The Gathering Ottawa

05/31/2026

This morning, we concluded our series in Lamentations with a message from Lamentations 5 called “Restore Us Again.” Watch or listen as Pastor Jeff leads us through this final prayer of lament and hope.

How might God be wanting to restore you in the midst of all that feels broken & lost?

What do we do when a story doesn’t resolve the way we hoped? Lamentations ends without easy answers, neat closure, or a clear “happily ever after.” Inste...

05/26/2026

When what you thought you knew, when what you thought you had, when what you thought you’d be…gets taken away, or changes direction or shape, what do you turn to? Does it hold up?

05/24/2026

Missed church this morning? Catch up on the message here…

When life is calm, it can be easy to assume everything beneath the surface is fine. But what happens when life gets stirred? This Sunday, we continued i...

05/17/2026

What is troubling you? In today's text Jesus sat with his disciples as they prepared for his death and encouraged them to trust him.

How can we trust Jesus amidst our fears or uncertainty? In this message, Pastor Dan unpacks why Jesus said we can trust in him.

Watch/listen to this morning's teaching here:

What is troubling you? In today's text Jesus sat with his disciples as they prepared for his death and encouraged them to trust him. How can we trust ...

05/10/2026

Mother’s Day can be joyful for some, painful for others, and complicated for many. And in many ways, this Sunday’s message from Lamentations 3, called “A Glimpse of Hope,” meets us right in that honest place — where life can feel mixed, messy, and unresolved.

At the centre of the book, we find one of Scripture’s most beautiful declarations of hope: “The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.”

But this hope does not come after everything has been fixed. It comes right in the middle of the pain.

Watch/listen to this morning's message as we consider what it looks like to hope in God’s faithfulness — not after everything is resolved, but while we’re still living in the unresolved.

Mother’s Day can be joyful for some, painful for others, and complicated for many. And in many ways, this Sunday’s message from Lamentations 3, called “A ...

05/06/2026

When God seems removed from what’s going on in your life, we see two responses modelled in scripture.

05/03/2026

Ever feel like you're praying to a brick wall? Then Lamentations 2 is for you.

Catch up on today's message here.

https://www.thegatheringottawa.com/sermons/when-god-feels-distant

04/28/2026

When “I hope!” starts to slip into “I had hoped,” God's deep care for us remains, and He provides sacred space for us to articulate the pain and lament the despair

04/26/2026

Couldn't make it to church this morning?

Catch up on the message here:

This week we took a break from Lamentations, and circled back to reflect some more on the season of Easter. We journeyed on the road to Emmaus where we di...

04/21/2026

When God seems silent, is he not listening?