Welcome to
Wake Up The World
Hosted by Sunnyside Wesleyan Church
58 Grosvenor Ave, Ottawa, ON K1S 4S4
This Year's Theme
"Who is Jesus to you?"
13When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man
is?” 14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others
say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the
prophets.” 15“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do
you say I am?” 16Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God."
- Matthew 16:13-16 NIV
Our Speakers
Nathan Schwindt (Glad Tidings Pentecostal)
Speaker - Friday Night (8 pm)
Nathan has dedicated the past two decades to Serving Jesus by serving the local church. He and his wife Cheryl have been married since 2013, finding joy in their faith journey and serving at Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church in Perth, ON, since 2019. They and their two children, Nolan and Kara, love to use the gifts God has given them for His glory.
Nathan, a gifted leader, has been at the helm of Glad Tidings since 2022 as Lead Pastor. His leadership style is characterized by a commitment to developing leaders within a culture of dependence on the Holy Spirit and a steadfast devotion to the unchanging Word of God. His passion is to see new generations, discipled and living in a growing relationship with Jesus. [read more]
Dave Mason (Silver Lake Wesleyan Camp)
Speaker - Saturday Morning (11 am)
Dave Mason loves Jesus and seeing people grow in their faith journey. He has served as Executive Director at Silver Lake Wesleyan Camp since 2018. Dave has served as a Youth Pastor and Creative Arts Pastor at churches in Indiana & New Brunswick since 1999. Along the way working with children, teens and young adults as he strives to share the love of Jesus with those around him in a meaningful way while sharing life together. He has been married to his best friend and love of his life, Lynnette, since 2004 and they are the proud parents of Landon (2010) & Lyla (2012). Dave was born in Ottawa in 1977 and grew up at Sunnyside and now lives with his family on Silver Lake in Maberly, ON. [read more]
Julia Beazley (Evangelical Fellowship of Canada)
Speaker - Saturday Night (5 pm)
Julia Beazley is the EFC's Director of Public Policy. She has been with the EFC since 1999, working mainly on issues of domestic and global poverty, homelessness, prostitution, pornography and human trafficking. She moved from her previous position as policy analyst to director of public policy in January 2016. [read more]
Olivia Phillips (Newington Wesleyan)
Speaker - Saturday Night (8 pm)
I often wonder what makes a person truly what they are, so let me tell you about myself. I love academia, and have spent most of my life pursuing things that I could actually accomplish. As a child, I had poor health and severe neck/back injuries from bullying, and so my utopia was homework - a task which I could do without assistance from others. My desire for independence helped me to see patterns of exclusion that existed around me, in ways that I may not have been privileged to see otherwise.
It was once I finally began to understand the circumstances of others that the call to social justice was deeply implanted within my heart. My call to ministry was implanted at a young age, but was not fully revealed to me until my grade 12 year. I stood at the altar during a youth conference and heard God's voice resonate in my heart telling me to leave behind my full-ride scholarship to a well-known medical school, and instead take on the debts of becoming a minister of the Gospel. [read more]
Capital City Mission
Charity Support Project
This year we'll be collecting donations for Capital City Mission!
About Capital City Mission:
Capital City Mission is a community of people in Ottawa’s Lowertown creating home through a daily drop-in, community support, and spiritual care.
They Seek To:
• Relieve poverty by providing food and other basic supplies to persons
of low income by operating and maintaining a drop-in centre.
• Provide support and encouragement to persons who are struggling
with mental health issues, unstable housing, disability of any
kind, or addiction by engaging in conversation and friendship.
• To alleviate isolation by demonstrating God’s love and creating community
space in which individuals can thrive.
• To provide chaplain care through hospital, prison and home visitation.
• To be a spiritual, emotional and physical home in Ottawa’s Lowertown.
