All women are invited to come to our afternoon women’s group. We will enjoy cards, board games and fellowship. Tea, coffee and treats will be served.

We hope you can join us for our Zoom Trivia Night (multiple choice questions!) in support of Campus Ministry at Algonquin College: Friday, April 5 at 7:00 PM. You can either organize a team of your own or join others who will be participating, all in support of the ecumenical Christian Campus Ministry that serves the students and staff at Algonquin College. Cost: Freewill donation (all donations are tax-receiptable).

The Zoom link, (please see below) will be live at 6:45 PM on Friday, April 5.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83378395987?pwd=djcrWGYrSFlnOEpiUjVFT04wWlljUT09

If you are unable to attend but would like to make a tax-receiptable donation, you can do so through our CanadaHelps website:

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/algonquin-college-campus-ministry/

For more information, please contact Jack Wilson @ wilsonjohns@rogers.com

Following the Palm Sunday service during coffee hour, come and enjoy our Palm Sunday Bake Sale. Delicious Easter and other baking will be for sale. If you would like to contribute baking, please contact: jccollett@bell.net.

Dave Chisholm (President of the Ottawa Chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) will speak to us about the total solar eclipse which will occur in Ottawa on April 8, 2024. Bring our favourite dessert (pie, case, cookies etc) to share. This promises to be an interesting evening.

All women are invited to an afternoon of games, sweets and fellowship. You can enjoy a game of euchre, bridge, board games - or just sit and chat with friends. Tea, coffee and sweets will be served. No need to register, just show up in the lower hall.

All parishioners are asked to do their best to attend the Annual Vestry to be held on March 3, 11:30 a.m. Your presence and participation are important as we come together to reflect on the past year, discuss important matters, and chart the course for the future of our parish. The Annual Vestry report will be emailed to those on the parish list, and is also available in the office.

LUNCH

Participants are requested to bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy before and during the meeting. Fellowship will serve coffee, tea and cookies as usual..

Please join with us Friday, March 1 at Christ Church Bells Corners for an ecumenical World Day of Prayer service starting at 1:00 p.m.  The World Day of Prayer is a worldwide ecumenical movement of Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action that has taken place annually for a century. Each year the worship service is designed by a different country, a process that can take up to 5 years.

The address for Christ Church Bells Corners is 3861 Old Richmond Road, Nepean ON K2H 5C1. Phone: 613 829 1826.

You are invited to receive ashes and begin your Lenten observance at this evening Ash Wednesday Service.

Please note that the end time of the service as given is approximate.

You are invited to observe the beginning of your Lenten observance and receive ashes at this morning Ash Wednesday Service. Please note that the end time of this service as given is approximate.

Come and enjoy a delicious meal of sausage, pancakes, maple syrup and more! A free-will offering will be received.

After the pancake supper you will have the opportunity to receive ashes as part of our “Ashes to Go” service. The liturgy will take place in the church from 6.00 pm to 6.30 pm and again from 7.10 pm to 7.30 pm. This will allow people to receive ashes and begin their Lenten observance even if they are unable to attend our traditional Ash Wednesday Service (which is the next day).

Multi-instrumentalist Sadio Sissoko will set the tone of our month-long Black History Month celebration when he will share his enthusiastic talents on African drums and other instruments. We will then enjoy an African-Caribbean feast from Zimbabwe, Nigeria and the Caribbean. The cost is a free-will offering. For more information please contact the office. We would like to make sure we have enough food for all. So if you would like to come, please register here: https://forms.gle/EaUUdCB4KZoiq7Wb9

Join us for a family service of games, bible activities and a delicious meal. Activities will include learning a special song for Palm Sunday, games for children (and adults) of all ages, and a time of fellowship. Please register so we have enough food and supplies for everyone at: https://forms.gle/QFM384SPU3dhKeUq7

Women’s Group Meeting

On Sunday after church women of the parish will gather to share insights and ideas to shape the future of our women’s fellowship. Everyone is invited to come. Get your cup of coffee after church, and join us.

Note that the time of the meeting is approximate as it will happen after the 10.00 am service

We will hold our annual service of Christmas carols and lessons with Eucharist on New Year’s day. Join us and come sing and hear the Gospel in music. Note that the end time of the service given is approximate.

Children/youth along with their grownups, and the young at heart, are invited to the Children’s Christmas Service and Party on Saturday, December 16, from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. The event will be held in the church hall. There will be games, food and gingerbread houses to be built! The evening will conclude with prayers.

So that we can make sure we have enough food and supplies, please register at this link:

https://forms.gle/2dEgnmMHGAVySUzn8

We regret to say that because of potentially risky driving because of the weather situation, the concert tonight is cancelled. We are very disappointed!

Member churches of the Ottawa West End Community Chaplaincy will join together at St. Stephens for a concert at : St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Jesus is Lord, Britannia United, Christ Church Bells Corners and Bells Corners United Church. A free will offering will be taken up to support programs of the Chaplaincy. No tickets required - just come along!

Poster

As St. Stephen’s has done in the past, we will be distributing grocery cards to those requesting help for this coming Christmas season. Donations will be received starting November 17 until December 3 through cash, cheques or e-transfer to sstreasurer@googlegroups.com. Mark your gift as “White Gift”. We will dedicate the gifts received at the service.

Note that the end time of the service shown is approximate.

The Right Rev. Dr. Shane Parker, Bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa will preach, celebrate communion, confirm and reaffirm several members of our Parish. There will also be an opportunity for us to renew our Baptismal vows. A celebration reception, (including cake) will follow.

Please note that the end time noted for the service is approximate.

Matthew Larkin will perform an organ recital featuring the music of Bach, Vierne, Rachel Laurin and Robert Fleming . A reception will follow. Free will offering will be received in support of Belong Ottawa.  Any donation of $20 or more will get a tax receipt Poster. Note the end time posted for the event is approximate.

Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Gibbons will be our preacher and celebrant this Sunday. Padre Mike is serving in the military on a secondment from the Anglican Church. We will honour our military and veterans through prayers, a minute of silence, song and full celebration with a piper, bagpipes and everyone will get a chance to lay a poppy on the wreath. Also, we will pray for peach in war torn regions especially for Palestine and Israel.

Please note that the end time given of this service is approximate.

Save the date for our annual Fall Food Fair. We will have a great assortment of baking, frozen foods, jams, jellies… and lots more. And the best lunch in town!

Coffee and muffin 9.30 - 11 am

Lunch - 11 am - 12.30 pm

For more information email jcollett@bell.net.

The service will include a time to remember those who have died this year. Please send in the names of those you may want to remember to the office. Candles will be lit for each individual.

Note that the given end of this service is approximate.