ANNOUNCEMENTS NOVEMBER 24TH 2013

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Greeters (St. M.): Vida Hood, Karen Mac Kinnon

(St. D.): The Timmons Family

Lay Reader (St. M.): Jean Mac Pherson

Lay Reader (St. D.): Margie Mac Intyre

Collectors (St. M.): Vida Hood, Karen Mac Kinnon,

Andy Palmer, Hayward Hollett

Collectors (St. D.): Bob Downard, Alicia Vink

MINISTER’S OFFICE HOURS:

Monday 9-12 noon Tuesday 9-12 noon

Wednesday 9-12 noon at St. David’s You may drop by for a coffee.

Thursday 9 – 12 noon Friday – Minister’s Day Off

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

Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle Knitters and crocheters gather together in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3^rd Monday of each month.

AVAILABLE AT THE CHURCH OFFICE:  

Canadian Church Calendar 2014 

Cost: $6.00 ($1.25 profit from each to go to the Mission and Service Fund, United Church of Canada)

Christmas Parade float from St. Mark's and St. David's--want to help us put together a living nativity float for Port Hawkesbury's Christmas Parade? Speak to Nan or Bruce--needed are a flatbed trailer or wagon, help to construct a stable background, portable power source for lighting and sound system, and of course, people to take part. Parade is evening of November 30th--we will be working on the float in November.

November 27^th – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Nursing Home.

Advent and Christmas Worship and Events

November 30^th Port Hawkesbury Christmas Parade

December 1^st Advent 1 Sacrament of Communion

December 8^th Advent 2

St. Mark’s Sunday School Nativity

December 15^th Advent 3

Rotary Carol Sing

December 21^st Longest Night Service, St. David’s, 6:30

December 22^nd Advent 4

December 24^th Christmas Eve, PH Nursing Home 10:30

Christmas Eve Communion

6:30 p.m. St. Mark’s

8:00 p.m. St. David’s

December 29^th Christmas 1, Shared worship

Advent Small Group: Spiritual Practices in the Isaiah Readings

Monday November 25 10:00 a.m. St. Mark’s parlour

Monday December 2 10:00 a.m. St. Mark’s parlour

Wednesday December 11 10:00 a.m. St. David’s

Wednesday December 18 10:00 a.m. St. David’s

Government Will Match Donations for Philippines Typhoon Appeal

The United Church has issued a church-wide appeal for donations in response to the super typhoon that devastated much of the Philippines on November 8. Funds donated will be distributed to United Church partners in the Philippines and ACT Alliance for relief and reconstruction efforts. The Canadian government will match, dollar for dollar, donations to registered Canadian charities, including the United Church, made between November 9 and December 8. Please donate to Typhoon Haiyan Relief. Your donation will be applied directly to support the relief and reconstruction work of United Church partners in the Philippines and ACT Alliance. Here's how you can donate:
* Online via our secure donation page.
* Phone 416-231-5931 or toll-free 1-800-268-3781 and use your Visa or MasterCard.
* Send a cheque, money order, or Visa or MasterCard information with donation amount to:
The United Church of Canada
Philanthropy Unit - Emergency Response
3250 Bloor Street West, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario M8X 2Y4
Please be sure to note "Emergency Response-Typhoon Haiyan Relief" on the face of your cheque. For more information contact:
Gary Kenny Program Coordinator, Emergency Response and International Development Tel: 416-231-5931 ext. 4051
Toll-free: 1-800-268-3781 ext. 4051 E-mail: gkenny@united-church.ca

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

FUNDSCRIP REPORT FundScrip was initiated at St. Mark’s United Church in September 2013 with our first order sent September 8^th. We are participating in the program with Holy Trinity Anglican Church and by doing so our combined orders are large enough that we have eliminated shipping and handling charges. To date the program has raised $327.00 which is an average of $109.00 per month and if this continues for the year $1300.00 would be earned for our church. Fourteen supporters (families) from our church are using the program on a regular basis for groceries, gas, pharmacy items, restaurants and home supply retailers. Over the holiday season we hope these supporters and hopefully some new supporters will purchase additional cards to use as gifts for their families and friends. Please contact Patsy Brander at 625- 1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 625-3838 if you have any questions about how to join this program.

St. Mark’s Lay Readers:

Dec. 1^st – Kathy Barss Dec. 8^th – Julia Mac Quarrie

Dec. 15^th - Archie Noseworthy

Dec. 21^st –Longest Night Service at St. David’s

Dec. 22^nd – Barbara MacIntyre Dec. 24^th –tba

Dec. 29^th – Combined Service at St. Mark’s

St. Marks United Church Annual Christmas Tea and Sale November 29th 7-9 pm Admission $3.00 Knitting, crafts, new to you table, and bake table. Door Prize. All welcome. Donations to bazaar tables can be delivered to the Church on Thursday evening (Nov.28) between 6pm and 8pm and again on Friday afternoon beginning at 1pm. Items for the New to You tables should be delivered as early as possible for sorting and pricing

The Observer has a promotion to reduce the cost of each subscription for 2014.  If we can increase our number of subscribers by 10, we will be charged a rate of $10.00/each for the year. I will contact the current subscribers to confirm the price.  If you are interested, please contact Lorna Harvey, 625-0535, or lorna.harvey3@gmail.com.

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ST. DAVID’S MEMORIAL

A donation has been received In Loving Memory of DR. WLADYSLAW & ANNA GUZDZIOL from Barbara and Martin vanLierop.

ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congregation meeting following Church on Sunday December 8, 2013. One to deal with a request from Port Hastings Fire Dept.,

and 2,  elect two elders.

St. David’s Lay Readers:

Dec. 1^st – Mary Jess MacDonald Dec. 8^th – Yvonne Fox

Dec. 15^th – Lisa Rhynold Dec. 22^nd – Ian MacKinnon

Dec. 29^th – Dave Pringle

Church Hall Cleaners for November: Claudette & Ashley Fox

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lights of Love Christmas Campaign – join the celebration this year by helping the R. K. MacDonald Nursing Home light up their tree with bulbs dedicated to love. You can dedicate a bulb. Monies raised will be used to purchase a new Self Cooking Centre. Please join us on Sunday, December 8^th at 7 p.m. in the R. K. MacDonald Chapel for the dedication ceremony.

Step back in time for an Olde Tyme Christmas at the Port Hastings Museum (Rotary); November 29 to December 1 and December 6 to 8...daily 2 - 7pm.  A unique Inuit Art Collection and  Anna Guzdziol’s Doll Collection will be featured. Bake Sales on Saturdays @ 2pm. Children's activities are planned. Quality hand-crafted gift items for Christmas from local artisans and products from the Galloping Cows.  Free tea, cider and cookies.

An Evening of Pastoral Airs - St. Mary of the Angels Church, Glendale. 7 pm. Sunday, December 1, 2013. Music and Song, Fiddles, pipes, whisle, banjo, guitar, piano, Celtic and Christmas songs. Sponored by Glendale Area Community Cooperative. Proceeds shared with St. Mary of the Angels Parish. Collection by a good-will basket.

French Book Fair - There will be a French Book Fair at Tamarac Education Center starting Tuesday, November 26th to Friday, the 29th, closing at noon. The hours are from 8am to 3pm. Family Event night is on Thursday, November 27th from 4 to 7pm. We will have a door prize consisting of 25 dollars worth of books for your child. Everyone is welcome! We accept Visa and MC! All proceeds go back to the library!

Leeside Christmas Program – Every Christmas Leeside assists families who use our services with Christmas gifts and food. Our Christmas program is dependent on donations from the community. You can help by: telling others about the program, making a cash donation, donating gift cards expecially for food, adopting a child or family. We ask that all donations be in by December 11. For more information, please call Leeside at 625-1990.

“In the Dark of Winter” J. Franklin Wright Fibre Exhibition

Jan 27 2014 - Mar 14 2014 Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre

Opportunities for both amateurs and professionals, with categories for quilting, weaving, felting, rug hooking, knitting, spinning, and needlework. The entries are not juried. All entries following the guidelines in the prospectus are exhibited; however, they will be judged to award the prizes. The show is sponsored by the J. Franklin Wright Gallery. As part of this show we will be offering educational events, demonstrations and sale of entries. www.phcivic.com Registrations are due on or before January 17, 2014. The exhibit will run from January 27 to March 14, 2014.

Breakfast at Evergreen Seniors Club Sat Nov 30,    9-12