Saturday 27 April 2013

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY APRIL 28 2013


Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere
Greeters (St. M.): Annabel Butts
Greeter (St. D.): Bruce Oliver
Mission Moment (St. M.): Want to read Mission Moment? Let us know
(St. D.): Karen Wagar
Lay Reader (St. M.): Irene Mac Isaac
(St. D.): Arnold Mac Lean
Collectors (St. M.): Annabel Butts, Carol Ann Williams
Sally Smith, Judy Castle
(St. D.): James Mac Fadyen, Malcolm Parsons
Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for May-June are available.

Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle Knitters and crocheters - gather together in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3rd Monday of each month. Monday, May 20th at 1 p.m. will be our next gathering.

Deadline for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.
Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.
May 19th – Pentecost Sunday. Please wear “red” on this day!

May 29th – Deadline for information for the CONTACT

Nan and Bruce will be on a “Pilgrimage to Corrymeela” with a group from Tatamagouche Centre from May 4th to 17th.
While Nan is away, pastoral care will be covered by Rev. Rick Bowley, West Bay P.C. phone 345-2273.
Worship leadership on May 5th and 12th will be provided by Sue Betuik of Orangedale. Here is a brief bio for Sue:
My upbringing in England was profoundly affected by my Methodist grandmother, a local preacher and my Anglican father also a preacher. In addition to this I lived in a village that is the cradle of Methodism, the birth place of John and Charles Wesley. I have been an educator both in England and in Canada having taught in the public school system, private schools, daycares and my last position working in a Family Resource Centre in North End Dartmouth (where you hear about all the violence and the drugs) I am a graduate of AST and have worked in Pastoral Charges in PEI and Nova Scotia. My home church is Brunswick St. United in Halifax where I was worship leader for a number of months. I am a  mother and a grandmother, love music, quilting and reading. I have been here for 27 years and would not like to live anywhere else but Canada.

Anyone interested in Baptism is asked to call the Church Office at 625-2229.


ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. Mark’s Lay Readers:
May 5th – Denis Bernard
May 12th – Lana Mac Lean
May 19th – Brenda Mac Innis
May 26, 2013 – Vida Hood

May 21st – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting

June 2nd – St. Mark’s Sunday School Celebration

June 23rd – Graduation Recognition Sunday


COURTESY CAR

If you need a ride to church during the month of April
call Andy Palmer 625-2748
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 "Ways and Means Committee" met this week and heard about FundScrip from Rev. Evelyn Knorr of Holy Trinity Anglican Church. FundScrip is a gift card fundraising program that the local Anglican Churches are using. It’s a great way to raise money from the purchases we are already making – eliminating the need to ask you to increase your donations, make another casserole or sell anything. The program does not ask anyone to change what they buy, where they buy it, or how much they spend. We just pay with gift cards ordered through the church, instead of cash, debit or credit. It’s that easy. So...we would like to give this a try. But we need one or two people who will commit to compile and place the orders two Sundays a month. Rev. Evelyn assures us that it is a simple process--and takes little time to administer. Interested in volunteering for the church, just a couple hours a month, with the potential for great benefit to the church budget? Be in touch with the church office and we'll get FundScrip rolling!

Digital Photo Directory  

St. Mark's Christian Education Committee has undertaken the job of producing a digital photo directory. The purpose of this directory is to give Nan and newcomers to our Churches a way of recognizing the members of our congregations. (St. David’s congregation is also joining in this project). This directory will cost you nothing and we are not selling photos. We would appreciate the full cooperation of every member and adherent of both congregations. This project will be concluded by the end of June and a PDF file will be sent to all members who have email. A .jpg file of your photo will be available if you wish to take it to be printed. During this period, you may be getting a call from Bonnie, Camille, Joyce or Natasha to arrange for a sitting. St. David’s Elders will be calling to arrange for pictures and directory entries. Pictures will be taken after the Church Service at St. Mark’s on 5 Sundays - May 5th, 12th, 19th, and June 2nd and 9th. If you are not available on these Sundays, another time can be arranged for your convenience. Even if you are an occasional church attender, you are still important to us and we want to include you. Please help us to make this venture a success!
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS


May 19th – Official Board Meeting following Church Service.
Sunday School at St. David’s on the First and Last Sunday of each month. (This will run two Sunday’s together, but it is easier to remember this way)

St. David’s Lay Readers:

May 5th – Bob Downard
May 12th – Bonnie Hatcher
May 19th – Margie Mac Intyre
May 26th – Mary Jess Mac Donald

Yard & Bake Sale on Saturday May 25th from 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon at St. David’s United Church Hall, Port Hastings. Sponsored by St. David’s Board of Stewards.
Hall Cleaners for May are Heather Deschenes and Hazel Mac Lean.
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