Building for the Future
Arise & Build is Gateway Church’s building campaign as we prayerfully prepare for a future church home on our property, a place to worship, grow, serve, and welcome others in the love of Jesus.
Gateway Church has always been more than a building. The church is the people of God, gathered and sent in the name of Jesus.
At the same time, we believe physical spaces matter. They help create room for worship, discipleship, children and youth, prayer, pastoral care, community connection, and ministry throughout the week.
Arise & Build is about preparing faithfully for the next chapter of Gateway Church, not simply for ourselves, but for future generations and for the community God has called us to serve.
A Place to Worship
We are building toward a future home where people can gather to encounter God, worship Jesus, hear Scripture, pray, and grow in faith together.
A Place to Grow
A future church home gives us room to disciple children, youth, adults, families, and leaders as we help people take their next step with Jesus.
A Place to Serve
Our desire is to create space that blesses our church family and serves the wider Arnprior and Ottawa Valley community with hospitality and care.
Arise & Build
A future church home for worship, discipleship, community, and mission.
Arise & Build is Gateway Church’s building campaign as we prepare for a future church home on our property.
This campaign is about more than raising funds for a building. It is about prayerfully making room for the ministry God is continuing to grow among us.
We are asking God to help us build a place where people can worship, children can learn about Jesus, youth can grow in faith, Life Groups can gather, families can be strengthened, leaders can be equipped, and our wider community can be served.
Our desire is to move forward with faith, wisdom, humility, and good stewardship.
Gateway Church is grateful for the spaces God has provided throughout our history. Each season has helped shape who we are today.
As we look ahead, we believe a future church home can help us better serve the mission God has given us: to connect with God and with others.
A future home would create space for Sunday worship, Gateway Kids, youth ministry, Life Groups, pastoral care, prayer, community gatherings, leadership development, and practical ministry throughout the week.
We are not building so we can become impressive. We are building so we can be faithful.
Our heart is not to build a space that sits empty most of the week.
We want a future church home to be a place of life, welcome, and ministry, a place used for worship, discipleship, care, connection, and community throughout the week.
We imagine a church home where people can gather for prayer, children and youth can be discipled, families can find encouragement, people can receive care, and the community can experience hospitality and hope.
The building is not the mission. The building serves the mission.
Gateway Church loves Arnprior and the Ottawa Valley.
As we dream about a future church home, we are also asking how that space can serve people beyond Sunday mornings.
We want to be thoughtful about creating space for ministry, community connection, practical care, and partnerships that bless our town and surrounding region.
Our hope is that the future Gateway property becomes a place where people are welcomed, encouraged, prayed for, served, and pointed toward Jesus.
We want to approach this future building project with prayer, wisdom, patience, and careful stewardship.
Generosity matters, but so do accountability, transparency, planning, and healthy decision-making.
As a church, we want to honour God not only in what we build, but also in how we build. That means moving at a faithful pace, seeking wise counsel, making responsible decisions, and communicating clearly along the way.
We believe God cares about both vision and integrity.
Giving to Arise & Build helps Gateway Church prepare for the future development of our church property.
Your generosity helps support the work needed to move this vision forward, which may include planning, design, site preparation, professional services, permits, infrastructure, construction, and other future building-related needs.
Every gift matters, but no one should feel pressured to give beyond what they are prayerfully able to give.
We invite you to pray, seek God, and consider whether He is leading you to participate in this building campaign.
Many people who came before us gave, served, prayed, sacrificed, and built so that Gateway Church could be here today.
Now we have the opportunity to think about those who will come after us, children, youth, families, neighbours, new believers, future leaders, and people we have not yet met.
Arise & Build is one way we invest in a future we may not fully see yet, trusting that God can use faithful steps today to bless many people tomorrow.
We are building with gratitude for the past, faithfulness in the present, and hope for the future.
There are several meaningful ways to participate in Arise & Build.
- Pray for wisdom, unity, provision, and God’s leading.
- Encourage the church family as we move forward together.
- Share ideas, skills, or professional experience that may help the process.
- Give financially as God leads and as you are able.
- Continue serving faithfully in the ministry God has already placed in front of us.
This is not only about donations. It is about participating together in the future God is forming among us.
If you would like to give toward Arise & Build, you can do so through Gateway Church’s regular giving options.
When giving, please indicate that your gift is for Arise & Build.
- Give online through our giving page.
- Give by e-transfer to give@gatewaychurch.ca.
- Give in person using the offering boxes on Sunday.
If you have questions about giving, receipting, or designated gifts, please contact the church office.
Our prayer is that Gateway Church would remain faithful to Jesus in every season.
We want to build with humility, unity, wisdom, and trust. We want this future church home to serve the mission of God, strengthen the church family, and bless the community around us.
May God guide every step, provide what is needed, shape our hearts, and use Gateway Church to help people encounter Jesus for generations to come.