday mornings, from 10 am to noon. Enjoy refreshments and play a game of cards or chess, or bring your knitting or other crafts.

  • Take part in activities and events throughout the year, such as BBQs, potlucks, concerts and trivia nights. 

  • Sign up as a volunteer! 

Is music your thing?

With superb acoustics and our Phoenix organ and Boston grand piano, our musical services are full of joyful noise. We are blessed with a strong and creative choir, as well as soloists and the worship band (acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, flute). Join our choir or band to share your musical gifts with us.

Adult Christian education

We are passionate about Christian education and offer several ways for you to get involved and learn more about the Bible, about your faith, and about the new ways you can engage our church, our society and our world. Keep an eye on What’s New for the latest on our current education offerings.

Volunteer

Epiphany is blessed with passionate, creative and enthusiastic ministry teams. Get in touch with our ministry leads in any of the areas below. 

Already a volunteer? Download the latest volunteer schedule.

Altar Guild and Worship
worship@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Help as a communion assistant, reader or Crucifer
  • Help care for and prepare the church for worship
  • Welcome people to church
  • Guide people at Communion
  • Collect the offering

 Children and Youth
children-youth@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Help with Sunday school, youth group or in the nursery

Communications and Social Media social.media@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Promote church and other events on social media
  • Maintain the website

Fellowship
fellowship@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Plan and help with events for members of the church

Income
income@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Seek new sources of income for the church

Membership
membership@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Help make people feel welcome at Epiphany

Music and Audio-Visual
gennaro.busa@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Sing in the choir
  • Play an instrument with the worship band
  • Perform as a soloist
  • Help manage the livestream A/V equipment

Outreach
outreach@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Coordinate events to raise interest, awareness, and financial support for parish ministries on local, national, and international levels.

Pastoral Care
pastoralcare@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Help people in crisis
  • Provide bereavement support
  • Visit those who are in hospital, at a convalescent home or at home

Property
property@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Help monitor and maintain the building, gardens and grounds

Stewardship
stewardship@epiphanyanglican.ca

  • Help plan and carry out campaigns to raise money to keep the church going

Synod or Coffee Hour Hosting
office@epiphanyanglican.ca

How We Help Our Community

Epiphany regularly contributes food and money donations to the Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard, where volunteers provide an emergency supply of food to people in crisis in our community, nearly half of whom are under the age of 19.

Epiphany is a member of the non-denominational Interchurch Refugee Group, along with several other churches in the region. The churches work together to sponsor and assist refugees to Canada.

Through regular contributions and special appeals, Epiphany has a long history of supporting the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. PWRDF is the Canadian Anglican response for emergency relief, refugees, development, and justice.