THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN'S
LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST:
THE REIGN OF CHRIST
Dear Friends

Thank you for your interest in St John the Evangelist Anglican Church.
 
This update includes our prayers, links to the Sunday worship video, and upcoming events. This week, we especially highlight our third Discovery Walk on Saturday, November 20. This week, we are exploring Bank Street, all the way from Somerset Street north to the Parliament Buildings, and south to the 417. Ideally, we would split up into two groups, and meet back at Somerset and Bank. The Tour Discovery Handout encourages us to walk with our eyes open and we look forward to sharing our findings when we return.
 
Welcome to St John's!

Listen to past Sunday sermons at:
TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER

Those On Our Hearts
Shane, Ron, Cathy, Robin, Maura, Pat, The Reverend Gary van der Meer, The Reverend Dr. Caroline Ducros, Major the Reverend Canon Catherine Askew, Ministry Intern John Holgate, Gordon, Gregory, Kerry and all who minister at St John's.(Please note Prayers will be posted for two consecutive weeks unless requested to be posted for a longer period of time.)

Our Diocese
Emmanuel, Arnprior The Reverend Canon Christine Piper
Interim-Priest-in-Charge For St. Luke’s Table, (one of our Diocesan Community Ministries) and its Executive Director Rachel Robinson.
For the chaplain to the Ottawa Police Service, The Reverend Canon Robert Heard.
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
Emmanuel Church, Ramleh, Israel.
 
Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
The Secretary General and staff of the Anglican Communion Office.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
The General Secretary and staff of the Lutheran World Federation.

ACC/ELCIC
The members of the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission.

The Anglican Communion from Aba to Zululand
The Diocese of Ideato – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Owerri Province)

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
WEEKLY PARISH WORSHIP VIDEO

This St John’s Worship Video anticipates our in-person worship service on Sunday, November 21, 2021 – The Reign of Christ. It includes:

• A conversation with Pastor Jim Pot of Knox Presbyterian Church Ottawa
• Scripture Reflection on John 18:33-38
• The hymn “Rejoice the Lord is King” sung by the St John’s Choir and improvised on the harp by St John’s Music Director Gordon Johnston

The worship service for the Reign of Christ at St John’s will include additional scriptures and music. You are welcome to join us at 8:00 & 10:15 a.m.


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

Welcome and I’m looking forward to meeting you!
Find out more about us: https://www.stjohnsottawa.com/

The Reverend Gary van der Meer
Pastor & Rector
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Saturday, 20 November – Bank Street Discovery Walk
Please join us on Saturday, November 20 for our last Discovery Walk of the season. This walk is intended to help us notice what is going on in our community. Please see the Bank Street Discovery Walk attachment that will be the focus of our post-walk coffee visit.
Meet at the St John's Bell Tower to depart from St John's at 10 a.m.
Note: These Discovery Walks are an important form of social analysis as we prepare to reach out to our wider community. If you have missed previous walks, we look forward to repeating them in the spring.
Stewardship 2022 - Taking the Next Step Together

Can you make a step up? St John’s impacts the lives of people at the corner of Somerset and Elgin every day. By now you will have received your 2022 Stewardship package. Read how the Community Thrift Shop creates community and connection. Read how worship provides food for the soul and inspiration for the spirit. For 2022, we want to increase our donations revenue by 10% helping St John’s to continue being the living hands and hearts of God in the community beyond our doors.  Please complete your donor response cards, and we invite you to include your prayers for St John’s future. Send your cards in or bring them with you on our Sunday of Gratitude, November 28, when we will celebrate all our gifts at both the 8:00 am and 10:15 am services.

University Student Lunch
You're invited to come and meet other university and college students (and recently graduated students) for a time to visit and get to know each other. We will meet after the Sunday worship service and walk to Deacon Brodies to enjoy their lunch and the special discount for St John's. We hope meeting leads to eating leads to friends!
This Sunday, November 21 Noon.
UPCOMING EVENTS
BOOK EVENING
We look forward to welcoming author and former parishioner Claudette Languedoc as we discuss her novelization of the Residential Schools, Courage and Complicity. This book is easily ordered online for Kindle or we do have paper copies available for sale $20/ea.in the church office.
Plan to join us for this discussion on:
Wednesday, November 24, 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85182825797
For our next book study please note there are now 5 copies of I Will Arise and Go Now: Reflections on the Meaning of Places and People by Herbert O'Driscoll at Perfect Books, with 5 more coming, ready for St John's folks to buy!
After several years, St John's has gathered our partners for
World AIDS Day: Challenges & Victories / Stories & Songs.
Plan to join us on Wednesday, December 1, 7:30 p.m.
Bishop's Visit
We look forward to welcoming Bishop Shane Parker to St John’s on
Sunday, December 12 at 8am and 10:15am
Plan to be with us as we welcome our Bishop!
TAKE NOTE
PWRDF Christmas Cards on Sale Sunday November 21st!
PWRDF Christmas cards will be for sale at the back of the church this week. Cards come in sets of 12 (dozen) cards to a package with one design per package and are available for a suggested minimum donation of $25. Also in the October Anglican Journal/Crosstalk you will find a copy of this year’s World of Gifts which offers a wide variety of meaningful Christmas gifts for family and friends. All proceeds go to The Primate’s Fund and to our overseas and Canadian partners. World of Gifts can be accessed online at https://pwrdf.org/get-involved/shop-pwrdfs-world-of-gifts/
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEXT SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 28
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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.