Tag "The Big Give"
Churches gear up for The Big Give 2023
Churches across southern Ontario, and as far away as Sidney, B.C., are gearing up for the 2023 Big Give. The event, held the first Saturday of June every year (June 3 this year), serves as an opportunity for the Church to demonstrate God’s heart for the community. “The focus is about showing Jesus’ love with action […]
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Unity as a message of hope
Unity and compassion send a powerful message in these divided days. That message is clear, pointing to the love of Jesus this Christmas, through a partnership between the Ottawa Seventh-day Adventist Church and Britannia Baptist Church. “A much larger, established […]
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Leadership changes at Love Ottawa
Love Ottawa is coming under new leadership. After nine years as director of Love Ottawa, Richard Long is handing the reigns of the ministry to Gabe McReynolds. “Gabe is a missionary by nature […]
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Churches welcoming neighbours back with the Big Give
The Big Give is just around the corner, with churches across the country bringing expressions of generosity to their communities. Although some churches are still closed and unable to engage, many are returning to big […]
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The Big Give still reaches across Canada
For the second year in a row, churches came up with creative ways to participate in The Big Give. The event, which started in Ottawa but spread across the country, rallies churches for one day of […]
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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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The Big Give gives on
The Big Give, a national initiative of Christian kindness and generosity, took place June 6, despite the COVID-19 lockdown. More than 25 churches from Ottawa participated, with about as many joining from southern Ontario, Quebec, and even Sydney […]
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Growing presents in the community
Businesses exist to make money for their owners. This year, however, the owner of a Christmas tree farm offered Manotick Community Church as many trees as they wanted to give away, at their live Nativity. “I went out for lunch with a guy who […]
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Celebrating the fruit of unity
Those who were raised here may not realize, but the experience of Christian unity in Ottawa is fairly unique. I heard it again in the last few weeks, a pastor who is new to the city commented, “Something’s different about ministering in Ottawa.” […]
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Refugees feeling the love from the Big Give
On May 30, three days before the Big Give 2018, a Barrhaven fire displaced 16 families. One was a refugee family who had recently moved to Ottawa. They had a young baby and three […]
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