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July Toronto In response to requests from gays in Toronto, Troy Perry of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches granted Toronto the first official MCC mission in Canada. Rev. Robert Wolfe was sent by MCC from Sacramento, Ca., to be MCC Toronto's first minister. Wolfe conducted his first service in Toronto on July 22, 1973, in offices at 501 Yonge Street. Ten people attended. Within two weeks, the group began holding services at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Trinity Square. (See also March 9,1974.)

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March 9 Boston, Mass. The Board of […]March Montréal The Women's Committee […]

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Holy Trinity Church Metropolitan Community Churches Toronto Sacramento Toronto

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Bob Wolfe Troy Perry

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Metropolitan Community Church MCC Toronto

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"Praise the Lord," Metro Community News 1 (12 July 1974): 1, 3."MCC Toronto Mission Opens," Body Politic, no, 9 (1973), p. 6;Wayne Hagan papers, 82-035, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;Margaret Fulford; ed,. The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960–1990: A Guide to Archival Resources/Le mouvement canadien des femmes, 1960–1990: guide de ressources archivistiques (Toronto: Canadian Women's Movement Archives/ECW Press, 1992), entry 442;Gary Curtis, "Gays Pray on Sunday, Just Like 'Normal People,' " Eyeopener (Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto), 17 October 1974, p, 16;

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