Welcome to Holy Trinity Metcalfe. We are a caring Christian community in the Village of Metcalfe, on the outskirts of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We welcome you to our worship services on Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Holy Trinity Today
We are an easy-going, simple, and quiet community held together with strong and committed lay-leadership. In September 2024, we welcomed a new full-time priest, Rev. Tom Hubschmid. In the past decade, our parish has persisted through a long season without a consistent parish priest. We have been blessed to be led by a rotation of retired ministers. We focus on holding weekly Sunday Worship services and caring for those of us who are sick or lonely. Beyond that we prioritize being generous neighbours in our town of Metcalfe.
Our outreach ministries include:
Free Community Pantry: Our congregation stocks a food pantry at our front door for anyone dealing with food insecurity.
The Osgoode Emergency Food Cupboard: The congregation donates food items as well as financial donations each year.
Naomi’s Family Resource Centre: Donations from our White Gift Sunday, during Advent are given to this woman’s shelter
Local Families in Need
Community Ministries of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund: the Anglican Church of Canada’s agency for sustainable development and relief
Our Clergy
Rev. Tom Hubschmid grew up on a small ranch in Alberta, where he learned faith in Christ in a non-Anglican church. He loved looking after dogs and cows and learning western leathercraft from his father, a custom saddle maker. Later, he took a huge interest in literature, philosophy, and theology, which led him through an English degree in Calgary, to a PhD in Theological Studies at the University of Toronto. In Toronto, he met his wife Tania Blokhuis. They live in Ottawa.
While studying theology and philosophy, Tom discerned a call to ordained parish ministry. He brings to his preaching and leadership a passion for understanding the scriptures and interpreting them in a way that is relatable, powerful, and life-giving. He believes strongly that the possibility of belief in Jesus rests entirely on the Holy Spirit’s active impact on people’s lives. Wrestling with the scriptures, contemplative prayer, and receiving the sacraments (baptism and communion) are the ordinary ways he sees the Spirit actively drawing himself and others to Jesus. He promotes a deep relationship with God through Christ that is transformative for all who deal with despair, suffering, or shame. The result of deep Christian faith, he observes, is a life more connected to God, oneself, others, and the created world.
Rev. Tom is also passionate about local agriculture and takes an active interest in horsemanship. He will soon defend his PhD thesis in Theological Studies entitled God Only Knows: Truth and Prayer According to Mark McIntosh and Michel Henry. He loves to sit down with people and talk about matters of faith and searching.
Holy Trinity Yesterday
Holy Trinity roots date back to 1856 when a wooden structure was built by the congregation at the time. In 1897, the wooden structure was no longer large enough for the congregation and it was replaced by our current building.
