Join us for a warm and inviting Christmas Eve Service, as we anticipate and celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Join us for our regular service, as we light the fourth Advent candle, the candle of Love, and celebrate with lessons and carols.

The Longest Night Service (sometimes known as “Blue Christmas”) will be held in the sanctuary at 4 p.m. It is a small, reflective service held around the shortest and darkest day of the year, and is intended to provide a measure of comfort and peace in whatever circumstances we find ourselves. All are welcome, especially those who may find Christmas challenging, or who have suffered loss. We will celebrate Holy Communion.

The congregation of First Baptist Church will observe Remembrance Day as part of our regular service. Past and current members of the Canadian Armed Forces will take part.

As another way to build connection with our neighbours, the 'Four Amigos Churches' invite the community to gather with them on Thursday evening, November 6, at 7:30 pm for an evening of singing favourite hymns at St. John the Evangelist Church on Elgin Street. Congregations of First Baptist Church Ottawa, St John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Ottawa, St. Theresa Catholic Church and Knox Presbyterian welcome you!

Hymns will be selected from each of the four traditions, and together as friends in faith we will lift our voices in song and praise, to be filled with awe and wonder at God’s goodness.

The annual Walk for the Centre, a walkathon to support the Centretown Community Food Centre, takes place on October 5, 2025. The event begins at the Canadian Martyrs Church at 100 Main Street at 1:30 p.m. for registration and photos. There will be music and a few speeches, and then the walk will start at around 2:20 p.m. The route crosses the Pretoria Bridge, goes north along the scenic Queen Elizabeth Walkway and the Rideau Canal and then returns to the Canadian Martyrs Church. There are two routes of two and four kilo-metres each. Join the walk or sponsor a team or walker!

OperOttawa will hold its opening concert at First Baptist Church. The concert will include a Programme of Italian Opera Arias featuring sopranos Erinne-Colleen Laurin, Morgan Strickland and Kathleen Radke, as well as the OperOttawa Tenors – Danny Leclerc and Grayson Nesbitt singing the songs and arias made famous by the Original Three Tenors Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras.

The Centretown Churches Social Action Committee will hold its Annual General Meeting at First Baptist at 7:00 pm. The guest speaker will be Shemi Adeoye, Coordinator of Volunteers, Matthew House. A reception will follow.

Each May, rain or shine, the Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI) hosts Tulipathon, a 3KM walkathon fundraiser at Commissioners Park. This annual event invites MHI’s 80+ faith group members, their congregations, and the wider community for a scenic walk through the tulips.

All are welcome to attend the Multifaith Housing Initiative’s Annual General Meeting. Discover the work that MHI is doing here in Ottawa to provide and promote safe, affordable, and well-maintained housing in inclusive communities, and to mobilize resources for these purposes.

BEING BAPTIST: Past, Present and Future

In person at McMaster Divinity College or Acadia Divinity College and online via Zoom.

Join us for our Easter Service at 10:30, followed by a time of fellowship.

Please join us at our Good Friday Service at First Baptist Church Ottawa.

Canada will join together online for a one-hour NATIONAL World Day of Prayer (WDP) 2025 Service written by Christian women in the Cook Islands. Theme “I Made You Wonderful” based on Psalm 139, verses 1-18.

The service will be broadcast on community television stations.

Led by the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada (WICCboard members. For details on how to participate, please visit https://wdpcanada.ca/world-day-of-prayer/how-to-participate/.

Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (CDCC) is home to one of the largest pipe organs in Ottawa, and the Canadian-built organ turns 60 this year! Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the rare and awe-inspiring instrument with 5179 wind pipes spanning 7 storeys in a beautiful Ottawa heritage theatre.

This event will be hosted on Sunday, March 2 at 4 p.m. For details and free tickets, please visit https://carleton.ca/cdcc/organconcert/.