This Sunday we celebrate the Third Sunday after Pentecost with Canon Doug Richards preaching.

Over these past many months, our livestreaming has been increasingly plagued with issues. This is very frustrating for those involved in the liturgy and also for all of you worshipping with us. For this Sunday and next, we will be offering something different, as we take a pause and hopefully resolve the glitches!

One service will be available each week. This week's is a pre-recorded Eucharist, with both video and still photography. Please do follow along with the order of service. And next Sunday we will be joining in the Diocesan Indigenous Sunday's liturgy (see next item). Looking forward to coming back live to your home in a few weeks!

Until we reopen for in-person worship, we will be continuing to partner with St. Luke's Ottawa, and other parishes will be joining our worship from time to time as their clergy go on vacation. Please watch this space!

CLICK HERE to open your Order of Service for the 10:30 Sung Eucharist (BAS).

This year the members and friends of the All My Relations (AMR) Circle will offer a National Indigenous Day of Prayer service. The Cathedral community is invited to join this service at the time of our usual Sunday 10:30 Eucharist on Sunday, June 20th.

Details will be available in next week's newsletter.

We are excited to tell you that Christ Church Cathedral will again be participating in the Ride for Refuge in support of PWRDF. The Cathedral team is "getting ready", oiling the chains on their bikes, stretching out unused muscles, tuning up their instruments and sharpening knitting needles. Yes, once again the options of how you can participate are as varied as your talents.

Last year our team exceeded their goal raising over $2,500 and your support will ensure success again this year. This year funds will be raised for the “Light for Every Birth” project, in which solar suitcases will be provided for health clinics in Mozambique, allowing for safer births at night, in areas without power. A matching grant doubles the efforts.

Interested in joining this year's team or sponsoring their efforts? Watch this newsletter for more details. We invite you to direct questions or comments to info@ottawacathedral.ca

Looking for a special way to send your next message? This unique set of greeting cards offers lovely images from the cathedral and carry your message to say thank you, to mark special occasions and just to let someone know you are thinking of them. Each package contains 5 separate images and are blank inside. Envelopes included.

Contact the cathedral office to purchase your package of 5 cards for $10, all in support of cathedral restoration.

Blasting continued to rock our world this week as the now familiar warning whistles alert us to the coming "boom", sometimes almost soft but more often felt throughout the neighbourhood. The beautiful weather has continued to facilitate good progress. Blasting will continue for most of the summer as we all look forward to the opening of the site and the corresponding reopening of our lives.

It continues to be facinating watching the changes to the site sometimes hourly throughout the day. As requested by many of our members, we will do our best to keep you advised as changes take place. Please contact the cathedral office at any time if you have questions or would like additional information about this second phase of the Cathedral Hill plan.

If you would like to remember family or friends in May, July or August, please let us know your preferred date at info@ottawacathedral.ca. Gwynneth Evans will follow up to discuss your preferences with you.

The Cathedral YouTube channel is your go-to location for all live-streamed services and a number of other saved treasures for you. If you are interested in following the live-streamed services and/or want to revisit some of them at a later time, they are all here for you. Find us anytime at  https://www.youtube.com/c/christchurchcathedralottawa

To find us easily any time, subscribe to the channel. Call the cathedral office if you have questions or need assistance. We look forward to meeting you there.

Readings for Next Sunday
4th Sunday after Pentecost (Indigenous Sunday), June 20th 2021
Readings: 1 Samuel 17:32-49; Psalm 9:9-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41 

Questions?
For more information on anything in this newsletter or if you are in need of pastoral care or other assistance,
please contact us by calling 613.236.9149 or emailing info@ottawacathedral.ca

The Cathedral church and premises remain closed during this RED stage of the pandemic plan.