THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN'S
SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29
TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER

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

Our Diocese
For the Staff of our Diocesan Office including our Bishop, The Right Reverend Shane Parker, The Venerable Linda Hill, The Reverend Canon Dr. Peter John Hobbs, Sanjay Grover, Jane Scanlon, Carol Sinclair, Ringo Morella, Bill Gilbert, Sandra Purdy, Glenn Lockwood, Heidi Fawcett, Heidi Pizzuto, Ishita Ghose, Safiyah Rochelle, Titilayo Oyefi and Krista Bastien. 
The Episcopal Church in the Philippines. 
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 Right Reverend William Cliff, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Brandon.
The National Anglican & Lutheran Worship Conference.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
Bishop Larry Kochendorfer, the people and rostered ministers 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. 

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

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 11 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
DEMOGRAPHIC SLIDES

At our final Wednesday coffee hour, several parishioners expressed a wish to see the demographic slides that Gary+ included in his sermon last Sunday. You can see them below and save them to your computer by clicking on them and choosing "save image".
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): Madonna - Barbara Dorrell;
Day Lily - Detlef Dransch; Bee Balm - Barbara Dransch.

(From Bottom Left): Watermelon & Strawberry Soup - Kathleen Arsenault & Garth Bulmer;
Snowbirds - Alex Bissett; Under the Rector's Window - Gordon Johnston.

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

To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEXT SUNDAY - JULY 18
EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
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, Deacon 
The Reverend Michael Hicks, Honourary Assistant Emeritus
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.