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Join A Rocha Ottawa for our Winter Activities, Potluck Supper and Evening Program!

If you are unable to the afternoon activities, feel free to join us for supper and the evening program.

Schedule:

2:00 pm Winter Activities

Join us in Gatineau Park for winter outdoor activities including hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. You can choose your activity. We will lead a group cross-country ski for anyone who would like to join us. We have plenty of cross-country ski equipment available for those who don’t have any. If you intend to snowshoe you will need to bring your own snowshoes. Meet at 264 Kingsmere at 2:00 pm. (for directions or for a ride please send an e-mail to: paul.heintzman@arocha.ca ).

5:30 pm Potluck Supper

Please RSVP and let us know what you plan to bring so that we can plan accordingly.

7:00 pm “A Thousand Year Plan: The Deconstruction of Faith in Canada and the Potential for a (Re)Turn to a Creation Ethic.”

Dr. Peter Schuurman will draw on his new book (co-authored with Angela Reitsma Bick) Blessed are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada (New Leaf 2024) to point to the possibilities for a renewed Creation ethic that lie within the current “deconstructing faith” trend. From interviews with 28 “deconstructing” Canadians, he examines the place of indigenous culture and history in hopes for a repentant and reconstructed Christian faith, a faith that sees the “community of creation” as key to the shalom that God promises for all.

Peter will also be speaking on the topic of “Deconstructing a Young Earth, Deconstructing Faith: Two Stories, Two Directions” at a CSCA event on Friday evening Feb. 28 at the Laurentian Leadership Centre. For more details see: https://csca.ca/events/event/2025-ott-sch/

Please RSVP via email to paul.heintzman@arocha.ca to let us know if you will be attending the A Rocha event on March 1 and what you will be bringing for the potluck supper.