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TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER
Those On Our Hearts
Maura, Pat, Darquise, Rose, 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, Major the Reverend Canon Catherine Askew, Ministry Intern John Holgate, Gordon, Gregory, Kerry and all who minister at St John's.
Our Diocese
For the volunteers of Anglican Pastoral Care, Ottawa Hospital, Civic and General Campuses with the Reverend Di Jaggassar; Chaplain and Deacon Steve Zytveld, Coordinator of Anglican Volunteers.
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
We pray for St. Luke’s Church, Marka, Jordan and for St. John’s and St. Luke’s, Haifa, Israel.
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 Rt. Rev. David Lehmann, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Caledonia.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
People and ministries working to address issues of poverty, homelessness, and affordable housing.
The Anglican Communion from Aba to Zululand
The Church of the Province of West Africa.
Parish Prayer Group
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WEEKLY PARISH WORSHIP VIDEO
This St John’s Worship Video anticipates our in-person worship service on Sunday, October 10, 2021 – a celebration of the harvest for Thanksgiving in Canada.
The opening meditation on God’s Creation features the foods of the harvest at Millers Farm & Market in Manotick, accompanied by Scumann’s Traumerei presented by Sandra Allen on the cello and Gordon Johnston on the harp.
A welcome to Nathan Hauch who talks about his accessibility work, his connection to St John’s, and the Thanksgiving Gospel reading taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Jesus’ words steer us away from worry and into the language of gratitude.
You are welcome to join St John’s for in-person worship as we enter more deeply into these themes.
We hope you will join us for in-person worship. Check out our safety practices and register:
Welcome and I’m looking forward to meeting you!
The Reverend Gary van der Meer
Pastor & Rector
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MORNING PRAYER & CONVERSATION
Thursdays at 10am
You will have noticed that we have moved the Wednesday Morning Zoom Hour to Thursday. We are gathering in person to make the most of the opportunity to be together. Our time begins with prayers at 10:00 a.m. followed by Coffee, Tea and Refreshments at 10:30 a.m.
If you’re not able to come in-person, you’re welcome to join us on Zoom. Technology is a learning curve, but we have made a lot of progress. Come on Zoom at 10:00 a.m. to join the prayers, or at 10:30 for the visiting time (same link for both).
I hope this will turn into a St John’s Community Gathering Day, including volunteers at The Shop, visitors from the Foot Clinic, and… we need volunteers to fold the bulletins so they are ready for Sunday! We also look forward to holding Open Doors on Thursday, with the church open for visits, prayers and tours. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you on our Community Gathering Day.
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VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE
We need volunteers for many roles: greeters, readers, intercessors, servers, communion administrators and especially sidespeople/ushers. If you have participated in these roles in the past, we need you and we hope you will come back! Please let us know your availability by contacting Sherrie Dagg: sherrie@stjohnsottawa.ca
Once you see the safety of our worship practices, we hope you will be interested in joining one of these volunteer roles. Please contact Gary+ for a conversation about your interests: gary.vandermeer@stjohnsottawa.ca
Please Note: The deadline for changes to the bulletin is Wednesday Noon (12:00pm). Please remember to log in to St. John's Online Roster (rostervolunteers.com) to confirm prior to the Wednesday deadline. If you are unable to carry out a worship responsibility please find someone to replace you and submit name by email.
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FALL COLOURS HIKE
AND DISCOVERY WALKS
Walk with St John’s and friends as we enjoy the changing colours in Gatineau Park. This hike includes a celebration of the Eucharist in the woods. Bring your camera, appropriate weather jacket, and picnic lunch snacks to share. The hike will conclude by warming up in a pub.
Meet at St John’s at 9:00 a.m. to share rides, departure at 9:15. Saturday, October 23.
In addition to this hike:
Please join us for discovery walks in the geographic St John’s parish:
Saturday, 6 November – Discover Elgin Street
Saturday, 13 November – Discover Somerset Street
Saturday, 20 November – Discover Bank Street
Each walk will conclude with coffee and conversation: What did we see? What did we hear? What did we learn?
Meet at the church at 9:00 a.m. to start walking at 9:15
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Please join us for a tour of Temple Israel hosted by Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg. This is an opportunity for shared interfaith learning and growing friendship.
Wednesday, 13 October, 10:00 a.m.
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Please join us this fall as we read together and welcome guest speakers about what we are reading. We are starting with White Fragility by Robin Diangelo.
The book’s subtitle helps us to know what to expect:
“Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.”
Please join us on Zoom:
Opening Session: Starting to Read, Key Concepts, and What to Expect. Wednesday 20 October, 7:30 p.m.
Concluding Session: Discussion of Challenging Sections and What we have Learned.
Wednesday 10 November, 7:30 p.m.
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Looking ahead in November we plan to read Courage & Complicity, a story from the Residential Schools by St John’s parishioner Claudette Languedoc. In December, we look forward to welcoming Dr Herbert O’Driscoll, former rector of St John’s, for a discussion of his book “I Will Arise and Go Now: Reflection on the Meaning of Places and People.”
We look forward to welcoming Claudette Languedoc and Herbert O’Driscoll for these sessions.
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The Community Thrift Shop |
The St John’s Community Shop will be closed on Tuesday, October 12th for the changeover of stock to Fall/Winter. The shop will reopen on Thursday, October 14th.
The Shop will continue to be open three days a week - Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm.
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF HOPE
VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER, SILENT AUCTION, FOR THE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
October 21, 12:30 to 1:15
Help deliver hope in our communities by participating in Building a Community of Hope, our 2nd virtual fundraiser and silent auction. Together, in 2020, we raised $79,000 to help five social service agencies serve people struggling with poverty and mental health issues. This year we are expanding our reach to support seven agencies: Centre 105, Centre 454, Cornerstone Housing for Women, Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre, Refugee Ministry, St Luke’s Table and The Well.
You are invited to join The Right Reverend Shane Parker, Community Ministries staff and participants, community leaders, and volunteers for a virtual tour of the seven social service agencies.
Experience the positive changes they have made throughout the pandemic to serve the most at-risk people in our communities. ·
Connect with them to hear about how they will deliver services as they transition into a post-pandemic world.
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CALL FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SUBMISSIONS
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:
- Fall Harvest
- 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 Kerry at
Submissions will be featured in future newsletters and on our Facebook and Instagram pages.
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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.
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Blue skies and Autumn leaves - Alex Bissett
Lots of Fungi - Rev. Gary van der Meer
Social Media Title Photo
Along the Canal - Barbara Dorrell
To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
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NEXT SUNDAY - OCTOBER 17th
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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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
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Anishinabe aking ate awaso kikinawadjichigan.
This land we are upon is the traditional territory of the Algonquin people.
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