The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa warmly invites you to attend A Service of Thanksgiving for our Journey with Bishop Shane as we gather in the presence of God to celebrate Archbishop Shane’s faithful leadership on his final day as our diocesan bishop.

Date: Saturday, September 20^th, 2025

Time: 11:00 a.m. Service followed by a light festive reception.

Location: Christ Church Cathedral - 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa

Watch the Service Live: If you are unable to attend in person, you are invited to watch the service in real time via the Cathedral’s livestream here.

In lieu of gifts, Archbishop Shane has invited donations towards the newly established "Hearts of Compassion Fund." The Hearts of Compassion Fund directly supports our Diocesan Community Ministries in their programs that serve and support people who are challenged by poverty, displacement, insecure housing and isolation, and are troubled in body, mind or spirit.

Our Thanksgiving issue of our parish newspaper, Revelations, will be published in early October.

We would love to share stories from across our parish. If you have a story idea, would like to share about things that took place through the spring or summer, advertize events that are coming up in the life of our many congregations - we would love to hear from you!

Please send submissions to revelations@valleyanglicans.ca or feel free to reach out to Rev. Gillian if you have a story idea but want to work with someone else to write it - we're pleased to assist in sharing the good news of what the churches and groups of our Parish of the Valley are up to!

Submission deadline is Saturday, September 27th.

The All Saints Petawawa Ladies Group will be meeting this coming Sunday, September 21st, following the 11:15am service and coffee time, for the group's first meeting of the fall. We are excited to begin planning the All Saints Christmas Tea being held November 22nd! All ladies of the congregation are warmly invited to join in.

This coming Sunday, September 21st, will be the final Sunday of worship for the summer at St. John's Tramore.

It has been a wonderful summer at St. John's. On Sunday, September 28th our Parish of the Valley as a whole will gather in Holy Trinity Pembroke for the parish-wide service, and then on Sunday, October 5th the congregation of Ascension/St. John's will continue to worship weekly on Sundays at 9am throughout the winter and spring months in the Church of the Ascension, Killaloe.

Across our country, September 30th is recognized annually as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; a federal statutory holiday to honour the children who never returned home from residential schools and the Survivors of that system, their families, and communities.

As we journey together towards truth and reconciliation, on Sunday, September 28th we are encouraged to wear orange to mark "Orange Shirt Day" and remember and honour those children who did not come home.

For those who would like an opportunity to "go deep" in learning more about our journey of truth-telling and reconciliation in Canada, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is offering a series of virtual "Lunch and Learns" daily from September 22nd through 26th. You can learn more and register to attend online at the link below. 

Four times per year, the Parish of the Valley holds "Food Bank Sunday" - a day when we intentionally receive gifts for our local food banks that we then pass along to them during the week.

Our next Food Bank Sunday will be on Sunday October 12th. Any donations of non-perishable goods for our local food banks would be gratefully received.

Worship times and locations for Sunday, September 21st are:

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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