FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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A MESSAGE FROM
BETH+ AND GORDON
Please click on the photo to see a video from us!
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A LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, Online
Please worship with this
online service. Simply scroll down at your own pace, saying the service alone or with others (appropriately distanced, in a virtual meeting, or on the phone). With gratitude for our Cathedral and its ministry!
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Our Parish
Our clergy, staff, and members of St John's in this unusual season, and as we begin a time of transition.
Those on Our Hearts
Mieke, Barnabas, Tom, Ian; Ann Pollak who has died, her daughters Nancy, Susan, Catherine, Robin, and all who mourn; all who suffer discrimination based on race; all who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our Diocese
Shane, our Bishop; St Thomas the Apostle, Ottawa, The Venerable Peter Crosby, The Reverend Tim Kehoe; St Thomas, Woodlawn, St George’s, Fitzroy Harbour, The Reverend John Stopa.
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
Linda, our Primate; Anne, our Metropolitan; Bishop David Greenwood, clergy, and people of the Diocese of Athabasca.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
Susan, Presiding Bishop; the dean, council, and congregations of the Swift Current Conference of the Saskatchewan Synod.
Parish Prayer Group
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WEEKLY PODCAST
Saturdays, Online
Bishop Shane will be exploring and conversing his way across the Diocese!
Tune in each Saturday to see where he is and what is happening around our vast and exciting Diocese.
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COFFEE WITH BETH+
Wednesdays in July
10 am, Zoom
The Rector is looking forward to catching up with you virtually! Make yourself a cuppa and then either click on the photo or on this
link, to join the Zoom call from any internet browser on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer. Looking forward to "seeing" you!
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COLOUR!
In celebration of Canada Day 2020, CBC stations across the country commissioned local artists to create colouring pages representing our 13 beautiful provinces and territories. From coast to coast to coast, you can colour your way across Canada with the CBC's Great Canadian Colouring Book. Feeling inspired? Click
here to get started!
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CELEBRATE IN SONG
More than 100 Newfoundland and Labrador school communities and some special guests come together in a musical video compilation celebrating strength and unity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SAVOUR THE SUMMER
Warm days, cool nights, fireflies, shooting stars, bare legs, iced tea, watermelon, sweet corn, and swimming - all summer long, God lingers around every corner, in the shade of every tree, around every campfire. To make the most of this season, here’s an invitation to be as intentional as possible about savouring the wonders of summer - and growing closer to the One who makes it so sweet! Check out this
link for lots of resources to make your summer even sweeter!
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FIND COURAGE
Joy Clarkson has a theory, and she is staking her PhD on it. Clarkson, who is studying at the University of St Andrew's, in Scotland, argues that the stories you read, watch, and hear can actually help shape your character in real life. Long story short: if you spend enough time with Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings, you, too, may become more brave than you ever thought possible. Check out the CBC article and podcast
here.
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REFLECT
This
article, "This is The Best Time to Be the Church" reminds us who we are meant to be during this time, and all difficult times. Churches need shepherds and churches need sheep, and we need everyone to consider their calling. Our world needs each of us - there is so much work to do.
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GET UP AND DANCE!
This dancing was filmed on Moscow's “overlook” in Sparrow Hills. Try not to smile as you watch this! It’s a nice, gentle clip…. “Putting on the Ritz”, in Moscow, no less! What a crazy, delightful, ever changing world! Who could have thought that in 2012 young people in Moscow would put on a "flash mob" happening, dancing to an 83 year old American song?!
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BIDDING FAREWELL TO BETH+
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As you will know from the letter from Bishop Shane as published in the Special Edition of TWSJ that was sent out last Saturday, Beth+ will be leaving St John's to become the Dean of Ottawa and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral as of September 1st. Her last day in the parish will be July 30th, as she will take vacation in August.
Small group, physically distanced opportunities for you to see Beth before she leaves and wish her well will be organized by the Wardens - watch this space for more info.
Please sign the virtual goodbye card, as below!
Beth would prefer not to receive a purse of money, but she has suggested two ways in which you are welcome to celebrate her ministry among us - by donating to the Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre and/or contributing to the gift of a cope. Please see below for more info.
If you require any further information, please be in touch with one of the Wardens,
Detlef or
Stephen.
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VIRTUAL
GOODBYE CARD
Leaving a parish during this pandemic time means finding creative ways to bid farewell. Click
here to leave your thoughts, memories, and well-wishes for Beth+.
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CELEBRATING BETH'S MINISTRY
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The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre is one of our Diocesan Community Ministries. It offers counselling and psychotherapy services for individuals, couples and families. The Counselling Support Fund supports those in our community impacted by mental health issues who come without the financial resources to access mental healthcare. To make a donation in thanksgiving for Beth's ministry among us, click
here.
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There are many special services at the Cathedral, and as Dean, Beth will require a special processional vestment known as a cope. She has chosen this one from Bramante Studio in Kitchener. It will be known as the "St John's Cope" and Beth will think of us with great joy and thanksgiving each time she wears it! To donate towards this gift of a cope, click
here, and put "Cope for Beth" in the message box.
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RESOURCES
FOR HOME PRAYER
To help keep you connected with prayer, faith and community in times of physical distancing, the General Synod (national office) has compiled a number of
resources.
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VIRTUAL SERVICES
IN OUR DIOCESE
In-person worship suspended? Prayers are still ascending! Here is a
list of virtual services in Diocese of Ottawa.
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ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
ANGLICAN CHURCH
154 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, ON K2P 0H8
613-232-4500
office@stjohnsottawa.ca
On facebook! here --->
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The Reverend Canon Beth Bretzlaff, Rector
The Reverend Dr Caroline Ducros, Deacon
BGen (Ret’d) The Venerable John Fletcher, Honourary Assistant
The Reverend Canon Dr Gary Hauch, Honourary Assistant
The Reverend Michael Hicks, Honourary Assistant Emeritus
Dr Gordon Johnston, FRCCO, Organist and Choirmaster
Laura Macdonald, Church Administrator
Detlef Dransch, Rector’s Warden
Stephen Giles
, People's Warden
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