St. Anne's is a lovely stone church built in 1853, and is home to an active, diversified, Anglican (Episcopal) congregation. We celebrated our 150th anniversary in 2003, and we are located on Commissioners Road in the Byron area of London. St. Anne's is a medium sized congregation, worshiping in a historic building, necessitating two complete worship services on Sunday. This allows us to have both modern and traditional worship patterns. We have one excellent choir.

Our Sunday School provides an excellent program using a bible-based curriculum. Scouting and Guiding groups which are open to all children in the community are hosted at St. Anne's. Our Adult education has used the Alpha course, as well as Bible study.

Our congregation has a good balance of all age groups, and works well together. A major project for our parish is a food booth at the Western Fair which runs for ten days in early September. 2011 was be our 62nd year at the fair. We also have an active A.C.W. (Anglican Church Women) organization. Their fund raising consists of an annual Traditional Christmas Tea and Bazaar, other community events and a quilting group.

While our church building is older, it is kept in excellent condition. Our Parish hall was built in the 1950s and has seen several major renovations, the most recent being in 1996. This facility is in use almost every night, sometimes with two or more groups meeting at the same time. Both our Church and hall are handicapped accessible.

We would be delighted if you would come join us!!

St. Anne's on the march (from May 1996 newsletter)

A pioneer Christian had on his mind
A place to worship, and this he did find
Right here where we're standing: the Lord was willing,
Five acres were bought costing eight pounds & some shillings.
Many hands gathered stones with a mason, a Scot,
And proud were the families as they viewed what they bought.
Twenty years later, it looked pretty feeble,
Having been used by strange devout people.
Some of our grandsires began to rebuild,
With hard earned money from the fields that they tilled.
A family named Hall who owned a saw-mill,
Their names long remembered, helped the coffers to fill.

St. Anne's was now ready for its name & consecration,
Isaac Hellmuth, Huron's Bishop, came for the celebration.
Three short term rectors did duties at Glanworth,
Ten miles with a horse going back and forth.
Our long term rector - for thirty-one years,
was always on duty; vacations bored him to tears!
On a certain Good Friday, just after the service
The church roof blew off, making everyone nervous.
A few weeks later this practical guy (rector)
Was staining the ceiling from scaffold on high.
The grand climax to Mr. D's tenure,
Came in thirty-seven, in the month of September.
During the year, the things we acquired
New sanctuary and pews, so badly required.
Six beautiful windows and the new west wing,
Memorial furnishings, we lacked not a thing!
Downstairs in wartime, we made lots of jam,
A friend overseas found a jar labelled, "Byron, St. Anne's"

The following rector, John French by name,
Got a management board, soon after he came.
The Hyde Park Rectory got a good sprucing up,
Duplex envelopes and an organ that needn't be pumped!

Our first lay reader, Percy Simpson by name,
A wrought iron gate and a fence of the same.
Our gas furnace blew up, but our sexton survived,
Near the same time, the Joselyns arrived.

In 1950, a Rectory was planned --
Arnold Stoner was the builder, but others gave a hand.
Annual smorgasbords raised some money:
Also seed fairs and a play that was funny.
The greatest idea came along next,
"To feed the hungry" was our text.
Ken Smith was the one who led the way -
The Western Fair booth then came to stay.
Soon after that came our new parish hall
And "Every Member canvass" involved us all.
Our membership was growing fast,
On a Sunday, 164 average - would it last?

Railings at our chancel steps --
Rev. Reg & Helen, in memory we kept.
Bob Mills arrived, and we spent some cash -
Five acres, two houses - it did seem quite rash.
A few years back, we had added ten feet
To the church, to the north made our entrance look neat!
After we built the Heritage room,
We gleefully felt we were in a great boom.
Morley Pinkney had come with plans for improvements,
An office, new cupboards, up-to-date equipments.
Coffers kept filled by generous donors,
Made us feel like we'd hit some homers.

Now we're thinking of those who need assistance,
To use our parish hall, we trust there's no resistance.
As our special senior turns the sod,
With junior helpers and the Grace of God.
- Grace Kains Bainard