WELCOME!

SIDE copyWelcome to Kensington Presbyterian Church!

 We are a Christian community worshipping in the heart of NDG — since 1896! The community of NDG has changed a great deal since then, and so have we.

Our worship is open and joyful, both contemporary and traditional.
In mission we are supporting support with Indigenous People, and helping with international Food Security.
The kids of Kensington are important to our community, since they have their own vitality and gifts to brings to the church.

You are welcome!

Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m.

Friday’s Fabulous Food & Film Festival

Please join us for some pizza and fantastic films.
6:30 pizza (RSVP appreciated)
7ish film

lovely movie showing the impact of a little event (in honour of new year’s resolutions)

Jan 9: Sliding Doors
Jan 16: Ratatouille

Thanksgiving Appeal Letter 2025

April 2025

I’ve heard it said that the only fixed thing in the universe is change. Does it feel that way to you? Autumn is a season of change. The leaves are changing and falling, the daylight is getting shorter–and nights are cold. We’ve all been here before and can find beauty in this change. However, I still hear people wishing to go back to summer.

Change is hard. Unexpected change is perhaps the hardest, but change is hard even when we know it needs to happen or is predictable–like the seasons. This week, for example, I had to change to a new computer. I know it was necessary, and I know I’m blessed that I could afford it. Still, adapting to the unexpected ways in how it works has been a challenge.

Thankfully change isn’t the only fixed thing in the universe. …

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Kensington in The Presbyterian Record

This article appeared in the May 2014 issue of The Presbyterian Record – written by Roland De Vries about changes at Kensington Church over the past number of years. (To the right is the front cover of The Presbyterian Record from June 1964 – 50 years ago.)

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Change has been in the air at Kensington, Montreal, over the past six years as the congregation has adopted global and contemporary songs in Sunday worship. While we still sing many traditional hymns, there are new melodies, harmonies and rhythms rising into the air from sounding board, vocal cords and even the djembe.

Presbyterian Record cover June 1964Change has also been in the walls and in the ground and in the pews and in the programs and in the financial outlook. So here’s just a sampling of changes made in our congregation’s life over these past years, beyond the embrace of new musical expressions. Changes made in a spirit, I would say, of faithful common sense. Read More