THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN'S
FEAST OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER

Those On Our Hearts
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 Alban the Martyr, St Bernard-de-Clairvaux and The Reverend Simone Hurkmans.
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 Geoff Woodcroft, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Rupert’s Land.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
The dean, council, and congregations of the West Central Area of the Synod of Alberta and the Territories.
The Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth Gathering (CLAY).
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
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

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

Feast of St Mary the Virgin
Sunday, August 15 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.

We look forward to welcoming the Reverend Canon Kevin Flynn as our guest preacher!

WHAT'S HAPPENING
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.

Please contact our Choirmaster, Dr. Gordon Johnston at 613-232-4500 ext. 11 or by email at gordon@stjohnsottawa.ca.
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
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.
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): Rideau River - Alex Bissett;
Garden Blooms - Barbara Dorrell; St Lawrence River - Kathleen Arsenault

(From Bottom Left): Majestic Ducks - Cara Gilbertson;
Forest Fungus - Caroline Ducros+; The Heron Takes Flight - John Turner

(Social Media Title Photo: Funeral Funnies)

To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEXT SUNDAY - AUG 22
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18; Psalm 34:15-22; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69
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
Anishinabe aking ate awaso kikinawadjichigan.
This land we are upon is the traditional territory of the Algonquin people.