News

If you're unable to join us in person this Sunday morning, join our livestream here. (click on square in bottom right corner for full-screen view) The news drop-down menu item above contains links to the bulletin and an archive of recorded services.

The bulletin for Sunday February 1, 2026 includes info on the following:
    Men’s Breakfast     Income Tax Receipts for 2025
    Interested in joining Parkwood Church?     Thank you! (Benevolent Fund)
    Good News (Loan Repayment Fund)
  -   click on bulletin image to go to bulletin


  Income Tax Receipts for 2025...   Just a reminder that any tax receipts that were not picked up last Sunday will be sent by mail as soon as possible. Please keep an eye on your mailbox! As a reminder, a tax receipt for donations to Parkwood during January and February of 2025 was provided in March of last year. Donors were allowed to use the tax receipt for January and February of 2025 in their submission for income taxes in 2024. If you chose not to do that, then when you prepare your tax submission for 2025, you should submit the tax receipt for January and February together with the receipt for March to December.  -  the Finance Team

  Financial good news and not-so-good news...   First, the good news: in January 2026 Parkwood received a generous anonymous donation designated to repay the loans taken out to finance the new wing in 2015-2016. The donation was more than sufficient to pay off the two loans. As such, on the "donate" page, as well as in CanadaHelps, the Loan Repayment Fund has been removed from the list of funds to which donations can be directed, and the list renumbered accordingly. Now the not-so-good news: 2025 financial results that are emerging indicate we sustained a deficit in the neighbourhood of $6,000 and projections for 2026 are similar. It is hoped that those previously giving to the Loan Repayment Fund will direct future donations to the Operating Fund so we can continue to offer the programs currently available.

Mission Team Special Appeal 2025 #4:   The Mission Team's fourth special appeal for 2025, commencing November 16, is for Cariboo House Churches, supporting missionaries working among Indigenous peoples in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia.   More info can be found in the special insert distributed with the bulletin on November 16. and even more on their website, here.

Parkwood Pulse... the February 2026 issue of the Pulse newsletter is now available, as well as a one year archive.  Pastor's Message: "Living in the present in the light of the future"   ·   Living in the present in the light of the future   ·   Men's Breakfast   ·   Benevolent Fund - Thank You!   ·   Lent Evening Services (March, April)   ·   Expanded Recycling Items   ·   Young Adults Pancake Lunch (February 22nd)   ·   Buy Nothing Project - Volunteers Needed   ·   Summary of Session Meeting - December 12th, 2025   ·   Poem: In praise of God   ·   Good News (Loan Repayment Fund)   ·   Annual Congregational Meeting   ·   Mission Team Special Appeal (PWS&D Hurricane Relief)   ·   Sunday Bible Study & Wednesday ESL Conversation   ·   December Pause Table   ·   RightNow Media   ·   February 2026 calendar of church activities

Click on the photo album icon to check out our photo gallery featuring a few updates from the year 2025: new members received during the year, and some historical photos from the first service in September 1964 to the new building following the reno of 2015-2016.

  The Winter Edition of the Presbyterian Connection Newspaper is now available here.

  Church School Classes 2025 - 2026
Babies & children are welcome in our worship service. After the children's story, all the children are welcome to attend age appropriate classes. Classes are available for children ages 2 and up including high school students.
            Pre-school (age 2) to Junior Kindergarten meet on the main level in the Sunshine Room (Pamela Pestaluky, Olivia Meyia-Takoukam)
            Senior Kindergarten to Grade 2 children meet downstairs in the Fellowship Hall (Lorrie McEwen, Jacinta Ng’ang’a)
            Grades 3 through 6 meet downstairs in the Meeting Room (Joanne & Thom Meredith, Happiness Otokhine)
           For younger children (under age 2), a nursery room is available (main floor, down hall past the office); audio of the service is available in the nursery. Children are welcome to remain in the service or leave with a parent or caregiver at any time.

Events

February 2026 @ Parkwood

Facility Management on call... This month, if there are any issues with the property or building please call Alta MacFie or Jim MacFie (613-723 7865/613-410-7865).

  an English as a Second Language (ESL) conversation group meets Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in the church library. This is a great opportunity to practice speaking English or starting to learn. Please contact the church office if you have any questions or wish to join the group.

Parkwood Men:  On Saturday, February 7 @ 8am you're are invited to a time of fellowship & sharing in the Fellowship Hall at the church. Coffee & muffins will be served. This month our guest speaker will be Rev. Firas (Fred) Chamas, who was recently indicted as the minister of Knox Presbyterian Church in Manotick. Please join us!

  Parkwood Youth... Here's what's happening this month, including start times...
        the regular in-house monthly event will take place Friday, February 13, 7 PM & Friday, February 27 @ 7 PM.
Check the calendar for activities, or watch for an e-mail from Vicky.


  Attention Young Adults...  There will be a Lunch & Discussion following the worship service on Sunday, February 22. Please join us and bring friends. For more information, please contact the church office.

  Annual Meeting...  The Annual Congregational Meeting will take place Saturday February 28 @ 7 PM in the Fellowship Hall, Light refreshments will be served starting at 6:30 PM. It is expected that the 2025 Annual Report will be avaiable both in print and online on Sunday February 8. Hopefully all team reports have been submitted (the deadline was Jan. 30). If you missed the deadline, a reminder that reports be sent as Word files and photos in a jpg format. Please send photos as e-mail attachments. When available, get your copy at the church or through our website. Add the date to your calendar and plan to attend - hope to see you there!

The Sunday afternoon Bible Study takes place Sundays from 1:00 - 2:00pm via Zoom. We meet weekly on Sunday afternoons into the spring (except Easter Sunday), so please consider joining us as we explore God’s Word. The winter session will commence on January 11. Our current study focuses on Jesus’ teachings found in Matthew 5-7, the “Sermon on the Mount”. For more info, or contact Dora Brown (.

Barrhaven Bible Study: Wednesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM via Zoom; winter term 2026 runs January 7 – February 4, will continue our study of Galatians. See page 7 of the Dec. '25 - Jan. '26 Pulse
contact:  John Fair:   phone  613-823-9970  ·  email  .

Next month & beyond @ Parkwood

Please check the weekly bulletin and/or monthly calendar for other upcoming events. Both can be found in the "news" drop-down menu.

Media

Library

Did you know that you can search the catalogue of Parkwood's library books online? We now offer a visual tutorial to get you started - click on the image to go to our library page. Also, check out a couple of new library books - info on page 8 of the May 2021 Pulse.



Photo gallery

Click on the photo album icon to check out our photo gallery featuring some happenings during 2025: reception of new members and the 60th Anniversary Team's photo collection on display in the lower corridor.



Recordings

recordings of services are made each week and are available at reasonable cost. Since we began livestreaming, you can watch past services on our YouTube channel. If you or someone that you know is having difficulty or simply does not have the equipment, please let us know and we will try to help in whatever way that we can -- call the church office (613-225-6648 ext. 114) or contact one of the members of the Pastoral Care Team (see list) or an elder (see list).





RightNow Media (RNM) is a video resource library material for Bible study for adults, youth and childen. It has been described as "the Netflix of video Bible Studies". We have a subscription, so access is free for anyone at Parkwood. More info including how to sign up on page 1 of the Dec. 19/20 e-letter. Check it out! Click on the RNM logo to go to their homepage. Register for your own account (under Parkwood's license) here.  RNM can also be accessed on your smartphone or tablet via a downloadable app. The RightNow app can be found here,





Parkwood's YouTube channel is where our weekly livestreamed worship services are broadcast from, and where past services are stored for viewing after they have been livestreamed; the channel also occasionally features videos of other events in the life of the congregation. We invite you to visit "Parkwood Ottawa" on YouTube - click on the YouTube logo to go there; please consider subscribing to our channel. To do that you'll need a separate YouTube account, but there's a benefit: whenever a livestreamed service is about to take place, you'll receive notification by email with a link to the service. Also, videos are archived from time to time and removed from the channel. There's a complete list of archived services, both audio and video, here, If there's a service in that list you'd like to see again, please contact the webservant.

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