Sunday, January 4th, 2026
- 9:00am Hawkesbury
- 11:00am Maxville
- 11:00am Vankleek Hill Lay service with Caroll
Sunday, January 11th, 2026
- 9:00am Calumet
- 11:00am Vankleek Hill
Sunday, January 18th, 2026
- 9:00am Hawkesbury
- 11:00am Maxville
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
- 9:00am Grenville
- 11:00am Vankleek Hill
- 11:00am Maxville (Lay Service by Clive)
The current Winter schedule can be found here.
On New Year’s Day there is a Eucharistic service at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa starting at 12:00 noon. Primate Shane Parker will be taking part in the service. There is to be a festive reception to follow the service. All are welcome.
Click here for directions.
Thank you to everyone who donated flowers to make our beautiful churches in our Parish even more welcoming.
Anglican Church 2026 Calendars - St John’s has some calendars left. If anyone is interested in purchasing one for themselves or for a Christmas gift, please contact Caroll via email at caroll.carkner@sympatico.ca
Art as a Spiritual Activity - Every Sunday in January and February. A Sunday afternoon meeting with your creative power in a sacred space, guided by Marlana Carnett. "Let me guide you through a relaxing session of playfulness and reflection, using simple art materials. Join this class to discover your own wisdom and inner strength. Amaze yourself!" Check here for times and contacts.
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Helping Hands
Centre 440 Hawkesbury - Providing Lunch / Creating Community - Last Saturday, December 20, we welcomed 62 participants to our Christmas dinner! We had a wonderful turkey and ham meal, with all the fixings, and a wonderful choice of desserts including Christmas logs and Christmas shortbread cookies! We were also delighted to welcome Santa Claus (and the Grinch!) who distributed wonderful gifts to all the children! Rosie, the OPP mascot, joined in on the fun and the 3 OPP Auxiliary officers who accompanied Rosie had a great time serving the meal and joining in on the festivities! And the adults were not forgotten with the special drawing for door prizes and a gift basket! Lots of laughter, smiles, joy and love were everywhere at Centre 440 at our special Christmas meal!
We have been so very blessed with community support, financial donations and donations of food! A very special thank you to VKH Foodland, Catered Affair and La Soupière Rockland who kindly and generously donated much of the food which was served to our participants! Their generosity and support are so much appreciated! And a most sincere and heartfelt thank you to everyone for your continuing support! We invite you to follow us on Facebook (Centre 440 Hawkesbury) and if you have any questions or comments, please send us an email at centre440hawkesbury@gmail.com We would be delighted to hear from you!
From all of us at Centre 440 to all of you: Wishing you all a very blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with much love, joy and peace!
Food Bank Baskets - Please remember to bring contributions for the Food Bank baskets at Holy Trinity Hawkesbury and St John’s Vankleek Hill. The most requested items are canned meat and fish, canned vegetables and fruit, cereal, pasta and sauce, legumes and peanut butter. The local Food Banks depend on our faithful contributions. St. John’s is collecting pill bottles (labels removed) , eye glasses, used stamps and pop can tabs for Belong Ottawa. There is also a basket for these items at Holy Trinity. Your contributions are appreciated.
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