A recovery community focused on peer-mentoring, staff with lived experience, and social engagement.
Jericho Road is a community of people that strive to move from addiction to connection through shared experience, strength and hope. We provide recovery programs and support with our men's residential program, community support groups, and addiction education forums and workshops.
31/12/2025
It's incredible to see how much can happen in a year. When looking back, we can usually find a few memories that last a lifetime. This video is just a snapshot of some of our favourite memories and we hope you enjoy it. No effort is too small, no gesture is too big. It takes every prayer, volunteer, donor, friend, staff and resident to make memories like these. Thank you all for making this community truly special.
It's incredible to see how much can happen in a year. When looking back, we can usually find a few memories that last a lifetime. No effort is too small, no ...
30/12/2025
A little Behind The Scenes look at what's coming soon 👀👀👀
25/12/2025
Christmas at the Discipleship House is always a special time. Starting with a Devotional about the Light of Jesus and what He means to us, Santa was kind enough to send us one of his best helpers to bring presents for all of the men in our recovery program. The real sense of warmth and togetherness demonstrates how wonderful community can be.
From everyone at Jericho Road, have a very Merry Christmas.🎄🎄🙏🎄🎄
20/12/2025
Incredibly grateful for the generous support of Ontario Realtors Care Foundation and Hope Versluis at Bennett Property Shop this holiday season.
It takes a village of caring partners who believe in Jericho Road to help us in our mission. Thank you for continuing to stand with our ministry and believing in the work we do. We couldn’t do this without you.
19/12/2025
One of our very own graduating Chef Ric's wonderful food training program. Congrats Ash!
A new batch of students are graduating from the Ottawa Mission’s food training program. CTV’s Peter Szperling has the story.
17/12/2025
Thank you to the Alta Vista Baptist Church Men's Group who came for fellowship yesterday. Not only did they lead a devotional for the residents, but they also blessed us with groceries, Christmas cookies and cards for each of the men. Everyone felt comfortable sharing a Bible verse that was important to them, which gave us the gift of feeling a deep and real sense of connection. Brotherhood is always a beautiful thing.
13/12/2025
A heartfelt thank you to Sequoia Church for surrounding us with so much warmth and joy this Christmas season. From the delicious food that brought us together, to the fun games and heartfelt caroling that lifted our spirits, you filled our space with true holiday cheer. Thank you for reminding us of the real and lasting love that comes from God and real relationships.
10/12/2025
The 4th Annual Rise Above Campaign is reaching out to local businesses, artisans or vendors that would be interested in participating in a fundraiser for our community. The event will be held on December 14th at 55 ByWard Market Square from 11am to 4pm. They will have 22 vendors, Live DJs that are in recovery, art, testimonies, workshops and much more! Over the years, they have raised $7000 for Jericho Road Ministries and with your support, they have clothed over 150 souls at the various shelters throughout the city.
We would love to see you there!
03/12/2025
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Ottawa Community Foundation for their remarkable generosity and Joanne Routhier for helping our men with their personal growth.
Even man who comes into Jericho Road has their unique story and troubles from their past to address. Visiting Joanne and her stable was a highlight of the program for a few of the men. Not just getting out into nature and visiting a farm, but experiencing and feeling something deeper. We all agree that spiritual guidance comes in many forms, and Oreo, Belle, Ellie and Max walked with us as we were invited to get in touch with ourselves.
Ottawa Community Foundation's slogan is invested for good and this reverberates through their financial support in giving us unique opportunities to help our residents heal. Being a charity for charities shows their commitment to making Ottawa a better place.
We thank both of these partners for the healing they have contributed to and the healing they will continue to do.
27/11/2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Unwrapping Recovery ’25. It was a gift to gather with so many people who genuinely care about making this world a better place. Your presence made the evening feel warm, hopeful, and full of purpose. We are deeply grateful for every single person in attendance and the countless others who made this evening possible.
17/11/2025
Our annual auction Unwrapping Recovery '25 is this Saturday, and we are busy putting the finishing touches on all our preparations to make this a special night for everyone.
Your last chance to purchase tickets is this Wednesday, November 19th and we are almost sold out. If you haven't purchased tickets, please visit our website and join us. It won't be the same without you.
For everyone already signed up, thank you. We cannot wait to see you. 🙏
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In the early 1990's Jericho Road Coffeehouse was established as a program and weekly drop-in for vulnerable and marginalized persons. The drop-in continues to operate to this day on a weekly basis at Jules Morin Field House and averages 40 persons per week. The Coffeehouse provides a supportive and caring environment with music, munchies and a message.
By 1997 Jericho Road had opened it first group home for men living with mental illness. Jericho continued to expand and grow with more homes opened to provide further support for men in need. Around 2005, Jericho Road began developing what we now call the Discipleship House, or D-House for short - a drug/alcohol treatment program. This 9-month residential program is our response to the epidemic of addiction.
Life with addiction and mental illness is often a life of isolation. Jericho Road encourages life in community. Meals are served family style, chores and duties are shared, which helps residents develop a sense of belonging and shared responsibility for the house and property. We are blessed to provide each resident with their own bedroom to respect independence, while encouraging connection in our common areas with conversation, group activities and that needed relaxation time.
Jericho Road adapted a traditional 12-Step model for recovery in all of our homes in 2015. The 12 Steps as developed by Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935 has helped countless people recover from a hopeless state of mind and body. This indispensable tool is one of our recovery foundations for all our residents, both those with addiction or living with mental illness, and can be used by anyone seeking more freedom in their lives.
This year, in 2018, Jericho Road has been working to develop what we call the Servant-Leader in Training Internship. This internship provides graduates of the Discipleship House an opportunity to take on leadership roles within our community and develop workplace and life experience.
From its establishment in 1993, Jericho Road has provided alcohol and drug-free, safe, affordable homes for men living with addiction and mental illness. Today, our residents both past and present, are consistently supported with an open-door policy to all our homes. We welcome them into our family-style units to grow in support and expand our ripple to the broader community. We help individuals build support networks of regular recovery meetings, sponsors and connection to faith & recovery communities.
Jericho Road currently has 9 beds in the D-House addiction treatment, and 24 beds in our second stage and support homes for a total of a 33-bed capacity. On average 21 men participate in the D-House each year with 50% of those men completing the 9-month program. Of the residents who complete the program, 90% of the men choose to stay at one of our second stage homes to receive continued support as they grow in relationship with God, self and others.
