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.
Copies
of the “UPPER
ROOM” for
January-February are available.
Dec.
21st—Longest Night Candlelight Worship St. David’s
6:30 p.m.
Prayers,
scripture and music that acknowledge that God’s presence is for
those who mourn and for those who struggle—and that God’s Word
comes to shine light into our darkness.
Dec.
24th – Christmas Eve Services with Communion
6:30
p.m. - St. Mark’s 8:00
p.m. – St. David’s
Dec.
26th –
10:30 a.m.; Service at the Nursing Home
Dec.
30th –
9:30 a.m.; Combined Worship at St. Mark’s. NO Worship Service at
St. David’s.
Update
from “Friends of Darryl MacQuarrie”: Darryl
has not yet been able to return to work so support is still needed.
Donations can still be made to the Trust Fund for Darryl MacQuarrie
at any branch of TD Canada Trust in Atlantic Canada.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today
“White Gift” donations will be received with the offering. White
Gift Donation envelopes are available in the entry. Please make
cheques payable to St. Mark’s with a notation “White Gift.”
Monetary donations will be divided between Port Hawkesbury Food Bank
and Seasonal Services.
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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 fruits and vegetables should be returned TODAY, December
16th.
All these food items and gifts will be used to pack Christmas dinner
boxes for folks in our area.
Dec.
21st - Longest Night Candlelight Worship St. David’s
6:30 p.m. Prayers, scripture and music that acknowledge that God’s
presence is for those who mourn and for those who struggle—and that
God’s Word comes to shine light into our darkness.
Dec.
24th – 8:00 p.m.; Christmas Eve Service with
Communion
REMINDER:
The Treasurer will close her books on December 31, 2012. Any
donations received after that date will be credited to 2013.
St.
David’s Readers: January
6th - Bob
Downard 625-1620
13th - Iaian
Langley 625-0799
20th -
Yvonne Fox 625-2556
27th
- Alicia Vink 234-3140
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Peace
and Reconciliation Pilgrimage to Corrymeela, Northern Ireland (Note:
New orientation dates and registration dates!) Orientation: February
8 -9, 2013, at Tatamagouche Centre (included in cost) Trip: Sunday
May 5 – Monday May 13, 2013 Cost: $1,500.00 Participants must
register no later than February 1st, 2013. (Flight from Canada to
Belfast not included.) The Corrymeela community near Ballycastle,
Northern Ireland, is an ecumenical Christian community working
locally, nationally and internationally to embrace difference, heal
divisions and enable peace-making and reconciliation. The goals of
the trip are to deepen our understanding of peacemaking from a
faith-based perspective within the Northern Ireland context, and to
learn more of the Corrymeela Community’s history, organization and
ongoing practice. Contact Tatamagouche Centre for details:
1-800-218-2220 or www.tatacentre.
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
The
Princeville United Church annual Christmas Service
will be held Sunday December 16th at
7PM. Come and join in a wonderful evening of beloved Christmas music
and readings in our beautiful old church decorated in Christmas
finery. Lunch will be served. Everyone welcome.
T’was
the night before Christmas
- Friday, December 21st 7
pm St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Mulgrave. Leave
the stresses of the world behind. Come to an evening of
Christmas Carols and stories. Music that will fill your heart with
joy and sure to put a smile on your face. Items for the food back
gratefully accepted.
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.
2012
Rotary Christmas Carolling Party on Sunday, December 16 at St.
Mark’s Church Hall at 7 p.m. A time for socializing, hot cider and
treats, bake sale and a good old fashioned group sing.
Christmas
Carol Service River
Denys Presbyterian Church December 23, 2012 at 7 pm, led by Corrie
Stewart. *Ministry of Music by local and Invited guests *Fellowship
and refreshment to follow *Everyone welcome
*Free
Will Offering Presented
by River Denys, Malagawatch, and Orangedale Presbyterian Churches
