Posts From Editor
CHRI and Pyjama Patrol join forces to warm children’s hearts this Christmas
With winter arriving, warm clothing is in greater demand—especially for kids growing up in difficult circumstances. Family Radio CHRI has partnered with Pyjama Patrol for their annual Christmas pyjama drive, to […]
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Christmas amid COVID
When a local teacher recently asked a little boy what he enjoyed about last Christmas, he told her about going to church on Christmas Eve to worship Jesus and walking home, hand in hand, with his family. It was a good night, he said, because he felt closer to God. How will churches capture this same powerful childlike awareness of Emmanuel—God with us—amid pandemic restrictions? […]
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Churches united in compassion
Jesus established one Church. Despite the many denominations and distinctions among believers, His Church is still one, as the Ottawa Compassion Collective shows. “The Collective helps […]
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Bethlehem Live sells out two weeks before event
“Our hope and prayer is that many would hear the Good News of Jesus as they come through.” Craig Macartney
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COVID leads to increased interest in homeschooling
When most of Ottawa was forced to lock down last March, homeschooling families were already well positioned in a safer situation. So how are the changes this year affecting homeschoolers? One misconception is that, in normal […]
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An open letter to the readers of Spur Ottawa
When we launched Spur Ottawa, back in September 2015, our hope and vision was to have a news website that told some of the great stories we encountered and heard about through our connections with the Christian community around Ottawa—because there are many. We wanted to promote unity, stir passion, and to “spur one another on toward […]
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Coming back together
While the government now allows faith communities to gather, in many ways those gatherings have changed from what church used to be. Spur Ottawa connected with six different churches to gauge the state of the Body of Christ in Ottawa, what challenges we face, and to hear praise reports […]
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Christmas in box
It’s that time of year again. Christmas is coming, which means Operation Christmas Child is in full swing. Started by Samaritan’s Purse, in 1993, the ministry has given 178 million shoeboxes full of gifts to children around […]
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Outreach group accidentally plants house church
At first, Dundonald Park was quiet. The late-September skies were overcast and threatening rain as a small group arrived with members of CityChurch Hawthorne and e3 Canada. By the time they left, the park was no longer quiet and they were planting a new church […]
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God’s love in a box to go
Early in the pandemic, the Ottawa Mission realized they could no longer serve clients the way they had previously. A serious concern among inner-city charities was the risk of the city’s most vulnerable going hungry. In the face of […]
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