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Anniversary Sunday is a special time for our community, and we are pleased to welcome back Rev. Warren McDougall to preach and to share worship with us on May 5th, 2024. Warren was in team ministry with Rev. Linda Butler at RHUC from 2006 – 2016.

Richmond Hill United Church boasts a history of over 200 years, where it began as a simple log schoolhouse that acted as a place of worship for the local Methodists. Later a frame building was constructed in 1847 as a replacement but this structure did not survive: in 1879 it burned down to the ground. Five months later, in 1880, work began on the current building.

The present church was designed by Charles Albert Walton (1845-1908), a Toronto architect. Construction was carried out for a year until the church was completed in 1881. In its time, the church cost $17,000 to be built, which was a very significant figure, and the property was purchased for $950 as a deed.