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Ministries

Faith is nurtured in small rooms.

Bethel is multi-generational by conviction, not by accident. These are the places where that actually happens week to week.

Children & youth

Growing up at Bethel

A Cadet counsellor working through a lesson with two boys at Bethel.

Cadets & Boys’ Club

Boys in grades 3 to 8 meet through the school year for skills, badges, campfires and the kind of friendship that comes from building something together.

Ask about joining
Bethel's communion table set with spring blossoms, an open Bible and pottery.

Sunday School

Ages 3 to 10. Children join the congregation for the opening songs, then head out together for a lesson pitched to where they actually are.

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True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World — Bethel's Vacation Bible School artwork.

Vacation Bible School

Five mornings each August, free, and open to the whole neighbourhood — JK to Grade 5, with older kids helping to run it.

Register for August

Adults

Study, service and company

Small Groups

We believe faith is nurtured in small groups, so we promote them for everyone. Groups are hosted in homes and set their own rhythm — weekly, biweekly, every three weeks, monthly. Some are singles’ or couples’ groups, some include the children, and some are genuinely multi-generational.

Find a group

OASIS — Older Adults Sharing in Service

Lunches, outings, speakers and practical service. OASIS is where a good deal of Bethel’s institutional memory lives, and it is not remotely a quiet group.

Join an outing

Women of Bethel

Bible study through the year, service projects, and gatherings that run from the deeply serious to the frankly hilarious.

Get the schedule

Men of Bethel

Monthly breakfasts, a short devotional, and work days when the property needs hands. Bring someone who wouldn’t come to a service yet.

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Worship Team

Whenever we gather to worship, the worship team aims for an engaging, uplifting time of praise, fellowship and instruction. If you have a heart for congregational worship and are gifted musically, we would love to hear from you.

Offer your gift

The Library

A well-kept collection of theology, biography, fiction and children’s books, open to the congregation and run entirely by volunteers.

Browse the catalogue

Bethel Community Garden

Beds for neighbours, a harvest for whoever needs it.

Plots are offered each spring to anyone in Waterdown and north Burlington — church member or not. Gardeners keep what they grow; the surplus goes to families in the community and to the food bank.

A sunflower in bloom in Bethel's community garden against a blue sky.
Next serviceSun 2 Aug · 10:00 AM
Where616 Dundas St E
MessageThe Bread of Life