Stewart Memorial Church

01/23/2026

🚨 Sunday Service Cancellation Notice 🚨

Church family and friends,

Due to the severe snowstorm expected this weekend, we have decided to cancel our in-person Sunday service for everyone’s safety.

Please stay home, stay warm, and avoid unnecessary travel.
Your safety matters to us.

We will share updates about future services as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding and care for one another.

🙏 Grace and peace,
Stewart Memorial Church

01/04/2026

📖 You’re Invited to Bible Study at Stewart Memorial Church

Beginning Thursday, January 8, 2026, Stewart Memorial Church invites you to a new Bible Study on the Gospel of John, led by Pastor Vince Hall.

You don’t need to be a Bible scholar.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
Just come with an open heart and a desire to learn more about the Scriptures.

🕰 Two ways to participate:
👉 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | In person at Stewart Memorial Church
👉 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Online via Zoom

📩 Registration is requested.
Please email [email protected]
or [email protected]
with your name, phone number, and email address to register.
(Zoom details will be shared with those who register.)

Whether you are new to Bible study, returning to it, or seeking to go deeper, you are welcome here. We will begin our journey together in the Gospel of John, discovering Christ afresh through Scripture.

Come. Learn. Grow. Together. 🙏📖
All are welcome at SMC.

12/23/2025

Oscar Peterson, performing for patients outside the Evel Pavilion at the Mountain Sanitorium, July 1947.

Oscar was appearing for three nights at the Brant Inn and took time to perform for the patients and staff in Hamilton.

McMaster University

12/23/2025

12/23/2025

Soup and Sermon at Stewart Memorial Church

Join us for a morning of spiritual nourishment. Pastor Vincent Hall will share the word of God, followed by a soup luncheon. Doors open at 10:00 am for worship in music, with the sermon by Pastor Vincent Hall at 11:00 am.

Come feast with us!

12/04/2025

Join us this Saturday!

DIASPORA VIBES 3 – BLACK HISTORY HAMILTON
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 1 PM – 2:30 PM
Stewart Memorial Church, 114 John Street North Freedom Walk, Freedom Walk: Learn about this historic church and the role it has played in building and preserving the rich and dynamic history of African Canadians in Hamilton and area from the late 1800's to present.
Established in 1835, the church predates the city itself and has served as a historic site of prayer, protest, and resilience in the Black community. At the church, youth and community
historians will host storytelling a workshop on early Black history in Hamilton.

What to Expect
A dynamic presentation about Black history in Hamilton. The session presents Stewart Memorial Church as the lens through which Hamilton’s early Black story is told. Elders and youth from the church will guide the session, sharing lived knowledge, archival insight, and community memory.

Participants can expect:
• A workshop presentation on the roots of Black presence in Hamilton, centred on the church’s role as a historic site of faith, resistance, and community building.
• Historical displays highlighting key moments, figures, and milestones connected to Stewart Memorial Church.
• A light lunch and time for conversation with community members, elders, and youth facilitators.

REGISTER @ https://tinyurl.com/mzkxwa7s
[email protected] or call 905 385 0925
for more information

This is the final of our 3 part series - community place-making projects supported by the City of Hamilton

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