Participating
through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al
Fougere
Greeters
(St. M.): Angus Mac Rae
(St. D.): Heather Deschenes
Lay
Reader (St. M.): Kathy Barss
Lay
Reader (St. D.): Mary Jess Mac Donald
Advent
Wreath (St. M.): The Langley’s and Grandchildren
(St. D.): Susan & Olivia Langley
Collectors
(St. M.): Angus Mac Rae, Vali Ross,
Ingram Fowlie, Andy Palmer
Collectors
(St. D.): Marie Davis, Ashley Mac Leod
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 3rd Monday of each
month. Next meeting will be Monday, December 16, 2013. If you have
items ready (shawls, mittens, hats, scarves, chemo caps, comfort
cushions, children's pillowcases) please bring them in for blessing
on Sunday, December 8th. They will then be distributed to helping
agencies and hospitals.
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)
Advent and Christmas Worship and Events
December
7th Decorating at St. David’s
December
8th Advent 2
St. Mark’s Sunday School Nativity
December
15th Advent 3
Rotary
Carol Sing
December
21st Longest Night Service, St. David’s,
6:30
December
22nd Advent 4
December
24th Christmas Eve Communion
6:30
p.m. St. Mark’s
8:00
p.m. St. David’s
December
24th Christmas Eve 10:30 P. H. Nursing
Home
December
29th Christmas 1, 11:00 a.m.- St. Mark’s
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. 4051Toll-free: 1-800-268-3781 ext. 4051 E-mail: gkenny@united-church.ca
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
FUNDSCRIP
REPORT December FundScrip Order Sundays will be December 1st
and 15th and December Delivery Sundays will be December
8th and 22nd. December Promotions are:
Roots/Roots
Home/Roots Kids 13% ( Regular 7%)
Pizza
Pizza 13% ( Regular 10%)
Kernels
Popcorn 10% ( Regular 5%)
Fund
Scrip was initiated at St. Mark’s United Church in September 2013
with our first order sent September 8th. 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 Sunday School is having a Christmas Concert on Sunday,
December 8th in the Church Hall at 6:00 p.m. Admission is
Silver Collection
St.
Mark's Christmas Dinner Thursday December 12th at noon. Please call
the church office if you would like to come or speak to Nan for a
ticket. Call if you need a ride. Roast pork and all the fixin's.
St.
Mark’s Lay Readers:
Dec. 8th – Julia Mac
Quarrie
Dec. 15th -
Archie Noseworthy
Dec.
21st –Longest Night Service at St.
David’s
Dec.
22nd – Barbara MacIntyre
Dec.
24th –tba
Dec.
29th – Combined Service at St.
Mark’s
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS
December
7th – Decorating at St. David’s
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.
8th – Yvonne Fox
Dec.
15th – Lisa Rhynold
Dec.
22nd – Ian MacKinnon
Dec.
29th – Dave Pringle
A
box will be placed in the Narthex of the church for mens socks,
new or used in good shape. The UCW will forward these to
Brunswick St. Mission later in the winter. Lets fill the box.
Church
Hall Cleaners for December: Jean Hatcher, Marjorie Langford
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lights
of Love Christmas Campaign – join 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 8th 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); Dec. 1 and Dec. 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, panio, 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.
Leeside
Christmas Program – Every Christmas Leeside assist 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.
Strait
Area Evergreen Club Christmas Bazaar & Tea Sat. Dec. 7
1-4 (doors open at 12:30)
The
Inverness County Singers and the Young County Singers invite you
to "Gifts of the Heart", a concert to be held at St.
Andrew's Church in Judique, Saturday, December 7th at 7:30 p.m., at
St. Mary's Church in Mabou on Sunday, December 8th at 4:00 p.m. and
at St. Margaret's Church of Scotland in Broadcove on Friday, December
13th at 7:30 p.m. The Director of the choir is Laurel Browne and the
accompanist is Marianne Jewell. Donations taken at the door will be
distributed to local charities.
The Havre Boucher Community Centre will be holding a Christmas Dance
on December 7th, 2013 from 9 pm to 1 am. Music by the band
"Eastbound Entertainment". Admission is $8.00 per person
and you must be 19+ to attend.
The Port Hawkesbury Seasonal Services is once again preparing to
provide Christmas dinner boxes for those in need in the Town. Anyone
wishing to donate financially to this project may do so by contacting
Jo-Anne MacDonald at 625-3003. Donations may also be left at the Pitt
Street Post Office with Rosanne, Stan or Roberta or donations may be
left in your name at the Royal Bank of Canada.
