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
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 May 19th at 1:00 p.m.
The
Annual Meeting of Maritime Conference is May 22nd-25th.
Al and the Choir will be leading the Service on May 25th.
There will be one Service at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. No Service at
St. David’s.
Food
Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St.
Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact person for the Courtesy Car is
Andy Palmer. His telephone number is 625-2748.
Copies
of the summary of the facilitated meeting (We All Drank from the
Same Teapot) held at St. David’s in March are available on the
table in the entry today. Excerpts of the summary will be in the
bulletin over the next few Sundays.
FUNDSCRIP
May order Sundays will be May 11th and 25th,
and delivery Sundays will be May 4th and May 18th.
May
Promotions are:
WaySpa
13% ( Regular 10%)
la
Vie en Rose
11% ( Regular 8% )
Fairmont
10% ( Regular 8%)
Please
contact Patsy Brander at 625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 625-3838 if you
have any questions about how to join the program.
St.
Mark's gardening enthusiasts: Interested in working with Nan on
improving the outdoor space at the front of St. Mark's? Speak to Nan
who is looking for both ideas and helping hands. More information on
this ongoing project to follow.
Lay
Readers:
May
18th – Denis Bernard
May
25th – Choir leading Service
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May 27th – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting.
Please note change of date.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St.
David’s Lay Readers: May 18th – Dave Pringle
No
Service at St. David’s on Sunday May 25th.
Combined Service at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. Al and the Choir will
be leading the Service.
St.
David’s members are asked to come out with the proper tools to
clean up the Old Cemetery, known as the Kirk, on Monday, May 12th
at 6 pm. weather permitting. If you’re unable to come that evening,
check to see if there’s more to be done the following night at 6
pm.
Yard
Sale & Bake Sale St. Davids June 07th 2014
at St. David’s church hall......0830 to 1200 am
Hall
Cleaners for May are Heather Deschenes, Hazel Mac Lean
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
There
will be an evening of prayer, music and scripture for families and
friends of those who have died while in the care of St. Martha’s
Regional Hospital from August 1st,
2013 to January 31st,
2014 held in the Clare Marie Auditorium on Tuesday, May 13th,
2014 at 7:15 p.m. Refreshments will follow.
The
Inverness County Singers will present its spring concert “How Can I
Keep From Singing?” Today at 4:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church in
Mabou; & Monday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. at Stella Maris Church in
Inverness. Concerts will be directed by Laurel Browne with piano
accompaniment by Marianne Jewell and also feature the Young County
Singers. Please join us! Freewill donations go to local charities
Free
information session! The
Registered Disability Savings Plan can help you save for the future.
If you or someone you
know has a disability and is under 50 years old, find out how the
Government of Canada may help, even if you don’t have money to
contribute. Register to find out more: Jean Coleman, Nova Scotia
Association for Community Living Tel: 902-469-1174 Toll-free:
1-844-469-1174 E-mail: nsacl@eastlink.ca
Port Hawkesbury When:
Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:00 p.m. Where: Civic Centre Reeves Street
Port Hawkesbury
A
Caregiver
Appreciation Tea on
Wednesday,
May 28th,
2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm at
Nova Scotia Community College, Strait Area Campus 226 Reeves Street,
Port Hawkesbury. May is Caregiver Awareness Month. Join us in
celebrating the family members and friends who give unpaid care to
loved ones. Everyone is welcome. No admission charge.
Today
at 3pm:
Starlight
Chapter # 66, Order of the Eastern Star, Port Hawkesbury will sponsor
an ESTARL service at St. David's Church, Port Hastings.
Guest speaker is Rev. Andrew MacDonald, minister of St. Andrews
Presbyterian church, Whycocomagh. ESTARL( Eastern Star Training
Awards for Religious Leadership) Fund supplies bursary assistance to
those entering schools for the purpose of religious training. Since
1952, Estarl has been one of the special projects every year of
Eastern Star chapters throughout the world. Light lunch
following the service. Everyone
welcome.
Have
you ever thought about becoming a Palliative Care Volunteer?
Interested
participants are invited to take a 3-day district wide Palliative
Care Volunteer Program at Claire Marie Gathering Place, St. Martha's
Regional Hospital May 21, May 28 & June 4th
from 8:30 am - 4:30pm Breaks and light lunch provided To
register: please e-mail Norah-Lee.Goulding@gasha.nshealth.ca
OR phone: 1-902-867-4500
ext. 4419
leave a message if there is no answer. Please note that upon
completion of this program, interested participants will still be
required to fill out a volunteer application and go through the
Volunteer Screening Process.
Yard
Sale on May 31st,
St. Mark’s United Church, Port Hawkesbury from 9-12 noon sponsored
by Girl Guide Camp Committee.
Plant
Sale: Swap’n Shop, Car Boot Sale of Plants, May
31st, 9 a.m. Parking lot of St. Mark’s. A chance to thin
out your perennial beds --and trade plants or purchase plants from
someone else. All perennials and packs of at least 6 annuals are
$2.00—if sold, proceeds are to go to the establishment of new
Garden Club in the community. But swap all you want!
