This week we are delighted to announce that the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Reverend Linda Nicholls, will be joining our Valley Zoom Coffee Hour as our honoured guest. All members of the Parish of the Valley and the Parish of St. Barnabas Deep River are warmly invited to join the Valley clergy team at 11am on Sunday May 24th for this time of online fellowship and conversation with our Primate. Archbishop Linda will bring greetings from our national church and is looking forward to learning more about our shared life and ministry as Anglicans in the Valley!

To access our Zoom coffee hour, simply click on the the blue "Come to Coffee Hour with the Primate" button below from 11am onwards on Sunday. You will need a web-enabled electronic device with a video camera and microphone, such as a laptop, tablet or smartphone. Once you've clicked on the blue button you will be admitted to a virtual waiting room; from there, we will welcome you into coffee hour! 

You can also join our virtual coffee hour via telephone. Simply dial any of the telephone numbers below, and enter the following information as directed. Please feel free to share this telephone log-in information with members of our parish who do not have access to the internet:

Zoom Telephone Access Numbers in Canada 

+1 438 809 7799 
+1 587 328 1099 
+1 647 374 4685 
+1 647 558 0588 
+1 778 907 2071

Meeting ID Number: 871 5805 6256

Meeting Password: 454096

Coffee hour will wrap up around noon. We hope that many of you will bring your favourite coffee mugs and come say hello to our Primate!

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 Reverend Matthew. Bob Shouldice will call us to worship by ringing the church bell at St. Anthony's Whitney, and a closing hymn will be offered by Rhonda Turner from the Parish of St. Barnabas Deep River. This week the Valley clergy team are pleased to be joined in leading worship by members of Holy Trinity Pembroke and St. John's Eganville. 

This year the Feast of Pentecost falls on Sunday May 31st. 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 next week's e-newsletter. Please keep our Bishop-Elect, his family and our entire diocese in your prayers.

The Metropolitan of Ontario, Archbishop Anne Germond, also invites Anglicans from across our province to join in an online service of prayer at 2pm on Sunday May 31st to celebrate Pentecost. Click on One in the Spirit: Pentecost 2020 to read the Metropolitan's invitation and connect to the service.

Moreover, the Sunday School teachers at Holy Trinity Pembroke remind you of their challenge this Pentecost, to the young and young at heart. They invite you to visit our Parish website and download a picture of a simple white dove. Print out the dove at home and use it to write down an answer to 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!

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 

In this time of physical-distancing and self-isolation it is important to remember that while we are asked to be physically apart, we are never spiritually apart. Our connection with God, and with each other, begins with prayer.

In addition to weekly Morning Prayer services recorded by the clergy team, we have been actively compiling a list of prayer links, downloadable devotionals, online worship services and other resources to help you deepen your spiritual journey at home. Click "Prayer Resources" below to find an updated resource list.

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.

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.

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.