Ottawa Valley Community Church Sermons

This week we'll look at what it means to pray for our practical needs in a mission oriented way. We want to pray less about our fears and desires, and more about what we need to accomplish the tasks God has given us. And in the end we find that our deepest fears of want and lack are not so much the fears about practical things, but fears and doubts about God's love. Our natural needs are often spi...

This week we speak about the longing we have in our hearts for clarity about God's will for our lives. The desire to obey without angst and the freedom to do the things that God is calling us to with a joyful and worshipful spirit.

What does it mean to live a life that establishes what God wants within yourself and the world around you, over and above establishing what you want? It's his Kingdom not ours, so how do we live that out? For more information, visit ovv.ca

Everything starts with "Why?". When Jesus teaches us how to pray, the first of the petitions is that God's name be hallowed or elevated. This guiding principle of giving glory to God helps us order our lives and entangle much of life's confusion.

In the introduction to the lord's prayer, Jesus gives us a new paradigm for conversation with God. In calling God, "Our Father", Jesus takes prayer out of an institutional religious mode, and makes it something familial. You're not a part of a bureaucracy. You're part of a family.

This week we’ll be beginning a series on prayer. Before we jump into a study on “The Lord’s Prayer” from Mathew 6, we’ll give this first week to wrestling with some honest questions! -If God already knows everything, what’s the point? -Does prayer work when I’m not sure I believe? -Why is it so hard to focus when I try to pray? -What if I just don’t feel like praying? -What if it doesn’t seem like...

Jesus tells his followers baptize people in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit - What is that, and why are we doing that? Jake brings clarity to a lesser understood part of Jesus' "departing instructions" to his followers!

In honouring our parents we celebrate the goodness of God we see in them, and we become what we celebrate. So honour your mom, celebrate Jesus, and grow yourself.

Wrestling with Christian Exclusivism: What do nice inclusive Canadians do with parts of the bible that say that Jesus is the only way(see Mark 16:16)? Unfair? Bigoted? Mean? Or can love be seen in this? If these are questions you wrestle with, either as a believer or as someone investigating Christianity, this will hopefully be of help. For more information, visit ovv.ca

This week we look at the uncomfortable challenge of being called to reach across space and cultural barriers to tell the story of Jesus. For more information, please visit ovv.ca.

Join us as we dive into the second part of a series on Ecclesiastes and join the author on his still very relevant search for a life worth living. Can we find satisfaction in this life? If so, where!? Visit ovv.ca for more information.

Demystifying the great commission - Why the church the reaches out and why we don't need to be jerks about it. For more information, visit ovv.ca.

Finding wonder, belonging and vocation through understanding the intentionality of Jesus' journey to the cross. Visit ovv.ca for more details.

LOSE IT, LEAVE IT, LOWER IT... LIVE 4 HIM!: Too much attachment to our stuff, our relationships and our pride causes to miss out on the fullness of life Jesus wants us to live. We have to leave our stuff to live for Him. Visit ovv.ca for more information.

Finding Jesus in the Crowd in a world full of many choices. How do we come to see Jesus at the center?

OUR PROBLEMS NEED HIS POWER: We are often bound by sinful patterns, addictions, illnesses, and spiritual oppression that are beyond our strength to cure or endure. Only Jesus has the power to deliver us or sustain us through them. Lent Reading: Jesus’ Three Years of Ministry: Jesus Demonstrates His Power and Compassion: (Luke 4:14​-6:19​) • Key Sermon Stories/Text(s): • The Spirit of the Lord is U...

The Jesus story happened so long ago. Was He just a super charismatic teacher and leader or was He something more? Luke goes to great lengths to give us His credentials so that we can grow in confidence that Jesus was the Son of God. Lent Reading: Jesus’ Preparation for Ministry: Credentials of the Son of God (Luke 1-4:13​) • Key Sermon Stories/Text(s): • Prophesied, Divine Birth, Educated, Ushere...

The story of Israel in the Old Testament included being taken away as exiles to a foreign land, and the promise of God to bless all nations through them seemed to be on the ropes. This week Jake, Ahren and Matt took a look at this moment in the story, and hear God's heart speak to His people in exile, in Jeremiah 31. There is something for us in God's words to them, today - in our own kinds of "ex...

How does an overarching view of the story of Moses help us to understand the message of the New Testament better? What does it have to say to us about journeying deeper into discipleship? Visit ovv.ca for more information

Looking at the life of Joseph, how can we understand God's sovereign work through difficult circumstances? Where do our good and bad choices fit in the mix?

This week, we take a closer look at the story of Abraham and Isaac and the very difficult test before Abraham. Is God cruel? Why would he test us and allow very difficult things to come our way? Tune in as we seek to wrestle with these important questions.

This week we delve into Genesis chapter 12, looking at Abraham's story, complete with all his failures and how he, by God's grace, came to be known as a "father of faith". This leads to the very important question: How can you and I grow in our faith?

Why are more churches not challenging lockdown rules? What is the church's role in politics and protest? How can I know what is true and what is a conspiracy theory? What about vaccines? Join us this week, as we tackle these and more trending questions.

No matter how controversial, this week our pastors are in the hot seat, ready to answer what ever questions you throw at them. Tune in to this engaging question and answer period between the public and our pastors.

In a culture where the word love may have lost its meaning, we take take a closer look at the overarching, generous, altruistic love of God. Tune in with us during this third week of Advent.