Winter Activities (2:00 pm)

Join us in Gatineau Park for winter outdoor activities including hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and possibly lake skating (conditions permitting). 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. (please RSVP for directions or if you need a ride).

Potluck Supper (5:30 pm)

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

Presentation by Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger (7:00 pm)
What Kind of Person Would Do Something Like That?

This talk is about the kind of people we need to be to be faithful earthkeepers of God’s good earth. In other words, it focuses on the character traits needed for us to take proper care of our home planet – virtues such as wonder and humility, justice and love, courage and hope.

Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger is Professor of Religion, Director of the Environmental Studies program, and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at Hope College in Holland, MI. He is author of The Greening of Theology and For the Beauty of the Earth: A Vision of Creation Care; and co-author of Assessing the Ark: A Christian Perspective on Nonhuman Creatures and the Endangered Species Act, and Beyond Homelessess: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement.

If you are unable to attend all three parts of the event, feel free to attend the parts that you can.
For more details please email Paul Heintzman.

Other Upcoming Events

• Saturday Jan 7, 2017: Paul Heintzman will be speaking at Dominion Chalmers United Church’s Church Café on the topic of Caring for the Environment: From Parental Influences to Bill Mason and A Rocha
  • For details visit https://www.facebook.com/cafechurchott/
• Sunday Jan 29 and Monday Jan 30, 2017: Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger will be speaking at Veritas Forum events at the University of Ottawa
• Saturday May 20, 2017: A Rocha Ottawa event with Leah Kostamo (Co-founder of A Rocha Canada)