Saturday 27 January 2018

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY JANUARY 28TH 2018

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Vida Hood
Lay Reader (St. D.): Amy MacKillop
Mission Moment (St. M.): Barbara Mac Intyre
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Darren & Ann Blundon
Greeter (St. D.): Marie MacKinnon
Collectors (St. D.): Iaian Langley, Amy MacKillop

OFFICE HOURS: 
Monday & Tuesday  9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s
Wednesday  9-12 noon, Jane at St. Mark’s
Thursday  9-12 noon, Nan & Jane at St. Mark’s
Friday  Minister’s Day Off, 9-12 noon, Jane at St. Mark’s

Please note: No Office Hours at St. David's during the winter months. Please call 902-625-2229 if you wish to meet with Nan. 

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for January-February are available.

Deadline for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month. Donations will be received with today's offering.

Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle: Knitters and crocheters gather in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3rd Monday of each month. The next time of gathering is Monday, February 19th at 1:00 p.m.

Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home Service on Wednesday, January 31st at 10:30 a.m.

Anyone interested in Confirmation on Easter Sunday is asked to please contact the Church Office at 625-2229. If there is interest, we will hold an 8 session exploration of faith on Saturday mornings, using the resource "Get Real, Get a Life...Get God!?" beginning the first week of February. Those interested in confirmation/affirmation of faith would be expected to attend all of these study sessions.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
Feb. 4th -- Sarah Chiasson
Feb. 11th – Larry Evans
Feb. 18th – Bruce Corrigan
Feb. 25th – Malcolm Matheson

Annual Congregational Meeting scheduled for February 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

FundScrip 
The February Order will be Sunday February 4th and the Delivery on Sunday February 11th. 

The February FundScrip Promotions are as follows:

The Ultimate Dining Card ( Swiss Chalet, Kelsey’s, Harvey’s  
Montana’s, East Side Mario’s, New York Fries ) 6%             (Regular 5%)
la Vie en Rose/ Bikini Village                     11% (Regular 8%)
WaySpa                                                     13% (Regular 10%)
Please note that in 2018 in order to reduce Shipping and Handling charges only one order per month will be sent on the first Sunday of the month and the Delivery will be the second Sunday of the month. If you have any questions or if you wish to join the program please contact  Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838.

"Please join me in welcoming  Eric Dawson  as our new church treasurer. We are very pleased that Eric has agreed to take on this essential position.
 Eric & Gladys have been working together to ensure that the change over goes smoothly"
Clark Brander, Chair, Trustees & Finance 

Over recent years it has evolved that the treasurer & a few  helpers have become responsible for counting  collection after church each Sunday.
We very much appreciate Gladys' & her helpers' dedication in getting the money counted  but it is not fair that this task should fall to such a small group.
In order to more fairly spread the work of counting collection among all members of the congregation, a volunteer counters schedule has been posted in the Narthex .
Please sign up & support our new treasurer by taking your turn with counting collection.
Thank you,
Clark Brander, Chair, Trustees & Finance




February 4, 2018 – Refreshments & fellowship following Worship Service.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS


Lay Readers:
Feb. 4th – Maxine Smith
Feb. 11th – Iaian Langley
Feb. 18th – Margie Mac Intyre
Feb. 25th – Maxine Smith

Annual Reports are due by the Official Board Meeting on February 4, 2018. 


St. David’s Annual Meeting is on February 25th following Worship Service. 


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Floor Curling Wednesdays at 2 p.m., at St. Mark's hall. No fee, just bring indoor footwear. The program will continue each Wednesday.