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This Week in MET Connect:
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This Sunday The Rev. Karen Bowles' message is titled "The Stranger's Gift."
- Prelude: Various (Brahms/Walcha; J.S. Bach; Leclerc)
- Readings: Mark 11:1-11
- Choristers: Enter into Jerusalem (Ho Lung)
- Solo: My Heart Ever Faithful (J.S. Bach)
- Postlude: O World, I Now Must Leave You (Brahms)
You can now join the service through our livestream page at metunited.ca/live.
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Virtual Palm Sunday Procession
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Last week Alana gave us easy instructions for creating our own homemade palms to use in our virtual procession this Sunday (video link below). You can also contribute an outdoors shot, something green, or perhaps an animal friend!  
Please send your pics to communications@metunited.ca by Saturday afternoon.
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'God So Loved the World': Concert Next Friday
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Met's Good Friday concert streams online Friday, April 2 at 8pm at metunited.ca/live, and on YouTube/Facebook. The Metropolitan lead singers, Choir members and guest musicians are featured, with readings from our Ministers. Resident poet Patricia Orr has contributed a new poem, ‘Remembering Others on this Night.' Featuring the music of Allegri, Bach, Vittoria and more. The concert program, as well as rehearsal and recording photos, are available on our site.
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Last Sunday's anthem from our lead singers, Allegri's Miserere Mei, Deus, will include other members of The Metropolitan Choir for the concert version of this famous a cappella work.
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On Maundy Thursday we will reflect with a viewing of the acclaimed documentary Won't You Be My Neighbour? Please join us on Zoom at 7pm.
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On Good Friday morning at 11am we will tell the story again in song and scripture and readings from Khalil Gibran, The Son of Man.
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Met's Gardens Blog:
The harebell
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There are few things that evoke quite the same sense of joy and excitement as those first pops of colour, peeking through the ground in early spring. We all agree, that in Toronto, by the time March rolls around, we all want some colour! Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), also known as blue bells of Scotland, lady’s thimble or witches bells, not to be confused with creeping bellflower, is a plant that delivers just that pop... (read more)
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Vau, indeed! Our virtual anthem, Hymn to Freedom, was featured on the current affairs television program 360 Studio in Finland this week. Its host and producer, Tomi Lindblom, reached out after finding our video on YouTube; the end of their weekly program has focussed on culture and musical innovations resulting from quarantine.
Straight from Google Translate, here's an eclectic description of this week's program:
"Today, 360 Studio is discussing the changed working conditions... and the pressures of cultural life in the midst of corona restrictions...In addition, Princess Diana’s letters, the Icelandic volcanic eruption and the world’s largest puzzle will be explored. At the end of the broadcast, a Canadian version of the Metropolitan United Choir’s popular song by Oscar Peterson will be seen in the corona quarantine."
Met's feature can be found at 35:20. Congrats to Benjamin Stein who produced this anthem, and to all who took part! Music unites.
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To the Glory of God - Easter Memorials
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We invite you to make a memorial gift this Easter in support of Met's Memorial Fund. Your name and the name(s) of those you wish to remember will be included in the Easter Sunday bulletin and online during worship (you may remain anonymous if you wish). You may make your gift in the following ways:
- Online at metunited.ca/donate
Click on Donate Now; select Easter Memorial from the drop-down menu
- By mail: Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2Z3
After making your gift, please forward the names of person(s) you would like memorialized to Sheela Taylor by email or 416-363-0331, ext. 210 no later than end of day, Tuesday, March 30.
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We are an Affirming Congregation, offering welcome and companionship to all people regardless of sexual orientation or designation.
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