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Our Advent Outreach and Advent Hallow Prayer Challenge are launching! Click here to learn more.
Thank You!
This past week, we were blown away by the generosity of the parish. We’ve already seen so many responses to Fr. Rob’s and we’re so grateful! By supporting the parish, you’re helping bring our vision to life: a passionate missionary church transforming the world.
Fr. Rob challenged us to discern giving in three different ways:
1. Become a parish donor for the first time.
2. If you’re already a donor, increasing your donation.
3. Consider including the parish in your will or giving a large gift.
To learn more about how to give, click here.
Each person’s situation is unique and different, and what they’re called to give can change throughout life’s seasons. But your money makes a difference and what you choose to give directly impacts what exists. It sets the table at our Alphas, fills coffee cups and puts out pastries at Hospitality Sunday, unrolls nametags, cleans the floors, lights altar candles, and puts confession guides into nervous hands as they enter the confessional. It changes things. It keeps the lights bright, the facilities clean, the ministries impactful, and our doors open.
It also does more than maintaining the status quo. As our parish continues to grow, our budget and needs do too; we have more people than ever to serve! We’ve already felt the stretch of limited staff hours, volunteer asks, and budget needs. We want to grow our mission, not simply maintain it.
A special ‘Thank You’
An anonymous donor gifted every single item on our parish wishlist this past week, including 23 kids books, 2 Shining Light dolls, and 9 new additions to our library. While we don’t know the donor’s name, we want to say a huge thank you! Several of the books have already arrived and been added to our collections; they’re already being read! If you keep an eye out this weekend, you can spot some of the new additions in our Mass book section.
Pray for our Alpha Retreat!
This weekend, our current Alpha participants are on their Holy Spirit retreat! This is an important moment in the Alpha journey, and can often be the very first encounter with the Holy Spirit. Please pray for courage, for open hearts, and for all the small details to come together.
We are in need of a few more volunteers to help with clean up after the retreat. The Alpha team works from morning till late evening and is pretty exhausted by the end. Having a fresh clean up crew makes a huge difference! If you can help with clean up from 7:30pm - 8:30pm on Saturday night, email alpha@annunciation-ottawa.com.
Christmas Memorial Poinsettias
This Christmas, honour the memory of a loved one by contributing toward the parish Christmas poinsettias. Your memorial gift will help fill the sanctuary with beautiful flowers during the Christmas season, and the names of those remembered will be shared with the parish.
Suggested donation amount: $40
To participate:
- Pick up a form at the Welcome Centre or print it from our website (see pdf below)
- Fill out the form with your information, the name of your loved one, and attach payment.
- Drop off the form and payment at the parish office, either during office hours or in the mail slot.
Printable Form: Memorial Poinsettias Form.pdf
Please make your cheques payable to: Annunciation of the Lord Parish - Sanctuary Flower Ministry.