NOTE: due to technical issues the first part of the April 26 service was not recorded; the livestream link above has now been updated; we join the service during the announcements.

The bulletin for Sunday April 26, 2026 includes info on the following:
   Young Adults Lunch and Discussion    Men’s Breakfast – Invitation to Women (May 2)    Practice Fire Drill (May 3)    Presbytery Visit (May 4)    Pastoral Care Communion Drivers (May 12)    Refreshment Hosts/Hostesses Needed    Sunday School Teachers Workshop (May 30)   -   click on bulletin image to go to bulletin

Parkwood Men (& Ladies):  The next men's breakfast will take place on Saturday, May 2nd @ 8am, and for this meeting the ladies are invited. Please join us for a time of fellowship & sharing in the Fellowship Hall at the church. Coffee & muffins will be served. In May the theme will be 1970s-era Jesus Music and some of the pioneer musicians of that time whose songs we use in worship to this day. After a brief introduction we'll watch the first half of a 2-part documentary on the subject. Please let us know you're coming so we don't run out of muffins - add your name to the sign-up sheet on the kiosk in the Gathering Place, call the office (M-W-F 9-noon) and ask them to add your name or contact Gord Walford.

Mission Team Special Appeal 2026 #1:   The Mission Team's first special appeal for 2026, commencing February 15, is for PWS&D - Caribbean Hurricane Relief, following the devastation caused last fall by Hurricane Melissa across the Caribbean.   More info can be found on page 9 of the February Pulse.

Parkwood Pulse... the April 2026 issue of the Pulse newsletter is now available, as well as a one year archive.  Pastor's Message: "Life"   ·   Pause Table - April 21st   ·   Lunch and Learn - April 13th   ·   April 2026 calendar of church activities

  The Spring 2026 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

April 2026 @ Parkwood

Facility Management on call... This month, if there are any issues with the property or building please call Moise Kambala (343-961-2570)and/or Marcia Harten (613-897-6869); Ted Johnson (819-317-0500/819-329-7245) is the alternate.

Schedule of Lenten & Easter services...
      Thursday evening (Maundy Thursday), April 2 @ 7:30 PM
      Friday morning (Good Friday), April 3 @ 11 AM
      Sunday morning (Easter Sunday), April 5 @ 6:15 AM (sunrise service @ the Arboretum ^*)
      Sunday morning (Easter Sunday), April 5 @ 10 AM
^* info on sunrise service here; service is followed by a pancake breakfast back at the church. (note: service was held in the sancuary at the church due to weather conditions)

  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.

  Lunch and Learn...  Monday, April 13  (lunch @ noon, talk @ 1pm): This month our speaker will be Jasmine MacGowan, Managing Director, Save Your Skin Foundation, who will speak on skin cancer awareness. See page 2 of the April Pulse for more info.  Hope you can join us!


  Algonquin Pause Table...  By hosting the Pause Table, Parkwood church seeks to give encouragement to students during stressful examination time. It's happening again:
      Date: Tuesday, April 21
      Time: from 10 a.m. – 12 noon
      Place: Algonquin College, Student Commons Building, front entrance
Donations needed: (for 300 to 400 students)
      see list of donations needed here  ·   no home baking items are allowed
Donations accepted at Parkwood (Gathering Place) Monday, April 20, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Volunteers needed– to assist at the Pause Table on April 21st
For more information or to volunteer contact the Fairs at 613-823-9970 or .

  Parkwood Youth... Here's what's happening this month, including start times...
        the regular in-house monthly event will take place Friday, April 24, 7 PM. There will also be a presbytery-wide youth event on Saturday April 13 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at St. Stephen's church, 579 Parkdale Ave. (map) More info here.
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, April 26. Please join us and bring friends. For more information, please contact the church office.

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: takes place Wednesdays from 7:30 - 8:30 PM via Zoom; the spring term 2026 will commence Wednesday March 25; they will be looking at the book of Obadiah and Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
contact:  John Fair:   phone  613-823-9970  ·  email  .

Next month & beyond @ Parkwood

Parkwood Men (& Ladies):  The next men's breakfast will take place on Saturday, May 2nd @ 8am, and for this meeting the ladies are invited. Please join us for a time of fellowship & sharing in the Fellowship Hall at the church. Coffee & muffins will be served. In May the theme will be 1970s-era Jesus Music and some of the pioneer musicians of that time whose songs we use in worship to this day. After a brief introduction we'll watch the first half of a 2-part documentary on the subject. Please let us know you're coming so we don't run out of muffins - add your name to the sign-up sheet on the kiosk in the Gathering Place.

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.

Miscellaneous