Posts From Editor
Core Worship offers support to local worship leaders
Worship ministry involves a lot of invisible challenges. Leaders often have little help as they face practical hurdles (like managing a dozen volunteers) and spiritual issues (like helping congregants engage). Local veteran worship ministers have come together to forge […]
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Weekend retreat is anything but business as usual
The fast pace of life can make it hard to develop greater connection with God. So, the first weekend in May, 50 men took a weekend away to help them change pace from solely business to soul-y business. The group gathered […]
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Renewing the arts
Art. One of the most powerful tools of self-expression: it illustrates the values we hold dear, resonates with the heartbeat of each culture, and moves through the passion of generations. Art is unpredictable. It defies boundaries and denies norms. Some see […]
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A tribute to the Inspirational Value Centre
“At that point it becomes more than a retail transaction.” Janet Mabie Special to Spur Ottawa It started with a
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National March for Life calls for an end to #50yearsofshame
We have had 50 years of legal abortion in Canada and it is an important year for the National March for Life. While we regret the need to march, we embrace the duty to do it. It is time to energize and mobilize pro-life Canadians […]
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Blended & Blessed offers hope to blended families
Canadian children are increasingly being raised in blended families. According to the 2016 census, more than 20 percent of infants live in a single-parent or blended family before their first birthday. That number rises to 36 percent for children between 10 and 14 years old. While many churches have programs and […]
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The bread of deliverance
It was not to some everyday bread that the Messiah attached these profound words. He didn’t pick up a common dinner bun that happened to be part of his last, pre-execution meal. It was matzah, the bread of affliction, one of the most powerful symbols in the minds of his disciples […]
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Julian of Norwich Anglican Church re-imagines their property
Julian of Norwich Anglican Church has a vision to re-purpose their property. The church is not going away; they are exploring ways of creating innovative partnerships to better meet present and future needs. Monique Stone, the incumbent priest […]
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Sci-fi well sown
It all began with a bag of ripe tomatoes and a quote from a science fiction novel. That was the day that Elizabeth Napethe met Pastor Terry Orchard and her life changed for all of eternity. “I was picking […]
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Churches prepare to do the dirty work
Ottawa churches are banding together to respond to disaster. Following the tornadoes, last fall, and the 2017 flood, local ministries have partnered to form Respond Ottawa, a rapid-response task force for both short- and long-term responses to natural disasters affecting […]
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