Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al FougereGreeter: Anna Marie & John Langley
Lay Reader: Judy Castle
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.
August 28th – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Nursing Home.
September 1st Service will be at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. NO Service at St. David’s
Copies of “The Upper Room” for Sept.-Oct. are available.
Outdoor Worship Service
including sharing of communion
and picnic supper to follow
at Whycocomagh Provincial Park Campgrounds
Sunday, September 1st at 3:00 p.m.
Hosted by Inverness Guysborough Presbytery.
Everyone is welcome.
Bring along your lawn chair and picnic supper.
Book a campsite by calling 1-888-544-3434 or online reservation system at
https://secure.camis.com/NSDNR/Home.aspx .
Rain venue is Stewart United Church and Hall, Whycocomagh.
September 8th – Regular times of worship resumes
9:30 a.m. – St. Mark’s11:00 a.m. – St. David’s
Next Sunday, September 1st, we begin Creation Time in the Season after Pentecost. During worship in the four weeks of Creation Time, we will create a "community art installation." By creating this larger than life net of found objects and litter, we will observe how we can be both awed and shamed by the size, the wastefulness, and the beauty that our impact has on earth. We are invited to reflect on how the net represents the ways God gathers all things including our mistakes and transforms us into a new creation.
September 1st is Ocean Sunday: bring along to worship pieces of objects that pollute our oceans, perhaps things that you have found as you walked the shore.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
FUNDSCRIP UPDATE - FUNDSCRIP New Order date
The first FundScrip order will be placed Sunday September 8th, 2013 and gift cards will be returned Sunday September 15th.Orders will be sent biweekly on Sundays and gift cards will be returned the Sundays following the orders. FundScrip order forms and envelopes are now available in the narthex and can be found in a green folder labelled FundScrip.
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
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If you need a ride to church during the months of 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
September 1st – Karen Mac KinnonSeptember 8th – Bruce Corrigan
September 15th – Joyce Oliver-Snair
September 22nd – Larry Evans
September 29th – Connie Fowlie
St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting September 17th
ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St. David’s Official Board Meeting on September 8/2013 following Worship Service.
St. David’s Lay Readers:
September 8th – Bruce Corrigan
September 15th – Alicia Vink
September 22nd – Iaian Langley
September 29th – Kenzie Mac Lean
‘An Evening of Music’ featuring Ray and Kay Horton and the Starlight Quartet - (Hymns, Spirituals, Sing alongs and Cape Breton favorites) Friday, Sept. 13th,, 7 pm. at St. David’s Church Hall in Port Hastings. Admission is a Donation at the door. Tea and oatcakes following. Sponsored by Starlight Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
