Due to an unforseen building issue at St. Thomas Rankin, this Sunday's 9am service for the congregations of St. Thomas Rankin, St. Stephen's Micksburg and St. Patrick's Lower Stafford will now be held at St. Patrick's.  Thank you for helping to spread the word about this change to all members of the congregations.

Please join us for the annual Advent Celebration of Light at St John the Evangelist, Eganville -- a traditional service of choral evensong with prayers of remembrance on Sunday, December 3rd at 4pm. A reception will follow in the church hall.

All proceeds from the offering will support the sponsorship of students through St John's longstanding partners in Uganda, Wide Smiles For All Through Education, led by Kenneth Kasule.

We also invite you to share the names of those whom you wish to be remembered in prayer during the liturgy -- both names of the departed and names of the living who help to share God's light in our world. Please submit names before Sunday November 26th by contacting Joan Boldt at 613-628-6503, or joan.boldt@live.com. 

Four times per year we have "Food Bank Sunday" across the parish, and our next one will be next Sunday, Decmber 3rd. Donations to your local food bank can be brought to worship on that Sunday or you can drop them off at your local food bank during the week.

If you're unsure which food bank is closest to you, please click the link below to see a listing of our local food banks.

All are welcome to join in our Parish of the Valley Advent Study as this year we delve into some of our favourite and most beloved hymns of the Advent and Christmas seasons. We’ll be looking at a selection of hymns, picked by you and your clergy team, through the lens of “Listen, Ponder, and Pray.”

Please send in your top five (5) favourite Advent or Christmas hymns, ideally from our Common Praise hymn book, to Rev. Nick, nickforte@valleyanglicans.ca or to any members of the clergy team throughout Advent, and we’ll try to pick the ones that the most people have in common. 

We’ll gather December 6th, 13th, and 20th on Zoom at 7pm, where we’ll get to listen to, discuss, and better understand the hymns we know so well. For the Zoom link or telephone call-in details, please click below.

Preparations are now underway for the Christmas issue of our parish newspaper, Revelations. Please send reports, updates and reflections from your congregation to Alexis Anderson, Editor, at revelations@valleyanglicans.ca by no later than next week: Saturday, December 2nd.

Walking outside is cold and the footing is uncertain. Prayer is something that can be done in many ways. How can we put these two things together? Prayerfully Walking!

We invite you to join this weekly active prayer and learning group meeting at Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall in Pembroke from 9:00 to 9:45 on Wednesday mornings. Under the guidance of Licensed Lay Readers Lorna Sibley and Jen Cross the group will start each Wednesday morning at 9am with a few minutes of silent walking followed by a 10 minute devotional (while still walking!) There will be time to share prayer concerns, if anyone would like to share, and we'll spend some time just walking and being together.

If you feel inclined, all are invited to stay for Holy Trinity's midweek Eucharist service at 10:00 upstairs, but if you'd rather not, that is entirely ok too. All are welcome!

Join in a traditional service of Christmas Lessons and Carols at the Upper Ottawa Valley Heritage Centre (formerly the Champlain Trail Museum) on Thursday, December 7th at 7pm. Officiated by the Rev. Nick Forte and accompanied by Paula Lundrigan on the chapel's pump organ, this service of favourite Christmas hymns and seasonal prayers and readings is a wonderful way to come together in preparation for Christmas.

Enjoy an afternoon of traditional carols and fun Christmas music for all ages at the St. George's South Alice Christmas Sing-A-Long: Sunday, December 10th beginning at 2pm.

With special musical guests Ainsleigh & Molly McInnis, Chris Hagenah on the piano, and Kim Silkie and John Wilker-Blakely on guitar.

The Sing-A-Long will be followed by a light lunch. A freewill offering for the church will be received.

Join St. John's Eganville and Grace Lutheran Church Eganville in the Eganville Santa Claus Parade! St. John's and Grace will be sharing a float on the theme "The Twelve Days of Christmas." If you would like to join the parade, meet the float at 12:45 across from the arena. Otherwise, plan to line the parade route and wave!

The Church of the Epiphany presents the YoYo Mamas Fiddle Group in Concert with the Station Keeper Singers! 

Join us for this community concert of seasonal fiddle music - Tuesday, December 12th at 7pm at the Church of the Epiphany, Barry's Bay (32 Dunn St). 

A freewill offering for the church will be received.

Please join us for the Joyous Prelude to Christmas, Holy Trinity Pembroke's annual Christmas Concert featuring a wide variety of choral, group, solo, and instrumental musical selections for the season.

Sunday, December 17th at 2pm at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 68 Renfrew St. Pembroke.

Please note the following upcoming Council meetings taking place across the Parish of the Valley:

Worship times and locations for Sunday, November 26th are:

8am & 10am - Holy Trinity Pembroke

9am - Ascension Killaloe

9am - St. Patrick's Lower Stafford **Please note changed location**

9:30am - St. George's South Alice 

11am - Epiphany Barry's Bay (Morning Prayer)

11am - St. John's Eganville

11am - St. Paul's Cobden with Holy Baptism

11:15am - All Saints Petawawa 

In addition to worship in person, we are pleased as a parish to be continuing to offer worship online and via television. 

For online worship this week, 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 be broadcast on YourTV Ottawa Valley. Our weekly service airs on YourTV (Cogeco Channel 12, HD Channel 700) every Sunday at 10am.

We also invite you to watch this Sunday's service live from Holy Trinity. It will be live-streamed at 10am on our YouTube Channel.

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

We continue to be grateful for the many ways that members of the Parish of the Valley share gifts of time, talent, and financial resources to further God's mission across the Valley and beyond. To ensure the continued financial health of our ministries, all members of the Parish of the Valley are encouraged to make regular offerings to their home congregations and chapels. There are a many ways that you can give:

1. Donations can be placed on the offering plate at your local church or mailed using the postal addresses provided in our offerings directory, available for download by clicking the blue button below. 
   
   
2. Some of our congregations offer the possibility of giving through Pre-Authorized Remittances from your bank account (PAR). If you are a member of Holy Trinity Pembroke, St Paul's Cobden, All Saints Petawawa,  St. John's Eganville or St George's South Alice and would like to sign-up for PAR or increase your monthly PAR contribution, please download and print the forms available at the bottom of the page at the link below and mail them to your home church using the addresses provided in the offerings directory. 
   
   
3. Members of Holy Trinity Pembroke, All Saints Petawawa, and St George's South Alice can give directly to their churches online using credit card through our Parish website. Click on the church names in this paragraph and scroll down to the green "Give" button.
   
   
4. Members of the Church of the Epiphany, Barry's Bay can give to the congregation via secure e-transfer. The email transfer address is epiphanybbay@gmail.com. Questions can be directed to Tom Smith, Treasurer, at 613-756-1712. 
   
   
5. Members of other churches in the parish can also give to their churches online using credit card or PayPal through the website Canada Helps. Click on the blue button below and then scroll down to #4 and find your church's name to go to their donation page. Your church will receive a cheque in the mail with your donation, less a service fee, in about a month 

Thank you for your continued support of the Parish of the Valley.

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.