Participating
through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Margie Mac Intyre
Greeters
(St. M.): Larry & Sherrille Mac Keigan
(St. D.): Maxine Smith
Lay
Reader (St. M.): Archie Noseworthy
Lay
Reader (St. D.): Maxine Smith
Collectors
(St. M.): Larry & Sherrille Mac Keigan,
Bruce Corrigan, Ruth Laskey
Collectors
(St. D.): Ashley Mac Leod, Marie Davis
OFFICE
HOURS:
Monday
9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s
Tuesday
9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s
Wednesday
9-12 noon Nan at St. David’s, Jane at St. Mark’s
Thursday
9 – 12 noon Jane at St. Mark’s
Friday
– Minister’s Day Off, 9-12 noon Jane at St. Mark’s
Food
Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month. Food Bank donations will be received today.
Prayer
Shawl Knitting Circle Knitters and crocheters gather together in
the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3rd Monday of each
month. Next time of gathering is March 17th at 1:00 p.m.
Interested
in small group study during the season of Lent? Call the church
office to sign up for
Lent
Small Group Study: Gifts of Celtic Christianity, resources
provided by Leaders: Ivan
Gregan & Janice MacLean. Six one hour sessions:
Session
1: The Hearth:Gather Us In
Session 2: High Crosses: Touchstones for an Engaged Spirituality
Session 2: High Crosses: Touchstones for an Engaged Spirituality
Session
3: The Salmon of the Three Wells: Encircling Presence
Session
4: A Infinite Weave: A Celtic Sense of Time
Session
5: The Place of Our Resurrection: Mission
Session
6: Celtic Worship
LENT
PERSONAL EMAIL RETREAT: Soul Songs: Praying the Psalms
Facilitator: Janice MacLean
You
will receive six email retreats offering a variety of reflections,
prayers, poetry, art, photographs and spiritual practices.
Your
email retreat arrives early Saturday morning in your inbox, beginning
Saturday, March 8. You attend to it when you have time.
The
eRetreat is flexible. You might use it in one sitting or as part of a
daily quiet time. Cost: $15 (If circumstances require you to choose
$0 please do so.) To learn more about this retreat please visit the
Email Retreat Page:
http://marconf.ca/42906-lent-email-retreat/
Copies
of “THE UPPER ROOM” for March-April are available.
PLEASE
NOTE: Found Faithful Stewardship Event: Mark this date on your
calendar! Sunday, March 2nd, is our Celebration Sunday, when
congregation members/adherents present our personal giving
commitments for the ministry and mission we share as St. Mark's
United Church congregation. On this day, St. Mark's and St. David's
switch worship times so that St. Mark's can have a Found Faithful
Celebration Lunch. March 2nd worship times--St. David's
9:30 a.m. and St. Mark's 11:00 a.m. followed by a light lunch.
Sandwiches, salads and the choir is asked to bring dessert (cookies,
etc.)
February
26th – 10:30 a.m. Service at the Nursing Home.
PATHWAYS
TO PRAYER—A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY
Do
you pray? How do you pray? To whom? Why? When? What about? St. Ann’s
Bay United Church is presenting a week-end ecumenical conference May
16-18, 2014 to discuss this topic. We hope to boost your prayer
routine, give you some ideas to enhance your spiritual growth and
give you a respect for the variety of forms prayer can take. There
will be speakers, social activities, worship, food and great Cape
Breton hospitality.
Our
keynote speakers are Stephen Augustine and Rev. Ivan Gregan.
Professor Stephen Augustine, BA, MA, hereditary Chief on the Mi’Kmaq
Grand Council and trained by elders since an early age, has a
thorough command of traditional practices. He will address prayer in
respect to his native spirituality. He is Principal of Unama’ki
College of Cape Breton University. Rev. Ivan Gregan, BA, MDiv, has
been the minister at Port Wallis United Church in Dartmouth, NS since
1988. For information and registration forms, speak to Nan or contact
the church office.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
FUNDSCRIP
REPORT Delivery Sunday February 23rd.
Please
contact Patsy Brander at 625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 625-3838 if you
have any questions about how to join this program
Lay
Readers:
March
2nd – Heather Brander
March
9th – First Sunday in Lent – Irene Mac Isaac
March
16 – Second Sunday in Lent – Malcolm Matheson
March
23rd – Third Sunday in Lent – Barbara Mac Intyre
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
PLEASE
NOTE: March 2nd
worship times--St.
David's 9:30 a.m.
and St. Mark's 11:00 a.m.
A
box will be placed in the Narthex of the church for men’s
socks, new or used in good shape. The UCW will forward these to
Brunswick St. Mission later in the winter. Lets fill the box.
St.
David’s Lay Readers:
March
2 – Malcolm Parsons
March 9 – Margaret Ashford
March 16 –
Kenzie Mac Lean
March 23 – Ian
Mac Kinnon
March
30 – Kevin Pierce
Hall
Cleaners for February – Irene Wheaton, Beryl Mac Donald
Tuesday,
March 4th: 4:30 to 6 pm. St. David’s UCW’s annual
Pancake Supper. Free will donation for our Mission and Service
fund
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Maritime Conference Lenten Resources
Retreat info and resources for Lent from Maritime Conference can be found at:
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e2021d1ad768ec5177f0f050a&id=4058efd125&e=dcd5af777d
Trivia
Night sponsored by the Port Hastings Historical Society will be held
at 7pm in the Port Hawkesbury Fire Hall on Saturday, March 29th. Team
of 4 for $20.00...pre-register with Bob at 625-1220...Lots of fun and
laughs.
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FIBRE
EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATIONS & CLASSES
WEAVING
DEMONSTRATIONS
Rachael
Robitaille will be working on her table loom in the gallery. She will
be available to talk about her process as a weaver, fibre artist and
teacher and also to provide insight. Rachael works with inspiration
sources from the beauty and abundance of the natural world around
her. She uses natural fibres hand dyed and hand painted yearns mostly
from local artisans and farms. You can pass the shuttle if desired
and look forward to weaving a small mat during our March Break
demonstration on Mar. 9.
QUILTING
SAMPLER
Join
Barb MacIntyre has on display the Diamond Daze Quilt. Classes for
the Diamond Daze Quilt will be on Feb. 26, Mar. 5 & Mar. 12.Barb
will also have on display the quilt that will be made during the
upcoming Spring session.
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Port Hawkesbury Food Bank is in need of clean plastic grocery bags. They can
be dropped of at the Food Bank on Monday am between 8-11 am or on Tuesday pm
12-3.30 pm or given to one of the volunteers
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Strait
Area Women's Place presents our 1st Women's
Cloth Swap Event We
will start out with a Sweater
Exchange - So
Bring your clean, good-used Sweater item and swap them with an old or
new friend. Friday
March 7th, 2014, 2PM - 4PM Strait
Area Women's Place - Suit 104 - 609 Church Street - Port Hawkesbury
Open
Monday-Friday 9AM-4:30PM - 902-625-1614
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