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The Fourth Sunday of Easter
We invite you to join us once again for online Morning Prayer. You will find this week's video, an outline of the liturgy and a copy of The Valley Bulletin available for download beginning Sunday morning by clicking on the "Click to Pray" button below. This week's sermon is offered by Rev. Gillian, and the clergy team are joined by members of our Valley Church Family from St. Paul's Cobden, St. John's Eganville, and Holy Trinity Pembroke. A vocal duet to conclude this week's service will be offered by Paula and Hannah Lundrigan. For more infomation visit:
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Next Meeting -- Sunday May 10th at 11am
Nearly forty people from across our parish joined together last Sunday morning for our first ever virtual coffee hour using Zoom. Thank you to everyone who participated! It was a gift to hear your voices, see your smiling faces, and reconnect as a Valley Church Family. Thank you also for bearing with your clergy-team as we adapted to new technology; we learned a few things that will help us make future virtual coffee hour meetings even better! Our next virtual coffee hour will be on Mother's Day: Sunday May 10th from 11am to 12pm. Be sure to watch for the Zoom log-in link and telephone dial-in information in next week's edition of our e-newsletter. We hope that many of you will join us! |
Persevering In Prayer
Many of us have been coping with COVID-19 by allowing the Holy Spirit to strengthen our daily prayer routines. We wanted to let you know that many of the daily devotionals that we distribute through our churches, including Our Daily Bread and Forward Day by Day, can also be accessed online. Click on "Daily Devotionals" below to find a list of daily prayer resources that we've compiled on our website. For more infomation visit:
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Support for Seniors During COVID-19
The Government of Ontario recently launched a new Ontario Community Support Program to assist isolated, low-income seniors and people with disabilities during COVID-19. By partnering with the Ontario Community Support Association (OSCA), the provincial government is helping to provide for the delivery of meals, medicines and other essential items to those in need. Seniors, persons with disabilities and people with underlying medical conditions, their families or caregivers can access these services by visiting the Ontario Community Support Association website, or by dialing "211" on the telephone. Click "Learn More" below to find out how you can arrange for services like meals and prescriptions to be delivered directly to your home, or the home of a loved one. For more infomation visit:
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Support Your Church Through Canada HelpsMore Valley Churches Now Enrolled! Members of Holy Trinity Pembroke, St. John's Eganville, and Ascension Killaloe/St. John's Tramore can now give to their churches online using credit card or PayPal through the website Canada Helps. Click on the highlighted church names in this paragraph to visit the donation pages. We are grateful to the many donors across our parish who have already made use of this new resource for online giving. During COVID-19 the vast majority of our church expenses continue. All members of the Parish of the Valley are encouraged to make regular offerings to their home churches to support our parish's ministries and provide for the continued care of our church buildings. Members of the parish are encouraged to donate regularly through Canada Helps, by mail or through pre-authorized remittances from your bank account (PAR). Every donation matters, so please click "Support Our Churches" below to find out more about how you can contribute. Thank you for your faithful support! For more infomation visit: https://www.valleyanglicans.ca/pages/supporting-our-churches
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May Issue Now Online!
This month's issue of CrossTalk, the newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, is now available online. Click "Read CrossTalk" below to access the issue. Special congratulations to two of our youngest parishioners, Eva and Simon Splinter of Holy Trinity Pembroke, whose beautifully decorated "church at home" is featured on page seven, alongside Joseph -- the now named Petawawa Rectory Church Mouse! For more infomation visit: https://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/images/Crosstalk/May-2020-Crosstalk.pdf
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