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.): Julia Mac Quarrie
Lay
Reader (St. D.): Yvonne Fox
Advent
Wreath (St. M.): The Hart’s
(St. D.): Julia Mac Kinnon
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.
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
15th Advent 3
Rotary
Carol Sing
December
21st Longest Night Service, St. David’s,
6:30
December
22nd Advent 4
December
24th Christmas Eve 10:30 P. H. Nursing
Home
December
24th Christmas Eve Communion
6:30
p.m. St. Mark’s
8:00
p.m. St. David’s
December
29th Christmas 1, 11:00 a.m.- St. Mark’s
Advent
Small Group: Spiritual Practices in the Isaiah Readings
Wednesday
December 11 10:00 a.m. St. David’s
Wednesday
December 18 10:00 a.m. St. David’s
The
Canadian Government has extended the deadline for the dollar for
dollar matching of donations made by individuals to registered
Canadian charities - including the United Church - for Typhoon Haiyan
relief. December 23, 2013 is now the date by which donations
need to be received, either by the General Council Office or by
congregations.
January 8, 2014 is the deadline for congregations
to ensure that all eligible donations, collected between November 9
and December 23, are received by the General Council Office.
Donations received after December 23, 2013 are still welcome, but
they will not be eligible for matching by the Canadian government.To donate now: https://www.gifttool.com/donations/Donate?ID=1955&AID=3036
For more information about The United Church of Canada's emergency appeal, please go to: http://www.united-church.ca/haiyan
Cheques can be sent to:
The United Church of Canada
Philanthropy-Emergency Response
3250 Bloor St. West, Suite 300
Toronto, ON M8X 2Y4
Tel 416-231-5931 or 1-800-268-3781
E-mail listings can be sent to:
finserv@united-church.ca
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
FUNDSCRIP
REPORT December FundScrip Order Sunday will be December 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 TONIGHT 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.
White
Gift envelopes are inserted in your bulletins this week. Next Sunday, December 15th we will be receiving White Gift donations with the
offering.
St.
Mark’s Lay Readers:
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
Observer:
We were not able to get enough new subscriptions for 2014 so the
price remains at $20.00/year. This is still a great deal, less
than $2.00 a month! For all subscribers, please put your
payment in a plain envelope with your name and mark it “Observer”
and place it on the collection plate. For new subscribers,
please contact me with your full mailing address either by phone,
625-0535, or by e-mail lorna.harvey3@gmail.com
The list will be forwarded Dec. 18th.
ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY
- 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.
15th – Lisa Rhynold
Dec.
22nd – Ian MacKinnon
Dec.
15th – If you have chosen an angel(s) from the Angel
Tree in the church entry, we ask that you bring in those items on
Dec. 15th, (wrapped in white paper if
possible or white kitchen catchers). They will be presented at the
White Gift Service that day. The gifts & groceries will be used
for the Christmas Dinner Boxes to be distributed to families in our
area. Questions may be directed to a member of the U.C.W.
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.
Hall
Cleaners for December: Jean Hatcher, Marjorie Langford
**********
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. 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.
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.
L’Arche
Cape Breton presents “The Three Kings”. Please join us for
L’Arche Cape Breton’s Annual Christmas Pageant on Sunday,
December 8th
at 2pm at SAERC Auditorium, Port Hawkesbury. L’Arche Crafts and
Artwork for sale, Apple Cider and Shortbread Served, Freewill
offering gratefully accepted. Please join us as we re-enact the
Christmas Story as only L’Arche can!
The
Inverness County Singers and the Young County Singers
invite you to "Gifts
of the Heart", a
concert to be held 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
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.
