WOMEN'S NETWORK
LADIES' DAY 2025
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Thank you, ladies, for helping make Ladies Day 2025 such a wonderful time together!
Take a moment to check out the re-cap video below.
Speakers
Ottawa Valley Pentecostal Camp
Rhonda Courteau is the Campus Pastor at the Lifecentre Orleans and has been in ministry for 20 years.
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Her passion is to encourage women to step into their significance and purpose in Jesus and has a ministry focus around leadership and breakthrough. Rhonda is married to her very best friend Jason for almost 27 years and has two beautiful daughters, Vienna and Jaida who attend university in Ottawa.​
Rhonda Courteau
If you were not able to attend, or would like to enjoy it again (and again), we encourage you to click below to access the audio recording from Rhonda's message.
Lakeshore Pentecostal Camp
Marilyn Skinner
Marilyn is co-founder of Watoto Church. In 1984, during a time of civil war, together with her husband Gary, they planted this local church in Kampala, Uganda to speak hope and life to the nation.
Through Watoto, thousands of orphans and abandoned babies have been placed in families, child soldiers have been rescued and over 30,000 girls kept in school.
She is committed to restoring dignity to vulnerable women by giving them a hand up. In 2008, she founded Neighbourhood, a Watoto ministry that continues to reach out and empower women and girls in Africa.
A passionate speaker, her encouragement and inspiration is impacting people all around the world.
If you were not able to attend, or would like to enjoy it again (and again), we encourage you to click below to access the audio recording from Marilyn's message.
goal:
$16,000
HELPING CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE IN OUR DISTRICT
There is still time for you to give!
Donations for Life Funds 2025 is open til December 31st.
IN SUPPORT OF:
Church in Regent Park
At Church in Regent Park, we believe that faith is best lived through service. One of our longest standing ministries is the Saturday Community Dinner, a weekly meal that has been feeding the Regent Park community since 1995. What began as a small act of service has grown into a vital support for many who are facing food insecurity, loneliness, or simply in need of a welcoming place to connect.
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Every Saturday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, we serve a free, hot meal in the gymnasium of the Yonge Street Mission’s Davis Centre at 270 Gerrard Street East. This gathering provides more than just food, it offers community and the love of Jesus.
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Throughout the years, this ministry has been sustained by the generosity and dedication of partnering churches, businesses, and volunteers. Their support allows us to serve numerous meals each week with warmth and compassion. We are always looking for new partners to join us in this important work whether through financial sponsorship, food donations, or volunteer service.
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By sponsoring or supporting the Saturday Community Dinner, you are directly impacting lives in one of Toronto’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. Together, we can extend the love of Christ beyond the walls of our churches and into the hearts of those who need it most.
Website link below: Church in Regent Park
Hope and Light
Through the ministry of ‘Hope and Light’ Leigh-Ann & Thomas with their team serve with love, compassion and purpose. Recognizing the complexity of needs within the vulnerable and marginalized population. Providing consistent care and support to help individuals move towards sustainable living and wellness. Fostering dignity and cultivating a community where hope is not just offered but actively nurtured in the lives of those experiencing hardship.
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Hope and Light’s vision is, to not only build relationships with those they serve, but those who they serve alongside and partner with. It's like dropping a pebble into a pond, the ripple extends far beyond the first moment of contact. Creating intentional moments to share the unconditional love of Christ & the hope He brings. Each of our initiatives, along with our food security program is intricately designed with intention, to invite people into relationship with us, as we “be the light”.
To connect with us:
Mission Canada - Leigh-Ann Davidson
Lionhearts Inc.
With the unstoppable force of lionhearted partners and volunteers, we at Lionhearts Inc. eradicate hunger and homelessness, restoring dignity and hope in the communities we serve. Since our founding in 2014, we have committed to serving our communities through acts of practical love that restore human dignity – from rescuing food and household goods, to operating warming shelters and supportive housing, retraining people to help rebuild their lives, and much more. We currently operate in Kingston, Ottawa, and London, Ontario, uniting people and organizations in these communities in support of our disenfranchised neighbours.
Here is our volunteer application page: https://www.lionhearts.ca/volunteer
Street Level Advocacy
“Scott pastored in small Ontario PAOC churches, with his wife Wendy and 4 kids, for 30 years. After a decade at Northview Church in Peterborough, Ontario, Scott felt the definite call to go to the streets of Peterborough as an Urban Missionary.
In the fall of 2020 , Scott started by walking the streets, parks and alleys of Peterborough with a backpack with food and waters and taking new friends for coffees at Tim’s.
By January 2022, Scott had been welcomed onboard Mission Canada as an Urban Missionary and by the spring of 2025, he had a Team of 14 weekly volunteers, a Food Serving Van, a Dining/Clothing/Fellowship Hall Bus, with which they serve the street-affiliated population of the City. All of this has been accomplished through God’s goodness and remarkable provision! (Check us out on Facebook – Street Level Advocacy)
Scott can be reached by Direct Message on the SLA Facebook page or email him at scott.couper@paoc.org.”
How to Give
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Online giving available at eond.org/give
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Text to Give: Text EOND to 73256
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Mail Cheque to EOND
Please make all cheques payable to the Eastern Ontario District. Please write WM Life Funds in the memo line.
Mail cheque to:
Eastern Ontario District
PO Box 337
Cobourg, ON K9A 4K8​
There is still time for you to give! Donations for Life Funds 2025 is open til December 31st.