THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN'S
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SCRIPTURE READINGS

Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER

Those On Our Hearts
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 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
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

Fourteenth Sunday
after Pentecost
Sunday, August 29 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.

PARISH COFFEE HOUR
Thursdays at 10am
Beginning Again September 2

Join Gary+ and your fellow parishioners on zoom for a weekly catch up including questions and reflections as we continue to grow and enrich our community.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
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 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.
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!
TAKE NOTE
ST LUKE'S TABLE NEEDS MUGS

St Luke's Table is in dire need of coffee mugs. If you have extra that you would like to donate, please drop them off at St Luke's Table:
760 Somerset St. W.  (613 238 4193)

Monday - Friday 9 AM - 7 PM or, Saturday and Sunday 12 PM - 7 PM

Please, 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): Busy Bee - Barbara Dorrell; Gorgeous Garden - Alex Bissett;
Cottage Blooms - Thomas Shaw-Stiffel.

(From Bottom Left): Cat on a Wall - Alex Bissett;
New Hay - Barbara Dorrell; Cheeky Chipmunk - Detlef Dransch

(Social Media Title Photo: Cottage Rose - Thomas Shaw-Stiffel)

To see more submissions, check out our Facebook & Instagram pages!
SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEXT SUNDAY - SEPT 5
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17; Mark 7:24-37
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.