homeless drop-in centre

Online/New Media by rochekellyJune 26, 2011June 26, 2011

BYOB parish splits from church

A storied congregation has gone from worshipping in the same building as Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, to a makeshift altar inside a theatre where it’s BYOB: Bring Your Own Bible. “Ultimately, a church is people,” said Rev. George Sinclair. More than 100 worshippers gathered at St. Alban’s Church in downtown Ottawa […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 9, 2011August 4, 2011

Homeless centre a magnet for crime, neighbours warn

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/17557041.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/pf-17555811.html Wednesdays were hell. From witnessing a stabbing to crack addicts smoking up on their front steps, residents living near Cumberland St. and Daly Ave. saw it all when a homeless drop-in centre used to operate at St. Paul’s-Eastern United church. “It was on Wednesdays, once a week, for five or six years,” […]