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Guest Preacher
This Sunday w
e will welcome The Right Reverend Dennis Drainville (retired Bishop of Quebec) as the preacher.
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READINGS THIS WEEK
The Epiphany of the Lord
Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12
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TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK IN PRAYER
In Our Parish
Please keep Baby Béatrice, her family and Godparents in your prayers this week as they prepare for her Baptism next Sunday.
Our Clergy
Beth, Caroline, John, Gary, Michael
Our Diocese
Church of the Epiphany, Gloucester The Reverend Geoff Chapman and The Reverend Alana McCord.
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
National Anglican Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald, and the Anglican Council of Indigenous People.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
Bishop Michael Pryse, people, and rostered ministers of the Eastern Synod
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Sunday's Flowers
The flowers this Sunday
are given in thanksgiving for the lives of Isobel, Nicola and Anna Cameron. Also this week flowers are given
in loving memory of John Patten and Paul and Erika Busing by Monica Patten, her children, and the whole Busing family.
Parish Prayer Group
or call (613) 232-4500 ext 21.
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New Year Recommendations
Beth found this lovely image to share. Looks like there are 26 ideas to get us thinking about what we might want to focus on in 2019.
In your resolutions did you think about how you might help-out at St John's this year? here are some great links to information about how you can get involved
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snapshot! from Christmas Eve Children's Service
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CHURCH FLOWERS
Each Sunday, you have the opportunity to give flowers in memory of someone or in celebration and thanksgiving. Please sign up for a certain date or occasion on the flower calendar posted on the bulletin board, or send us an email.
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Sunday Offerings
Envelopes or PAR
Your 2019 offering envelopes are available at the back of the church. If you don’t find a package with your name on it, and you would like to use envelopes, please contact Peggy, our Envelope Secretary (
peggylister@rogers.com
) or call the church office.
Also, don’t hesitate to contact Peggy if you would like to enroll in the convenient monthly Pre-Authorized direct debit option (PAR).
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ELGIN STREET CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Heads-up! effective January 7th 2019 Elgin Street will be closed from Catherine to Somerset. Status and parking tips for the New Year are available on the Elgin Street Renewal website:
(
www.ottawa.ca/elgin-street
)
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PASTORAL CARE
IN THE PARISH
Monday,
January 14th 7 pm
Come and learn about formal and informal pastoral care in the parish, as we move to having a new Pastoral Care Team at St John’s. Verna Nuttel, of the Ottawa Pastoral Care Training Course, will be our speaker and guide.
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THURSDAY A.M.
SHARE YOUR STORY
Thursday,
January 17th 10.30 am
Thursday AM is a gathering of folks on the 3rd Thursday of each month, at which lively conversation is enjoyed over coffee, tea and cookies. On alternating months there is a theme, and in January
our life stories
will be explored by appreciating each other’s first-person accounts ... more info about this can be found on our Events page:
www.third_thursday_Event
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BETH'S SABBATICAL ADVENTURES
Wednesday,
January 23rd – 7 pm
Beth will show slides and share stories from her time in England and Scotland, and reflect on reconciliation, connection, soul-time and pilgrimage.
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HEARTBEAT OF THE CHURCH!
Sunday,
January 27th – noon
Our Primate is calling all of us, coast to coast to coast, to come together, form Conversation Circles, and join in dialogue, reflection, and prayer as the Church prepares for General Synod.
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
*next* week
The Baptism of The Lord
Isaiah 43:1–7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14–17,
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
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St John the Evangelist Anglican Church
www.stjohnsottawa.ca
154 Somerset St. W., Ottawa, ON K2P 0H8
613-232-4500
office@stjohnsottawa.ca
On facebook! here --->
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The Reverend Canon Beth Bretzlaff, Rector
The Reverend Dr Caroline Ducros, Deacon
BGen (Ret’d) The Venerable John Fletcher, Honourary Assistant
The Reverend Canon Dr Gary Hauch, Honourary Assistant
The Reverend Michael Hicks,
Honourary
Assistant
Dr Gordon Johnston, FRCCO, Organist and Choirmaster
Laura Macdonald, Church Administrator
Brian Cameron, Rector’s Warden
Detlef Dransch, Peoples' Warden
Kathleen Arsenault, Deputy Warden
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