Contact Online: August 2014

Saturday 30 August 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY AUGUST 31ST 2014

ST MARK’S

UNITED CHURCH

Mission Statement:

St. Mark’s United Church accepts and welcomes all people as we grow in acceptance, learn, love, and share our Christian faith in God’s love.

We will celebrate God’s presence and advance

God’s purpose within our local community and the global village by applying Christ’s teachings to our daily lives.

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Greeters & Collectors: Andy Palmer, Malcolm Matheson

Lay Readers: Vida Hood, Roy MacKinnon, reader from Holy Trinity Anglican Church

OFFICE HOURS:

Monday 9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s

Tuesday 9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s

Wednesday 9-12 noon Nan at St. David’s, Jane at St. Mark’s

Thursday 9 – 12 noon Jane at St. Mark’s

Friday – Minister’s Day Off, 9-12 noon Jane at St. Mark’s

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.

They are also saving plastic grocery bags which can be dropped off at the Food Bank or given to one of the volunteers.

September 7^th: Gathering Into the Sacred Circle September 7^th is called Recovenanting Sunday. In the early days of Israel, the people came together once a year to renew their covenant with God. As we gather again after the summer and meet new people who have joined us, we renew our Christian commitment to learning and to serving God together in the community of the church. We are all invited to Gather Into the Sacred Circle at worship this day as we summarize in drama form the Hebrew Scripture texts we have read this summer and celebrate communion together as we recall the first Passover.

Nan and Bruce will be enjoying 2 weeks of vacation in late September. Worship leader on September 21^st will be Sue Betuik and September 28^th will be the Rev. Adelina Pecchia.

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for Sept.-Oct. are available

ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact person for the Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is 625-2748.

FundScrip resumes in September. Order Sundays will be Sept. 14^th & 28^th. Delivery Sundays will be Sept. 21^st and Oct. 5^th. We are pleased to inform you that gift cards from Walmart are now available. New order forms will be made available in the narthex in time to place your September orders. Promotions for September are as follows:
Cabela’s 7% (Regular 4%)

Shell Canada 3.5% (Regular 2%)

M & M Meat Shops 4% (Regular 3%)

Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838 if you have any questions.

Lay Readers

Sept. 7^th – Barbara Mac Intyre

Sept. 14^th – Larry Evans

Sept. 21^st – Judy Castle

Sept. 28^th – Joyce Oliver-Snair

Sept. 16^th – Congregational Board Meeting.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

Sept. 7^th –Bruce Corrigan

Sept. 14^th – Iaian Langley

Sept. 21^st – Alicia Vink

Sept. 28^th – Margie MacIntyre

St. David's UCW will begin their fall meetings on Wed., Sept. 10, 2014 at 12 noon at the home of Cathy MacLean, Charles MacLean Road. At this meeting decisions for the Bean and Fish Cake supper on Friday, Oct.10, 2014 will have to be discussed and many final decisions made.

Sept. 14^th – Official Board Meeting following Worship Service.

Sunday School at St. David’s will begin on October 5^th.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kitchen Ceilidh at Glendale Glebe House on Sept. 10^th & Sept. 24^th at 7:00 p.m. Free admission. Donations welcome. Lunch following.

Sunday, Sept. 14^th at 1:00 pm at Civic Centre. Come join us and help support the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research! Register online at terryfoxrun.org or just show up. For more info call Sarah at 625-5405.

Therapeutic Touch Level 1, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, at the KOC Bldg, from 9 am to 7:30 pm. Discount for early registration, call Kathleen at 625-3794

Thursday 28 August 2014

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY AUGUST 31ST 2014--5TH SUNDAY SHARED WORSHIP

WORSHIP AT 11:00 A.M. AT ST. MARK'S

LUNCH TO FOLLOW

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s

United Church of Canada

Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS

Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597, e-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca

Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/

Ministers: The Whole People of God

Ministers: Nan Corrigan D. M., Rev. Evelyn Knorr

Minister of Music: Al Fougere

August 31^st, 2014--5^th Sunday Shared Worship

Announcements The Work of Church and Community

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Greeting

One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit

*Introit Holy Ground (verse 1) Printed

*Call to Worship

One: Your call is bright and loud, like fireworks on a summer's night.

All: Your call is quiet and gentle, like the winking of fireflies in the dusk.

One: You call us from our busyness to be still.

All: You call us from our rest to eagerly search for a new earth.

One: Call us, O God. Claim us. Clothe us in Christ.

Written by Robin Wardlaw, Glen Rhodes U.C., Toronto, Ont. Gathering, Pentecost 1 2014, page 29. Used with permission.

*Hymn Holy Ground Printed

Opening Prayer (together)

God, you meet us where we are,

and gently guide us to where we will be.

When we miss one sign, you send us another

until we are compelled to respond in wonder and awe.

In our time together

we know that you will continually guide and lead us

in surprising and unexpected ways,

for we know that you are with us always,

as we dream dreams of a new heaven and earth. Amen.

*Hymn In the Bulb There Is a Flower VU 703

Prayer for Wholeness

Sung response: Kyrie Eleison

Words of Assurance (based on Romans 12:9–21)

All: In all we do, let our love be genuine;

for if we love, as God has taught us,

we will not be overcome by evil,

but we will, by the grace of God, overcome evil with good.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Exodus 3:1-15 Moses encounters a burning bush. Dramatic Reading

One: Here is Wisdom. All: Thanks be to God.
*Psalm 105 Remembering Jacob and Moses. Pts.1 & 3, VU 828-829
*Hymn Lord of the Dance VU 352
Opening the Word & The Lord’s Prayer

Romans 12:9–21 Let love be genuine; overcome evil with good.

One: This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.

The Gospel Acclamation

Matthew 16:21–28 Take up the cross and follow me.

One: Here is Good News. All: Praise be to God.

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn Jesus You Have Come To the Lakeshore VU 563
Offering Our Gifts to God

*Offering Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

*Hymn Let There Be Peace on Earth Printed

* Commissioning

One: We hear the story of a voice and a bush.

We hear the story of a suffering love and resurrection.

All: We hear the story of a companion Spirit

in whom fire dances and tongues are loosed

to birth the church.

One: Go to walk in truth and serve our God.

All: We go and come back in the name of the great “I Am.”

*Choral Amen

Wednesday 27 August 2014

FUNDSCRIP RESUMES!

FundScrip resumes in September!

Order Sundays will be September 14^th and 28^th and Delivery Sundays will be September 21^st and October 5^th. Note that we are pleased to inform you that gift cards from Walmart are now available. New order forms will be made available in the narthex in time to place your September orders.

Promotions for September are as follows:

Cabela’s 7% (Regular 4%)

Shell Canada 3.5% (Regular 2%)

M & M Meat Shops 4% (Regular 3%)

Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838 if you have any questions about the program or if you wish to join the program.

Saturday 23 August 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY AUGUST 24TH 2014

ST MARK’S

UNITED CHURCH

Mission Statement:

St. Mark’s United Church accepts and welcomes all people as we grow in acceptance, learn, love, and share our Christian faith in God’s love. We will celebrate God’s presence and advance

God’s purpose within our local community and the global village by applying Christ’s teachings to our daily lives.

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Greeters & Collectors: Andy Palmer, Malcolm Matheson

Lay Reader: Malcolm Matheson

OFFICE HOURS:

Monday 9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s

Tuesday 9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s

Wednesday 9-12 noon Nan at St. David’s,

Thursday 9 – 12 noon Jane at St. Mark’s

Friday – Minister’s Day Off, 9-12 noon Jane at St. Mark’s

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.

They are also saving plastic grocery bags which can be dropped off at the Food Bank or given to one of the volunteers.

5^thSunday, August 31^st will be at 11:00 a.m. Lunch to follow: St. Mark’s to provide desserts/fruit trays; St. David’s and Holy Trinity sandwiches/relish trays/salads please.

September 7^th: Gathering Into the Sacred Circle

September 7^th is called Recovenanting Sunday. In the early days of Israel, the people came together once a year to renew their covenant with God. As we gather again after the summer and meet new people who have joined us, we renew our Christian commitment to learning and to serving God together in the community of the church. We are all invited to Gather Into the Sacred Circle at worship this day as we summarize in drama form the Hebrew Scripture texts we have read this summer and celebrate communion together as we recall the first Passover.

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for Sept.-Oct. are available.

August 27^th – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Nursing Home

ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact person for the Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is 625-2748.

Lay Readers August 31^st – Karen Mac Kinnon

Sept. 7^th – Barbara Mac Intyre Sept. 14^th – Larry Evans

Sept. 21^st – Judy Castle Sept. 28^th – Joyce Oliver-Snair

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

Sept. 7^th – Margie Mac Intyre Sept. 14^th – Iaian Langley

Sept. 21^st – Alicia Vink Sept. 28^th – Bruce Corrigan

The Tea Thyme Quilters at St.Marks raised $2600.00 for St Davids during their summer Quilt Show and Sale.

Tuesday August 26^th at 7:00 p.m. – Meeting of Board of Stewards at St. David’s Hall.

Sept. 14^th – Official Board Meeting following Worship Service.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kitchen Ceilidh at Glendale Glebe House on August 27, Sept. 10^th & Sept. 24^th at 7:00 p.m. Free admission. Donations welcome. Lunch following.

Sunday, Sept. 14^th at1:00 pm at 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! Register online at terryfoxrun.org or just show up. For more info call Sarah at 625-5405 No minimum entry fee. Raising pledges is optional. Donate what you can and join the fun!

Friday 22 August 2014

ORDER OF SERVICE AUGUST 24TH 2014--11TH AFTER PENTECOST

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s

United Church of Canada

Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS

Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597, e-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca

Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/

Ministers: The Whole People of God

Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M.

Minister of Music: Al Fougere

August 24^th, 2014—11^th Sunday after Pentecost

In each of this week’s texts, we encounter examples of standing up and taking action – seeking ways to transform the world, so that we might see glimmers of God’s kin-dom right here and right now. How might you support one another in the Christian practices of resistance and living justly? Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Pentecost 1 2014

Announcements The Work of Church and Community

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Greeting

One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit

*Introit Spirit of Life VU 381

One: We, who are many,

All: are one in Christ.

One: We, of varying gifts,

All: are one in Christ.

One: We, of different cultures and world views,

All: are one in Christ.

One: We, who offer praise in different ways,

All: are one in Christ.

One: Thanks be to God.

All: Hallelujah! We come to worship God!

*Hymn The Church’s One Foundation VU 331

*Opening Prayer

If it had not been for you, God, we would not be here.

From busy and chaotic lives and

from slow and static lives you call us to worship.

Give us the courageous faith of the midwives Shiphrah and Puah; the creativity of Moses’ mother;

the persistence of Miriam;

and the compassion of the pharaoh’s daughter.

May we discern what is your will,

and follow you with our whole selves. Amen.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD'S WORD

Exodus 1:8—2:10 Midwives Shiphrah and Puah; birth of Moses.

One: Here is Wisdom. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 124 Our help comes from God Ref. 1, VU 848

*Hymn I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me VU 575

Opening the Word & The Lord’s Prayer

The Gospel Acclamation

Matthew 16:13–20 “Who do you say that I am?” asks Jesus.

One: Here is Good News. All: Praise be to God.

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn Take My Life and Let It Be VU 506

Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God

*Offering Prayer

Gracious God, we offer to you gifts in accordance to the gifts that you have entrusted to us.

We offer ourselves as a form of worship.

And we offer our time, talents, and treasures as a way to give thanks and praise to you. Amen

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

WE ARE SENT OUT

* Blessing One Another

(You are invited to share this blessing with one another. Place hands on top of the folded hands of a neighbour while saying the following words. After sharing the blessing receive it from the same neighbour.)

Blessing: Go, enfolded with the peace of Christ.

Response: Amen.

* Sung Commissioning, Blessing and Choral Amen

Go Now In Peace Printed

Wednesday 20 August 2014

LIVING THE SEASON--SUMMERTIME

August 24

Exodus 1:8—2:10

The women in this week’s story take action to save and nurture life while the powerful pharaoh plans to destroy it. From the midwives to Moses’ mother and sister, and Pharaoh’s own daughter – these women come to the defence of the most vulnerable and take action. When we see the powerful take advantage of people in our own world today, these women’s example of how use their gifts to do God’s will is one that we can take to heart.

This week, celebrate the children in your life! Do something special for your own children or send a card or small gift to your nieces, nephews, godchild, or other children in your life. You might also make a donation or volunteer at an organization in your community that works with children, such as an after-school or tutoring program.