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SCRIPTURE READINGS
Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18; Psalm 34:15-22; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69
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TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER
Those On Our Hearts
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 Aidan’s, Ottawa and The Reverend Rosemary Parker; the chair and members of the Property and Finance Committee and its subcommittees; Our Canon Theologian, The Reverend Dr. Canon John Gibaut and our Canon Liturgist, The Reverend Canon Kevin Flynn.
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 Chris Harper, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Saskatoon.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
Bishop Greg Mohr, the people and rostered ministers 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.
The Anglican Communion from Aba to Zululand
Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.
Parish Prayer Group
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QUEERING OUR LITURGY,
DANCING WITH THE DIVINE
Wednesday, August 25th 12-1pm (online)
Liturgy, of whatever faith, is an attempt to connect us to the Divine. Over the past few decades liturgies have been created and have evolved to include and embrace members of the LGBTQ2+ communities. Join Rabbi Dara Lithwick and Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg of Temple Israel Ottawa, and the Reverend Gary van der Meer, rector of St John the Evangelist Anglican Church, for a dive into examples of queer liturgy from our traditions.
Together let's inspire and uplift!
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ST JOHN'S CHOIR RETURNS!
We have wonderful news to share! St John's Choir is returning this fall. The first rehearsal will take 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.
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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 next week!
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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THE WELL NEEDS SOCKS
The Ottawa Day Programs - The Well, St Luke's Table and Centre 454 are in dire need of men and women's socks, new and gently used.
All donations can be dropped off , or delivered to:
The Well
154 Somerset St W, Ottawa, K2P 0H8
Somerset Street entrance - please ring doorbell.
613 594-8861
Between the hours of 8 AM - 1:30 PM
Monday - Friday.
Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
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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): Figueredo Family - Kathleen Arsenault; Cabin in the Woods - Alex Bissett; Algonquin Vista - Alex Bissett.
(From Bottom Left): Algonquin Park - Alex Bissett;
Woodpecker - Barbara Dorrell; The Perfect Rose - Vicki & Glen Robinson
(Social Media Title Photo: Cheeky Chipmunk - Detlef Dransch
To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
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NEXT SUNDAY - AUG 29
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
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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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