Plan your visit
A first Sunday is easier when you know its shape. Here is the whole morning, in order, from the prayers that open it to the room we save for meeting you after.
Before the Service

The morning opens with New Dawn Prayers, from 9:15 to 9:55 AM, and it is open to everyone. Come early and pray with us, for our own lives individually and for our church family.
Parking at Queensview is free, and our other locations have time-limited free parking on Sundays. Our parking team is out in the lot to wave you into a spot. If you have kids with you, check them in on Church Center from 6am, or stop by the kids desk when you get here and our Guest Experience team will lead you to our Legacy Kids area.
During the Service

The service starts at 10 AM with live worship. It can get loud near the front, so ask a greeter for a quieter seat if that is not for you.
Our host greets the room and our families online, and whoever sits closest to you will say hello. Nobody will ask you to stand or name yourself to a crowd. A few minutes on who we are and what is coming up, then a chance to give, entirely as you choose.
Again our worship team settles us into the teaching segment. It has biblical roots and is practical. Take notes or just listen, and bring whatever it raises to the Green Room after.
After the Service

When the service ends, our guests are walked to the Green Room, our reception just off the main room. Meet members and leaders of our house, ask whatever you walked in wondering, and stay for the refreshments our hospitality team has waiting. It is how we mean the word welcome.
If you can’t stay for it, fill a connect card before you go and we will reach out to you.
Frequent Questions
If yours isn't here, email contact@lighthouseottawa.com and a real person will write back.
Free at Queensview, and time-limited free parking at our other locations on Sundays. Our parking team is in the lot before each service to wave you into a spot and point you at the right door.
Come in anyway. A greeter will find you a seat without making a moment of it.
Legacy Kids runs in every service for ages 0 through Grade 6, in age-specific rooms with vetted volunteers. Check them in online from 6am, or at the kids desk when you arrive. For little ones younger than 18 months, the Nursery is open for you to stay and supervise them yourself.
The shape is the same, the clock is not: the three student congregations meet in the afternoon and each has its own room and rhythm. Our Algonquin congregation has written its own run of Sunday, doors at 3:30 and worship at 4:00, and so have our uOttawa congregation, a discussion group at 3:30 and worship at 4:00, and our Carleton congregation, doors at 3:30 and worship at 4:00.
Yes. Every service streams on YouTube. Say hello in the comments and someone will answer.