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A MESSAGE FROM
BETH+ AND GORDON
Please click on the photo to see a video from us!
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A LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR SUNDAY
Anytime, Online
Alleluia, Christ is Risen! Please join in
worshipping on this great day of Easter! Simply scroll down at your own pace, saying the service alone or with others (appropriately distanced, in a virtual meeting, or on the phone). With gratitude for our Cathedral and its ministry!
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A RESOURCE
FOR CHILDREN
(AND YOUNG-AT-HEART)
Anytime, Online
Included for this week: John 20:19-31 devotional, illustration, and colouring page; children's worship bulletin; colouring page prayer (perfect for all ages!). Click
here to enjoy!
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Parish
All clergy, staff, and members of St John's in this unusual season.
Those on Our Hearts
Kim, Jeanna; Caroline Ducros (Deacon) and John Fletcher (Honourary Assistant) who celebrated birthdays this past week; all First Responders.
Diocese of Ottawa
Good Shepherd, Barrhaven, The Reverend Stephen Silverthorne; St George’s, Clayton,
The Reverend Patricia Blythe.
Companion Diocese of Jerusalem
St George the Martyr Cathedral, Jerusalem; Church of the Good Shepherd, Salt, Jordan; Church of the Good Shepherd, Rafidia, West Bank.
Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
Archbishop Anne Germond, clergy, and people of the Diocese of Algoma.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
The dean, council, and congregations of the Manitoba South Area of the Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario Synod.
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.
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THOSE ON OUR HEARTS
It is very important for us as a community to be able to hold people in prayer, whether we are gathering physically or virtually. If you would like to add someone's first name to the prayer list (see "Those on Our Hearts" in the "Remember in Prayer" section above) for the next two weeks, please email the
Rector.
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DONATIONS
Thank you to everyone who has made the extra effort required at this time to continue your financial support! If you would like to make a special gift this Easter season, please visit our website and
donate online, or send a cheque to the office (address at the bottom of this email). Thank you so much!
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NEED A FACE MASK?
Two of our parishioners are using up their fabric scraps and making face masks. If you would like to put in an order, please email
Bea or
Lannie. They would ask that you donate to the
Ottawa Food Bank to say thank you!
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NEW SIDEWALK
If you haven't been to Elgin Street recently, the new sidewalk has been poured in front of St John's and they are working on the corner paving stones as well. Very exciting, and nice to see the work continuing!
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HOUSING IN OTTAWA
Ottawa has declared a State of Emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Housing and Homelessness Emergency was also declared earlier this year. We can't do it alone. We must call on the federal government to help with the funding required to purchase empty hotels and motels while we have women and men who have no safe housing. Please visit this
website where you will find a quick way to send a message to your local Member of Parliament on this critical issue. Lend your voice to protecting our most marginalized residents while helping protect our community as a whole. Thank you!
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DIOCESAN NEWSLETTER
Stay in touch with news and resources from around the Diocese of Ottawa. Visit this
link to see the current newsletter.
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RING THOSE BELLS!
Sundays, Noon
To remind our Centretown community that we are holding everyone in our hearts and prayers, our bell will be rung every week. A great witness to hope and love! Thank you to those who have volunteered to help. If you don't live in Centretown,
click to hear the recording the Rector made on Easter!
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ONLINE COFFEE
WITH BETH+
Wednesdays, 10 am
The Rector is looking forward to catching up with you virtually! Make yourself a cuppa and then either click on the photo or on this
link, to join the Zoom call from any internet browser on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer. Looking forward to "seeing" you!
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NEED SUPPORT?
Each one of us is experiencing this unusual time in a different way. If you would like to check in, have a conversation, share a laugh or a cry, or be prayed with, please be in touch with the
Rector to set up a Zoom or phone or email conversation. We can get through this together! Also don't forget about our
Pastoral Care Team who are also available to give support.
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GROCERY OPTIONS
Not enjoying getting groceries at the store? Here's a great
list of small Ottawa-area companies that are delivering during COVID-19. Eat well and stay healthy!
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HAPPY AT HOME
Here’s a
list of resources and ideas that can keep you and your family happy and occupied during this period. Be sure to visit often, as new resources will be added daily!
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EMOTIONAL HEALTH
This article really makes a lot of sense - Maintaining Your Emotional Immunity During Covid-19: How to Create a Sense of Calm in Uncertain Times. Click
here to read it!
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HONOURING SPRING
Albert Dumont, Algonquin Spiritual Teacher in Residence at Christ Church Cathedral,
writes about how it is spring, and that we need to honour it regardless of COVID-19.
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BE INSPIRED
A choir of women physicians has made this remarkable
video of 'Rise Again'. Spoiler alert: it may result in a few tears! Inspiring and beautiful.
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HOPE IN UNCERTAINTY
RESOURCES
FOR HOME PRAYER
To help keep you connected with prayer, faith and community in times of physical distancing, the General Synod (national office) has compiled a number of
resources.
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VIRTUAL SERVICES
IN OUR DIOCESE
In-person worship suspended? Prayers are still ascending! Here is a
list of virtual services in Diocese of Ottawa.
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Loving God, give the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund, and the people who depend on its support, the courage and strength to persevere in this time of pandemic. Be with them in the challenges they are facing, and hold us to our vision for a truly just, healthy and peaceful world. In the name of your child, Jesus, Amen.
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ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
ANGLICAN CHURCH
154 Somerset Street West, 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 Emeritus
Dr Gordon Johnston, FRCCO, Organist and Choirmaster
Laura Macdonald, Church Administrator
Detlef Dransch, Rector’s Warden
Bev Humphries
, People's Warden
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