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Homeschoolers host Hawaiian luau to kick off the school year
August 31, 2017Members of the Rideau Valley Home Educators’ Association (RVHEA) celebrated the back-to-school season with a Hawaiian luau. The tradition caps a summer of “Friday Fun Days”, where homeschool moms welcome residents of Ottawa’s Eastway Gardens to join them for […]
Read full articleHoop Nights models Christ to city youth
August 23, 2017Faith matched up with basketball last month, as local teenagers learned about Jesus while shooting hoops. Ottawa’s Metropolitan Bible Church (MET) held its Hoop Nights outreach basketball camp July 10 to 14 at the Michele Heights Community Centre, providing a free drop-in skills clinic to youth […]
Read full articleBig fruit from the Big Give
August 16, 2017This year’s Big Give saw tremendous growth, increasing from 66 churches, in 2016, to 92 this year. With the growth has come amazing stories of lives touched by a united Church demonstrating […]
Read full articleMoving with the Kingdom
August 10, 2017Bedbugs and cockroaches, high crime rates, and lots of people who have never heard the gospel—it’s the perfect neighbourhood to call home…that is, if you are a MoveIn-er. MoveIn is […]
Read full articleA drug addict’s secret
August 3, 2017Chris Poulson has had a hard life. Abused as a young child, the shame drove him to act out in school and experiment with drugs, but after years of crime and addiction, an experience at Harvest House, a Christian rehabilitation centre, helped turn the tides […]
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