The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa warmly invites you to attend A Service of Thanksgiving for our Journey with Bishop Shane as we gather in the presence of God to celebrate Archbishop Shane’s faithful leadership on his final day as our diocesan bishop.

Date: Saturday, September 20^th, 2025

Time: 11:00 a.m. Service followed by a light festive reception.

Location: Christ Church Cathedral - 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa

Watch the Service Live: If you are unable to attend in person, you are invited to watch the service in real time via the Cathedral’s livestream here.

Cheers to Holy Trinity's first 100 years!

While Holy Trinity Pembroke has a history dating back to 1855, it was 100 years ago the past June that the cornerstone was laid for the current church building.

On Saturday, September 27th we will gather as a parish in the church hall at Holy Trinity to celebrate this milestone and to share a special anniversary dinner. A delicious turkey supper, including wine, dessert and all the fixings, will be catered by St. George's South Alice in partership with Schmidt's Catering. Bishop Michael Bird and Bishop John Chapman, together with many retired former clergy of our deanery, will be our honoured guests. 

There are still a few tickets remaining for the dinner and we would be delighted if you could join us. Refreshments will be served beginning at 5 pm with dinner following at 6 pm. Tickets are $50 each. Please contact Marie Cheesman (613-732-3013) to make your purchase and help Holy Trinity make this event a sell-out!

Across our country, September 30th is recognized annually as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; a federal statutory holiday to honour the children who never returned home from residential schools and the Survivors of that system, their families, and communities.

As we journey together towards truth and reconciliation, on Sunday, September 28th we are encouraged to wear orange to mark "Orange Shirt Day" and remember and honour those children who did not come home.

For those who would like an opportunity to "go deep" in learning more about our journey of truth-telling and reconciliation in Canada, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is offering a series of virtual "Lunch and Learns" daily from September 22nd through 26th. You can learn more and register to attend online at the link below. 

Our Thanksgiving issue of our parish newspaper, Revelations, will be published in early October.

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 spring or summer, advertize events that are coming up in the life of 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 Saturday, September 27th.

Worship times and locations for Sunday, September 14th are:

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.