Participating
through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Greeters
& Collectors (St. M.): Larry & Lucille Evans
Greeter
(St. D.): Cathy Mac Lean
Lay
Reader (St. M.): Denis Bernard
Lay
Reader (St. D.): Dave Pringle
Collectors
(St. D.): Alicia Vink,
James Mac Fadyen
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.
May
28th - 10:30 a.m. Service at the Nursing Home.
June
8th – St. Mark’s Anniversary Service. Combined
Service.
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
Order Sunday will be May 25th, and delivery Sunday
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 25th – Choir leading Service
June
1st – Vida Hood
June
8th – Connie Fowlie * St. Mark’s Anniversary
June
15th – Jean Mac Pherson
June
22nd – Rebecca Roussy
June
29th – Julia Mac Quarrie
*
May 27th – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting.
Please note change of date. 6:30 p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. –
Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
May
26th –
6:00 p.m. Church yard clean up. Everyone welcome. Please bring your
own tools.
June
8th –
St. Mark’s Anniversary Service. Combined Service.
June
29th – St. David’s Official Board Meeting following
Church.
St.
David’s Lay Readers:
May 25th – Choir
leading Service Combined Service at St. Mark’s. NO Service
at St. David’s
June
6th- Kenzie Mac Lean
June
8th – St. Mark’s Anniversary
June
15th – Ian A. Mac Kinnon
June
22nd – Katie Downard
June
29th – Kevin Pierce
Yard
Sale & Bake Sale June 07th 2014 at St.
David’s church hall......0830 to 1200 am
Hall
Cleaners for May are Heather Deschenes, Hazel Mac Lean
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
World Pride 2014
When: June
20, 2014 - June 29, 2014 Where: Toronto, Ontario
The United Church of Canada welcomes the world to Toronto for
WorldPride 2014.
WorldPride is an international celebration incorporating activism,
education, and the history and culture of global LGBTTIQQ2SA
communities. WorldPride 2014 will mark the fourth WorldPride
festival, and the first to be held in North America.
Toronto Conference Office is coordinating The United Church of
Canada’s presence at WorldPride, with input from local Affirming
Ministries, Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble, and the General
Council Office.
Visit the United
Church WorldPride website for more information.
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.
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!
Breakfast
@ the Evergreen Club Sat. May 31 9-12
