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<p style="text-align: center;">Next Church is a vibrant Christian community in downtown Kingston, Ontario.</p>
<p>Come join us as we explore faith together, working out what it means to follow Jesus in the nitty gritty of everyday life, in social justice for the neighbourhood and the globe, and in arts and music.</p>
<p>To get a good feel for our community, try coming for three Sundays in a row. We have different speakers, different music-styles and different service leaders each week, so visiting us three times will help you get the most accurate impression of our expression of faith.</p>
<p><em>We worship our Creator God and acknowledge that the land we are on is the traditional territory of His image-bearers the Anishinaabe, Haudenosunee, Huron-Wendat, and Metis Peoples. </em></p>
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