Today as we give thanks for the life of St. Patrick we ask for your prayers for our parish's pilgrims. From March 19th 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 travel: 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. We look forward to welcoming them back in a few weeks time!

A Celebration of New Ministry for the Parish of the Valley clergy team will be held on Monday, May 8th at 7pm at Holy Trinity Pembroke. The Venerable Patrick Stephens, Archdeacon of Pembroke, will preside at the service, and the Very Reverend Beth Bretzlaff, Dean of Ottawa and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, will preach. Please plan to join us as we gather for a parish wide service to celebrate with our new clergy team! Further details will be announced in the coming weeks.

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 tomorrow, Saturday March 18th. 

Four times per year we have "Food Bank Sunday" across the Parish of the Valley. Donations to your local foodbank can be brought to your church on these Sundays, or you can drop them off at your local foodbank during the week. Our next Food Bank Sunday is March 26th.

If you're unsure which foodbank is closest to you, be sure to visit  www.renfrewcountyfoodbanks.ca to find the one nearest you. 

Rev. Garry Engler, Spiritual Care Coordinator at the Pembroke Regional Hospital, will be offering a 2 hour Pastoral Care Training Workshop at Holy Trinity Pembroke on Thursday, March 30th from 12pm to 2pm. A soup lunch will be provided. This session is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about the ministry of pastoral care and pastoral visiting.

Please RSVP to Rev. Nick at nickforte@valleyanglicans.ca or by calling 613-629-9498. 

The Parish of the Valley clergy team will be leading a Confirmation Class this spring during Eastertide (mid-April to early June). Anyone interested in receiving the sacrament of Confirmation, being formally received into the Anglican Communion, or desiring to reaffirm their faith is encouraged to speak with any member of the clergy team. Please help our parish to identify candidates in the next few weeks to assist the clergy team in better planning the format and curriculum for the classes. 

Our parish's Holy Week and Easter service schedule can now be viewed online. Click on the blue button below to read more.

Rev. Allan Studd is currently travelling throughout the Parish of the Valley speaking about his ministry with Impact Zambia. 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.

Upcoming preaching visits include:

March 19th - Holy Trinity Pembroke

March 26th - St. George's South Alice & All Saints Petawawa

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.

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

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. This lovely setting of vespers follows the traditional form while using contemporary and inclusive language. Rev. Matthew and Rev. Nick are sharing in the leadership of these evening liturgies, together with Pastor Bruce Thompson from St Timothy's.

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

Our parish's Lenten Learning series is continuing on Zoom. This year, rather than studying a particular book or a portion of holy scripture, your clergy team has asked you, the members of the Parish of the Valley, to help us plan our parish's Lenten study together. Two weeks remain with our discussion focused on the following topics:

Week 4: Prayer (i.e. What is it, and what is our relationship to it?)

Week 5: Christianity & The World Today (i.e. Where are we now as the Church, and where are we going?)

We hope you will join us for these interactive 90 minute sessions. Each begins with a brief presentation, followed by questions and discussion moderated by members of our clergy team. We likely wont be able to offer answers to all of your questions, but we trust that the Holy Spirit will be working in us as we listen to each other, and search for answers together.

Please use the following Zoom link to log-in:

Topic: Parish of the Valley Lenten Study

        Mar 23, 2023 07:00 PM
        Mar 30, 2023 07:00 PM

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Join the Church of the Epiphany for a fun night of euchre this Sunday. $5 to play. The fun starts at 7pm.

Church of the Epiphany is located at 32 Dunn Street, Barry's Bay.

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.

Please download from the link below.