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Parish Events

January 5, 2021

On Our Way – Youth Film Series

Join us to talk about topics such as friendship and intimacy, caring for creation, interfaith relations, work, and nonviolence. All high school students and recent graduates welcome!

3rd Sundays in the month, starting Jan 17, at 2pm

Email Rhonda to register or with questions.

December 30, 2020

Epiphany Home Blessing

This year seems like a particular good year to ask God’s blessing on our homes and the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) has been, since the Middle Ages, the traditional occasion for such a blessing. Perhaps it comes from the idea of hosting holy pilgrims such as the Magi or perhaps we are the Magi, seeking the new king, and the blessing reminds us that Jesus is to be found in our own homes.

We will mark the Feast as a church community on Sunday, January 3rd and have the opportunity to mark our doorframes during the service. We won’t be blessing chalk to use this year but, as a gift of God’s creation, chalk is already sacred anyway…and I know from experience that a tums tablet can be pressed into service in a pinch!

Download this short prayer (en français aussi) for us during the service or at a time that suits you!

December 6, 2020

Christmas 2020, Online


Blue Christmas – Tuesday, Dec 22nd, 7:30pm

The weirdness of the year has disrupted more than our pageant, making this a harder Christmas than many – and Christmas is already hard for a lot of people.

This quiet prayer service offers a chance to escape the Christmas cheer and lay our struggles, sorrows, and fears before God.

Join us on-site by registering here. Please read our on-site service precautions before coming.

A modified version of this service, suitable for personal use, will also be available as a recording on Dec 22nd. You will find it on our Youtube channel and Facebook page.


Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

Unfortunately, our on-site Christmas Eve services have been cancelled in order to support the efforts to protect our community during the pandemic. Read details about that decision here.

Join us in Zoom church on Christmas Eve:

  • at 4pm for a short service of candle-lighting, blessing the nativity scenes, and Christmas Eve grace (great for kids!). This service will be recorded and elements shared online.
  • at 9pm for a Service of the Word with carols and candles (bring your own candles!). This service will be recorded and shared online.

And we’re back in Zoom church on Christmas Day at 9am for a kid-friendly service of Christmas stories, carols, and showing off our Christmas pyjamas! This service will not be recorded.

To follow along with the service, download worship booklets here.

November 29, 2020

Advent at Home

This December, we won’t have the usual round of parties, concerts, fundraisers, and feasts but we can still mark Advent as a time of holy, hopeful anticipation. Here are some suggestions.

Fill your home with Advent music. This Spotify playlist comes from Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary and includes music from a variety of genres. It is one of many available.

Light Advent Candles. Whether you have the Ascension Advent Kit candles, your own well-loved wreath, or simply an assortment of candles, mark the passing of Advent with candlelight and prayer. You might want to use this set of prayers and prompts which go along with our Defiant Hope theme for 2020.

Train Your Eye with Advent Word. Download this image or sign up to receive a daily email prompt. Then, each day, look for an image that reflects that day’s word. Take a picture and post it to your social media with #adventword #[word of the day] #ascensionottawa.

Take some time to encounter Jesus in the Gospel according to Mark with this self-directed Advent Quiet Time.

Spend a little extra time in prayer. The Daily Prayer services have been updated for Advent or you may like to try this video examen from Work of the People.

November 15, 2020

Day Program Gift Pouches

This winter is going to be particularly hard for people who do not have stable homes – and we expect their number of grow. The Diocese of Ottawa Community Ministry Day Programs (Centre 454, St. Luke’s Table, and the Well) offer critical emotional and physical support to hundreds of people in our city.  Join in this ministry by offering a small gift to brighten someone’s day. 

Fill a zippered pouch (like a pencil case) with items such as:

  • $5 gift card to Tim Horton’s, McDonald’s, or similar (required)
  • Small bottle(s) of hand sanitizer (required)
  • A pack of gum or two 
  • A few mini chocolate bars 
  • A pack of throat lozenges 
  • A small pack of Kleenex or two 

Drop your pouches off at the church during any on-site service or on Monday, December 14th from 12-7pm. They will be delivered to the Day Programs on Tuesday, Dec. 15th.

We are also happy to accept donations of new socks to be distributed by the Day Programs.

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