Participating through leadership in
worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Barbara Mac
Intyre
Lay Reader (St. D.): Arnold Mac Lean
Advent Wreath (St. M.): The Langdon
Family
Advent Wreath (St. D.): Julia Mac
Kinnon
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.):
Darren & Anne Louise Blundon
Greeters (St. D.): The Timmons Family
Collectors (St. D.): Bob Downard,
Alicia Vink
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.
Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle
Knitters and crocheters gather together in the parlour of St. Mark’s
on the 3rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is
December 15th at 1:00 p.m.
AVAILABLE AT THE CHURCH OFFICE:
Canadian Church Calendar 2015 Cost:
$6.00 (profit to go to the Mission and Service Fund, United Church of
Canada)
A beautiful calendar showcasing our own
traditions with inspired photographs of Anglican and United churches
from across Canada. Significant church dates and spiritually
uplifting verses make it the perfect calendar to give or keep.
About Gifts with Vision
The United Church of Canada developed
the giving catalogue Gifts with Vision in response to member
requests to be able to give gifts to relatives, friends, and loved
ones that are in direct support of the church’s Mission and Service
partners across Canada and around the world. If you are seeking
inspiring new gift ideas, Gifts with Vision presents a new
way to celebrate special occasions. Give a gift that can help change
people’s lives! Print catalogues are now available in the entry to
the church and gifts can also be purchased online at
www.giftswithvision.ca
Anyone interested in Confirmation
is asked to please contact the Church Office at 625-2229.
Christmas Parade Float from St.
David's and St. Mark's--want to help us put together a living
nativity float for Port Hawkesbury's Christmas Parade? Speak to Nan
or Bruce--needed are people to help put the float together and people
to take part.
Advent Small Group: Working
Graces This study for small
groups is based on the The
Letters used in the Lectionary readings for Advent.
The President of Maritime
Conference, Gloria Churchill and Janice MacLean reflect on
Faith, Hope, and Love. These
“Working Graces” inform our mission and identity in
congregations. Parlour of St. Mark's, Monday mornings at
10:00 throughout December.
December 7th
– Advent 2
December 14th
– Advent 3
December 21st
– Advent 4
December 24th
– Christmas Eve Service with Communion
6:30 p.m. – Service at St.
Mark’s
8:00 p.m. – Service at St. David’s
Marking the Days: Calendars for
Inmates at Springhill Institution Again
this year the Chaplains are seeking calendars for the inmates at
Springhill Institution. These calendars are an important point
of contact with inmates especially those who are arriving in the
reception area. You could drop them off in the box provided at
Church entrance.
Christmas Hope: Christmas Cards
for Inmates in Segregated Populations There
is prison and then there is the hole –
segregation: 23 hours a day in a 6’X9′ cell.
Isolated, bombarded by the noise of an institutional machine,
alone with your thoughts and feelings at Christmas time. It is
into this place that the Divine longs to be born. If you would
like to share the message of hope with an individual in prison, write
a Christmas message on a Christmas Card, sign it with your first name
only, place it in an unsealed envelope and either mail the envelope
to Springhill Institution Chaplaincy Department, PO Box 2140
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0. The Chaplains will put the names of
individuals on the Christmas cards and hand them out to the men in
Segregation over the Christmas season.
November 30th, Advent 1: 4:30
p.m. - All Ages Advent Event "Preparing the Way" Activity
centres including making your own family/household Nativity Scene or
Creche; informal worship. Concluding with soup and hotdog supper
(provided). Everyone welcome. This will be held at St. Mark’s
CHRISTMAS OLD & NEW --- is a
gift of music from the Inverness County Singers and the Young County
Singers, directed by Laurel Browne with piano accompaniment by
Lawrence Cameron. If you missed the performance at St. Mark’s on
Saturday, there is another one on Monday, December 1 at 7:30 at St.
Mary’s Church in Mabou. Donations go to local charities
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ST. MARK’S FLOWERS
In Loving Memory of:
- JIM
NOSEWORTHY and ALPHONSE
& DOROTHY ROACH from Archie &
Elaine Noseworthy & family.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St. Mark’s
Welcomes You! Refreshments in the
church hall following worship—please join us! There is a quiet
nursery space above the stage in the hall—reached via the stairs by
the church office door. There you will find toys, change table, crib,
rocking chair for your use. We’re so glad you came today.
St. Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact
person for the Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is
625-2748.
FundScrip Order Sunday will be
December 7th and Delivery Sunday will be December
14th. FundScrip will resume with an order Sunday January
11, 2015.
Promotions for December are as follows:
Fairmont Hotels
10% ( Regular
8% )
Kernels Popcorn 10% ( Regular
5%)
Cara Restaurants ( Includes Hudson’s
Bay 5% ( Regular 3% )
& Home Outfitters)
FundScrip will resume in 2015
with an order Sunday on January 11th, 2015. 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.
Lay Readers:
December 7th – Jean Mac
Pherson
December 14th – Clark
Brander
December 21st – Julia Mac
Quarrie
December 24th – Archie
Noseworthy
Observer Subscriptions:
Please use one of the envelopes in the narthex to subscribe or renew
and place on the collection plate by December 14, 2014. Cost is
just $20/yr. For more info, please contact Lorna Harvey at
902-625-0535 or lorna.harvey3@gmail.com.
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ST. DAVID’S
FLOWERS
In Loving Memory of:
- IAN A. MACKINNON & daughter
SUSAN MAC KINNON from Jane & Family
ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
December 7th – Mary Jess
Mac Donald
December 14th – Lisa
Rhynold
December 21st – Kenzie Mac
Lean
December 28th -
Hall Cleaners for December are Jean
Hatcher & Marjorie Langford.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Leeside Christmas Program
Leeside Transition House provides Christmas gifts and food to
families in need who use our sevices. Many 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 902-625-1990.
An Olde Tyme Christmas at the
Port Hastings Museum and Artisans Collective on Friday to
Sunday, Nov. 28th to Nov. 30th and Friday, Dec.
5th to Sunday, Dec. 7th - daily 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. Special
Christmas Displays throughout the Museum, quality hand crafted woven,
quilted, knitted and carved gift items for Christmas from local
artisans, children’s activities. Bake
sale on both Saturdays beginning at 2:00 pm.
Christmas House Tour – Strait
Area Curling Club will sponsor a Christmas House Tour on Saturday
December 6th. St Marks Church will be featured with mangers from
around the world, along with 6 houses in the community. A tea will
follow at the Curling Club on Macquarrie Drive. Tickets are available
from Valli Ross and Jean Macpherson and various locations in Port
Hawkesbury and the surrounding area
December 6th Evergreen
Seniors Club Christmas Bazaar & Tea from 1:00 – 4:00pm
Doors open at 12:30 to view items for auction. Auction 1 pm sharp
Bake table, crafts, Gramma’s attic, sale of tickets on handmade
quilt, & Christmas Basket. $2.00 admission.
Lights of Love Christmas Campaign-
join the celebration this year by helping the R.K. Mac Donald Nursing
Home light up their tree with bulbs dedicated to love. You can
dedicate a bulb in memory of a deceased loved one or honour someone
presently in your life. Monies raised will be used toward the
construction of a Four Seasons Solarium/Sunroom, adjacent to the
dining room at the nursing home. Solariums provide year-round natural
light which will enhance psychological and physical well-being for
all residents of the R.K. If you would like to make a donation in
memory of a loved one, and are not already on our mailing list,
please call the RK Foundation office and leave us your mailing
address- 902-863-2578 Ext. 223. Please join us on Sunday, December 7,
at 7 pm in the R.K.MacDonald Chapel for the dedication ceremony.
Strait Area Women’s Place and Public
Heath are hosting a Flu Clinic. Open to the public on Tuesday,
December 2nd, 2014 from 1pm-6pm at 609 Church Street Suite
104. Bring your health card.
Canada’s National Day of
Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. You are invited
to participate in a vigil of Remembrance and Hope on December 5, 2014
from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Strait Area Women’s Place Suite 104-609
Church Street, Port Hawkesbury. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information please call Strait Area Women’s Place at
902-625-1614. In 1991 December 6th was declared Canada’s
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The
vigil is a time to remember all women and girls who live with
violence or who have died as a result of violence. It is an
opportunity to nurture our hope. The violence can end. You can make a
difference.
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
Rosanne or Roberta. Donations may be left in your name, at the
Royal Bank of Canada
