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Ahh, board and batten. That's what that style is called. I'm a fan of that on charming village type houses. Unionville in Markham is the perfect example where you find many homes of that style. And it reminded me of this United church, which itself is not spectacular, but I think its surroundings are.

If I were to start attending church I'd want to go to a spectacular church or one in a spectacular neighbourhood and change my religion to suit it.


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I really like St Patrick's RC Church - 1882 - Kintora, Ontario
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ki...6!4d-81.074065

When I drove by earlier this Spring scaffolding was around it, apparently they're rebuilding the steeple.

The polar opposite of RC but I rather like the stark modernism of these family of churches (there's another one near Floradale): Fair Haven Mennonite Church - c.1975 - Millbank, Ontario:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5999...7i13312!8i6656

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Central United (1879 - Methodist) in Unionville, above, is a classic.
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I really like St Patrick's RC Church - 1882 - Kintora, Ontario
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ki...6!4d-81.074065

When I drove by earlier this Spring scaffolding was around it, apparently they're rebuilding the steeple.

The polar opposite of RC but I rather like the stark modernism of these family of churches (there's another one near Floradale): Fair Haven Mennonite Church - c.1975 - Millbank, Ontario:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5999...7i13312!8i6656

Great architecture on that first one. On that second one, uh.... ya, definitely stark. And bleak.

The only church I've ever seen that was more simplistic than that was the one time I went to sermon in one of the rental rooms at Loafers Lake Rec Centre in Brampton.

Are they trying to keep that church a secret? How do we even know it's a church? LOL.

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^I went to a funeral service there many years ago. The Scotch Irish and Mennonites often farm together in many midwestern Ontario communities. A very simple interior iirc, with men and women separated. All white with plain oak benches. Almost Japanese in its minimalism. This church group had interesting rules: you could drive any car so long as it was 100% black, and it being in the era of chrome bumpers and hubcaps, they had to be painted black as well. Teenagers drove Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs -- all in hipster black. Last time I drove by on a Sunday I noticed many Mercedes, expensive SUVs etc ha. All black. Conservative Mennonites think black is "plain." I beg to differ - it's super worldly!

I can always tell a Scotch Irish farm apart from a Menno one: on Sundays, Mennonites carefully hide their farm equipment in driving sheds, keep any sign of work hidden and their yards immaculate. The Scotch Irish (and some English) farms are messy, equipment scattered everywhere. And of course many work the fields on the Sabbath. The Dutch are a pretty tidy lot too - after all many of the Mennonites and Dutch Reformed came from the same part of Holland/Low Germany.

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Great architecture on that first one. On that second one, uh.... ya, definitely stark. And bleak.

The only church I've ever seen that was less simplistic than that was the one time I went to sermon in one of the rental rooms at Loafers Lake Rec Centre in Brampton.

Are they trying to keep that church a secret? How do we even know it's a church? LOL.
I believe they’re referred to as Meeting Houses.
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I believe they’re referred to as Meeting Houses.
That adds even more mystery!
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That adds even more mystery!
It would be a stretch to think of Mennonites as mysterious (although the way they organize and govern their religion can seem a bit convoluted). The Old Order meeting houses show why Mennonites and Amish are known as the “Plain People”.
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Some of them literally meet in houses, or barns! We shall meet in the house of the Lord is where this practice began, in contrast to the RC who had fancy churches in 1500s Europe.

The Mennonites influenced my life to some degree: eg instead of birthday cake I usually make myself a shoo fly pie! (Even though the horse and buggy Mennonites I knew ate shoo fly pie for breakfast.)
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I was just referring to the term "meeting house" as being mysterious. Could be parishioners, free masons, sexual deviants, mobsters, etc. Any number of things. The term meeting house combined with the lack of signage and unpaved parking lot can make one wonder "what's going on in there?".

Though with it being Mennonite then the simplicity would make sense.
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Most of these meeting houses have signs. Nothing wrong with free masons - they're intelligent, curious and connected. My grandfather was a 33rd degree one. Mobsters don't hang out in rural Perth County, although I've heard rumours of a Mexican Mennonite drug cartel. Pavement costs money - though obviously many Mennonites have paved their lots. Countryside comes to mind. Not all Mennonites are simple: they're often extremely well-traveled businessmen and women. I know one who's got a $100 million software business yet still attends church every Sunday.
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Most of these meeting houses have signs. Nothing wrong with free masons - they're intelligent, curious and connected. My grandfather was a 33rd degree one. Mobsters don't hang out in rural Perth County, although I've heard rumours of a Mexican Mennonite drug cartel. Pavement costs money - though obviously many Mennonites have paved their lots. Countryside comes to mind. Not all Mennonites are simple: they're often extremely well-traveled businessmen and women. I know one who's got a $100 million software business yet still attends church every Sunday.
You know I was being facetious, right? As in freemasons meeting secretly to plot how to control the world.

Mobsters might not hang out in Perth but on the other side of London, in Elgin, not that long ago, a dude massacred 8 fellow biker outlaws in his barn or something under the pretense of a meeting.

I somewhat recall the recent true story of some Mennonite family in SWO buddying up with a cartel in Mexico to move drugs across the border.

The Zehr family are Mennonite, no? As in the Zehr grocery store chain and RE development. They were one of our clients at my last job. One time one of them hand delivered a draft to pay out one of the mortgages. We joked that they travelled all the way from Kitchener to Downtown Toronto by horse and buggy. Only maybe three times ever can I recall a client hand delivering a cheque or docs in the 7 years I was there. I wonder if that level of personal interaction stems from the Mennonite culture. Though if some people happen to be on business downtown they don't mind hand delivering something because it's kind of like going for a walk and also putting a face to the people you do business with.
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This Ukrainian Catholic in DT Burlington is somewhat interesting. But like I was saying above, I like the setting better. Nice place to go for a coffee or stroll afterward.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/81418524@N00/8183048340/



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Another one in Burlington with different style. Burlington Baptist.


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Some nice and interesting architecture from York Region.



Victoria Square United in Markham



http://vsuc.com/photo-gallery-vsuc-church/


St. Mary and St. Joseph Coptic Orthodox in Richmond Hill


https://www.flickr.com/photos/greyin...er/3481266081/


St. Paul's Anglican in Newmarket. I'm starting to notice just how nice the architecture is on Anglican churches.


https://stpaulsnewmarket.org/


St. Barsaumo Syrian Orthodox in Markham



https://www.ojdrovic.com/stbarsaumochurch
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You know I was being facetious, right? As in freemasons meeting secretly to plot how to control the world.

Mobsters might not hang out in Perth but on the other side of London, in Elgin, not that long ago, a dude massacred 8 fellow biker outlaws in his barn or something under the pretense of a meeting.

I somewhat recall the recent true story of some Mennonite family in SWO buddying up with a cartel in Mexico to move drugs across the border.

The Zehr family are Mennonite, no? As in the Zehr grocery store chain and RE development. They were one of our clients at my last job. One time one of them hand delivered a draft to pay out one of the mortgages. We joked that they travelled all the way from Kitchener to Downtown Toronto by horse and buggy. Only maybe three times ever can I recall a client hand delivering a cheque or docs in the 7 years I was there. I wonder if that level of personal interaction stems from the Mennonite culture. Though if some people happen to be on business downtown they don't mind hand delivering something because it's kind of like going for a walk and also putting a face to the people you do business with.
Yes, the Zehrs are Mennonite, although not Old Order.
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I know some Zehrs who are Conservative Mennonite and some who are Beachy Amish. Never met the Zehr grocery chain founder. I sometimes go to Zehr's Country Market in Millbank - although iirc the original Conservative Mennonite (most are actually of Amish background) owners, the Zehr family, sold the shop to another family who've since expanded with two new locations near Bayfield.

Anyway I was in horse and buggy country today and had to stop to check my stock orders, so why not here?
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5662...7i13312!8i6656
Countryside Mennonite Fellowship -1983 - info: https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Co...ntario,_Canada)
Oh and here's what a Beachy Amish meeting house looks like:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4882...7i13312!8i6656

My conservative mennonite friends call Wikipedia "Wickedpedia" ha - gameo.org being their alternative reality.

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While planning a road trip to Sarnia area, I came across something that reflects more of my cultural heritage: St John in the Wilderness Anglican Church (1856) in Bright's Grove/Sarnia: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0357...7i13312!8i6656
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Bright's Grove is soooooo cute. I remember our family use to go there and visit friends and stay at their really cute cottage just a block from the lake.
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Spent a few hours in Niagara Region today and saw a couple of impressive churches so I looked up what else they had. There's a pretty good collection of churches down there.

St. Thomas Anglican, St. Catharines

http://stthomasdaycare.ca/


KNOX PRESBYTERIAN, St. Catharines

http://www.combinedvoicesinpraise.com/Concerts.php


The Diocese of St Catharines

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St George's Anglican, St. Catharines

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/st-georges-a...-st-catharines


St John's, Port Dalhousie - Anglican

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsportdalhousie/


Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Port Dalhousie

http://www.whitelinearchitects.com/p...tholic-church/
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