March 5
St Stephen’s Ottawa West will be hosting a World Day of Prayer service on Zoom at 1 p.m.
For registration please email [email protected]
Seniors in Conversation
Trinity Anglican Church in Ottawa offers a weekly online program Seniors in Conversation to help seniors stay connected and social during the isolation of the pandemic, meeting every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
In March and April, an Interactive Speaker Series offers an exciting list of guest speakers:
March 23: Ottawa mayor Jim Watson
March 30: Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
April 13: Senator Gwen Boniface
If you are interested in participating in Trinity’s Seniors in Conversation on Tuesdays or Friday Coffee Conversations, register to receive the Zoom link by emailing [email protected]. Each session is free of charge, and open to everyone interested, even those living outside of Ottawa. Also on Facebook, @HealthyAgeingOS
Lenten Resources available
(Source: Anglican Church of Canada.
Link to the resources listed below at https://www.anglican.ca/resources/lent2021/)
Events
Thursdays, February 18-April 1, 10am Encounters with Christ: A Lenten Sermon Series (Diocese of Huron)
Mondays, February 22-March 29, 7pm: Basic income for Canadians, a Lenten study (Diocese of Huron)
Wednesdays, February 24-March 31, 7pm ET: Meeting God in the wilderness, a Lenten journey (Zoom, led by Sylvia Keesmaat; small fee involved)
Wednesdays, February 24-March 24, 7:30pm ET: Deanery of London Lenten series (Diocese of Huron)
Recordings
Pew and Beyond—Lent in a lockdown: Discussion begins at 2:15 mark (Hosted by the Rev. Dr. Neil Mancor and the Rev. Canon Lisa Vaughan, with guests the Rev. Canon Dr. Dawn Davis and the Rev. Canon Leslie Gerlofs)
Activity guides
Becoming the story we tell, adapted for the Church in a time of pandemic A comprehensive program for Lent and Easter, including: activities for dioceses, parishes and small groups; liturgical resources; homiletic resources; and more (PDF, adapted 2021)
A Fast for the Earth (Diocese of Toronto)
Children’s Ministry Toolbox, including “Lent in a Box” (United Methodist Church, Michigan)
Resources for Lent and Easter at-home kits (Illustrated Ministry)
Daily or weekly reflections
Weekly video reflections from the Bishop of British Columbia
Behold, now is the day of salvation (2016 Lenten video series, Diocese of Ontario)
PWRDF’s Creation care, climate action: 40 days of PWRDF stories, 40 prayers for the Earth
Come, pray: Weekly video series (Society of St John the Evangelist)
Weekly Lenten Meditations (Wycliffe College)
Lent Madness: Fun and engaging daily email Lenten devotion series (Forward Movement)
Living well through Lent 2021: daily email devotional (Living Compass)
#LiveLent 2021: Living His Story daily email reflections (Church of England)
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”