Several events are planned throughout the year to bring both long-time parishioners and the wider community together.

Join us on May 9 at 7 pm for Our Story in Song, a curated choir concert featuring choral favourites.

This will be followed by the city-wide Doors Open Ottawa on June 6, where historical displays will be set up in Tomkins Hall.

On June 13, the celebration takes a nostalgic turn with the “Over the Decades ACW Tea,” hosted by the Anglican Church Women.

Younger members of the community can also look forward to a historical scavenger hunt in the summer

Even more events are being planned throughout the year. See www.stjames-manotick.ca for more details.

Storytelling project

As part of the sesquicentennial, the church is embarking on a storytelling project. The goal is to collect 150 vignettes from past and present parishioners to create a living history of the congregation.

While the anniversary is a time for reflection, it also serves a practical purpose for the church’s physical heritage. A primary fundraising goal for the year is the urgent refurbishment of the East Window.

The restoration is a major focal point of the anniversary campaign. In a creative nod to the project, congregants can track fundraising progress in real-time by watching a stained-glass window drawing in the narthex, which will be «filled in» as donations reach milestones.For more information on these events, contact the organizing team at 150th@stjames-manotick.

— The Rev. John Holgate is the Incumbent at St. James, Manotick.

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