We Remember in Prayer...
Our Parish
Our clergy, staff, and members of St. Luke's; participants and staff of St. Luke's Table in this unusual and challenging time
Those on Our Hearts
Brad, Inez, Ken, Sarah, Bryan W.; Kathleen; Lawson; all who suffer discrimination based on race; all who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; our neighbours in the United States in these troubling days; all those on our hearts.
We hold Barbara and Ed Maynard and family in our hearts and in our prayers as they mourn the loss of Barbara's brother Larry, who died yesterday. You can find the obituary here.
Our Diocese
Shane, our Bishop; The work and ministry of our Diocesan Ecumenical Officer, The Reverend Canon John Wilker-Blakley. Our Diocesan Newspaper Crosstalk, and for Leigh Anne Williams, Editor.
Our Companion Diocese of Jerusalem
Archbishop Suheil Dawani, and their Coadjutor Bishop, The Right Reverend Dr. Hosam Naoum.
The Anglican Church of Canada
Linda, our Primate; Anne, our Metropolitan; Executive Director, Will Postma, and staff of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Executive Director, Karin Achtelstetter, and staff of Canadian Lutheran World Relief. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
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The generosity of all of you who continue to make the extra effort required at this time to offer your financial support is appreciated so very much. It is making all the difference. Thank you!
You can donate online through Canada Helps here
Church Offering Envelopes
This is the time of year when church offering envelopes would be available at the back of the church on a Sunday morning; these will be available when we return to in-person worship.
Please note that envelope numbers have changed if your previous number was over 40. You can be in touch with Lynn Jones about this, either at 613-448-1647 or by email at kearn@personainternet.com
Many thanks for your continued support and generosity!
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Virtual Gathering
Wednesdays 11 a.m.
A Service of the Word with Lectio divina (Scripture Meditation) on the Gospel for Sunday.
Click here for the Zoom link. Click here for the order of service.
Calling all St. Lukians for Ways to Connect
John Price, Heather Mallett and Anne Wright
As we enter another round of lock down, we are exploring interest in other ways to connect virtually. As usual, Rev. Victoria will be offering virtual Lectio divina on Wednesdays
In addition, if there is interest, John Price will convene a weekly Centering Prayer session. Curious about Centering prayer? Click here to learn more.
Heather Mallett and Anne Wright are proposing to replace this fall's St. Luke's Virtual Social Hour with St. Luke's Virtual Social and Story-Telling Time. We would like to find a time and day that works for more people after January 17 2021. To find out more about the idea, click here. We warmly invite you to participate in the Virtual Story-Telling Time whenever you can as a story-teller or a listener. Here's a link to a survey to find out what time works best for most, and whose story you'd like to hear, and whether you're open to sharing your story.
Wonder and Grief: A Virtual Poetry Dive
Pre-pandemic, the Ottawa Poetry Bards regularly offered Sacred Poetry Walks at St. Luke's, and we are grateful to be one of the recipients of donations for these events. It is good news indeed that these poetry walks have gone virtual, transforming into Poetry Dives. The next one will be offered on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 on Zoom. Click here for more information and to register.
Second book study begins with The Universal Christ
Following the great success of the first Diocesan wide Zoom book study, a second one is being planned. Beginning February 4th and running for six weeks from 7:00 to 8:30pm, we will look at Richard Rohr’s book “The Universal Christ.”
“Fr. Richard challenges us to search beneath the surface of our faith and see what is sacred in everyone and everything. Anyone who strives to put their faith into action will find encouragement and inspiration in the pages of this book.” -Melinda Gates, author of The Moment of Lift"
For more information or to register please contact Canon Doug Richards at doug.richards@ottawacathedral.ca
Do you need support?
Each one of us is experiencing these pandemic days in a different way. If you would like to check in, have a conversation, share a laugh or a cry, or be prayed with, please be in touch with Rev. Victoria (victoria@stlukesottawa.ca or 613-698-6083) to set up a Zoom meeting or phone conversation.
Would you like to connect with another member of the community but aren’t sure how to reach them? Contact Helen Cathcart at familylibrarian@yahoo.ca, or leave a message on the church answering machine and we’ll make the connection.
We can get through this together!
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Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
(Blaise Pascal)
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