On Saturday, February 28th communities throughout the Ottawa Valley will be walking the streets of Pembroke in support of those facing homelessness and insecure housing, raising funds for The Grind as a part of the Coldest Night of the Year initiative.

St. Paul's Cobden, through its 2025 Yates Bequest Donations, has generously sponsored a rest-stop on behalf of our Parish of the Valley. Rest-stops will provide warming refreshments for walkers throughout the walk. Volunteers are now being requested to support the Coldest Night of the Year on the day. These positions include a variety of indoor and outdoor positions (greeters and cheerleaders, setup/teardown crew, etc.) You can learn more and register at https://cnoy.org/volunteer. In the drop-down location box, scroll down to find and select "Pembroke - The Grind Pembroke" and you will be shown volunteer opportunities for our local event.

You can also register to fundraise - with or without walking. If you would like to donate to the Anglican Parish of the Valley team, you can do so at our team page by clicking here.

Please consider lending your support to this initiative to care for our neighbours through these cold winter months. We are pleased as a Parish of the Valley community to support the Coldest Night of the Year as we seek to love God and love our neighbours as ourselves.

The nominees to become the 11th Bishop of our Anglican Diocese of Ottawa have been announced. These individuals were nominated by the first nomination deadline of January 24th and will be eligible to participate in the Public Meetings:

- The Ven. Brian Kauk
- The Ven. Kathryn Otley
- The Ven. Monique Stone

You can learn more about the nominees at the link below. More information, including their answers to a number of questions set by the Episcopal Election Committee, will be available in the weeks to come.

The Episcopal Election for our Anglican Diocese of Ottawa will take place on Saturday, February 28th, at Christ Church Cathedral. Prior to the election, there will be a series of four public meetings across our diocese for everyone to have a chance to hear the candidates’ answers to a set of relevant questions and to get to know them in a more informal setting at a coffee hour style reception.

The Parish of the Valley will be hosting a public meeting on Friday, February 20th at 7pm at Holy Trinity Pembroke. This meeting, as well as the other three meetings in our diocese, will also be live-streamed. All are welcome and invited to attend the public meeting.

Are you looking to recognize a milestone or special event in your life or the life of your congregation? Would you like to have another way to remember a loved one at church? The Valley Bulletin has sponsorship availablility for a number of weeks in February and in the coming months. Sponsored bulletins mean we are able to print our Valley Bulletins in colour!

Sponsorship is $40, payable to Holy Trinity Anglican Church. You will recieve a tax receipt. Please be in touch with Gail at our Aborn House office - office@valleyanglicans.ca or 613-732-4658 - to reserve a date and arrange a short message to accompany your sponsorship.

As we prepare for our Annual Vestry Meetings when we review and celebrate the past year and prepare for this coming year, we invite all churchwardens, treasurers, and leaders of other committees, groups and ministries in our congregations to draft your reports to vestry to be included in our annual vestry packages.

Please submit your reports to Gail at the office at Aborn House by no later than Friday, February 6th at 12pm. You can mail them to her at office@valleyanglicans.ca, drop them off between 9am-noon on weekdays, or mail or deliver them to 68 Renfrew Street, Pembroke, ON K8A 5R6.

If you have any questions, or aren't sure if you should be preparing a report, please feel free to be in touch with Gail at the email address above or by telephone at 613-732-4658.

The schedule for our Annual Vestry Meetings can be found by clicking here. Thank you for preparing these reports as we look forward to celebrating our collective ministry together and all that we have accomplished with God in 2025!

Join in for a special edition of the Church of the Epiphany, Barry's Bay Soup & Sandwich Lunch!

During the Barry's Bay Flannel Fest, come and enjoy delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, and pie for lunch at the Soup & Sandwich Lunch at Church of the Epiphany, Barry's Bay, located at 32 Dunn Street. Friday, February 13th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.

$10 for homemade soup, a sandwich, and pie. Eat in, or take out. For takeout please call in advance: 613-635-1600

Tuesday, February 17th is Shrove Tuesday! Join us for delicious pancake meals:

Lunch from 11am-1pm at Holy Trinity Pembroke
Enjoy pancakes, real maple syrup, sausages, beans, and dessert. Admission is by freewill donation. The ACW quilt raffle will be held at 1pm.

Supper from 4pm-6pm at St. George's South Alice
Enjoy pancakes, real maple syrup, our famous potato pancakes, and more! Admission is by freewill donation.

Supper from 4pm-6:30pm at St. John's Eganville
Enjoy pancakes, real maple syrup, sausages, baked beans, dessert, coffee & tea. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 4-10, free for children age 3 and under.

Once again this year our Anglican Parish of the Valley is partnering with St. Timothy's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pembroke to hold sung Evening Prayer services during the Season of Lent.

Beginning on Wednesday, February 25th at 7pm at St. Timothy's (503 Alfred Street, Pembroke) and continuing through until March 25th, these will be wonderful contemplative opportunities to gather for approximately 30 minutes of prayer and song. The first two weeks will be services of Sung Lutheran Evening Prayer, and the last three services will be Holden Evening Prayer. The Parish of the Valley Clergy Team and Pastor Bruce Thompson from St. Timothy's will be sharing in the leadership of each service.

All are welcome and invited!

The Holy Trinity Anglican Church Women are pleased to present a Quilt Raffle. Thanks to a generous donation, the queen* size quilt "Falling Leaves" (value $1000) is available to win by raffle. Full pictures of the quilt are available at the link below.

Tickets are $5 per ticket, or 3 tickets for $10, and are available on Sundays at Holy Trinity in the church hall or by email from ACW Executive Members: Maggie Jacques (email), Karen Irvine (email), or Nancy Clarke (email). 

The draw will be held at the Holy Trinity Shrove Tuesday Pancake Luncheon on Tuesday, February 17th at 1pm. The winner will be contacted and listed at the link below and on the church bulletin board.

(*Previous newsletter erroneously listed it as a king sized quilt - the quilt in question is queen sized!)

Our weekly Wednesday Eucharist is a quiet pause in the middle of each week. All are welcome to join in this contemplative said worship service each Wednesday at 10am at Holy Trinity Pembroke.

Worship times and locations for Sunday, February 1st are:

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

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.