Parish of the Valley Newsletter for November 7, 2025
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Celebration of Light, Messy Church, Christmas Bazaar Dates, and more!

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Parish of the Valley Newsletter for November 7, 2025
Celebration of Light Evensong

Celebration of Light Evensong

Sunday, November 30th at 3pm in Eganville

Join the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Eganville for the annual Celebration of Light Evensong on the First Sunday of Advent: Sunday, November 30th at 3pm.

If you would like for the gathered community to remember a departed loved one in prayer during evensong, or if you would like to honour a community member who helps to share God's light in the world, please contact Joan Boldt by no later than Sunday, November 23rd. You can reach Joan by telephone at 613-628-6503 or by email at joan.boldt@live.com.

Messy Church

Messy Church

Friday, December 5th at St. George's South Alice

Save the date for our next Messy Church! Families of all shapes and sizes are invited to join in after school on Friday, December 5th at St. George's South Alice (2968 Doran Road). Families are welcome to arrive anytime after 4pm, for a 4:30pm start.

We will have music, Advent activities, crafts, and end with a delicious meal.

Bring your curiosity and wiggles, and join in the fun as we gather together as families of all shapes, sizes and ages from across the Parish of the Valley

Email Scams Reminder

Email Scams Reminder

Please Exercise Caution

A reminder that, from time to time, online scammers may email you pretending to be a member of our clergy team. The emails will often be signed with one of our names and will ask you to contact the clergy by reply email because of something "important" or "urgent," or because we "need to ask you a favour." 

If you are unsure if a message is actually from a member of our clergy team, please never hesitate to reach out to us by telephone to confirm the authenticity of a message before replying to the email.

Emails that are actually from our clergy team will always be from an email address that is our name @valleyanglicans.ca, so if you are wondering if a message may be from a scammer, please double-check the sender's email address.

If a matter is truly urgent, always know that members of our clergy team are much more likely to try to contact you by telephone rather than email. And we will never email you to ask for money or gift cards.

Thank you for remaining vigilant and, if ever in doubt, please do call the clergy or our Aborn House office to double-check.

Parish Leaders' Day

Parish Leaders' Day

Saturday, November 15th in Pembroke

Save the date for our annual Parish of the Valley Leaders' Day. All Churchwardens, Deputy Wardens, Treasurers, Central Treasurers, and Lay Members of Synod are asked to please mark your calendars for Saturday, November 15th for our annual gathering of the clergy team and lay leadership of our Parish of the Valley.

The meeting will be held in the church hall of Holy Trinity Pembroke (68 Renfrew Street) beginning with refreshments at 9:30am with the meeting then commencing at 10am.

Coffee, tea and morning snacks, together with a soup and chili luncheon, will be catered by Chef Bernie and the team from St. George's South Alice. The meeting will wrap up by approximately 2:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

Revelations Submission Deadline

Revelations Submission Deadline

Friday, December 5th

The Advent & Christmas issue of our parish newspaper, Revelations, will be published in mid December. This will be our last issue of Revelations for 2025!

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 fall or stories of life in 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 Friday, December 5.

Holly Bazaar & Luncheon

Holly Bazaar & Luncheon

Thursday, November 20th from 11am - 1pm

Join us for the annual ACW Holly Bazaar and Luncheon at Holy Trinity, Pembroke on Thursday, November 20 from 11am to 1pm.

Luncheon is homemade soups and sandwiches and dessert for only $15!

Shop bazaar tables with crafts, baked goods, Christmas gifts and decorations, and a quilt raffle.

Christmas Tea & Bazaar

Christmas Tea & Bazaar

Saturday, November 22nd from 11am - 2pm

The All Saints Christmas Tea will be held on Saturday, November 22nd from 11am to 2pm at All Saints Petawawa - 1173 Victoria Street.

A delicious luncheon for $12.

Shop the bake sale, "glitz and glamour," a silent auction, and the Santa table!

Annual Barry's Bay Wine & Cheese Tasting

Annual Barry's Bay Wine & Cheese Tasting

Tickets On Sale Now!

There are still a few spots left to come and join in with Epiphany Barry's Bay and the wonderful annual tasting of gourmet cheeses paired with fine wines: Saturday, November 29th from 2-5pm, hosted at the Barry's Bay Royal Canadian Legion (250 John Street/Hwy 62 at Stafford).

Wines and cheeses will be available for purchase by auction at the end of the event. There will also be a selection of Christmas baking and other tasty treats. All proceeds from ticket sales and the auction will benefit the Church of the Epiphany Barry's Bay.

Tickets are going quickly! They are $50, available from Shawn and Dave Eagles: shdaeagles@gmail.com or 613-756-6356.

Please Join Us for Worship In-Person

Please Join Us for Worship In-Person

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost: Remembrance Sunday

Worship times and locations for Sunday, November 9th are:

8am & 10am  - Holy Trinity Pembroke 
9am - St. Patrick's Lower Stafford
9am - Ascension Killaloe
9:30am - St. George’s South Alice 
11am - St. John’s Eganville 
11am - Epiphany Barry’s Bay (Morning Prayer)
11am - St. Paul's Cobden 
11:15am - All Saints Petawawa

The Valley Bulletin

The Valley Bulletin

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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Pembroke, Ontario
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