The Big Give
2016-06-04, 2017-06-03
Imagine one hundred churches working together to extravagantly bless our city on the same day. We want you to be involved. Whether you are part of a small church or a large one this event is for you. Your involvement can be tailored for your community and still know that you are part of a greater initiative with a larger heart that is touching every neighbourhood in our great city.
Register your church! Visit The Big Give website for more information.

Mark Buchanan at World Vision Church Leaders Forum
2016-06-07 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Metropolitan Bible Church, “The Met”, 2176 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa
Join us as Mark Buchanan offers practical insight on the critical role of vision casting. Discover tools to help you catch God’s heart for those who have been neglected in your community. Mark is best selling author of “Your Church is Too Safe,” professor at Ambrose University. $25 per person includes refreshments and special take home resources including the findings of World Vision’s national survey on “How Church Leaders Use Vision & Strategy in Ministry.”
Optional Lunch and Learn: 1:00 – 2:00 pm. Bring your lunch and take the conversation to the next level with Mark and your peers.
REGISTER

Quiet Pools: The Contemplative Morning Conference
2016-06-11 08:45 - 12:45 UTC | Metropolitan Bible Church, “The Met”, 2176 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa
The Contemplative Morning Conference –
Drawing Near to God Together! All women welcome!
Join us for a morning of creative, reflective and scriptural practices that will help you draw near and connect with God. Rest, learn and practice! We have put together great general sessions and workshops. Cost is $20.00. Registration is now open! Get all the details here.

Alpha Lab Ottawa
2016-06-18 09:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
Brand NEW Alpha Training!
Unlike any previous training experience:
Tailored to multiple learning styles, the all new Alpha Labs combines teaching with game-based and peer-to-peer learning that will leave participants buzzing with excitement and ideas.
Find out more at the Alpha Website.

Quiet Pools - Women's Leaders Circle
2016-09-22 - 2016-12-01 | One Way Ministries, 89 Auriga Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2E 7Z2, Canada
This fall, Quiet Pools is offering a special Leaders Circle! It is a free 6 week video series of contemplative teaching and reflective experience called, ‘Sacred Rhythms – Arranging our Lives for Spiritual Transformation” by Ruth Haley Barton . Come out to a restful evening of rich teaching, engaging discussion and quiet reflections.
It will be facilitated by Terry Long
Dates: Sept. 22nd, Oct. 6th & 20th, Nov. 3rd & 17th, Dec. 1st
Time: 6:30 pm Light Refreshment, 7:00 – 8:00 pm Session
Location: One Way Ministries
Click here for all the details and to register.
Leaders Circle is for senior leaders. It is for women who serve in recognized and defined senior leadership roles in their church, para-church organization/ministry or marketplace ministry. Click here for more information.

Dig and Delve - Information Luncheon
2016-09-27 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Bethel Pentecostal Church, 500 Viewmount Dr, Nepean, ON
Dig & Delve Apologetics Conference Information Luncheon
Tuesday, September 27th, 12:00 – 1:30
Bethel Pentecostal Church
DIG & DELVE is a humble Apologetics Conference that strives to present different views with the utmost respect and provides a place for Christians and non-Christians to ask honest questions of each other and of some of today’s finest Christian minds.
Come for lunch and learn the vision of DIG & DELVE and how you can encourage your congregations, specifically your young adults, to attend.
To learn more about this year’s conference, please click here.
To register for lunch, email Janice . Space is limited.

Quiet Pools - Eucharisteo
2016-10-01 09:30 - 22:45 (America/Toronto) | Greenbank Community Church, 51 Greenbank Road, Ottawa, Ontario
Quiet Pools is hosting their first contemplative morning meeting called, “Eucharisteo” which means “to be grateful and give thanks”. What better way to enter the Thanksgiving season than by slowing down for one hour to be grateful and give thanks for the many blessings and gifts from our Lord. All women invited. Click here for all the details.
This is a free event but RSVP is essential. Please contact Terry if you plan on coming,
Saturday, October 1st, 9:45 – 10:45 am (light refreshment at 9:30)
Greenbank Community Church

Global Leadership Summit - Ottawa
2016-10-20 08:00 - 2016-10-21 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Community Pentecostal Church, 1825 JOSEPH BLVD ST, Gloucester, ON
The Global Leadership Summit is a powerful two-day experience for leaders.
You will be presented with many of opportunities to sharpen your skills and develop the people you lead. The Summit is a proven tool that produces compelling outcomes for leaders who attend.
The simulcast will be shown in HD throughout many cities and communities in Canada.
Ottawa Date & Location:
October 20th & 21st – 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Community Pentecostal Church
Click here to register.

Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast
2016-10-28 07:15 - 09:30 UTC | Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa
The Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast is one of 50 or more city prayer breakfasts held annually across the country. At the breakfast, we honour and pray for our Mayor, City Councillors and First Responders.
This year’s speaker is Peter Tilley. Peter Tilley has been the Executive Director of the Ottawa Mission since June 2013. The Ottawa Mission is one of Ottawa’s oldest yet most progressive downtown shelters for the homeless, providing a full range of services to the less fortunate in our community.
For more information, visit the Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast Website.

Dig and Delve
2016-11-04 19:00 - 2016-11-05 18:00 UTC | Dominion Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
DIG & DELVE is a humble Apologetics Conference that strives to present different views with the utmost respect and provides a place for Christians and non-Christians to ask honest questions of each other and of some of today’s finest minds.
I Can’t Believe the Bible Because…
Dig & Delve 2016 will explore some common objections to the credibility of the Bible. Perhaps you or someone you know can’t believe in the Bible because…It promotes genocide and Holy wars …there are too many convenient mythical stories…it is filled with laws that even Christians ignore or other reasons….
Come and learn from leading Biblical scholars and apologists how to understand these objections to the Bible’s credibility.
Visit the Dig and Delve website for more information. Click here to register.
Friday, November 4 – 7PM to 10PM
Saturday, November 5 – 9AM to 6PM

Prayer for the City
2016-11-10 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | River Jordan Ministries, 36 Bentley Ave., Nepean, Ontario
Pastors, leaders, and intercessors: come and pray with one voice and one heart, for God’s power to do his work in our city. “God’s giving is inseparably connected with our asking…Only by intercession can that power be brought down from heaven which will enable the Church to conquer the world.” – Andrew Murray.
Led by Pastor Ken Roth and the Love Ottawa team, we will pray for each others’ work and for the spiritual climate in the city.

Friends for Dinner - Christmas Season
2016-11-15 - 2017-01-02
Love Ottawa Needs Host Families for Christmas!
Friends for dinner is seeing phenomenal growth! They had 219 students sign up for Thanksgiving this year. That was 100 more that the previous year! Plus, other students were re-invited to families who have hosted them before. Friends for Dinner has also launched in six other cities across Canada as the word has gotten out.
They need more families to join this wonderful effort as new international students sign up for the upcoming Christmas season. Please make an announcement in your weekend services over the next several weeks. Click here to register your family or click here to visit their website.

Quiet Pools - Christmas Event
2016-12-05 19:15 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Greenbank Community Church, 51 Greenbank Road, Ottawa, Ontario
Jesus, Light of the World
Ladies, take some time away from the Christmas crush and make room to rest and reflect on the birth of Jesus our Saviour. All women are invited!
This evening is all about rest and reflection. Join us for a quiet candlelight evening to soak in restful worship, carols, and evening prayers as we reflect on Him.
The time is 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm but doors open at 7:10 for tea and coffee
RSVP is essential so please let us know that you are coming. Email us here
This is a free event. An offering plate is at the back for any free-will donations. Thank you.
Click here for all the details.

City on Our Knees
2017-01-15 - 2017-01-21
Start the year with churches across Ottawa making January 15-21, 2017 a week of prayer for our city! Consider how your congregation, ministry or small group could help saturate the city in prayer during this week. You will be joining with hundreds of others in seeking God together for greater things in 2017.
Email Sarah for more information.

One Way Ministries is celebrating 20 Years!
2017-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto)
One Way Ministries is celebrating 20 years!
If you would like to help us go for 20 more years, watch this video and let us know if you can join us on Thursday, February 16!

For more information, contact our office at 613.225.0210. To register, click here.

National Capital Region Prayer Summit for Pastors and Leaders
2017-03-19 16:00 - 2017-03-20 17:00 (America/Toronto) | NAV Centre, 1950 Montreal Road, Cornwall, Ontario
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
This Summit is designed for leaders keen to create a culture of prayer in their churches and across our region. Church leaders throughout the National Capital Region and surrounding communities are gathering to re-kindle their own prayer lives, and to more intentionally intercede for an increase of kingdom influence in our region and nation.
Tom and Terri White from Corvallis, Oregon will be leading our time together. A veteran in
leading prayer summits, Tom works with city churches to impact their communities for Christ.
For many years Tom and Terri have been involved in developing citywide gospel movements,
teaching on prayer, spiritual formation and spiritual warfare, as well as facilitating prayer
retreats for Kingdom leaders globally. Click here for a 10-minute video of Tom, The Importance of Prayer.
Register before March 5, 2017! We invite you, your spouse, and colleagues in ministry to attend this prayer summit. There is a gathering momentum of prayer in our city and region. We want to keep fanning this flame until the whole National Capital Region experiences an outpouring of the God’s Spirit.
Isaiah 61:3-4
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations.
Registration Costs and Lodging
PRAYER SUMMIT FEATURES:
ALL costs, fees, and taxes associated with the Summit are included in
your per-person registration! Register before March 5, 2017!

Lodging is for 1 night.
All costs associated with the Summit are included in your registration.
Meals include Sunday buffet dinner, Monday buffet breakfast, buffet lunch, and two coffee
breaks.
Choose your registration cost based on your lodging choice!
Comfortable double and single occupancy rooms.
Prayer Summit will start with dinner at 6pm, March 19 and finish 5pm, March 20.
Arrive by 4pm for room check-in and registration.

SELECT YOUR REGISTRATION COST
TRADITIONAL GUESTROOM (Standard room with one queen bed. Sleeps up to 2 people) Price
including applicable service charges and taxes, sleeping room, all meals, and meeting space.

Single Occupancy – $200.00
Double Occupancy – $300.00 (Married Couples $150 per-person)

DOUBLE QUEEN (Suite with 2 separate areas with either 2 double or queen beds or 1 double or
queen bed and a sofa bed. Sleeps up to 4 people) Price including applicable service charges and
taxes, sleeping room, all meals, and meeting space.

Double Occupancy – $160.00 per-person
Triple Occupancy – $430.00 (Only select this options if you are registering three people to
share the two bed room ($144 per-person). We will not be assigning roommates for this
selection)
Quad. Occupancy – $540.00 (Only select this if you are registering four people to share the
two bed room ($135 per-person). We will not be assigning roommates for this selection)

CONFERENCE ONLY (Meals included, NO Lodging) $100.00
Registration Deadline: Sunday, March 5, 2017

How to Register for the Prayer Summit
ALL costs, fees, and taxes associated with the Summit are included in your per-person registration paid when you register through the Prayer Summit Eventbrite site.

To attend the Summit each attendee, including spouses, must register and pay throughEventbrite.
Help reduce your registration price by sharing a room. Specify your preferred roommate or indicate if you would like to be assigned one.
All costs associated with the Summit are included in your registration.
Thanks to donations, we are able to offer a limited number of $30 refunds to help defer thecost of registration for those it would benefit. This code will apply ONLY to One Queen BedSingle Occupancy, One Queen Bed Double Occupancy – Married Couple and Roommates –Double Occupancy registrations. Please enter Sponsorshipdiscount into the PromotionalCode box.

Registration Deadline: Sunday, March 5, 2017
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
Please contact Cheryl Nugent at info<at>loveottawa.ca with any questions.

Sabbath Rest – God’s Gift to Us
2017-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Vineyard, 51 Greenbank Rd, Ottawa
We are excited to announce that Quiet Pools and Love Ottawa are presenting a city-wide evening event for men and women: Sabbath Rest – God’s Gift to Us. Click here to Register
Friday March 24th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Vineyard Ottawa*
* Please note the change of location – this event has outgrown the original space. Vineyard Ottawa is located at 51 Greenbank Rd, just south of Baseline Rd.
Join us for a refreshing and meaningful evening as we consider how Sabbath can joyfully deepen our walk with God and strengthen us as leaders. We all need more rest!
Dr. Barker will be speaking about Sabbath and his personal journey towards Sabbath-keeping. Dr. David Barker, Professor at Heritage Theological Seminary since 1978. Dr. Barker is “everyone’s favorite professor”, an awesome teacher of the Bible, passionate, engaging and funny. He has earned degrees and doctorates from Grace Theological Seminary.
The evening will include Dr. David Barker’s talk, refreshments and then a panel of 5 guest leaders from Ottawa each giving an interesting and practical 5 minute Ted Talk on how they try to practice Sabbath including the challenges they face to overcome their own busyness.
Register here
Registration details: Cost: $10.00 per person, $15.00 per couple. For more information, visit the Quiet Pools Website. Everyone is welcome!
Scholarships available, please contact Terry. It will be a great evening!

Big Give Training Session
2017-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | The Met Church, 2176 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa
Come and learn all the ins and outs of hosting a Big Give Event. This session will answer all of your questions about how to run a successful Big Give community outreach on June 3, 2017. You will be provided with written instructions as well as plenty of opportunity for extensive Q&A time so that you can feel confident in the direction you need to take to prepare for your event.
If you haven’t registered your church yet, there will be an opportunity to sign up that evening.
Lastly, watch for more details about the annual prayer Rally that will take place on Thursday, May 25th at 9:30 am.
Click here to watch a video as 100 Huntley Street promotes The Big Give nationally!

Friends for Dinner - Easter
2017-04-14 - 2017-04-17
Opportunity to be a Host Families for Easter!
Friends for Dinner is such an amazing story. Not only is it touching hundreds of international students in our city, but it has been started in five other cities in Canada, with other places showing great interest.
With each campaign we need more families. Why? Because we encourage host families to keep the relationships going with the students they have already met at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Pastors, we need your help. Do you have families that you would recommend? Would you be willing to encourage some friends to participate? Could you make an announcement in your weekend services over the next couple of weeks?
Click here for all of the details and to find out the next steps. Posters and Bulletin Inserts are also available.
Please register by April 2nd online at www.friendsfordinner.ca

No Other Name
2017-04-14 13:30 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | The Met Church, 2176 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa
This Good Friday, come together under one roof…
to sing His glory, be challenged by His Word and shout His name in praise.
His name and No Other Name.
Good Friday is the only day in the calendar year that is still only about Jesus. Acts 4:12 tells us salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Therefore, there is No Other Name.
No Other Name is a Youth Rally for grade 7-12 students, organized by a group of Youth Leaders in the greater Ottawa area, featuring amazing worship, an engaging speaker, mind-blowing entertainment, insane dodgeball, and exciting workshops!
DATE & TIME: April 14, 2017 1:30-10:30pm
LOCATION: The MET Bible Church, Ottawa
COST: Check out the No Other Name website for more information
Register: No Other Name on Eventbrite

Annual Parliament Hill Easter Sunrise Service
2017-04-16 07:00 - 08:15 (America/Toronto) | Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Join us at 7:00 AM for an inspirational worship experience. People from many different congregations gather every year to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus our Lord on the steps of Parliament.
As the first notes of the Salvation Army brass band begin to play we lift our praises on Parliament Hill. This year’s speaker is Jason Boucher from The Life Centre.
Invite your friends. Free parking at the World Exchange Plaza.
Hope to see you there!

Book Lovers's Fundraiser - April 21 & 22
2017-04-21 09:00 - 2017-04-22 14:00 (America/Toronto) | One Way Ministries, 89 Auriga Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2E 7Z2, Canada
Here’s your chance to score some really great used books. We sell hardcovers for $2 and softcovers for $1. Tell your friends!
Do you have a box of Christian books you would like to donate? We are glad to pick them up. Email Richard
Note: We are only looking for Christian books, including Christian fiction. Not cookbooks, old cassettes, VHS videos, or 8-Tracks. This year we will be selling vintage Christian Vinyl. So look through your old record collection! Glad to have CD’s or DVD’s if you would like to donate Christian music or teaching materials. Yes, we will take sheet music.
It’s a “win-win-win” situation!
Everybody gets blessed. We raise some funds for Love Ottawa projects, lots of great books get swapped across the Body of Christ, and the left-over books go to The Christian Salvage Mission and are placed with leaders in the developing world. And … we help you clear out your basement of those boxes you were never going to open again.
Volunteers are welcome. Hoping to see you and your surplus books soon.
Hours:
Friday April 21st 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday April 22nd 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Come early for great deals!
Location: The One Way Ministries office

Big Give Prayer Rally
2017-05-25 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | All Saints Lutheran Church, 1061 Pinecrest Rd, Ottawa, K2B6B7
Join all of the churches who are participating in the Big Give for an inspirational prayer rally a week before the BIG GIVE EVENT! We will spend time praying for neighbourhoods and communities across Canada where the Big Give will be taking place.
We are hoping to have some materials from the Canadian Bible Society and The Gideons to give away to church representatives in attendance….we’d love to see all of the Ottawa/Ottawa Valley churches represented! Also, if you ordered T-Shirts, we will be handing those over to you at that time.
If you are unable to attend, see if there is someone else who can come in your place!
Come and help us cover this great outreach in prayer.

Citywide Prayer for Alpha
2017-09-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Chinese Alliance Church, 22 Eccles St. , Ottawa, Canada
Join us for a time of prayer for Alpha! This is a great opportunity for the church across Ottawa to come together to prayer for the Alpha initiative. There will be live worship and a great time of focused prayer.
For more information on Alpha in the Capital Region, visit the website.

Friends for Dinner - Thanksgiving
2017-10-06 - 2017-10-09
Over the last year we saw over 360 students hosted in Christian homes! The potential is for so much more when we consider that over 12,000 international students come to Ottawa every year. We need more host families!
Please RSVP if you would like postcards or posters for your congregation.
Click on Bulletin inserts and posters to download the .pdf.
There is much more information at the Friends for Dinner website.
Families can also register online at that site. www.friendsfordinner.ca .

Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast
2017-10-27 07:15 - 09:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa
The Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast is one of 50 or more city prayer breakfasts held annually across the country. At the breakfast we honour and pray for our Mayor, City Councillors and First Responders.
This year our speaker will be Gerry Organ and he will be answering that question through the lens of being a former football player, his work with refugees and immigrant families here in Ottawa, mentoring young men with fatherhood issues, and encouraging young Entrepreneurs in their calling. Also, he is passionate about this annual prayer event!
For more information, visit the Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast Website.
Click here to buy a table or individual tickets,

Pastors Prayer time for the City (following the Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast)
2017-10-27 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto)
Quarterly Pastors Prayer
October 27th, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (after the Breakfast)
This fall, the quarterly gathering of pastors and leaders praying for the city will be held following the Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast. Everyone who is interested is invited to join this important time of intercession. For more information email Sarah Jackson or Pastor Ken Roth.

Dig and Delve
2017-11-03 19:00 - 2017-11-04 17:00 (America/Toronto)
In a world of 10,000 religions, can Jesus be the only way?
New Year. New Discussion.
DIG & DELVE is a humble Apologetics Conference that strives to present different views with the utmost respect and provides a place for Christians and non-Christians to ask honest questions of each other and of some of todays finest minds.
November 3 & 4
For more information, visit the Dig & Delve website

Friends for Dinner - Christmas Season
2017-11-09 - 2017-12-29
Love Ottawa Needs Host Families for Christmas!
Opportunity to be a Host Families for Christmas!
Friends for Dinner is such an amazing story. Not only is it touching hundreds of international students in our city, but it has been started in other cities in Canada, with other places showing great interest.
With each campaign we need more families. Why? Because we encourage host families to keep the relationships going with the students they have already met at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Pastors, we need your help. Do you have families that you would recommend? Would you be willing to encourage some friends to participate? Could you make an announcement in your weekend services over the next couple of weeks?
They need more families to join this wonderful effort as new international students sign up for the upcoming Christmas season. Please make an announcement in your weekend services over the next several weeks. Click here to register your family or click here to visit their website.
