Lighthouse
Family Worship Gathering
Sunday @ 10 am
A spirit-led, music-filled, relaxed,
joyful, and authentic 75-90 minute
contemporary family worship
gathering for all ages.
Fu Yin
中文福音礼拜
Sunday @ 12:00 pm
目前中文礼拜是以
YouTube视频形式进行，请联系余雅各传道了解更多信息。
Our Mandarin service is about learning God’s
word together through YouTube each
week. Contact Pastor James for more
information below.
New Priest-In-Charge Appointed
Light On The Hill Church (St. John The Baptist Anglican – Oak Ridges) is delighted to announce that, after a long, thorough and careful search, Bishop Andrew Asbil, Bishop of The Diocese of Toronto, has appointed Reverend Orvin Lao, Priest-In-Charge. Reverend Lao comes via Little Trinity Anglican Church in Toronto. He will begin his Ministry at Light On The Hill on November 25 of this year and his first Sunday will be December 1.
We enthusiastically welcome Pastor Orvin and look forward to having his spiritual leadership as we endeavour to continue to be Salt and Light in our community and throughout the world.
Pastor Orvin is passionate about introducing Jesus to others and sharing the wonderful news of God’s new creation for everyone.
Orvin moved to Toronto from Manila, Philippines in August 2001 and obtained his BSc in Biology from Ryerson University in 2010, and his MDiv Pioneer from Wycliffe College in May 2017, specializing in missional and evangelistic ministries in shifting cultural contexts. He was ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Toronto in February 2020.
Orvin enjoys connecting with the community through wedding and event photography. In his spare time, he reads about science, culture, and religion, listens to podcasts, watches mini-documentaries on YouTube, and plays the guitar. He is married to his wife, Sally-Jane, and has two very young children.
Rise’n Shine
A free drop-in play group for children up to the age of six and their parents and caregivers!
WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE BELIEVE
Light On The Hill
St. John the Baptist Community Church
You may have come to this site because you are looking for a church to join, or because you are interested in finding out more about God, or perhaps you want to find out what we do to serve and impact the community around us here in Richmond Hill. Whatever your reason, you are at the right place!
Stuff You Oughta Know
Upcoming events and programs in our church community
Meet Our Staff
Light On The Hill’s staff provides leadership, support, and encouragement to our community.
Reverend Orvin Lao
Priest-In-Charge
Orvin is the Priest-In-Charge of Light on the Hill. He is passionate about introducing Jesus to people, teaching the Bible, and sharing the good news of God’s new creation that is for everyone and the whole world. He loves to read, listen to podcasts, watch YouTube mini-documentaries, and play the guitar. He is married to Sally-Jane and they have two young children.
James Yu 余雅各
Lay Pastoral Associate and of Mandarin Ministries 中文传道
James has been the Mandarin Lay Pastor since 2019. He and his wife serve the Chinese Ministries and the Fu-Yin Service on Sundays. 自2019年以来，余雅各和妻子冯潇璐一起服侍于圣施洗约翰堂的中文事工，以及主日的中文礼拜。
Adam Furfaro
Executive Director
Adam has been the Executive Director at Light On The Hill since 2016. He is passionate about finding new ways to bring the church to the neighbourhood, and the neighbourhood to the church. He loves to cook and you can often find him “out back” in our Community Garden.
Lulu Feng
Office Manager
Lulu is a responsible office manager who loves Jesus and the church. Since 2019, she has served in various ministries of the church together with her husband, James Yu. Her hobbies are singing and painting.
Gervasio “Jerry” Caringi
Worship Leader
Jerry is an extremely gifted musician, composer, songwriter, producer, bandleader, pianist, and vocalist. At the age of four, Jerry started playing Accordion. Then started on Drums performing in his father’s Dance band at the age of Eight. 45 years later, he is one of the busiest musicians in the country. We are so excited to have him lead our Worship.
BUT WE CAN NOT FORGET ABOUT….
Our Volunteers
The real backbone of the church is our volunteers. It takes all kinds of people to make the community happen. Our Sunday gatherings are created live, by an amazing group of volunteers who make up our Media, Worship, First Impressions, Prayer, and Hospitality teams. Volunteers also lead our Kidtopia and Little Lights Children’s Ministry Teams, our Life Groups, and part of our Leadership Team.
Made up of our Churchwardens, the Incumbent, senior staff, some ministry leaders, and church elders, the leadership team sets and protects the mission of the church, ensures that the community has the resources it needs to operate effectively, and lends spiritual, fiduciary and strategic guidance to the Corporation in accordance with the Cannons of the Diocese.
Churchwardens: Mary Walsh (Rector’s Warden), and Martin Francis (People’s Warden)
IGNITE
Draw near to God and He will draw near you!
James 4:8
IGNITE is the name of our Children’s Ministry here at Light On The Hill. It is geared toward children who are 4-12 years old. We meet Sunday mornings at 10am to play, create, worship and learn about Jesus.