Contact Online is a Blog for St. Mark's United Church Community of Faith, Region 15 of the United Church of Canada. 504 Bernard Street, Port Hawkesbury, N.S. B9A 1L2, E-mail: stmarksuc@gmail.com St. Mark's United Church accepts and welcomes all people as we share and grow in acceptance, learn, love and share our Christian faith in God's love. Phone: (902) 625-2229, Church Services are held every Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Thursday, 9 October 2014
ANNOUNCEMENTS OCTOBER 12TH 2104
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Participating through leadership in worship this morning
are:
Organist: Al
Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Bruce
Corrigan
(St. D.): Margaret Ashford
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Gladys Knight, Vida Hood
Greeter (St. D.): Sally
& George Fox
Collectors (St. D.): Curtis
Fox, Lisa Rhynold
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 October 20th 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.
Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for November-December are
available at Church entrance.
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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
Order Sundays will be October 12th and 26th and Delivery
Sundays will be October 19th and November 5th. We
are pleased to inform you that gift cards from Walmart are now available. New
order forms are in the green folders in the narthex and choir room. Promotions
for October are as follows:
SpaFinder 15% ( Regular 10%)
la Vie en Rose 10% (
Regular 8%)
HBC (Valid at: Hudson’s Bay, 5% (Regular
3%)
Home
Outfitters)
Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie
Dawson at 902-625-3838 if you have any questions.
Lay Readers:
October 19th – St. David’s Anniversary
October 26th – David Chapman
10,000 Villages ~ Oct 18th 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. If anyone can help
with set-up Friday October 17 and/or Saturday, Oct 19th, please
contact Ruth Laskey 625-0716.
October 21st – Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30
p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board
October 29th – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the
Nursing Home
St. Mark’s Bazaar on November 28th from
7:00-9:00 p.m.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
Oct. 19th – Anniversary Service -
Susan Langley
Oct. 26th – Arnold Mac Lean
Hall Cleaners for October are Wanda Harb & Florence
Timmons.
St. David’s 129th
Anniversary Service, Sunday, October 19th at 11:00 a.m. Guest preacher, Rev. Janice MacLean, Christian
Nurture and Enrichment Minister, Maritime Conference. Everyone welcome. Lunch
to follow.
After lunch: St. David’s and St. Mark’s congregation
members are invited to a time of conversation with Janice and each other about
future possibilities: a follow-up to “We All Drank from the Same Teapot”!
St. David’s Session Meeting – October 26th
following Worship.
St. David’s Roast Beef Supper on Friday, November 7th
at Port Hastings Fire Hall.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Havre Boucher Community Centre presents
our Fall Classic Dinner Theatre with the Harbour Player Theatre Company in
"The Pirates of Havre Boucher." Saturday, October 18th.
Cost is $40 each. Tickets available by calling 234-2188.
John
Allan Cameron Song Session on Monday, October 13th 2-4pm at the Glencoe Station
Hall, birthplace of John Allan
Cameron, Celtic Music Godfather. Song
Session led by Buddy MacDonald. Coffee, tea and snacks available $12
Port Hawkesbury School of
Gaelic (Sgoil Ghaidhlig Bhaile a’ Chlamhain) 2014/15 classes will start October
20, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Knight of Columbus Hall, P.H. Cost of 20 week
session is $100.00. Weekly payment option available. All levels of
learners and beginners welcome. Come out to be a part of the resurgence of
the Gaelic language. Thig air chèilidh oirnn (Come visit us). Phone George at
902-631-3201 for more information.
ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY OCTOBER 12TH 2014-THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
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
Presbytery Website: inverguyunited.ca
Ministers:
The Whole People of God
Ministers:
Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister
of Music: Al Fougere
October 12th, 2014—Creation Time
5—Thanksgiving Sunday
* please stand as able
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 Draw the
Circle Wide
Draw the circle wide. Draw it wider still. Let this be our song, no one
stands alone, standing side by side. Draw the circle wide. (x2)
*Call to Worship (back of
bulletin)
*Opening Prayer
Loving God, Creator of all things, we come to you this
morning with thankful hearts for all your gifts to us and to your people
everywhere. We think about the amazing beauty of the world you have made and
this powerful yet fragile land we call our home. As we worship together, remind
us of the sacredness of all creation and of our responsibility to respect the
ways of the earth and the connections between all things. Amen.
*Hymn: We Praise You, O God VU 218
Litany of
Confession (based on words often attributed to Chief Seattle, 1855)
One: Creator God,
we confess that we do not always remember you.
All: We forget
that all we have and are comes from you.
One: We forget that
the earth is our mother – we are made from the earth.
All: Whatever
befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.
We are part of
the earth, and the earth is part of us.
One: We forget that
the rivers are our brothers; they quench our thirst.
All: We forget
that the perfumed flowers are our sisters.
One: We forget that
the air is precious, for all of us share the same breath.
All: The wind
gives our children the breath of life.
One: We forget that
the earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.
All: We forget
that all things are connected, like the blood that unites one family.
One: We forget that
you are the same God whose compassion is equal for all.
All: We forget
that we did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it.
One: Forgive us, O
Creator, and help us to remember that whatever we do to the web, we do to
ourselves.
All: Forgive us, O Sustainer, and accept our thanks for your gift of
life. Amen.
Words of Assurance
One: The good news
is that God loves and forgives us and forever invites us to return to the ways
of wholeness. We can be new people; we can live with respect for the earth and
all its creatures. As forgiven people we join together with grateful hearts and
sing praise to God.
Sung Response: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow VU 541
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Deuteronomy 8:7–18 God will bring you to a
bountiful land.
This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 65 God provides; the valleys shout and
sing. VU 782
*Hymn: For the Fruit of All Creation VU 227
Opening the Word & The Lord’s
Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Luke 17:11–19 Ten healed; one returns to offer
thanks.
This is the gospel of
Jesus Christ. All: Praise to you,
Lord Jesus Christ.
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
*Hymn: All Things Bright and Beautiful VU 291
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
Loving God, with these gifts we bring
together the circle of life – the material and the spiritual, worship and work.
Help us to use all our gifts wisely, that they may bring healing and wholeness
to a broken world. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
For__________, and ____________ and ____________, O God
Thanksgiving response: We give thanks.
For __________and,____________________________, O God
Intercessory
response: Hear our prayer.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*Hymn: Now Thank We All Our God VU 236
* Commissioning and Benediction
One: We go forth from this place with
grateful hearts
to join with the Earth and with each other
in the healing and renewal of this hurting world.
All: May the grace of Christ
attend us,
the love of God surround us,
and
the Holy Spirit keep us.
*Choral Amen
Friday, 3 October 2014
ANNOUNCEMENTS OCTOBER 5TH, 2014
Participating through leadership in worship this morning
are:
Organist: Al
Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Clark
Brander
(St. D.): Kenzie Mac Lean
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Gladys Knight, Vida Hood
Greeter (St. D.): Sally
& George Fox
Collectors (St. D.): Curtis
Fox, Lisa Rhynold
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.
Sunday School at St. David’s and St. Mark’s will begin TODAY.
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 October 20th at 1:00 p.m.
**********
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
Order Sundays will be October 12th and 26th and Delivery
Sundays will be October 5th, 19th and November 5th.
We are pleased to inform you that gift cards from Walmart are now available.
New order forms are in the green folders in the narthex and choir room.
Promotions for October are as follows:
SpaFinder 15% ( Regular 10%)
la Vie en Rose 10% (
Regular 8%)
HBC (Valid at: Hudson’s Bay, 5% (Regular
3%)
Home
Outfitters)
Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie
Dawson at 902-625-3838 if you have any questions.
Lay Readers
October 12th – Bruce Corrigan
October 19th – St. David’s Anniversary
October 26th – David Chapman
October 21st – Congregational Board Meeting
10,000 Villages ~ Oct 18th 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. If anyone can help
with set-up Friday October 17 and/or Saturday, Oct 19th, please
contact Ruth Laskey 625-0716.
**********
ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
Oct. 12th – Margaret Ashford
Oct. 19th – Anniversary Service -
Susan Langley
Oct. 26th – Arnold Mac Lean
Hall Cleaners for October are Wanda Harb & Florence
Timmons.
St. David’s 129th
Anniversary Service, Sunday, October 19th at 11:00 a.m. Guest preacher, Rev. Janice MacLean, Christian
Nurture and Enrichment Minister, Maritime Conference. Everyone welcome. Lunch
to follow.
After lunch: St. David’s and St. Mark’s congregation
members are invited to a time of conversation with Janice and each other about
future possibilities: a follow-up to “We All Drank from the Same Teapot”!
Fish Cake and Bean Supper
to be held on Friday, October 10th from 4 till 6 pm at the Port
Hastings Fire Hall in conjunction with the Celtic Colours activities. The cost
is $12.00 and sponsored by St. David’s United Church Women.
St. David’s Roast Beef Supper on Friday, November 7th
at Port Hastings Fire Hall.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Indoor Flea
Market Havre Boucher
Community Centre, October 11th, 2014, 10 am - 1 pm. Tables are $10 each.
Contact Denee Mattie 902 232-2274, jjdenee@gmail.com
++++++++++
The Havre Boucher Community Centre presents
our Fall Classic Dinner Theatre with the Harbour Player Theatre Company in
"The Pirates of Havre Boucher." Saturday, October 18th.
Cocktails: 6:00 pm and Dinner: 6:30 pm. Cost is $40 each. Main menu
choice of beef tenderloin or a vegetarian dish. Tickets go on sale
October 4th at the Centre from 9 am to 12 noon (first come first served basis).
If all tickets are not sold during this time they will then be available by
calling 234-2188.
++++++++++
John Allan Cameron Song Session on Monday, October 13th
2-4pm at the Glencoe Station Hall. Gather in Glencoe
Station, birthplace of John Allan Cameron to celebrate the songs of Canada’s
Celtic Music Godfather. A toe-tapping entertaining way to spend Thanksgiving
Day! Song Session led by Buddy MacDonald
ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY OCTOBER 5TH, 2014-CREATION TIME 4
United Church of Canada
Port
Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS
Office:
625-2229, Fax 625-3597, e-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca
Ministers:
The Whole People of God
Ministers:
Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister
of Music: Al Fougere
October 5th, 2014—Creation Time 4—World
Communion
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 Draw the
Circle Wide
Draw the circle wide. Draw it wider still. Let this be our song, no one
stands alone, standing side by side. Draw the circle wide. (x2)
*Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 19, with interpretative actions)
*Opening Prayer (from Worship for All Ages © 2005 Wood Lake Publishing Inc.)
One: Holy One, Creator of all,
gather your human family around your table.
Set a place for us and make room for everyone.
All:
Help us to remember Jesus
and
celebrate his feast of bread and wine.
Give
us communion and community
with the whole world you love. Amen.
*Hymn Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty VU 315
Prayer for Wholeness
All: Creator God, you have outlined
ten
ways the world could flourish,
ten
ways to have full lives,
ten
ways to respect and honour the earth.
But they have become:
ten
ways we’ve failed to live,
ten
ways we’ve cheapened life,
ten ways we’ve abused you and all creation.
We admit to the failure
but
we hold to your way of wisdom for the world.
Enable us to see them as
ten
ways to love each other,
ten
ways to promote wholeness and harmony,
ten ways to open up your realm. Amen.
Words of Assurance
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Exodus 20:1–4, 7–9,
12–20 The Ten Commandments
One: Here is Wisdom. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God. VU 740
Opening the Word & The Lord’s
Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 21:33–46 The unscrupulous tenants of the
vineyard.
One: Here is Good News. All:
Praise be to God.
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
Understanding God, we commit
ourselves to the courageous task of caring for creation, including plants,
animals, and humans. May these gifts be used to bring about new possibilities
for all you care about. We present them to you, thankful for love, compassion,
and hope. Amen.
Written by Laura Turnbull, Penticton
U.C., Penticton, B.C.
Gathering, Pentecost 2 2104, page 28.
Used by permission.
*Hymn All Who Hunger VU
460
Sacrament of Communion Insert, cover of Voices United
Distribution Hymn One Bread, One Body VU
467
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*Hymn Go to the World VU
420
* Commissioning and Benediction
All:
In Christ there is no east or west, no south or north, no division.
One: Go into your world, join hands and hearts with all creation, all your neighbours, all children of God.
*Choral Amen
One: Go into your world, join hands and hearts with all creation, all your neighbours, all children of God.
CHURCH CALENDARS
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.
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