The Parish of South Carleton is an Area Parish composed of three churches. Our in-person church services and programs rotate churches from St. Paul’s Osgoode to Holy Trinity North Gower on Sundays with a mid week service in St. John’s Kars usually the second Wednesday of the month as well as some evenings.
join us for our upcoming Services
in the Parish of South Carleton
Everyone is welcome!
Sunday, March 29 - Palm Sunday - *St. Paul’s Osgoode, 9:00 am, HE
Thursday, April 2 - Maundy Thursday - 7:00 pm - St. John’s Richmond
Friday, April 3 - Good Friday - 10:00 am Ecumenical Walks
Osgoode - Beginning at Osgoode-Kars United Church, walking to St. Paul’s Osgoode for 10:30 am.
North Gower - Beginning at Holy Trinity North Gower and walking to Cornerstone Wesleyan Church for 10:30 am (6556 Prince of Whales Drive, North Gower).
*Sunday, April 5 - Easter Sunday/Sunday of the Resurrection - Holy Trinity North Gower, 9:00 am, HE.
*Wednesday, April 8 - Mid Week Service of Holy Eucharist - **Holy Trinity North Gower, 10:00 am until the construction at St. John’s Kars is completed.
Sunday, April 12 - Second Sunday of Easter - Joint Service at 10:00 am at St. John’s Richmond, HE. We will be wishing John Becvar our Divinity Student all the best with a pot luck luncheon to follow the service. Please let Nancy Evoy know if you will be attending the pot luck for organizational and planning purposes nancy.evoy70@gmail.com or 613-838-5032.
CONTEMPLATIVE LENT - Centering Prayer and Practice Group
Our Divinity student John Becvar will be leading a contemplative prayer and practice group for the season of Lent where we will explore spiritual practices of contemplative prayer and meditation. We will also discuss the traditional Lenten practices of the Church including prayer, fasting, abstinence, almsgiving, and reconciliation. Everyone in invited to join the prayer group - both beginner and proficient. We will meet at St John’s, Richmond on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm starting on Ash Wednesday, February 18, until Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The group will be a lovely exploration of the inner growth and communion with the Lord that can take place during the holy time of Lent.
Lenten Zoom Program: The Poetry of Lent – In this five-week Lenten program, the words of scripture and the poetry of Mary Oliver will be our guides. Each week, biblical texts and Oliver’s poems illumine each other, pointing toward simple practices that we will help us to deepen our Lenten journey. Sessions take place via ZOOM on Wednesday mornings, 10:00 AM beginning on February 25 and continuing on Wednesday, March 4, TUESDAY, March 10, then Wednesdays, March 18, and March 25.Participants are welcome to come to any or all of the sessions.
*Coffee hour follows the service on the first Sunday and Second Wednesday of the month.
Food Bank Sunday is the First Sunday of each month.
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All ages welcome to all services.
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Note: Please do not attend in-person church if you have cold or flu symptoms.
We would like to keep everyone in the congregation as healthy as possible.
Transfiguration - Mardi Gras Joint Service at St. John’s Richmond February 15, 2026
Featuring the Manotick Brass Ensemble.
