Tag "Gloucester Presbyterian Church"
Messy Church relaunch exceeds expectations
Gloucester Presbyterian Church held their first Messy Church event since the pandemic and both the community and the church were blown away by the results. “Messy Church is a creative way of reaching out to unchurched families […]
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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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Growing a “messy church” community
“Messy church has allowed us to reach out to immigrants, kids, and older people in a way that we wouldn’t
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When to retreat
“Surprisingly, ministry doesn’t give you much time to be available to the Lord. Time alone with God often seems a luxury, yet it’s absolutely vital.”
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Live videos from CAPITALYZE conference
Spur Ottawa was on location at the CAPITALYZE conference. CAPITALYZE was a major conference celebrating the unity the Ottawa Church has walked in […]
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Putting friendship in a basket
Public schools and religious institutions aren’t known for broad cross-collaboration. Gloucester Presbyterian Church and Roberta Bondar Public School, however, defy that trend. One […]
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Love and unity: Rallying against hatred
The recent slew of graffiti hate crimes came as a total shock to Ottawa residents. It stands as a stark reminder of dark undercurrents in our society, but it also revealed something much more powerful. “It’s not a surprise […]
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From child soldier to child sponsor
Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier turned hip-hop artist, actor, and peace activist is coming to Ottawa. He will be performing some of his music and sharing his story at Gloucester Presbyterian Church, on September 17, 2016. “Emmanuel Jal has been marked by profound suffering, yet there’s an irrepressible joy as […]
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Challenging the Word of God
By early March, most New Year’s resolutions are long forgotten. All too often the January diet turned into a February Big Mac, while the gym membership card collects dust on a shelf somewhere. But a group from […]
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Forget the program
For five weeks every spring and fall, Gloucester Presbyterian Church opens its doors to the neighbourhood for “Sit, Think, Pray.” The brainchild of church elder Jason MacEwen, Sit, Think, Pray is a program that, ironically, has no program and costs nothing […]
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