March 2nd at 12:00 and at 7:00
12pm – Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes at the Church (no music or sermon)
7pm – Service of the Word with Self-imposition of Ashes on Zoom (with hymns and sermon)
download the booklet
12pm – Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes at the Church (no music or sermon)
7pm – Service of the Word with Self-imposition of Ashes on Zoom (with hymns and sermon)
download the booklet
Saturdays from 9:30-11:30
Registration for our first session of Rising Up is FULL! We are excited to announce that we will be running a second session from May 7 – June 18. Contact us if you’d like us to email you when registration for the second session opens.
Story at the (Zoom) Rectory Book Study
Join us to discuss this challenging and hopeful book:
Thursdays, 7:30-9pm
Email Rhonda to sign up and get the Zoom link
The book ($21.50 plus tax) is available from Indigo, Amazon, and by special order from the independent bookstore near you! If cost is an issue, please speak to Rhonda.
from the book jacket:
How does a denomination historically connected to establishment and empire become a church that loves Jesus, lives in solidarity with the oppressed, and seeks the flourishing of all God’s children?
The Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) has been, since the Middle Ages, the traditional occasion for blessing homes for the coming year. Perhaps it comes from the idea of hosting holy pilgrims such as the Magi or perhaps we are the Magi, seeking the new king, and the blessing reminds us that Jesus is to be found in our own homes.
We will mark the Feast as a church community on Sunday, January 2nd and have the opportunity to mark our doorframes during the service. We won’t be blessing chalk to use this year but, as a gift of God’s creation, chalk is already sacred anyway…and I know from experience that a tums tablet can be pressed into service in a pinch!
Download this short prayer (en français aussi) for us during the service or at a time that suits you!
An original radio play by Gilbert
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featuring
Thomas as our announcer
Trevor as Caspar
Erica as Melchior
Rhonda as Balthazar
Kate as King Herod
Meghan & Thomas as the Royal Advisors
Robert as Joseph
Sarah as Mary
Cynthia as Gabriel
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with original music by Meghan
and We Three Kings by RTistsforChristmas.bandcamp.com
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produced and edited by Rhonda
Church of the Ascension is a parish of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa,
and the Anglican Church of Canada.
We stand on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnabe nation.