About Us

Asbury and West United Church


3180 Bathust Street
Toronto, ON M6A 2A9
416 783 6503
secretary@asburyandwest.org

The congregation worships Sunday mornings at 10:30am.  All are welcome.


Our Mission Statement


We are a diverse community of Christians, called by God, who seek to make a positive difference in the lives of those who reside in the Bathurst and Lawrence neighbourhood and beyond.

Acknowledgement of the Land

Asbury and West United Church acknowledges the sacred land on which our church stands. It has been a site of human activity for 15,000 years. Today, the meeting place of Toronto is still home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community, on this territory.



MEET THE STAFF

Minister: Rev Ariel Siagan




The Search Team and Council are pleased to announce that a new minister has been appointed by Asbury and West. Please join with us in welcoming Rev Ariel Siagan to our church family. As a part-time supply minister, he will be with us from January 1st until December 31st, 2024. As this is a part-time position, a congregational meeting to approve the appointment was not required by Regional Council. However, we will hold a covenanting service in the new year.

Rev Siagan is currently finishing his PhD thesis at Trinity College, University of Toronto. He completed his Master’s in Theology in Seoul, South Korea and then gained six years of congregational ministry experience in the Philippines. He also has ten years of ecumenical experience with the National Council of Churches in the Philippines.



Music Director: Adam Falconi


Adam is a full-time freelance musician in the GTA. He works as a performer, consultant, and background performer in Toronto’s film and television industry, having completed contracts for major networks including HBO, Netlflix, CBC, Paramount, and Disney. 

He performs regularly as a percussionist with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, and Rose Orchestra. He is a contractor for the Canadian Armed Forces Bands, and works as a wedding and corporate event-band drummer for Main Event Music, as well as his own private bands and ensembles.

As a pianist, Adam accompanies the Brampton Festival Singers. He also runs music outreach and education programs at several daycares and early childhood centres, performing live-concerts to entertain and inspire young children.

From 2010-2018, Adam toured the world aboard Holland America Cruise Lines and Carnival Cruise Lines, as a drummer and music director, and from 2018-2020 he went on tour the hit YouTube musical act ‘Post-Modern Jukebox’.
Adam was born and raised in Richmond Hill Ontario, and currently resides in Toronto with his wife and infant son.

Custodian:Alvaro Perez Castanero

My name is Alvaro and I was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. I graduated from Journalism in Uruguay and after a few years I move to Canada in 1996.

Since then I’ve lived in Toronto. I have a daughter who is 15 years old. I live with my wife Alejandra who is from Uruguay too.

I’ve been working for the United Church for 15 years as a custodian. I started with Asbury and West two years ago.

My hobbies are reading, especially everything concerning with world history and I love to watch Soccer.

It has given me such pleasure working with the people in this church; they are very friendly and cooperative.





The Church's Heritage:


1812 - Methodist circuit riders came out from the village of Eglinton on horseback to Bathurst & Lawrence to hold services in the Mulholland family home. This eventually became the Asbury Methodist Church.

1840 - The West Presbyterian Sunday School was opened on the western edge of Toronto at King & Spadina.

1925 - The United Church of Canada came into being. It joined Methodist, Presbyterian & Congregationalist churches together. About 30% of the Presbyterian Churches stayed apart.

1947 - West Church moved north and joined to form Asbury and West United Church.

2011 - Asbury and West gets designated a Heritage building and begins it's renovation.

2014-The Church moves back to 3180 Bathurst Service.