Ministering through leadership in
worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Bruce Corrigan
(St. D.): Amy
McCormack
Mission Moment (St. M.): Linda Howlett
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.) Jim
& Sarah Chiasson
Greeters (St. D.): Sally & George
Fox
Collectors (St. D.): Sally Fox, Amy
McCormack
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
Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle:
Knitters and crocheters gather in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the
3rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is
Monday, March 21st at 1:00 p.m.
Lenten
Prayer,
half hour Tuesday mornings during Lent starting at 10:00
am at
St. Mark's
March 24th –
Maundy Thursday, Potluck & Table Communion at St. Mark’s
6:00 p.m.
March 25th –
Good Friday at St. David’s at 11:00 a.m.
March 27th –
Easter Sunday services with Communion at regular times
- 6:45 a.m. - Sunrise Service
at St. David’s
March
30th
– 10:30 a.m.; Service
at the Nursing Home
The UPPER ROOM for March-April is
available.
Food Bank Donations are received on the
last Sunday of the month.
Maritime
Conference United Church Men,
will
host a men's day rally, their eighth, on Saturday,
April 23rd,
at Trinity- St. Stephen's United Church, Amherst, N.S., under the
banner of ' Heartprints'. With much news coverage over the past
several months, regarding the refugee crisis, what better speaker
than a former refugee, chaplain Major Rev. Charles Deogratias.
Please see the brochures on the notice board in the front entry.
Plan now to attend the
48th Atlantic
Seminar in Theological Education!
When: June
12 - 17, 2016
Where: Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Truro, N. S.
Where: Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Truro, N. S.
THEME: An
Inconvenient Faith: Moved to Action
Guest Speakers: Bruce Sanguin & Jan
Phillips
Information
at www.astes.ca
and brochures on
bulletin board.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
Mar. 27th – Malcolm
Matheson
April 3rd – Karen Mac
Kinnon
April 10th – Rachael
Robitaille
April 17th – Barb Mac
Intyre
April 24th – Wayne Simpson
FundScrip
Order Sunday is March 20th and
Delivery Sundays is 27th
M&M
Meat Shops
4% ( Regular 3% )
Stokes/ThinkKitchen
8% ( Regular 6% )
Please contact
Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or
Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838 if
you have any questions or if you wish to join
Easter
Flowers: Flowers may be placed “In
Loving Memory Of” or as a gift. (Please no Lilies or Hyacinths as
they are highly scented). Please contact the church office with the
information to be placed in the bulletin.
50th
Anniversary Events:
May 1st
– Memorial Hymn Sing
May 14th
– Inverness County Singers Concert
50th
Anniversary Jubilee Weekend June
10th to 12th
June
10 Evening of Music with Coro
Cantabile
June
11 Decoration Day Worship at
Southbrook Cemetery
Renewal
of Marriage Vows for couples married at St. Mark's
June
12 Service of Celebration of 50
Years with Guest Preacher, Rev. Catherine Stuart
Banquet in St. Mark's Hall
Details
of other planned events will be shared as they are finalized.
Next
meeting of the Anniversary committee is April 4th
at 1:30 p.m.
ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay
Readers:
March 27th
– Kevin Pierce
April 3rd
– Julia Mac Kinnon
April 10th
– Susan Langley
April 17th
– Margie Mac Intyre
April 24th
– Arnold Mac Lean
There will be a
Session Meeting
on Wednesday, March 23rd
at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Hall.
Please make every effort to attend.
Easter Flowers
for St. David’s” Flowers may be
placed “In Loving Memory” or as a gift. (Please no Lilies or
Hyacinths as they are highly scented). Please contact the church
office with the information to be placed in the bulletin.
April Fools Fun!
Evening of April
1st at
St. David's Hall 7:00
to 9:00. Bring
your board games and cards
Hall Cleaners for
March are Maxine Smith, Diane Mac Kinnon
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Port Hawkesbury Food Bank is in need of
small bottles (1 to 1-1/2 cup size) and also plastic grocery
bags. Bring to the Church on
Sunday am , drop of at
the FB on
Monday 8-11
am or give to a volunteer
Thanks
St.
Andrew’s Anglican Church will sponsor a Fish Chowder Supper 4:00 –
6:00 p.m. at the Mulgrave Fire Hall on Good Friday (March 25th). Eat
in or Take Out: $10.00. Includes
roll, tea/coffee, dessert.
Halifax Day
Trip. Anyone wanting to go on a day trip to Halifax, Monday, March
21st
is asked to call Margie MacIntyre 902.625.1361,
for further details.
Community Kitchen & Music
Therapy sponsored by Mental
Health Services & Public Health April 12th, May
10th, June 14th 2016. St. Mark's United Church, 504 Bernard St. Port
Hawkesbury. Community Kitchen from 10:30
to 1:00 Music Therapy 1:00
to 2:00 PM. Come help prepare and enjoy a healthy, well balanced,
budget friendly meal then listen to music therapist Tom Curry. To
help us plan lunch be sure to phone (902)
867-4500 ext. 4345
OR leave a message at (902)
625-7200 to
let us know you will be attending
