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SCRIPTURE READINGS
Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13
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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
St Thomas the Apostle, Ottawa and The Reverend Tim Kehoe; St Thomas, Woodlawn; St George’s, Fitzroy Harbour and The Reverend John Stopa.
The Anglican Church of Papua, New Guinea.
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 Right Reverend David Greenwood, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Athabasca.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
The congregations of the southern area of the Saskatchewan Synod.
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
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SUNDAY SERVICE
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 4 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.
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JERUSALEMA DANCE CHALLENGE
Postponed
We look forward to organizing this event in September. In the meantime, keep practicing your moves!
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ONLINE WORSHIP CONTINUES
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa continues to keep us apprised of safety restrictions and we are hoping to return to in person services in September. In the meantime, all services will take place online. 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!
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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".
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BISHOP SHANE APPOINTS
MARGARET PACHANOS LEMAIRE
Bishop Shane is deeply thankful to announce the appointment of Margaret Pachanos Lemaire as Anglican Indigenous Advisor to the Bishop of Ottawa, effective June 21, 2021.
Margaret is from the Cree First Nation of Chisasibi on the eastern coast of James Bay. Her formative years were spent on the traditional lands of her People, hunting, fishing, and trapping. She is a residential school survivor, having been placed in the St Philip's Indian Residential School in Chisasibi (formerly Fort George) as her formal education began.
During the many years she lived and raised her family in New Brunswick, she developed close working relations with the Mik'mawk and Maliseet First Nations peoples. Over her working career, she gained experience and involvement in dealing with Indigenous rights, and saw the rise of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project in 1970s, the reinstatement of Bill C-31, Indigenous women's status rights, and many other causes.
Margaret Lemaire is a member of Christ Church, Bells Corners where she has served in numerous leadership roles. She is a founding member and co-chair of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa's All My Relations Circle, whose mandate is to provide leadership to individuals and parishes concerning Indigenous Peoples, and to encourage engagement with the 94 Calls to Action from the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Along with Albert Dumont, who serves as Algonquin Advisor to the Bishop, Margaret will provide counsel and advice to Bishop Shane concerning Indigenous Peoples in the context of our diocese and beyond.
Image by G̱ilakas’la! Andy Everson
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Do you want to do something that will make a difference right away in Palestine?
Support the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. As they try to meet the flow of injured and traumatized victims, they are overwhelmed and need funding for fuel for the hospital generators, emergency medicine, and medical supplies.
If you donate through the development and relief agency of the The Anglican Church of Canada, PWRDF, the funds go directly to the hospital.
To make a donation in support of Al Ahli Arab Hospital:
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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!"
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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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(From Top Left): Sunset at the Cottage - Barbara Dorrell;
Late June Flowers - Alex Bissett; Clematis - Detlef Dransch.
(From Bottom Left): Garden Haven - Wendy McCutcheon;
Purple Clematis - Barbara Dransch; Robin's Cod & Potato Bake - Barbara Dorrell.
(Social Media Title Photo: Wheat Field - Kerry Bradley).
To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
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NEXT SUNDAY - JULY 11
SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29
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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, 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
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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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