In accordance with the Canons, Bylaws and Regulations of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, annual Vestry meetings will be held for the congregations of the Parish of the Valley immediately following worship on the following dates and times:

Join Holy Trinity Church in Pembroke (68 Renfrew Street) for a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Luncheon, presented by the Holy Trinity Anglican Church Women (ACW). Tuesday, February 21st from 11am to 1pm. Enjoy a delicious spread of pancakes, sausages, baked beans, real maple syrup, desserts, coffee and tea. Elevator available. Adults $10; Children ages 5-10 $7; Children under 5 are free. All are welcome!

Join the Church of the St. John the Evangelist in Eganville (109 Victoria Street) for a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Tuesday, February 21st from 4pm to 6:30pm. Enjoy a delicious spread of pancakes, sausages, baked beans, real maple syrup, blueberry sauce, desserts, coffee, tea, and juice. Adults $10; Children ages 4-11 $5; Children age 3 and under free. All are welcome!

On Ash Wednesday, February 22nd, we begin the season of Lent. Lent is a time to prepare for the celebration of Easter and the renewal of our lives. We begin this season of preparation by remembering our need for repentence with the sign of ashes - an ancient sign speaking of the frailty and uncertainty of human life, and marking the penetince of the community as a whole.

Ash Wednesday services across the Parish of the Valley will be held at:

• St Anthony's Whitney at 9am
• Holy Trinity Pembroke at 10am and 7pm
• Epiphany Barry's Bay at 11am
• St Paul's Cobden at 11am
• All Saints Petawawa at 2pm
• Ascension Killaloe at 4pm
• St George's South Alice at 4pm
• St John's Eganville at 7pm

This year the Parish of the Valley clergy team will be leading a Lenten Learning series on Thursday evenings at 7pm on Zoom, beginning on March 2nd. Rather than studying a particular book or a portion of holy scripture, this year your clergy team would like for you, the members of the Parish of the Valley, to help us plan our parish's Lenten study.

What questions do you have about the Bible, the Church, or being a Christian in general? Are there aspects of how we worship as Anglicans that you would like to learn more about? Do you have questions about who God is, and what we believe as people of faith? Lent is a time to truly dig deep in understanding our faith and even wrestle with some of its more difficult or uncomfortable parts and how they find a place in our lives. So don't be shy, or afraid, to ask those questions which are most deeply in your hearts or most frustratingly on your mind!

We invite you to send your questions by Ash Wednesday, February 22nd, to Rev. Nick: nickforte@valleyanglicans.ca. Rev. Nick will then compile your questions (anonymously) and members of the clergy team will take turns leading us in discussions about the questions in each of the Thursday night Zoom sessions.

We may not be able to answer every question, but hopefully each of our Lenten journeys will be made richer by the conversation!

St Timothy's Lutheran Church in Pembroke invites all members of the Parish of the Valley to join them for Holden Evening Prayer at 7pm on Wednesday evenings during the season of Lent, beginning March 1st. 

Holden Evening Prayer is a musical setting of evening prayer written by Marty Haugan. You can watch an example by clicking here.

This lovely setting of vespers follows the traditional form while using contemporary and inclusive language. Rev. Matthew and Rev. Nick will be sharing in the leadership of a few of these evening liturgies, together with Pastor Bruce Thompson from St Timothy's. We pray these short services will be an opportunity for many of us to stay centred in prayer as we make our annual Lenten pilgrimage.

St Timothy's can be found at 503 Alfred St, Pembroke.

St George's South Alice invites all friends and families of the Parish of the Valley to join an afternoon of fun at the Laurentian Valley Four Seasons Trail.

The skating trail is open 10am-3pm and 6pm-9pm. The snowshoe trail is open from 10am-9pm.

St George's has rented the Laurentian Valley Lodge, located at the trail, from 3pm-7pm for cards and board games and a potluck dinner.

Dinner is served from 4pm-5:30pm.

Skate or snowshoe in the afternoon and stay for dinner or come for dinner and end with a night skate or snowshoe on the lit trail!

Donations are gratefully accepted to help cover the cost of the lodge rental. Bring board games to play and share!

*Event is weather dependant.

For more information, please contact Wanda Hilts from St George's: 613-735-4242 (text or call) or hiltsw@hotmail.com

Rev. Allan Studd is one of our parish's Honourary Assistant clergy. In addition to being a retired priest, Allan is a Psychotherapist with a specialty in couples and families and is also part of a short term missionary team called Impact Zambia. The project is part of International Teams Canada. The project partners with a Christian community in Itezh-tezhi, central Zambia, and seeks to raise people out of poverty by teaching them marketable skills. The project has built the Life Impact Training Centre from which to teach these skills, and has also launched a four year diploma course in Marriage and Family Counselling. 

Unfortunately, International Teams Canada had to stop all travel to Zambia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the COVID situation now improving, Rev. Allan plans to travel back to Zambia this summer for the first time in a number of years. It takes about $6,000 to finance the cost of a three week long teaching trip, and Rev. Allan would be grateful for any support that might be offered by fellow members of the Parish of the Valley towards this very worthwhile outreach ministry.

In the coming weeks Rev. Allan will be sharing stories about his work with Impact Zambia as a guest preacher across the Parish of the Valley. In the mean time, if you would like to support Rev. Allan's upcoming trip, you can do so by clicking on the blue donation button below. Please be sure to select Allan's name from the team-member menu. If you prefer to give by mail, cheques made out to "International Teams Canada" with "Impact Zambia - Rev. Allan Studd" marked clearly in the memo line may be mailed to: iTeams Canada, 1 Union Street, Elmira, Ontario, N3B 3J9.

Internationa Teams Canada is a registered charity and all funds received are eligible for an income tax receipt. 

World Day of Prayer Services are a ministry of the Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada. This year World Day of Prayer services in our parish will take place in:

Eganville - Wednesday March 1st - 1:30pm at St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church (78 Wellington Street)

Pembroke - Friday March 3rd - 2:00pm at St. Luke's Church - Anglican Network in Canada (307 Julien Street)

Petawawa - Friday March 3rd - 7:00pm at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Chapel (9 Festubert Boulevard)

All members of the Parish of the Valley are encouraged to attend a World Day of Prayer service, as we join our prayers with fellow Christians across the globe.

From March 20th to March 30th Rev. Claire, together with Lorna Sibley, Jennifer Cross, Mike Bashford and Jacky Bramma will be travelling to the land of the Holy One as part of a pilgrimage led by Bishop Shane. Please pray for our pilgrims as they prepare to travel this spring: that the Holy Spirit will guard and protect them, and open their hearts to the good news of the "fifth gospel" - the land where Jesus walked on this earth. 

Submissions are welcome for the Lent & Easter issue of our parish's quarterly newspaper, Revelations. Please submit proposed materials to Alexis Anderson, Editor, by emailing the newspaper's new email address: revelations@valleyanglicans.ca. News, updates, reflections and advertising inquires from across the Parish of the Valley are welcome. The submissions deadline for the Lent & Easter issue is Saturday March 18th. 

In addition to worship in person, we are pleased as a parish to be continuing to offer worship online and via television. This Sunday there are two options for online worship, and our weekly service continues to air on YourTV Ottawa Valley.

For online worship, you can watch the service that was filmed live at Holy Trinity Pembroke last Sunday. It will be available for watching anytime from midnight on Sunday onwards. Click the blue "Click to Pray" button below to be taken to our online service page. This service will also air on YourTV Ottawa Valley at 10am on Sunday.

You can also watch this week's service livestreamed from Holy Trinity Pembroke on Sunday at 10am. It will be able to be found on our YouTube Channel.

Thank you for joining us for prayer across the Valley and beyond!

Here you will find our parish prayer list, scripture readings according to the Sunday lectionary, and links to worship by the Parish of the Valley and other Anglican resources and services.

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