Parish of the Valley Newsletter for March 27, 2026
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Parish of the Valley Newsletter for March 27, 2026
Holy Week & Easter in the Parish of the Valley

Holy Week & Easter in the Parish of the Valley

Service Times & Locations

Palm & Passion Sunday (March 29):

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

Wednesday in Holy Week (April 1)

  • 10am - Holy Trinity Pembroke
  • 7pm - Tenebrae (Emmanuel Anglican Church, Arnprior)

Maundy Thursday (April 2)

  • 7pm - Holy Trinity Pembroke
  • 7pm - St. John's Eganville

Good Friday (April 3)

  • 10am - St. John's Eganville (followed by the Community Walking the Way of the Cross)
  • 11am - Epiphany Barry's Bay
  • 11am - St. Stephen's Micksburg (combined service for the Stafford-Whitewater Region)
  • 11am - St. George's South Alice
  • 1pm - All Saints Petawawa
  • 3pm - Ascension Killaloe
  • 3pm - Holy Trinity Pembroke

Easter Vigil (April 4)

  • 7:30pm at Holy Trinity Pembroke - Parish-Wide Service. All are encouraged to attend!

Easter Sunday (April 5)

  • 8am - Holy Trinity Pembroke
  • 9am - St. Stephen's Micksburg
  • 9am - Ascension Killaloe
  • 9am - St. Anthony's Whitney
  • 9:30am - St. George's South Alice
  • 10am - Holy Trinity Pembroke
  • 11am - St. Paul's Cobden
  • 11am - St. John's Eganville
  • 11am - Epiphany Barry's Bay
  • 11:15am - All Saints Petawawa
Revelations

Revelations

Easter 2026

Our Easter edition of Revelations is now available! Hard copies will be available to pick up in church this coming Sunday, and a digital version can be downloaded from the link below.

There will be three more issues of Revelations this year, and we invite submissions for those issues by the following dates:
Pentecost edition: submission deadline Wednesday, April 8
Thanksgiving edition: submission deadline Wednesday, September 23
Advent/Christmas edition: Submission deadline Wednesday, December 2.

Please email your submissions to revelations@valleyanglicans.ca. We look forward to sharing your stories across the parish!

For more infomation visit:

https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/03/25/16/51/02/3fedd7ed-a6dd-4436-b7a0-f84e26162d62/Revelations%202026.1.pdf

Read Revelations
Tenebrae

Tenebrae

Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm

Cygnet Consort is leading a service of Tenebrae for Holy Week on Wednesday, April 1st at 7pm at Emmanuel Anglican Church, Arnprior (287 Harrington St). This is a meditative service with beautiful music, held with candlelight. All are welcome.

Easter Home Communions

Easter Home Communions

During the season of Easter, the Lay Pastoral Care Team and Clergy Team will be offering home communion to members of our parish community who are unable to be at church for Easter worship. If you would like to receive home communion, or if you know know someone for whom it would be meaningful to receive home communion, please reach out to Rev. Nick (613-629-9498 or nickforte@valleyanglicans.ca), who coordinates our pastoral visits. 

Holy Week Services Live-Streamed

Holy Week Services Live-Streamed

During Holy Week, services from Holy Trinity Pembroke will be live-streamed on the Parish of the Valley YouTube channel. If you are unable to join us in person, please do join in live, or watch the recordings after-the-fact for the following services:

Palm Sunday, March 29, at 10am

Maundy Thursday, April 2, at 7pm

Good Friday, April 3, at 3pm

Saturday Easter Vigil, April 4, at 7:30pm

Easter Sunday, April 5, at 10am

For more infomation visit:

https://www.youtube.com/@valleyanglicans/streams

Click Here for Holy Week Live-Streams
Office Closed to Visitors

Office Closed to Visitors

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The office at Aborn House will be closed on Wednesday, April 1st. It will reopen at 9am on Thursday, April 2nd.

Pastoral Care Coverage

Pastoral Care Coverage

Clergy Team Away Dates

Following Easter, members of the clergy team will be taking some time away.

Rev. Matthew and Rev. Gillian will be away April 7-11 and Rev. Nick will be away April 7-8. In case of pastoral emergency during these times, please reach out to Rev. Christine (613-883-8402).

Rev. Christine will be away April 13-19. In case of pastoral emergency, please reach out to Rev. Matthew (613-732-4658), Rev. Gillian (613-687-9123), or Rev. Nick (613-629-9498).

Soup & Sandwich Lunch

Soup & Sandwich Lunch

Church of the Epiphany - Friday, April 24th

Come and enjoy delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, and pie for lunch at the Spring Soup & Sandwich Lunch at Church of the Epiphany, Barry's Bay!

Friday, April 24th from 11:30am - 1:30pm. Just $12 for homemade soup, a sandwich, and pie. Eat in, or take out. For takeout please call 613-635-1600

Macaroni & Cheese Cook-Off

Macaroni & Cheese Cook-Off

Saturday, April 25 at St. John's Eganville

Who will win this year's Holy Macaroni Crown? The annual Macaroni & Cheese Cook-Off is on at St. John's, Eganville: Saturday, April 25th, doors opening at 5:30pm and dinner starting at 6pm. Competing guest cooks will each provide a macaroni & cheese dish "taste test" to determine the winner of the Holy Macaroni Crown.

Seating is limited, so tickets must be purchased in advance: $15 each. Please contact Heather Park-Wheeler for tickets: 613-226-2800. Also serving salads, rolls, dessert, tea, coffee and juice. There will be a silent auction during dinner.

Spring Rummage Sales

Spring Rummage Sales

Saturday April 25 and May 2

Spring Rummage Sales in the Parish of the Valley!

Saturday, April 25 from 9am - 12pm at All Saints Petawawa - 1173 Victoria Street

Saturday, May 2 from 8:30am - 11am at Holy Trinity Pembroke - 68 Renfrew Street

Diocesan Learning Commons Workshop

Diocesan Learning Commons Workshop

Property & Finance

Registration is now open for the next Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Learning Commons workshop on Property and Finance. This optional workshop is for clergy, treasurers, and council members.

It will be held at St James Anglican Church, Carleton Place, on Saturday, April 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available at 9 a.m., and the workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m.

This is not a repeat of last year’s workshop. Some of the material has been revised, particularly the presentation on property & maintenance. This is an optional workshop, but registration is required. Please register at the link below.

For more infomation visit:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/property-finance-workshop-tickets-1985518146224?aff=oddtdtcreator

Register for Learning Commons Workshop
Camp Lutherlyn Summer Camping

Camp Lutherlyn Summer Camping

Registration is open for summer camping for children and young people at Camp Lutherlyn on Golden Lake! 

A full schedule of camp dates can be found here and you can read more about the camp on their website, linked below.

For more infomation visit:

https://www.lutherlyncamp.ca/

Camp Lutherlyn
Please Join Us for Worship In-Person

Please Join Us for Worship In-Person

Palm & Passion Sunday

Worship times and locations for Sunday, March 29th 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 
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.

Please download from the link below.

For more infomation visit:

https://www.valleyanglicans.ca/news

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