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Christmas Eve WorshipJoin the Parish of the Valley for our in-person worship on Christmas Eve! Service times and locations are as follows: 2:00pm 4:00pm 7:00pm |
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Children's Christmas Eve ServiceLily and Thomas Hoyer Brown would like to extend a special invitation to children and families from across our Parish of the Valley to attend our parish's kid-friendly Christmas Eve service at All Saints Petawawa (1173 Victoria Street). We are holding it at the kid-friendly time of 4pm!
It will be a traditional candlelight Christmas Eve service. We are delighted that Maggie Jacques from Holy Trinity Pembroke has agreed to lead Christmas crafts and activities in the church hall for all the little ones. Rev. Matthew and Rev. Gillian will share in presiding and preaching.
It will be in the format of our typical Sunday worship. We will open with the gathering of the community and the lighting of the Christ candle in the Advent wreath. We will read a children’s Christmas storybook together, and then any children or young people who would like to join in are welcome to move to the church hall for more stories, crafts, and intentional activities for little ones. As with our Sunday School programs, we ask that some parents or grandparents be prepared to assist children with the crafts and activities in the hall.
Kids will then join back together with all the grown-ups in the sanctuary for Christmas communion and a candlelight singing of Silent Night (battery powered candles available!) If you think you might be coming, please feel free to email Rev. Gillian to help us with our planning, but no RSVP is required. Please join in and come as you are!
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Christmas Day WorshipWe are pleased to offer two services of Christmas Morning Holy Communion on Thursday, December 25th: 10:00am – Holy Trinity Pembroke 11:00am – St. John’s Eganville |
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The First Sunday of ChristmasOn the First Sunday of Christmas, December 28th, please join the Parish of the Valley for worship at one of the following service times and locations. 8:00am – Holy Trinity Pembroke (Said BCP) 9:00am – Ascension Killaloe (Lessons & Carols) 10:00am – Holy Trinity Pembroke (Sung BAS) 11:00am – St. John’s Eganville (Lessons & Carols) Services at other locations across our parish will resume on Sunday, January 4th. |
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Christmas Pastoral On-Call and Office HoursChristmas Pastoral On-Call: In case of a pastoral emergency over the holidays, from December 25th to December 28th, please call Rev. Nick (613-629-9498). From December 29th to January 4th, please call Rev. Matthew or Rev. Gillian (613-687-9123). Christmas & New Year Office Closure: The Office at Aborn House is closed for the holidays from December 19th, reopening on January 5th, 2026. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas. |
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Christmas Worship on YourTVWe continue to be grateful for our partnership with YourTV Ottawa Valley in order to broadcast services recorded live at Holy Trinity Pembroke across our local Cogeco television network. Below is the schedule of Parish of the Valley services being broadcast over the coming weeks. Because of staff holidays at YourTV, our regular broadcast of Sunday morning worship at Holy Trinity Pembroke with a one-week delay will be on hiatus until Sunday, January 25. In the forthcoming weeks, the YourTV broadcast schedule will be as follows: Christmas Eve: December 24th at 6:30pm - Christmas Eve Candelight Communion (recorded 2024) Christmas Day: December 25th at 10am - A Joyous Prelude to Christmas (recorded 2025) Sunday, December 28th at 10am - A Joyous Prelude to Christmas (recorded 2025) Sunday, January 4th at 10am - Sunday Holy Communion (recorded 2025) Sunday, January 11th at 10am - Sunday Holy Communion (recorded 2025) Sunday, January 18th at 10am - Sunday Holy Communion (recorded 2025) For the full YourTV Ottawa Valley schedule over the holidays, please see here. |
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Christmas Worship OnlineChristmas Worship continues to be livestreamed from Holy Trinity Pembroke. On Christmas Eve, you can join live at 7pm, and on Sundays you can continue to join live at 10am. Simply click on the "Worship Online" link below to be connected. All of the Parish of the Valley live-streamed and recorded services can be found on our YouTube channel and can be viewed at any time. |
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The Parish of the Valley Advent AppealThe Parish of the Valley's Advent Appeal is our annual Parish-wide stewardship initiative to support our local congregations and the various ministries they graciously provide. The Parish of the Valley’s Advent Appeal is now entering its sixth year. Together over these last five years we have raised $85,000 to support the many and varied ministries of our local congregations right across the Valley. If you are still considering a donation to your church for the Advent Appeal, there is still some time to make a donation for 2025 - all donations received by December 31st, 2025 will count towards this year's donations for the purposes of a tax receipt. We continue to be grateful for your generous and faithful support, both financially and through your gifts of your time and talents, as together we steward the gifts God has given us for living into God's mission here in our beloved Valley. |
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Starry Starry NightMembers of the Anglican Parish of the Valley are invited to join together with members of Ottawa Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada congregations for an Anglican-Lutheran Epiphany Celebration: Starry, Starry Night! Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 4pm at Zion Lutheran Church Pembroke (454 Miller Street). Come for beautiful music and a delightful service of shared worship with our full communion siblings in Christ. All are welcome! |
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The Valley BulletinHere you will find our parish prayer list, scripture readings according to the Sunday lectionary, and links to worship by the Parish of the Valley and other Anglican resources and services. Please download the Valley Bulletin for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from the link below. |
