THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN'S
NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SCRIPTURE READINGS
2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalm 145:10-19; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21
TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER

Those On Our Hearts
Frances, Don, Teresa, Joan, Barbara, Bill, Brigid, Howard, Nellie, Marianne, Liz, The Reverend Don Beyers and the parish of St Anne's, Toronto; The Reverend Gary van der Meer, The Reverend Dr. Caroline Ducros, Gordon, Gregory and all who minister at St John's.

Our Diocese
St James, Manotick and The Reverend Kerri Brennan; and St James, Perth and The Reverend Kenneth Davis. 
Our Bishop, The Right Reverend Shane Parker, our Metropolitan, The Most Reverend Anne Germond and our Primate, The Most Reverend Linda Nicholls. 

Our Companion Diocese in Jerusalem & the Middle East
The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, for peace in the Middle East and Archbishop Hosam Naoum. 
 
Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
The Reverend Stephen London, Bishop-elect, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Edmonton.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
The dean, council, and congregations of the East Central Area of the Synod of Alberta and the Territories. 
Susan Johnson, National Bishop and our sisters and brothers in the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and their Bishop, Michael Pryse. 

The Anglican Communion from Aba to Zululand
The Scottish Episcopal Church.

Parish Prayer Group
If you wish to have someone prayed for, please call (613) 232-4500 ext 21 or send an email to prayer-request@stjohnsottawa.ca.
JOIN US ONLINE
SUNDAY SERVICE

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 25 at 9:30am

Join us here at St John's for online worship this Sunday. Part one of the service will be on YouTube followed by part two on Zoom. Once the service is finished we will have our regular Sunday Coffee Hour.

WHAT'S HAPPENING
JERUSALEMA DANCE CHALLENGE
Postponed

We look forward to organizing this event in September. In the meantime, keep practicing your moves!
ONLINE WORSHIP CONTINUES

Over the summer we will continue to hold online worship. We are making plans to return to In-Person Worship on September 12, 2021. We will also endeavour to publish a weekly prayer video on our YouTube Channel for those parishioners who feel they are not ready to move to In-Person Worship. Look for more information to come in August!

Please join us each Sunday beginning on YouTube at 9:30am followed by the second part of our service and fellowship on Zoom. See the links above or visit our YouTube Channel to watch our services online.

Please get vaccinated as soon as you are eligible!
TAKE NOTE
REMEMBERING THE REVEREND MICHAEL HICKS

HICKS, Michael Keith
February 26, 1928 - July 16, 2021

Michael Keith Hicks was a civil servant, clergyman, professor, music lover, outdoor enthusiast, homegrown-tomato aficionado, collector of Canadian art, engaged citizen, traveller and storyteller.

The youngest of five children, Michael was born in Toronto to Marjorie Ogilvy (Edgar) Hicks and Rivers Keith Hicks. As a boy, he attended University of Toronto Schools and went on to study at Trinity College (U of T), where he earned a B.A. (1949) and M.A. (1950). He started his career at the Treasury Board in Ottawa before deciding to seek ordination as an Anglican minister.

After earning his M. Div. in 1960 at General Episcopal Seminary in New York City, Michael moved back to Toronto. It was there at a Student Christian Movement meeting that he noticed a clever British beauty named Barbara Findlay. They were married in 1962 and moved to Winnipeg, where their three daughters were born. He was a chaplain at the University of Manitoba and taught political science.

In 1973, the family moved to Ottawa where Michael rejoined the Public Service of Canada, served in several Anglican churches, and taught public administration at Carleton University. Through these multiple vocations, Michael demonstrated his deep commitment to public service.

Alongside a boundless zest for life and an inquisitive, open mind, Michael also possessed a steady, quiet faith in God. He deeply loved classical music and was an enthusiastic choral singer. He relished telling generations-old family tales and recounting events from his youth, such as having tea with Albert Einstein and hitchhiking around post-war Europe. Even as his mind slipped away in recent years, his wonderful sense of humour continued to shine.

He is remembered with great love by his wife Barbara; daughters Jennifer, Margaret, and Sarah; grandchildren Mark, Carolyn, and Meredith Nicol, Santiago and Juan Ainslie, and Oscar and Ben Leckman; sons-in-law Bruce Ainslie and Michael Leckman; multiple generations of nieces, nephews and cousins; and friends of all ages. He was predeceased by brothers John Edgar Hicks, Anthony Rivers Hicks, Douglas Barcham Hicks, and sister Maud Jocelyn (Hicks) McLean.

Michael's was a life well lived and his extended family will carry on the torch of taking time to share a good story and a beer.A small funeral service will be held in Ottawa at 2 pm on July 25, 2021 and will be live-streamed. To access a link to the service or to share a message with the Hicks family, visit www.beechwoodottawa.ca/en/services/michael-keith-hicks.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Michael's memory to the Glebe Centre long-term care home (glebecentre.ca), St John the Evangelist Church (stjohnsottawa.com) or a charity of your choice.
CONGRATULATIONS CAROLINE+ !!!

Our Bishop, The Right Reverend Shane Parker announced this week that The Reverend Caroline Ducros has been recognized as a Transitional Deacon, effective July 7, 2021. Congratulations, Caroline+ !!!

We will hold you in our prayers on your journey to ordination.
CALL FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SUBMISSIONS

Some of you may have noticed a great deal of activity on St John's Social Media pages this past week. One of Cara's new projects is to help St John's inspire and engage our Church Community, the Community of Centretown, and the greater Ottawa Community. Our goal is to grow St John's' online presence in the hopes to attract new members and to build stronger relationships with people, organizations, and businesses within our community. And we also want to celebrate submissions from you, our parishioners!

For those of you who are new to social media, we recommend that you sign up for a facebook and/or instagram account and follow us by clicking the icons below. If you already have an account, please check our pages each day and "like" our posts!

The more "likes," "shares" and comments we receive, the more our posts will be shared with the wider community.

Ideas for submissions:
  • Garden photos
  • Photographs taken on walks in the area
  • Cooking/Baking photos
  • Artwork
  • Recipes
  • Inspirational Scripture & Quotes
  • Christian Jokes
  • Travel Pictures
  • Pictures of Past Events/Occasions
  • Pets & Animals

Let's flood our social media with a rainbow of colour and inspiration from St John's!

If you have a photo/submission you wish to share, please send it to Cara at
caragilbertson@yahoo.ca

Submissions will be featured in future newsletters and on our Facebook and Instagram pages. Please keep in mind that Cara might use discretion on what/where/when to post...for example: "Sorry Wendy W-S, we will not publish pictures of your Christmas Trees and Snowmen Armies in May!"
SOCIAL MEDIA
FOLLOW ST JOHN'S ON
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & YOUTUBE

Thank you for "liking" and "sharing" our posts!

Please click the icons to link to our social media pages.
(From Top Left): Market Fresh - Alex Bissett;
Dahlia - Mary Ann Varley; Market Crisp - Alex Bissett.

(From Bottom Left): Blushing Blooms - Wendy Williamson-Scrim;
Gorgeous Bloom - Barbara Dorrell; Friends' Cottage - Kathleen Arsenault.

(Social Media Title Photo: Cottage in July - Alex Bissett).

To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEXT SUNDAY - AUG 1
TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15; Psalm 78:23-29; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
ANGLICAN CHURCH

 154 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, ON K2P 0H8
613-232-4500
office@stjohnsottawa.ca

The Reverend Gary van der Meer, Rector
The Reverend Dr Caroline Ducros, Transitional Deacon 
Dr Gordon Johnston, FRCCO, Organist and Choirmaster  
Detlef Dransch, Rector’s Warden 
Stephen Giles, People's Warden
Anishinabe aking ate awaso kikinawadjichigan.
This land we are upon is the traditional territory of the Algonquin people.