Orangeville Christian Reformed Church
Orangeville Christian Reformed Church belongs to the Christian Reformed Church in North America and says it is rooted in the Reformed confessions of the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dordt. It believes in one God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God, and that Jesus, fully human and fully divine, died in our place and rose again, so that salvation is a gift of grace received through faith: 'We cannot earn salvation, we can only accept it.' It sees its task as reflecting the love and grace of Jesus as it joins God's work of restoring relationships, creation and culture.
Orangeville Christian Reformed Church worships at 50 Blind Line, near Broadway. It was formed in 1950 by a group of Dutch immigrants, when Orangeville was a farming town of about 3,000 people, and it marked its 75th anniversary in 2025. It belongs to Classis Huron of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. The church says most of its members live in or near Orangeville, Waldemar and Grand Valley, and describes itself as an older congregation with a number of young families. Its building is about fifty years old; since it was built the sanctuary has been renovated and a fellowship hall and a main-floor nursery added.
The denomination’s directory lists eight ministers since 1957, most recently Andrew Vis, from 2011 to 2024. The congregation has been without a minister since then, and a posting dated 2 October 2026 shows it still seeking a full-time pastor. Elders and other members lead the congregational prayer and other parts of the service, and both men and women serve as elders and deacons.
Worship is held once each Sunday at ten in the morning and livestreamed on YouTube, with a mix of traditional hymns and contemporary songs led by the congregation’s singers and musicians, and coffee afterwards. Through the week the church runs Cadets and GEMS clubs for boys and girls on Thursday evenings, a Coffee Break Bible study for women on Wednesday mornings and a Friendship Club for adults with intellectual disabilities every other Friday. The church also leads monthly Sunday-afternoon services at two retirement residences, and it has twice sponsored Christian refugee families.
What to expect
Ushers at the sanctuary door hand out a bulletin with the order of worship and the week's news, and visitors choose their own seats. Song words are projected on a screen, or you can follow along in the hymnbook. A service usually lasts about an hour and is followed by coffee, tea and conversation. Children of any age are welcome to stay in worship; children in the nursery are signed in and out by the adult who brings them, and visiting children are invited to go down to Sunday school with the teachers just before the sermon (children aged 3 to 5 are picked up from their class afterwards). The service is livestreamed, and much of the sanctuary is visible to the camera.
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Sources: orangevillecrc.com, calendar.google.com, crcna.org, network.crcna.org, youtube.com.
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