CHRI Wins Media Award

We are so pleased to be awarded the Best Media Entry for Santa's Parade of Lights in Orleans, presented by the Ottawa Professional Firefighters Association. We love being in this parade each year, wishing you a Merry Christmas and promoting the annual CHRI and JD Swallow Pajama Drive! Read more for other parade photos.

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Your Support is a Gift

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Pack a Box Online

Collection week for Operation Christmas Child 2019 has come and gone, but that doesn't mean that you can't still make an impact! Many children can still receive a gift to show that they are loved, and have a potential of hearing the gospel, when you pack a shoebox online. You can either shop the online store, or have Samaritan's Purse pack it for you automatically! When you pack automatically, you'll even get to find out the destination of your shoebox(es)! Pack your box here.

It's Almost Time For Christmas Music

It's almost that time of year! Christmas music will be hitting CHRI rotation on Friday November 15th. Stay tuned for all your favourite Christmas hits during the holiday season. CHRI will be going FULL Christmas December 16th through December 26th.

October 2019 New Music

Radio is still the #1 way people like to discover new music. Check out all the new songs we’ve added in this month!

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Charlie Brown’s ‘The Great Pumpkin’ Remains One of TV’s Great Faith Metaphors

One of the great things about October—or really any holiday season—is that a Peanuts special once again hits primetime and the work of Charles Schulz is back in the cultural awareness. The Charlie Brown special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown returns, and with it, one of Schulz’s great metaphors about faith. Sure, with its birth-of-Jesus monologue, the Christmas special contains the series’ most blatant discussion of faith (and remains a classic), but in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Linus delivers some of his most powerful thoughts about faith, doubt, sincerity and hope.

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TobyMac Concert Photos

What an epic night at TobyMac's concert in Ottawa on Friday, October 18th! This amazing show brought the energy we were all craving as TobyMac brought down the house. A huge thank you to James Noble and Ryan Zaichkowsky for the wonderful pictures they captured throughout the night.

View the TobyMac concert photos here.

3 Ways to Cultivate Thankfulness After Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favourite holidays. There is something special about getting together with family and friends over a feast, and just reflecting on what you have to be thankful for. It’s a tradition that many families share, going around the table one by one and sharing what you are grateful for. This year I shared how I was thankful to be just where I’m at. This was tough for me, given my entire life has felt like a race to get to my next step – always somewhere to be. But I’m thankful that pressure has really subsided and I can be present with where I’m at. So going forward this coming year, how can we continue to intentionally cultivate thankfulness in our daily life? Add a comment

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Operation Christmas Child 2019

Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate circumstances around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes and the message of God’s unconditional love. When culturally appropriate, children who receive gift-filled shoeboxes are offered a colorful booklet, called The Greatest Gift, which explains the message of salvation through Jesus Christ, in the child’s own language. Read more on how you can pack your shoebox for a child in need.

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Seasons

I am about to enter a new season of life... The season of motherhood. One that I have felt ready for in the last 3 years. But God doesn't always have the same plans.
My husband Jason and I had to find ourselves in a different season first: a season of waiting.
We knew we wanted to be parents, we always talked about it, but we also came to accept that HOW we became parents might end up looking different than we had hoped and dreamed...

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