News

  • At its regular meeting on January 20, 2026 Reine Boghos was named interim moderator of Calvin Hungarian church, following the retirement of Lazlo Peter on January 1, 2026.
  • The Presbytery treasurer is currently experiencing some health issues; his duties are being covered by the clerk and the chair of the Finance & Maintenance Committee. For the time being any business involving the treasurer should be directed to James Hurd @ 10 Chesterton Drive, Ottawa ON K2E 5S9

  • Presbytery Animator News...  info on the January 31, 2026 Presbytery-wide event here.

  • pages on this site providing info on QR codes and website security have been updated and a new Presbytery QR code and info card produced. See misc below.

  • Passings, 2025... We are thankful for the contributions to the life and work of the Presbytery of Ottawa by the following ministers and elders:
          Frances Cordukes   (22-Oct-2025)
          Linda Whitehead   (9-Aug-2025)
          Art Pattison   (28-Mar-2025)

  • Presbytery Animator News...  December news, including a special edition newsletter featuring activities at Gracefield camp - here.

  • G.A. News...  Three announcements have been made by the General Assembly office which may be of interest to presbyters.
    1. the General Assembly office has a new senior administrator in the person of Connie Wardle, who is the successor to Terrie-Lee Hamilton, who is retiring as of December 31, 2025.
    2. the next General Assembly, appointed to convene on Sunday, June 7, 2026 is now scheduled to be held at York University, Toronto.
    3. the three nominees for moderator of the General Assembly in 2026 include:
        ·   Marianne Emig Carr, Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Brockville, ON and St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Caintown, ON.
        ·   Cherie Inksetter, Minister, Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church, Toronto, ON
        ·   Lara Scholey, Minister, St. Columba by-the-Lake Presbyterian Church, Pointe-Claire, QC.

  • At it's regular meeting on Tuesday November 18 three names were added to the Appendix to the Roll: Mary E. (Lyn) Hughes and William Ball, retired ministers, and Christine Ball, diacinal minister without charge. Also, presbytery received a request to retire from Lazlo Peter of Calvin Hungarian Church. A presbytery meeting to deal with that request is called for Tuesday December 2 @ 7 PM. The meeting will be held online via Zoom. At the same meeting it was decided to hold the first meeting of the new year (scheduled for January 20, 2026) online via Zoom.

  • Presbytery Animator News...  check out the Youth Outreach event taking place at Knox Church Lisgar St. on Saturday Dec. 13 - info here

  • Presbytery Animator News...  check out the Fall 2025 happenings here AND, hot off the press, the September newsletter here.

  • Call sustained...  Aug. 8/25 update: At a special meeting on July 22 at Parkwood church, presbytery sustained a call from Knox Church Manotick to Feras Chamas. The service of induction took place on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

  • July 8, 2025:  Presbytery of Ottawa is called to meet in emergent session on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 7 pm at Parkwood Church, 10 Chesterton Drive, Ottawa, for the following purposes:  (a) to receive a report from the interim moderator for Knox Church, Manotick;  (b) to consider a call from Knox Church, Manotick addressed to Feras Chamas, presently serving as minister at Morrisburg and Ingleside in the Presbytery of Seaway-Glengarry; and  (c) to address any matters related to or consequent upon the foregoing.

  • At it's regular meeting Tuesday May 20, presbytery sustained a call from St. Paul's church, Ottawa to Rev. Elizabeth Chan, currently serving St. Andrew's church Kars and Osgoode church, Vernon. The Induction Service took place at St. Paul's church Sunday June 22 @ 7pm. Watch the recording here; view the program here.   Moderators pro tem were appoined for Kars (Doug Kendall) and Vernon (James Hurd) effective June 21.   Jackson Bradley was appointed summer student at St. Andrew's church, Aylmer QC at the special presbytery meeting on April 23, has started his work. His term will be from May 1, 2025 to August 25, 2025. Welcome, Jackson!

     The service celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada took place Sunday May 4 @ 3pm at St. Paul's church, Ottawa. Here are the links:   view the livestream recording  ·  download the program

  • The WMS Synodical of Quebec and Eastern Ontario AGM was held on Friday, April 25th, 2025 from 9.30 am to 3 pm at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 319 Prescott Street, Kemptville (MAP). The theme will be “Resilience” with speaker Diana Kemp on Cuba. The lunch meal costs $15. A poster is available here.

    The Easter Blood Drive, a city-wide interdenominational Christian effort to mobilize Christians in Ottawa to donate blood or plasma, is now in its 3rd year. The need to donate remains ongoing: while 1 in 2 Canadians are eligible to donate, only 1 in 81 does. Christians are a giving and grateful people – and donating is another impactful way to live out these qualities. For more information including registering to donate, click on the blood-drop image. The Blood Drive dates are March 29, 31 and April 1 - 5.

  • Lifted - Presbytery of Ottawa Youth Event - Friday, March 28th at 7:00 pm.
    Youth in all of the churches in the Presbytery are invited to meet at St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church. The evening will consist of fellowship, worship, fun activities, a discussion, and snacks. We will be talking about how we support and lift each other up as part of God’s family  - click on image for poster.

  •  At it's regular meeting on 21-jan-2025 the resignation of Liz Chan as interim moderator for St. Paul's church was accepted, and Jim Pot was named as replacement.  Also, a Guide for addressing Presbytery was approved by Presbytery for guidance of sessions and congregations when cited to appear before the presbytery and is now available linked off the documents page.

  • 20-nov-2024:  The updated Standing Orders have been uploaded to the Presbytery site - here.

  • Face to Face - Presbytery of Ottawa Youth Event - Friday, November 29th - 7-9 p.m.
    Youth grades 6-12 (with a leader) are invited to an in-person presbytery-wide youth event at St. Paul’s Church at 971 Woodroffe Ave. The event will consist of icebreakers, worship, group activities, and a guided conversation and prayer. This event is a chance for the youth to get to know one another better and build a community within the presbytery. If you have questions, please contact our Presbytery Animator, Sunjay Henry at prezminanimator@gmail.com or 613-407-8075. Poster available here.
          Youth Leaders (workers and volunteers) are invited to a Pizza Dinner, hosted by the Presbytery Ministry Animator, also on Friday, November 29th, at 6 p.m. Come to be fed, encouraged and supported in your ministry, and to meet other youth leaders. Poster/reminder available here

  • Synod 2024... met in Arnprior ON on Oct. 18 & 19. This year was a "full court" (all members of any of the 5 presbyteries could attend). A conference was also be held, with theme speaker Carey Nieuwhof. Slides and videos of the two main theme talks are now available, linked off the Synod 2024 page here.

  • Passings, 2024... We are thankful for the contributions to the life and work of the Presbytery of Ottawa by the following elders:
          Bonnie Anderson   (21-Sep-2024)
          Kalman Fejes   (11-Sep-2024)
          Don MacMillan   (17-Jun-2024)

  • 27-aug-2024:  The Acts and Procedings from the 2024 General Assembly are now available for download here.

  • 01-aug-2024:  On the retirement of Grant Wilson from St. Paul's Ottawa effective today, Liz Chan becomes St. Paul's interim moderator; also, Meg Patterson replaces Grant as co-interim-moderator for Grace church, Orleans. God speed, Grant!

  • At it's regular meeting on May 22, 2024 it was agreed to hire Sunjay Henry as Presbytery Animator commencing 1 June 2024. Welcome, Sunjay!; also, Shahrzad Kandalaft was named Interim Moderator for Knox Church, Manotick.

  • At it's regular meeting on April 16, 2024 the resignation of Phil Kim was received and accepted, effective April 30. Phil has accepted a call to ministry at Emmanuel Alliance Church in Ottawa (Bell's Corners). A one-day retreat was held on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Galilee Retreat Centre; more info in 2024-05-24 e-mail from Clerk).

  • 16-jan-2024:  Gracefield...  Registration for campers and applications for staff for the summer of 2024 are now open.

  • Victor Kim, Clerk of Assembly, announced that the following individuals were nominated by at least two presbyteries and their names appeared on the ballot for the election of the official nominee for moderator of the 149th General Assembly:
              Harry Currie
              Patricia Dutcher-Walls
              In Kee Kim
              David Robinson
        Rev. Dutcher-Walls was elected.

Miscellaneous

  • "NOT SECURE" got you worried? More info on websites and SSL Certificates in the webserant's report to the May 2019 meeting of Presbytery, available here.

  • Presbytery QR codes, including background info, a QR code for the Presbytery of Ottawa and a link to a QR code generator.

 

 

 

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