ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY AUGUST 4TH 2013

 Worship at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. 

NO Service at St. David’s

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Greeter: Anna Marie & John Langley

Lay Reader: Barbara Mac Intyre

Collectors: Anna Marie & John Langley,

Jean Wilson, Ingram Fowlie

St. David’s Counters: Bob Downard, Kim Cameron

Deadline for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.

Suggested Food Banks donations: canned meat/fish or canned fruit.

Secretary’s summers hours are Thursday & Friday mornings.

Summer Service During the month of August and September 1st Services will be at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. NO Service at St. David’s

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

FUNDSCRIP UPDATE - The first FundScrip order will be placed Sunday September 15, 2013 and gift cards will be returned Sunday September 22. Orders will be sent biweekly on Sundays and gift cards will be returned the Sundays following the orders. Order forms and FundScrip envelopes will be available in the narthex the middle of August.

HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER - Complete the information on the order form, choose the gift cards you wish to purchase and total the cost of the order. Put the order form and payment in a sealed FundScrip envelope and place on the plate during collection. Payment may be cash or cheque made out to St. Mark’s United Church with a notation FundScrip order. No post-dated cheques please. Your order must be paid before it can be sent.

If you are unable to attend church please deliver your orders, payment included, in sealed Fundscrip envelopes to Patsy or Bonnie in time to be sent with the orders on the designated Sundays. Orders with payment included, in sealed Fundscrip envelopes, may also be given to Jane during St. Mark’s weekly office hours. If you are unable to attend church on gift card delivery Sundays please make arrangements with Patsy to receive them.

If you have any questions or would like more information about this program you may call Patsy Brander at 625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 625-3838. You may also like to visit the website for FundScrip at www.fundscrip.com.

COURTESY CAR

If you need a ride to church during the months of July, August or September, call Dave Chapman at 787-2610

Please make your Courtesy Car request well in advance if possible. Sunday Worship requests should be made by the evening before

or by 8 a.m. Sunday morning at latest.

St. Mark’s Lay Readers for August:

August 11^th – Judy Castle

August 18^th – Irene Mac Isaac

August 25^th – Malcolm Matheson

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Pastoral Aires Concert at the Causeway will be held at St. David’s United Church on Friday, August 16^th at 7 pm. in Port Hastings. Fiddlers, pianists, singers and a bagpiper will be featured. Tea and a light lunch to follow. Admission is a donation at the door. Sponsored by St. David’s  United Church Congregation for the Building Fund.

What follows is an account of the recent meeting attended by Chairs of the Boards, Ian MacKinnon and Dave Chapman and minister, Nan Corrigan:

Meeting of St. Peter’s-Grand Lake-Loch Lomond with St. Mark’s and St. David’s 20130716

Present were: Glen Cameron-Clerk of Session-Grand River

Dana Feltmate-Pastoral Charge Supervisor for St. Peter’s

Marcia MacEwan-Clerk of Session-St. Peter’s

Valerie Hiltz-Corresponding Secretary-St Peter’s

Dale Machin-M&P Chair-St. Peter’s

Sherry Baccardax-Treasurer-St. Peter’s

Nan Corrigan-Minister St. Mark’s & St. David’s

Ian MacKinnon-Board Chair-St. David’s

Dave Chapman-Board Chair-St. Mark’s

Valerie read the motion regarding shared ministry from the minutes of the latest Official Board meeting of St. Peter’s pastoral charge.

Grand River now holds one service per year, Loch Lomond has been holding weekly services from May to October, but now they are down to two services per month during this period and they are heading toward one service per year.

Municipal Tax rules and Charitable Organization rules mandate two meetings per year to maintain status so these two points may soon lose this status.

The fact that St. Mark’s and St. David’s are in Inverness-Guysborough presbytery and St. Peter’s is in Sydney presbytery was noted, but was not expected to be a significant impediment to reaching some sort of agreement.

There was a wide-ranging discussion about the form a shared ministry might take. It was decided that we should open this subject up to discussion with our boards and congregations during the summer, with a tentative future meeting to be held after our respective boards meet in September.

St. Peter’s-Grand Lake-Loch Lomond have also broached similar discussions with West Bay. A possible subject for future consideration would be a three-way shared ministry with St. Peter’s, West Bay and St. Mark’s-St. David’s.

Dave Chapman-pro tem secretary

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Port Hawkesbury Ceilidh Tuesday @ 7:30pm Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre Presented by the Port Hastings Historical Society Admission $8.00, Children $4.00 (under 5 free), Family rate available. Season pass $40.00 Free Tea & Oatcakes August 6
Pat Lamey - Vocals Heather Richards - Vocals/Piano Doug Lamey - Fiddle Katelyn MacDonald Lamey - Piano/Dance August 13   Mike Hall - Fiddle Kolten MacDonnell - Piano Cassidy Fraser - Vocals Chris Poirier - Dancer
August 20th
Dara Smith MacDonald - Fiddle Adam Young - Piano Kayla Marchand - Stepdancer Taylor MacInnis – Vocals

Outdoor worship service at Whycocomagh Provincial Park Campgrounds on Sept. 1st at 3:00 p.m. Hosted by Inverness Guysborough Presbytery. Everyone welcome. Bring along your picnic supper. Book a campsite by calling  1-888-544-3434 or use the online reservation system at https://secure.camis.com/NSDNR/Home.aspx Rain venue is Stewart United Church and Hall, Whycocomagh.

**PLEASE NOTE PIZZA PARTY CHANGE OF DATE

The St Charles Lwanga Children’s Centre in Ruai, Nairobi is a Secondary school and home to approximately 150 children. These children were rescued from the Nairobi slums by Brother John Kennedy (a recent Coady Institute graduate) and are provided with a home, counseling, food, security and education.  It is the place they call home, a place where they feel happy and secure and are given a chance to break the poverty cycle. Inverness County Cares continues to support the Lwanga School. As part of their ongoing fundraising efforts, Inverness County Cares invites you to Port Hood for a swim at the beach and to attend a PIZZA PARTY on Sunday August 4^th,  11 AM - 8 PM at Ted and Hermina Van Zutphen’s at 209 Main Street. Pizza will be available by the slice $5, or whole 12 inch pizza $15. Take out, or stay on site and enjoy music and relax. Pizza will be created on site and cooked in a wood fired pizza oven. Stay until dark and watch the Chestico Days fireworks. Call 227-7955 or 227-5425 to order take out, starting Thursday August 1st.

Open House and 80th Birthday Celebration for Julia MacQuarrie, Sunday, August 11th from 3:00 to 5:00 at the Evergreen Club, Napean Street, Port Hawkesbury. Everyone welcome.