This Sunday, Palm & Passion Sunday, marks our entry into Holy Week. We encourage you to join in as we journey together through the poignant events of Holy Week, from Palm & Passion Sunday to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and ultimately to the joyous celebration of the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday morning.

Through prayer, reflection, and worship, we will remember the death of Jesus Christ and rejoice in his resurrection.

For a full listing of all Holy Week and Easter Service times and locations across the parish, please click the link below.

Four times per year we have "Food Bank Sunday" across the parish, and our next one will be this Sunday, Palm Sunday, March 24th. Donations to your local food bank can be brought to worship on Sunday or you can drop them off at your local food bank during the week.

All are welcome to join in Dances of Universal Peace, an interfaith tradition of sacred dance and spiritual practice dedicated to peace. It will be held this Sunday afternoon, March 24th from 2-4pm at the ECHO Centre in Eganville. The dances are simple and easy to learn. For more information, please speak with Rev. Claire. A freewill donation will be received.

On Wednesday of Holy Week, March 27th, following the 10am Eucharist at Holy Trinity Pembroke, anyone who is able is welcome to join in folding palm crosses for our clergy and lay eucharistic visiting teams to bring to parishioners as they make Easter visits for Home Communion. Rev. Claire will facilitate -- the group will be gathering downstairs in the Holy Trinity Church Hall from 11am.

The Rev. Rick Durrett will be preaching and presiding at this coming Wednesday's Eucharist on March 27th to mark the 36th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. All members of the parish are warmly invited to join in and wish him well!

The March edition of our Parish Newspaper, Revelations, is now available! Thank you to our hard-working editors who put together another wonderful edition with information and articles from across our parish. Thank you also to everyone who submitted stories and articles for the newspaper.

Hard copies are available to pick up in your local churches. A digital version can be downloaded by clicking the blue button below.

Spring is in the air, and that means Spring Rummage Sales are coming soon!

Mark your calendars for these two Rummage Sales:

Saturday, April 13 from 8:30am - 11am at Holy Trinity Pembroke, led by the ACW, 68 Renfrew St., in the Church Hall.

Saturday, April 27 from 9am - 12pm at All Saints Petawawa, 1173 Victoria St.

The first offering of our new Diocesan Learning Commons is a half-day workshop for churchwardens and treasurers. It is intended for any churchwardens and treasurers who would like to learn more information about matters related to their responsibilibies for property and finances. 

Our Diocesan Director of Financial Ministry, Sanjay Grovery, and Director of Property and Asset Management, Joel Prentice, as well as Executive Archdeacon Linda Hill and Diocesan Chancellor Henry Schultz will all be present to offer leadership to this workshop.

The workshop will be held on Saturday, April 13 from 9am-Noon at Christ Church Bells Corners. Rev. Matthew will be in attendance, together with a number of lay leaders from our Parish of the Valley. If you are unable to attend in person on this day, please do not worry. The material will be made available online later this year.

For more information and to register to attend, please click the blue button below.

Are you a quilter? A painter? A photographer (either amateur or professional)? A potter? A carpenter? Or wood worker? A sculptor?

Anything that is made by your hands with love and care is art and we would love for you to submit it for the Art in the Pews Art Show presented by the Holy Trinity Pembroke ACW.

We are seeking art from anyone across the Parish of the Valley to be included in this show! If you would like to know more, or are interested in showing your art at this art show, please contact Jean Ostrom at 613-687-2053 or ostrom@nrtco.net or you can fill out the forms attached at the bottom of the page at the blue button, and email it to Jean. Please be in touch with Jean by next Sunday, March 31st to confirm a space!

Art in the Pews will be open to the public for viewing on May 4th from 11am to 4pm.

Who will win this year's "Holy Macaroni Crown"? The Eganville Ministerial Group presents the Macaroni & Cheese Cook-off: Local cooks in competition for the grand prize. 

For $15 per ticket, you can judge who is the ultimate macaroni & cheese cook and winner of the crown. Enjoy the different macaroni & cheese entries with sides of salads and rolls and a delicious dessert. There will be a silent auction during dinner.

All proceeds go to the Eganville Rotary Club Charitable Fund for Mental Health and the Bonnechere Union Public Library Youth Program. 

For tickets, please call Karen Mann (905-984-9310) or Dorothy Langman (613-791-2766).

Worship times and locations for Sunday, March 24th 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. Please click the blue button below to learn more.

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.