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The Sixth 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 will be offered by Canon Susan. Lorna and Johnny McLaren will call us to worship and ring the church bell at St. Patrick's Lower Stafford, and a closing hymn will be offered by Karen Shouldice from St. Anthony's Whitney. This week the clergy team are pleased to be joined in worship by members of St. Paul's Cobden and the Church of the Epiphany Barry's Bay. For more infomation visit:
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Celebrate the Holy Spirit!
The Feast of Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 31st. This year our celebrations will be particularly special in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa as they include the consecration of the Dean of our diocese, the Very Reverend Shane A.D. Parker, as the tenth Bishop of Ottawa. The Episcopal Consecration will be live-streamed from Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa on May 31st at 7pm, with a minimal number of people in physical attendance. Watch for a link to the service in our e-newsletter in the coming weeks. Please keep our Bishop-Elect, his family and our entire diocese in your prayers. The Sunday School teachers at Holy Trinity Pembroke would also like to issue a challenge this Pentecost, to the young and young at heart. They invite you to visit our website and download a picture of a simple white dove. Then print out the dove and use it to write down an answer this question: "What does the Church mean to you?" Then have fun decorating your dove - colour it, paint it, bedazzle it - and take a photo of yourself holding it. Email your photos to Rev. Matthew by Tuesday May 26th so that we can assemble them into a parish wide Pentecost collage. Click "Decorate Your Dove Challenge" below to learn more! For more infomation visit:
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Next Session -- Sunday May 24th at 11AM
Last Sunday over 50 people from across the Parish of the Valley and the Parish of St. Barnabas Deep River joined in our Virtual Coffee Hour on Zoom. You can see a photo of us all having fun on the Parish of the Valley's Facebook page. Our hope going forward is to offer this time of online fellowship every two weeks. Watch for the link to our next coffee hour session in next week's newsletter. And remember, even though we are physically separate, we're all in this together! |
Send in Your Story Ideas
The next edition of our Revelations newsletter will be published in mid June. Have a story idea, a photo, or a reflection that you'd like to share from your congregation? Please submit story ideas to Jean Ostrom, Editor, by Friday June 5th. You can email Jean at ostrom@nrtco.net |
Support Those in Need
A reminder to please continue supporting our local food banks as we work to care for each other during COVID-19. In some areas, neighbourhood volunteers are available to make "contact free" pick-ups of food donations from right outside your door. A full listing of food banks throughout the Parish of the Valley can be found on our website. Click "Give to the Food Bank" below to learn how you can help. For more infomation visit: https://www.valleyanglicans.ca/ministries/outreach/pages/food-security-in-the-valley
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Thank You for Your Support!
Thank you to everyone from across the Parish of the Valley for your continued financial support. A reminder that 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. All members of the Parish of the Valley are encouraged to continue making regular offerings through Canada Helps, by mail or through pre-authorized remittances from your bank account (PAR). Every donation matters, so please click "Support Your Church" below to find out more about how you can contribute. For more infomation visit: https://www.valleyanglicans.ca/ministries/stewardship/pages/supporting-our-churches
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Read This Week's Bulletin
You can now download The Valley Bulletin directly from the Latest News section of our website's homepage. Click "Read The Valley Bulletin" below to access this week's issue, includng our parish prayer list. We are grateful to Gail Marion, Church Administrator at Holy Trinity Pembroke, for her contuining leadership of this ministry. PS: Don't forget to get your weekly dose of Rick and Ted, the lectionary comic strip sheep! You can learn more about the sheep and their comedic creator, Pastor James Wetzstein, by visiting AgnusDay.org For more infomation visit:
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