reach Out

The Monthly Outreach Appeal collects goods to support the work of other organizations in our local community and around the world.  

Contacts: Cathy Turner and Holly Egan

GCUC is one of seven member churches in the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group (KSRSG). We sponsor United Nations Convention refugees from around the globe to provide

• assistance in their current country of residence

• a safe haven and the opportunity for a new life in Canada, and 

• settlement assistance for their first year in Canada. 

Contact: Marg Friesen

GCUC is one of six churches that have been providing distribution and delivery services for the Kanata Food Cupboard for over twenty years.  The Kanata Food Cupboard is a non-profit agency that supplies emergency food to self-identifying individuals living in the Kanata wards of the City of Ottawa.  

Contacts: Keith Allingham, Georgia Dryden, and Dianne Astles

As a member congregation of the United Church of Canada (UCC), GCUC collects and remits funds that support UCC mission and service work in Canada and abroad.  For a description of the programs funded by M&S, visit www.united-church.ca/funding/msfund. 

Contact: Anne McEwen

The UCW hosts the Cookie Walk, Craft Sale, and Silent Auction on the first Saturday in December.

Contact:  Martha Townshend Colford

The crafts group is an informal gathering of knitters, crocheters, and crafters. We meet for good conversation and help each other with our crafts. We work on our own projects or work together to create items for donation to various shelters. 

We meet Thursday evenings from September to May.

We currently meet on Zoom.

Contact: Vida Johnston

As spectators crowd the sidewalks in front of the church, waiting for the annual Kanata Santa Claus parade to pass, church volunteers provide free hot drinks and homemade cookies to the chilled onlookers.   Volunteers also distribute hundreds of business-card sized announcements of the UCW's annual Cookie Walk fundraiser and the Christmas church services.

The cycling group runs from April until September. They meet Wednesday evenings for short rides around Kanata, and Saturday mornings for rides around the Ottawa area. On Saturdays, riders wanting a shorter ride drive to the start point, and those wanting a longer ride go from Kanata to meet the group. 

All abilities are welcome. The group will adjust to your pace. 

Contacts: Wayne Johnston and Bill Samulack

When cycling is over for the season, put on your hiking shoes and join us for a trek through the woods, and enjoy the foliage of the Gatineau Hills. Everyone is welcome. Sometimes we stop for coffee or brunch afterwards. 

Contacts: Wayne Johnston and Bill Samulack 

Once the snow flies and hiking is over there's cross-country skiing in Gatineau Park. Don't miss out on one of the best times of the year.

Contacts: Wayne Johnston and Bill Samulack