St John's Newsletter for 12 September 2021

THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN'S

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 116:1-9; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38

TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER

Those On Our Hearts

Ron, 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, Gordon, Gregory and all who minister at St John's.

Our Diocese

St Helen’s, Orleans,The Venerable Susan Churchill-Lackey and The Reverend Canon Peter Lackey. Open Table Ministry to university students.

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 Most Reverend Lynne McNaughton, Metropolitan, and the clergy and people of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)

Reverend Kathy Martin, Assistant to the Bishop, and the staff of the British Columbia 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

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

WELCOME TO SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 - ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST ANGLICAN CHURCH

PARISH VIDEO

This St John’s Worship Video begins our new format as we return to in-person worship on Sunday, September 12, 2021.

Each week’s in-person service will be introduced by an advance video that includes a reading and reflection, music, and an opportunity to get to know neighbours in our wider local community.

This week, the opening meditative sequence features canoeing and waterlilies, accompanied by the wonderful harpist and St John’s Music Director Gordon Johnston. The St John’s Choir joins in with the full text of this gorgeous nature hymn.

We are delighted to introduce and welcome Ken Goodhue, proprietor of Deacon Brodies Pub, 247 Elgin Street, in Ottawa. We invite you to get to know our wonderful neighbours at Deacon Brodies Pub:

https://deaconbrodiespub.com/

We hope you will join us for in-person worship. Check out our safety practices and register:

https://backtochurch.ca/

Welcome and I’m looking forward to meeting you!

The Reverend Gary van der Meer

Pastor & Rector

Sunday, September 12, 2021 Bulletin

Click Here to Register to Attend In-Person Services

MORNING PRAYER & CONVERSATION

Thursdays at 10am

Join Gary+ and your fellow parishioners in-person in the chapel and/or on zoom. Come in the Elgin Street door, sign in, and join us for a brief morning prayer followed by coffee and visiting.

Click Here to Join Thursday Morning Prayer & Conversation

WHAT'S HAPPENING

VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE

We are so excited to invite you back to the church building for worship this Sunday, September 12. We will return to the regular St John’s pattern of two Sunday services, 8:00am and 10:15am.

In order to offer these services, we need volunteers for many roles: greeters, readers, intercessors, servers, communion administrators. 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

THE CENTERING PRAYER GROUP'S

SILENT RETREAT

September 10th & 11th at Galilee Centre

St John's Centering Prayer Group is planning to hold a Silent Retreat this coming Friday, September 10th from 1pm until Saturday, September 11th at 4pm. It will be held at the Galilee Centre in Arnprior. The Group would like to welcome anyone at St John's who would like to join in silent prayer, short discussions and blessed silence. The conference room has a limit of 30 people in order to respect the Covid restrictions. The cost, based on 10 people attending, is $146 (single) and $240 (double) which includes meals, transportation and conference room.

If you are interested, please contact Lyse Morin at lysebrian2@gmail.com.

ST JOHN'S CHOIR RETURNS!

We have wonderful news to share! St John's Choir is returning this fall. The first rehearsal took place on Thursday, September 9th at 7:30pm. Do you know someone who might like to join the choir? Now would be the perfect time to do a little scouting around and invite new people. The choir will be taking a few weeks to get back in vocal shape (which will be perfect for new members) and they plan to sing at services beginning the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Please contact our Choirmaster, Dr. Gordon Johnston at 613-232-4500 ext. 11 or by email at gordon@stjohnsottawa.ca.

TAKE NOTE

WALK-A-THON

For the Centretown Emergency Food Centre

October 3rd 1pm-4pm

The Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (CCSAC) is holding a virtual Walk-a-thon on October 3rd from 1pm to 4pm to raise money for the Centretown Emergency Food Centre located at 507 Bank Street. Last year’s event raised a record $34,000 for the food centre.

The food centre continues to serve our community during the pandemic, serving over 6,000 people in 2020. For more information about the food centre, please check out their website at www.cefcottawa.org

You can participate in the Walk-a-thon as an individual or support the St John’s team, set up by Emmy Verdun who is our representative on CCSAC. Check out the Walk-a-thon website at www.centretownchurches.org/walkathon/ for information on teams, contests, photos, and online donations.

If you have any questions about the Walk-a-thon or the Emergency Food Centre, please contact Emmy at emmy.verdun@gmail.com.

COSA OTTAWA NEEDS YOU

Training on Wednesdays from 6pm-8pm

(September 22 to October 20)

Are you 21 years of age or older and able to commit to approximately 2 hours a week for at least one year to help protect your community? It takes a village and CoSA Ottawa needs you!

CoSA is a reintegration program, operating on restorative justice principles, focused on assisting people who have been incarcerated for sexual offenses, in their effort to develop a meaningful and safe life in the community. We are looking for new volunteers to fill vacancies in new and current circles. Our virtual volunteer training runs on Wednesdays, 6pm to 8pm, September 22nd to October 20th. Criteria to be considered as a CoSA volunteer is simple - possess a non-judgmental attitude, an open mind and be available!

CoSA Ottawa is very appreciative of the hospitality offered by St John's Church staff and parishioners for over 20 years. We particularly welcome parishioners to attend the training.

Contact Susan Love at slove@cosa-ottawa.ca for details and to register, and visit us on Facebook!

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: