This past Saturday, parishioners, clergy and friends of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa gathered at Christ Church Cathedral for the ordination, consecration and installation of The Right Reverend Kathryn Anne Otley as the 11th Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.

More than 530 people attended the service in person, with many others joining online from across our diocese and beyond. The service marked the formal beginning of Bishop Kathryn’s episcopal ministry in the Diocese of Ottawa.

You are invited to read all about the service and see photos of this significant event in the life of our diocese in Perspective, our diocesan newspaper at the link below.

You can also watch the recording of the service here.

The annual St. Patrick's Lower Stafford Plant Sale is happening now! It is once again a self-serve plant sale from two wagon loads of 1000+ assorted perennials. The sale began yesterday morning and will continue until the supply is exhausted. The wagons are located just off the corner of Mountain Road and Snake River Line.

Our parish's next Food Bank Sunday will be next Sunday, May 24th. On that day, you are welcomed to bring any donations for our local food banks to church so that we might deliver them to the food banks during the week.

We are grateful to be able to continue to support our local food banks as a parish, and know that our support is valued as together we seek to care for our communities.

We are very pleased as the Parish of the Valley to be hosting a special book launch and conversation with author the Rev. Dr. Therese DesCamp about her newest book, Hands Like Roots: Notes on an Entangled Contemplative Life.

The event will be held on Saturday, May 30th from 2-4pm at Holy Trinity, Pembroke (68 Renfrew Street). All are welcome!

In a luminous and open-hearted series of essays, Therese DesCamp explores the meeting point of daily life with science and contemplative practice. Therese is a writer, spiritual director, minister and contemplative; a 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize long-lister, author of numerous scholarly and popular articles, and a columnist on spirituality for the Valley Voice newspaper. While she’s been writing since she could hold a pencil, this collection of essays takes the reader deeply into the places where words falter.

For more about Therese and her book, please click "More Information" below.

At the event on May 30^th books will be available for purchase for $25.00, with cash or interact e-transfer.

The Parish of the Valley is pleased to host The Lyra Ensemble for two spring concerts:

• Friday, June 19th at 7:30pm at Ascension, Killaloe
• Friday, June 26th at 7:30pm at St. John's, Eganville

Our next Messy Church will be held on Friday, June 5th in Micksburg at the Mickburg Community Hall beside St. Stephens Church (2785 Micksburg Road). Please arrive any time after 4pm, with a start time of 4:30pm.

There will be fun activities and music for all ages and families of all shapes and sizes, and we conclude with a meal together.

The Big Give is back in Cobden on June 6th from 9am - 12pm.

It will include a massive yard "sale," Kids Zone, BBQ (beginning at 10am), live music, baked good & coffee, and more! Everything is FREE! Please bring your own shopping bag.

Donations will be accepted at the Cobden Arena:
Thursday, June 4th from 1pm-6pm
Friday, June 5th from 9am-3pm

The Big Give Cobden is a partnership between St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cobden Pentecostal Church, Whitewater Wesleyan Church, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and Grace United Church.

For more information, you can follow their facebook page. Click on the blue below.

Each year, a number of our cemeteries hold Cemetery Services, where we gather to pray and give thanks for those who have gone before us, those we love and see no longer, and to tend the graves of those laid to rest in our cemeteries.

Across the Parish of the Valley, we hold Cemetery Services beginning in June and continuing throughout the summer. Cemetery Services for the month of June in the Parish of the Valley are listed below. A full schedule of cemetery services throughout the summer is available in Revelations.

• Sunday, June 7 at 2pm - St. Thomas’ Rankin Cemetery Service
• Sunday, June 14 at 2pm - St. Patrick’s Lower Stafford Cemetery Service
• Sunday, June 21 at 11am - St. John’s Eganville Cemetery Service. Held in the church with an optional walk to the cemetery following the service.
• Sunday, June 28 at 2pm - St. Stephen’s Micksburg Cemetery Service

Please enjoy the Pentecost issue of our quarterly parish newspaper, Revelations! Hard copies will be available at your local church this coming Sunday and a virtual copy is available for download below.

In this issue you will see photos of the winner of the Holy Macaroni Crown, contemplate "How do we get young people in church," consider legacy giving, read about the joys of singing in a choir, and more! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this quarter's issue. The next issue of Revelations will be released in early autumn. Story ideas and submissions for the newspaper are always welcome by emailing revelations@valleyanglicans.ca. 

Worship times and locations for Sunday, May 17th 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 

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.