The Parish of the Valley Winter Party returns!

On February 4th, join in with our winter party at Patty and Thane Childerhose's farm in Lower Stafford (1440 Ross Road, Cobden). Potluck Lunch beginning at 1:00pm. We are excited that The Intermittents will be sharing their musical gifts during the party!

Come and join a time of fun, food, fellowship, and music together as a parish.

The annual congregational meetings have been scheduled for the Parish of the Valley. All Vestry meetings will take place following the usual celebration of the Holy Eucharist, except for Stafford/Micksburg/Rankin, which will be an afternoon potluck at Myles and Lucy Buttle's home, followed by Vestry.

Ash Wednesday - February 14th
St. Anthony’s Whitney - 10am - Rev. Matthew chairing
St. Paul’s Cobden - 11am - Rev. Nick chairing

Sunday, February 18th
St. John’s Eganville - 11am - Rev. Gillian chairing
Epiphany Barry’s Bay - 11am - Rev. Nick chairing
All Saints Petawawa - 11:15am - Rev. Matthew chairing

Sunday, February 25th
Ascension Killaloe/St. John’s Tramore - 9am - Rev. Gillian chairing
St. George’s South Alice - 9:30am - Rev. Matthew chairing
Stafford/Micksburg/Rankin - 1pm at Myles & Lucy Buttle’s (1369 Stoqua Creek Rd) - Rev. Matthew chairing

Sunday, March 3rd
Holy Trinity Pembroke - 10am - Rev. Matthew chairing

In preparation for vestries, Vestry Reports (excluding financial statements and budgets) are kindly requested to be submitted to Gail at the main office by Friday, February 2nd. For assistance, please telephone 613-732-4658 or email office@valleyanglicans.ca.

Join the Parish of the Valley for Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday!

Shrove Tuesday is February 13th this year, and we have three opportunities to get your fill of pancakes that day:

Pancake Luncheon at Holy Trinity, Pembroke - from 11am - 1pm
Tickets available at the door: $10 for adults, $7 for children 5-10, children under 5 are free. Featuring local maple syrup, pancakes, sausages, beans, and dessert.

Pancake Supper at St. John’s, Eganville - from 4pm - 6:30pm
Tickets available at the door: $10 for adults, $5 for children age 4-10. Featuring real maple syrup, pancakes, sausages, baked beans, and dessert.

Pancake Supper at St. George's, South Alice - from 4pm - 6pm
Tickets: Freewill donation. Featuring pancakes with a fruit topping bar, potato pancakes and sausages. Gluten free available.

Please join us on Ash Wednesday for Holy Eucharist with the imposition of ashes at these times and locations:

10am
Holy Trinity, Pembroke
St. Anthony’s, Whitney

11am
St. Paul’s, Cobden
Epiphany, Barry’s Bay

3pm
St. George’s, South Alice

4pm
Ascension, Killaloe

7pm
Holy Trinity, Pembroke
St. John’s, Eganville

The Diocese of Ottawa's PWRDF Working Group has a goal of planting 500 native trees across the Diocese of Ottawa this spring and will match trees planted in the diocese by planting 500 trees in Uganda through PWRDF's partner St. Jude's Family Projects.

Donate $10 to plant a tree in Uganda, and PWRDF Ottawa will match it with a tree for you to plant at home or somewhere across the parish.

To request a tree, please contact Gail in the office (613-732-4658 or email office@valleyanglicans.ca), by February 1st. Trees available are red maple and white spruce.

All trees planted across the Diocese will be counted as a part of the Communion Forest, an initiative launched across the Anglican Communion at Lambeth Conference 2022 which seeks to support local activities of forest protection, tree growing and eco-system restoration by Anglicans around the world.

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

• Sunday Jan 28, 1pm — Eganville Congregational Council (at St. John’s)
• Tuesday Jan. 30, 7:15pm — Alice/Petawawa Central Council (at Alice)

Councils play an important role in our parish's governance, acting on behalf of congregational Vestries in between meetings and advising our Incumbent, churchwardens, and clergy team on a wide range of issues. Please speak with your local churchwardens or council members if there are any items of business that you wish to raise before your local congregational or central council. 

Worship times and locations for Sunday, January 28th are:

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.