Participating
through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Greeters
(St. M.): Larry & Lucille Evans
Greeter (St. D.): Heather Deschenes
Lay Reader (St. M.): Larry Evans
(St. D.): Arnold Mac Lean
Mission
Moment (St. M.): Barb Mac Intyre
Collectors (St. M.): Bruce Corrigan, Joyce Oliver-Snair, Larry &
Lucille Evans
(St. D.): Marie Davis, Ashley Mac Leod
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., Jan. 21st at 1 p.m. will be our next time of
gathering.
Copies of the “UPPER
ROOM” for January-February are available.
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.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
COURTESY CAR
If you need a ride to church during the month of December call
Dave Chapman at 787-2610
Please make your Courtesy Car request well in advance if possible. Sunday Worship requests should be made by the evening before
or by 8 a.m. Sunday morning at latest.
St. Mark’s
Readers: For the month of January
January
6, 2013 Denis
Bernard
January
13, 2013
Brenda MacInnis
January
20, 2013
Vida Hood
January
27, 2013
Clark
Brander
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.
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: For the month of January
January
6th - Bob Downard 625-1620
January
13th - Julia Mac Kinnon 625-2798
January 20th
- Yvonne Fox 625-2556
January 27th -
Alicia Vink 234-3140
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
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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
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Our
Annual Holiday Concert will take place in Our Lady of Assumption
Church Arichat, on Sunday December 30 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon with
friends, music and the Blessings of Christmas joys. A donation basket
will be available for those who wish to make a donation. Les Friends
of Notre Dame de l’Assomption wishes to thank everyone who
supported our parish throughout the year. Best Wishes for a
Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
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New
Years Celebration Havre Boucher Community Centre will be hosting a
New Years Dance again this year to bring in 2013. The band will be
"The Barrett's Privateer's". The cost is $10.00 and the
time is 10:00 to 2:00 pm.
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