MINISTER’S OFFICE HOURS:
Monday 9-12 noon
Tuesday 9-12 noon
Wednesday 9-12 noon at St. David’s
You may drop by for a coffee.
Thursday 9 – 12 noon
Friday –
Minister’s Day Off
The Manse telephone number is 625-0407
Food Bank donations are received on the
last Sunday of each month.
Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle
Knitters and crocheters - gather together in the parlour of St.
Mark’s on the 3rd Monday of each month. Monday September
17th will be our next time of gathering at 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 22nd – Sept. 28th
– Nan away. Worship Leader: Jim St. Clair
Sept. 26th – Service at
the Nursing Home
October 7th – World Wide
Communion Sunday/Thanksgiving Sunday.
October 21st – 11:00 a.m.
- St. David’s Anniversary Service.
Sympathy is extended to June Stirling & family on the death of her son, Scott Marshall Stirling.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registration of St. Mark’s Sunday
School starting on Sunday, September 16th.
September 18th –
Congregational Board Meeting- 6:30 p.m. Executive, 7:00 p.m.
Committees, 8:00 p.m. Combined Board
The Ways and Means Committee of St.
Mark's as well as the Cookbook Committee would like to keep you all
informed as to how our fund-raising is going. The new re-ordered
Cookbooks have arrived. Ruth - Chair of the Ways &
Means Committee.
The Being-Doing-Becoming Clinic GASHA
recently sent a donation and card of thanks to St. Mark's for the use
of the facilities throughout the year. "Being able to use the
facilities at St. Mark's provided us a safe and warm place to help
the members of our group in their recovery. Part of this recovery is
becoming part of the community. The church has become our safe haven.
Anita Gerroir, CMHN on behalf of all our group."
Donations and thank you cards were also
received from Family Place Resource Centre and Early Childhood
Intervention groups for the use of the hall and facilities during the
summer months.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY – Official Board Meeting
following worship.
St. David’s Anniversary Service will
be on October 21st at 11:00 a.m. This is a combined
Service with St. Mark’s. NO Service at St. Mark’s. Lunch to
follow. Everyone is welcome to come.
Church Hall Cleaners for Sept. are
Catherine Mac Lean & Lynn King
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
A community fund raising event in the
form of a spaghetti supper will be held at St. Mark’s Church Hall,
Port Hawkesbury on Sept. 28.2012 from 4:30 to 6:30 by “Friends of
Darryl MacQuarrie” Darryl has been ill and unable to work since
May, spending most of the time since that in hospital and recently
under going major surgery. Admission to the supper is by donation.
Glendale
Kitchen Ceilidhs: starting at 7:00 p.m. September 19th,
October 3rd, 17th
Traditional Cape Breton music. Admission is free, donations
appreciated, Proceeds to the Fr. John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre.
Lunch to follow.
Terry
Fox Run 2012 TODAY starting at 1:00 pm at Port Hawkesbury Civic
Centre Come join us to walk, run or bike 1 km, 5 km or 10 km
and help support the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research!
For more information call Sarah at 625-5405. No minimum entry fee.
Raising pledges is optional.
Community
Memorial Service for late Edna Harding of Mulgrave, Sunday Sept 16th
at 1:30 P.M. at Trinity United, Mulgrave.
Holy Trinity Auction,
Sat. Sept. 22nd at St. Mark's United Church, Port Hawkesbury. View
auction items at 10 am. Auction begins at 11 am. Bake Sale
Table, Canteen Facilities. Proceeds support Holy Trinity Anglican
Church, Port Hawkesbury
Adult
Upgrading/GED Classes Available:
Register now to
improve your reading, writing, math and/or computer skills; prepare
to write the GED; upgrade your skills for employment; or work towards
your own personal goals. Both day and evening classes available in
both Arichat and St. Peter’s from October 1/12 - June 7/13. There
is no fee for these classes, learners can start at anytime, and
everyone works at their own pace with the help of a qualified and
supportive instructor. Assistance with childcare and transportation
may be available. For more information, please call the Richmond
County Literacy Network at 226 – 0383 or 535-3304.
Strait
Area Community Grief Support Group. A six week grief support program
is being offered to help people walk through the grief process as
they encounter a more difficult & painful yet normal experience.
Thursday, Oct. 4th
to Thurs. Nov. 8, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 pm at St. Joseph’s Parish
Hall, 138 Granville Street, Port Hawkesbury, There is no fee for this
program. Sponsored in part by the Strait Area Palliative Care
Society. To register contact: Gladys MacDougall 863-1375
macdougallgladys@gmail.com
or Barbara De Marsh 863-7179 Barbara.deMarsh@gasha.nshealth.ca
