7 Days of Gratitude Leading into Thanksgiving

We have been blessed abundantly, and as believers, we should be the most grateful people in the world! Yet, it can be hard to feel gratitude when the stresses of daily life begin to wear us down...and we get used to grumbling instead of giving thanks.

This FREE, seven-day devotional from Focus On The Family Canada will help you and your children reset your perspective and start developing an attitude of gratitude.

Download yours, here!

We won't be happy if we're always trying to be perfect

Every Monday at 5:00 P.M. ET, Care Baldwin shares a Monday Motivation quote along with a message to encourage you in your life and faith. This week she challenges us with a quote from author and US Attorney Roy T. Bennett.

"EMBRACE BEING PERFECTLY IMPERFECT."

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Hurricane Fiona Relief Efforts

Samaritan’s Purse disaster relief teams are on the ground in Atlantic Canada in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
Support relief efforts here and please pray that God will use the crew to share the hope and comfort of Christ in this time.
(Learn more about upcoming volunteer training in Ottawa on October 15th here.)

Are You Taking Small Steps or Trying to Make Impossible Leaps?

Every Monday at 5:00 P.M. ET, Care Baldwin shares a Monday Motivation quote along with a message to encourage you in your life and faith. She shares a quote from Queen Elizabeth II, and millions remember her inspiring words and lasting legacy since her death last Thursday.

"It’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change."

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Redblacks Faith Day Recap

Check out photos from Saturday's Faith Day with the Ottawa Redblacks. Fans stayed after the game for some activities with the CHRI Fun Team and then met some of the players. Tyrone Vrede, Dan Basambombo, Breylin Smith, Anthony Mahoungou and Nick Arbuckle shared the role their faith plays in their football careers and asked for prayer for good health and guidance as Christian players in a professional athlete world. 
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PHOTOS: Pat Barrett & Dan Bremnes

Thursday marked CHRI's first concert since March 2020! A beautiful evening of worship with Pat Barrett and Dan Bremnes in a packed Cedarview Alliance Church! Pat and Dan finished the show by coming out into the crowd for an acoustic version of "Good Good Father", and stayed after the concert for photos and autographs. 

Checkout our photo album on Facebook HERE, captured by James Noble (@thejamesnoble on Instagram).  

Back To School Playlist

School is back, and according to a new poll, listening to music while studying can be therapeutic, help absorb information, and even correlates to higher GPAs. To help you in your studies, we've curated a Spotify playlist full of lofi and instrumental Christian worship songs. Be reminded of God's presence as you work and study this year!

Click HERE to listen to the playlist.

Placing Your Identity in Your Work vs. In Christ

Every Monday at 5:00 P.M. ET, Care Baldwin shares a Monday Motivation quote along with a message to encourage you in your life and faith. This week's quote is from theologian and apologist author, Tim Keller.

"when work is your identity, if you are successful it goes to your head, if you are a failure it goes to your heart."

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Don’t Put a Period Where God Has Put a Comma

Every Monday at 5:00 P.M. ET, Care Baldwin shares a Monday Motivation quote along with a message to encourage you in your life and faith. This week's quote was originally shared by the late Gracie Allen.

"DON'T PUT A PERIOD WHERE GOD HAS PUT A COMMA."

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TobyMac Drops "Life After Death" Album, 3 Years After Losing His Son

In 2019, TobyMac's oldest child, Truett, died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 21. TobyMac was here on a cross-Canada tour at the time, and had performed in Winnipeg the night that Truett died. The experience of losing his son had an unimaginable impact on him, and he immediately went to do what he has always done when he is in pain, which is write music. 

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