Ministering through leadership in
worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Karen Mac Kinnon
(St. D.): Julia
Mac Kinnon
Mission Moment (St. M.): Rachael
Robitaille
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.)
Ingram Fowlie, Andy Palmer
Greeter (St. D.): Bruce Oliver
Collectors
(St. D.): James Mac Fadyen &
Donnie Mac Gregor
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 April
18th at 1:00 p.m.
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:
April 10th – Rachael
Robitaille
April 17th – Barb Mac
Intyre
April 24th – Wayne Simpson
FundScrip
Order Sundays are April 3rd and
17th and
the Delivery Sundays are April 10th and
24th.
The Promotions for April are:
Irving
Oil 3%
(Regular 2% )
Cabela’s 7%
(Regular 4% )
Gap,
Baby Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy 7%
(Regular 5% )
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
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.
Sunday,
April
17th
– 8:00
a.m.
– Men’s
Group Breakfast Meeting
Tuesday,
April
19th
– St.
Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting:
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St.
David's UCW will meet on Wednesday, April 6th at 12 noon
at the home of Margie MacIntyre, MacIntyre's Mountain Road
Lay Readers:
April 10th
– Susan Langley
April 17th
– Margie Mac Intyre
April 24th
– Arnold Mac Lean
Hall Cleaners for
April are Heather Graham & Marie Mac Kinnon
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"With
a Little Help from My Friends"
National Award Winning Mental Health Play, Wednesday,
April 6, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
SAERC
Auditorium Port Hawkesbury No
admission, donations welcomed. A Celebration of Friendship, Courage &
Hope. Hosted by St. Mark's United Church, 50th Anniversary Committee.
The Park Bench Players: Patrick Chisholm, Louise Hall, Mike Martell,
Fran Nunn, Stacey Septon, Catherine Tetu.
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
May 27th,
4:30 to 6 pm. – Roast Beef Dinner prepared by chef Jim George at
St. Mark’s Church hall on behalf of Celtic Star Chapter #19, Order
of the Eastern Star. Eat in and Take out. Adults $15.00 Children
$7.00.
