Children’s classes
Spaces where children are cherished and helped to develop spiritual qualities like kindness, truthfulness, and generosity.
Ottawa · learning & serving together
Building vibrant communities across Ottawa
Friends, families, youth, and neighbours are learning together how prayer, service, conversation, education, and collective action can contribute to the betterment of our communities.
Across the whole city
A city of neighbours
gathering, learning, and serving side by side
A shared endeavour
A movement of friends, families, and neighbours
This is not the story of a single organization or a program to join. It is a growing circle of people — of every age, background, and belief — who are quietly working, alongside one another, for the well-being of their neighbourhoods.
In homes, parks, and community centres across Ottawa, neighbours are praying together, raising children with noble qualities, accompanying young people, and consulting on how to serve. Small, sincere acts, repeated with love, begin to reshape the life of a community.
Prayer
turning our hearts together
Service
acting for the common good
Conversation
on shared concerns
Reflection
learning from action
What we are learning together
Four simple activities, open to all
These community-building activities are the heart of the effort. They are offered freely, for children, young people, families, and adults alike — and anyone can take part or help to nurture them.
Junior youth groups
Young people find friendship and purpose, strengthen their powers of expression, and serve their neighbourhoods together.
Devotional gatherings
Welcoming spaces for prayer, music, and meaningful conversation that lift the spirit and draw hearts together.
Study circles
Friends study together, reflect on experience, and build the capacity to serve and to contribute to a better world.
the purpose for which mortal men have, from utter nothingness, stepped into the realm of being, is that they may work for the betterment of the world and live together in concord and harmony.— Bahá’u’lláh
Community Reflection
Pause together. Learn. Take the next step.
Community Reflection materials help friends, families, and neighbours pause together, reflect on what has been learned, and consider what might come next — as we build vibrant communities and surge forward together.
What’s coming up
Upcoming gatherings this summer
A season of prayer, service, arts, and celebration — with something for families, youth, and friends of every age.
Jul11& Jul 18
Upcoming
Prayers for Hope
Praying together for our collective endeavour, with music and refreshments.
Jul11–26
Collective endeavour
Intensified Efforts
Family festivals, junior youth camps, service projects, and arts endeavours — engaging the widest circle of friends.
Aug232026
Upcoming
A Joyful Reflection
Celebrate and share what we have learned this summer, followed by an optional beach picnic.
Resources
Readings to nourish heart and mind
Short compilations of prayers and writings, gathered by theme — for personal reflection, devotional gatherings, or conversation among friends.