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This list provides resources for those who are experiencing a mental health concern or crisis, or who have a mental illness, and for those who are trying to walk with them and want to be better educated and equipped to help. All of these resources are either local or are accessible for Ottawa residents. No one should have to suffer … Read More

Photo by Maria Orlova from Pexels Written by: Rachel Houle (stories shared anonymously) Last week, Pastor David shared a few personal stories of how various individuals and families from Southeast City Church are continuing to share Christ with our community despite the restrictions from COVID-19 lockdowns. With the challenges that this past year has presented us, it is hard to … Read More

Photo by Maria Orlova from Pexels Written by: David Hood (stories shared anonymously) It has been a year since the WHO declared a global pandemic and since Ottawa locked down for the first time to contain the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve. Last March most of us had no idea how our world was about to change, but … Read More

Photo cred: @Pixabay It is my sincere hope that you were blessed by our walk through The Apostles’ Creed, examining in a world of thousands of denominations and varying doctrines, what is at the root, the core, the centre of the Christian faith. If you are interested in going deeper on some of the topics and themes that were unpacked … Read More

Photo by JESHOOTS.com from Pexels Written by: David Hood Exactly three years ago today, Southeast City Church had our first preview service at Emmanuel United Church on Smyth Rd. It feels like it was a lifetime ago and yet it also feels like it was just yesterday. I thought it would be good to take a look back at where … Read More

Photo by Ricardo Esquivel from Pexels Written by: David Hood In these troubling and uncertain times, I have found the little, not very well known prophetic book of Habakkuk to be particularly helpful. I actually preached through it earlier in the summer. The book starts with Habakkuk complaining: How long, Lord, must I call for help and You do not listen, or cry … Read More

Photo by Lucas Myers on Unsplash Written by: David Hood We did a post a while back about how our church is living as a family of missionary servants in these COVID times, namely, how we’re loving on and being faithfully present with our poorer and more vulnerable neighbours. We are pleased to share with you that our ministry amongst … Read More

Photo cred: @NEOSiAM 2020 Written by: David Hood July and August felt like such a relief. We were finally through the months of seeing daily increases in COVID numbers. Things were opening back up. The weather was warm and sunny and we could go to the beach, to a museum, the theatre, and have friends and family over for backyard … Read More

Written by: David Hood Continuing on from part 1, here is another potential of this moment we discussed as a church: There is potential in this moment for real revival, and by revival I don’t mean thousands of people coming to believe in and follow Jesus, at least not initially, but revival among God’s people. This season has really tested … Read More

These are interesting times to be alive. It feels like so much is happening constantly even as nothing happens. It’s been difficult to process. At SECC, we’ve started hosting Nights of Conversation every other Wednesday to talk as a church through some of the issues of the day, to help us process and find our place in the unfolding story … Read More