Each year, on the Sunday closest to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Parish of the Valley intentionally pauses to mark this national day. We wear orange as we honour and remember the children taken from their homes, often to attend church-run residential and day schools, and to honour and remember the many Indigenous people and families still living with the imapcts of the trauma of the residential school system.

Please wear orange this Sunday, September 27th as we remember, honour, and mark this day as a parish. We are also encouraged to wear orange on Wednesday, September 30th as we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation across Canada.

If you would like some background reading or viewing as we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we commend the following links:

The Anglican Church of Canada on The Apology and Reconciliation. 

Archbishop Fred Hiltz speaking about why truth and reconciliation matters to him.

Archbishop Fred Hiltz speaking on the 15th anniversary of the Apology.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Waterloo Declaration, a document that affirms the full communion relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

To celebrate, members of our Anglican Parish of the Valley have been invited to join the Ottawa Valley Lutheran Cluster of churches for their annual Reformation Sunday Service. This year's service will be held on Sunday, October 18th at 3pm at the Rankin Culture & Recreation Centre. Rev. Matthew has been invited to serve as the guest preacher for the service. All are welcome to attend!

For those who wish, there will also be a ticketed smoked pork loin dinner following the service, with the meal beginning at 5pm. Tickets are $35. A limited number of tickets (all sales cash only) will be available until October 4th from Gail at our office (613-732-4658, or office@valleyanglicans.ca). You can also purchase tickets from one of our neighbouring ELCiC churches in the Valley.

We give thanks for this opportunity to celebrate 25 years of partnership between Anglicans and Lutherans, and look forward to sharing in prayer and fellowship together on October 18th!

This Sunday, September 27th, the congregation of Ascension Killaloe / St. John's Tramore returns to worshipping at Church of the Ascension, Killaloe. After a wonderful summer at St. John's Tramore, we return to our Killaloe location until next summer. All are welcome to join in worship at 9am.

Four times per year we intentionally hold Food Bank Sundays as a time for us to gather donations for our local food banks. The next Food Bank Sunday will be Thanksgiving Sunday, October 11th. All members of the Parish of the Valley are invited to make contributions to food security agencies operating in their local communities.

If you're unsure which foodbank is closest to you, a partial list of local agencies are provided by clicking the link below.  Thank you for supporting food security in our communities!

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

Friday, October 23rd from 11am - 1:30pm. $12 for homemade soup, a sandwich, and pie.

Eat in, or take out. For takeout please call in advance to order: 613-635-1600

The Holy Trinity Pembroke ACW Fall Rummage Sale will be held Saturday, October 24th from 8:30-11am in the church hall. We invite you to come and shop a great selection of quality used items!

Each year items that are left over from Holy Trinity's ACW rummage sales benefit Got You in Mind Thrift Shop in Pembroke. On Friday, October 9th at 7PM a fundraiser to support Got You in Mind will be held at the Pembroke Legion. Holy Trinity ACW invites you to please join in for "Rhythm of Giving", a fun night out featuring many local musicians coming together in community to support Got You in Mind and their work to support improved mental health awareness and access. $20 entry fee at the door. Please note this is an age 19+ event. 

Across our Diocese, there is growing interest in legacy giving - the act of making a charitable gift through your will or estate plan to your local church - and in finding thoughtful, comfortable ways to talk about it. People are asking good questions about what legacy giving actually means, how it fits within faithful stewardship, and how we can begin these conversations with our families and in our congregations.

At its heart, legacy giving is about much more than finances. It gives us an opportunity to care for the people we love while also remembering the churches, ministries and communities that have shaped our lives and that we hope will continue to serve others for generations to come. With this in mind, our diocesan Stewardship Resource Hub warmly invites you to join our legacy giving webinar Supporting the Church We Love, for Generations to Come: Your Legacy. God’s Mission. on Tuesday, October 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information about the webinar participants, and a link to register, please click the link below. This will be a worthwhile webinar for all of us in the Parish of the Valley!

Worship times and locations for Sunday, September 27th are:

8am - Holy Trinity Pembroke
9am - St. Stephen's Micksburg
9am - Ascension Killaloe
9:30am - St. George's South Alice
10am - Holy Trinity Pembroke, with Calvin United Church visiting
11am - St. John’s Eganville
11am - St. Paul's Cobden 
11am - Epiphany Barry’s Bay (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.

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