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. Mon., Dec. 17th at 1 p.m.will be our next time of gathering.
Gifts with Vision: A Gift-giving Catalogue -Our congregation has received multiple copies of Gifts with Vision: A Gift-giving Catalogue from the United Church of Canada for all of us to use and share. The catalogue represents a special opportunity to give gifts to loved ones and an additional way to support our partners through the Mission and Service Fund.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Hanging of the Greens Service at St. Mark’s tonight at 6:30 p.m.
St. Mark’s Executive Board meeting December 11th at 6:30 p.m.
The new Cookbooks are available. They make great Christmas Gifts. Please check with Ruth Mac Rae – Chair of the Ways & Means Committee.
Observer subscriptions/renewals are due by December 15th. Cost is $20.00/year. Please use one of the envelopes in the Narthex and place it on the collection plate. For further information please contact Lorna Harvey, 625-0535.
To those of you who have opted to take the online version of the Contact, St. Mark’s Finance Committee applauds you! The online version has all the photos in colour, which would be very expensive to produce in the printed copy. If you would like to have a copy e-mailed to you, please see Camille. The printed Contact is available on the table in the Narthex. Please be sure to take your own copy. If there is not a copy with your name on it and you would like to add your name to the list of those who receive a printed copy, please see Camille after Church. If you see one that belongs to a relative, neighbour or a friend, please pick it up and deliver it to them. The district lists have been altered and reduced due to the many people who have opted to receive their Contact online. If you had a district list in the past, please check with the lists on the table in the narthex. Your list may now have different names, or you may not have a list at all. If you see a district list that contains addresses in your part of town and the person who is supposed to be in charge of that list is absent, please take those copies and deliver them yourself or give them to the district person to deliver. With all this cooperation the Contact will be delivered in no time!
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School at St. Davids on the First and Last Sunday of each month. (This will run two Sunday's together, but it is easier to remember this way) May God keep you in his warm and comforting embrace, Lisa
Hall Cleaners for December are Jean Hatcher & Marjorie Langford.
ANGEL TREE – You are invited to choose an angel (angels) from the Angel Tree in the Church entry. The gifts for children and the non-perishable food items should be returned next Sunday, December 9th for the White Gift Service. The fruits and vegetables should be returned December 16th. All these food items and gifts will be used to pack Christmas dinner boxes for folks in our area.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Leeside Christmas Program Leeside Transition House provides Christmas gifts and food to families in need who use our services. Many of these families receive assistance only from Leeside. Donations from the community make the Christmas program possible. You can help in one of the following ways: Make a cash donation Donate a gift card from a grocery store "Adopt" a child or family to buy gifts for Tell others about the Leeside Christmas program For more info. call Leeside at 625-1990
“Step back in time for an Olde Tyme Christmas at the Port Hastings Museum; Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 and Dec. 7 to 9...daily 12 - 6pm. Bake Sale Saturdays @ noon. Quilts and other quality hand-crafted gift items for Christmas from local artisans and products from Galloping Cows. Special Doll Display. Free tea, cider, and cookies
Leeside Transition house Vigil on December 6th in memory of the women who were murdered in Montreal at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989, and also in honour of those who have experienced domestic violence or any violence against women. It is being held at the Strait Area Women's Place from 12:15pm-12:45pm. 609 Church St. , Suite 104, Professional Building. For any questions call Leeside at 1 902 625 1990.
The Inverness County Singers and the Young County Singers invite you to Listen to the Story that they're telling about Christmas at one of their concerts: Friday, December 7th: Stella Maris Church, Inverness Saturday, December 8th, St. Mark's Church, Port Hawkesbury Monday, December 10th, St. Mary's Church, Mabou A freewill offering will be collected at the door with proceeds going to local charities. All concerts begin at 7:30.
Port Hawkesbury Seasonal Services is once again preparing to provide Christmas dinner boxes for those in need in the Town. Anyone wishing to donate financially to this project may do so by contacting Jo-Anne MacDonald at 625-3003. Donations may also be left at the Pitt Street Post Office with Raylene Spear or Rosanne MacIntosh or donations may be left in you name, at the Royal Bank of Canada.
