The Gathering Ottawa's Message Podcast

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story - it tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. In today's message, which origi...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story - it tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. In today's message, which origi...

Today's message comes from our favourite church planter, Dan Chook Reid!  Dan’s brining a message from John 3, called Light, Water and Spirit.  This message originally aired on January 30, 2022.

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Jesus instructed us to “Seek the Kingdom above all else” (Matt 6:33), meaning that as we seek God’s will and God’s ways for our daily lives and for our world, He will take care us. But how exactly do we do this? What does it mean to “seek the Kingdom” and to live a “Kingdom focused life”? And why is it that so often we miss this, and seek to build our own kingdoms in...

The second most important commandment that Jesus gave, essentially, was to “love others”. But what, in practical terms, does it mean to “love others”? What does this kind of love look like? How do we know when we are living into it? And how do we know when we aren’t? For us today, what makes “loving others” such a critical “first things first” priority in our lives?  Today's message is the se...

When Jesus was asked what the most important commandment in all the Scriptures was, he said very clearly: “ Love God. ” But what, in practical terms, does it mean to “love God”? What does this kind of love look like in our lives? How do we know when we are living into it? And how do we know when we aren’t? For us today, what makes “loving God” such a critical “first things first” priority in our l...

This message originally aired on January 2, 2022.  To kick off the New Year, we are delighted to welcome friend of The Gathering, Dr. Steve Brown from Arrow Leadership!

This message originally aired December 26th, 2021. For our last service of 2021, we joined forces with Parkway Church in Greely!!!  Parkway's Family Pastor, who happens to be our Youth Pastor, Gavin Pedder, brings todays message.  

Most of us want to have a White Christmas every year. Even if we don’t like snow the rest of winter, we like it at Christmas. Why is that? Is it because of the nostalgia? Or is it because the sense of peace & calm that the snow brings (1 day a year)? Whatever the case, a “White Christmas” sounds great to most of us.   From a Christian perspective though, “White Christmas” is more than a d...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are always busy. There are presents to be purchased, trees to be decorated, cards to be written, food to be prepared and parties to be planned. We put a lot of energy and effort into making sure that Christmas is a wonderful time for our family and friends. But what do we do to get ourselves ready for Christmas? How do we prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally an...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are always busy. There are presents to be purchased, trees to be decorated, cards to be written, food to be prepared and parties to be planned. We put a lot of energy and effort into making sure that Christmas is a wonderful time for our family and friends. But what do we do to get ourselves ready for Christmas? How do we prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally an...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are always busy. There are presents to be purchased, trees to be decorated, cards to be written, food to be prepared and parties to be planned. We put a lot of energy and effort into making sure that Christmas is a wonderful time for our family and friends. But what do we do to get ourselves ready for Christmas? How do we prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally an...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are always busy. There are presents to be purchased, trees to be decorated, cards to be written, food to be prepared and parties to be planned. We put a lot of energy and effort into making sure that Christmas is a wonderful time for our family and friends. But what do we do to get ourselves ready for Christmas? How do we prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally an...

The Gathering's own Church Planter, Dan Chook Reid brings todays message!  Dan has planted a church in Ottawa's Glebe neighbourhood, called Bytown Community Church, and we love to see and hear how God is working through this new church.   This morning Dan is speaking on Psalm 139, "From Numbness to Awareness: Exploring Emotional Wholeness".  Tune in now for a great word from Pastor...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story. It tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. For us, coming out of the pandem...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story. It tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. For us, coming out of the pandem...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story. It tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. For us, coming out of the pandem...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story. It tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. For us, coming out of the pandem...

Special Guest Speaker, Josh Wang, from Renewal Church in Barrhaven is here, speaking on Luke 4:14-30!! As Jesus emerges from the wilderness, Luke records that he is filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. In his first recorded public teaching Jesus declares these liberating words of God - that God’s heart is marked by forgiveness and his forgiveness has many dimensions that deal with freedom from sin...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story. It tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. For us, coming out of the pandem...

The Book of Acts tells an amazing story. It tells the story of how God began the movement known as The Church. And it tells the story of all the amazing things that God, by His Spirit, did through this movement as His people committed to following Jesus together and to reclaiming God’s vision for the world, even as they faced some extraordinary challenges together. For us, coming out of the pandem...