ANNOUNCEMENTS OCTOBER 12TH 2104

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Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist:                                   Al Fougere

Lay Reader (St. M.):                Bruce Corrigan

(St. D.):                       Margaret Ashford

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Gladys Knight, Vida Hood      

Greeter (St. D.):                       Sally & George Fox

Collectors (St. D.):                   Curtis Fox, Lisa Rhynold

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.

They are also saving plastic grocery bags which can be dropped off at the Food Bank or given to one of the volunteers.

Prayer Shawl Knitting Circle  Knitters and crocheters gather together in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3^rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is October 20^th at 1:00 p.m.

AVAILABLE AT THE CHURCH OFFICE: 

Canadian Church Calendar 2015

Cost: $6.00 (profit to go to the Mission and Service Fund, United Church of Canada) 

A beautiful calendar showcasing our own traditions with inspired photographs of Anglican and United churches from across Canada. Significant church dates and spiritually uplifting verses make it the perfect calendar to give or keep.

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for November-December are available at Church entrance.

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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.

FundScrip Order Sundays will be October 12^th and 26^th and Delivery Sundays will be October 19^th and November 5^th. We are pleased to inform you that gift cards from Walmart are now available. New order forms are in the green folders in the narthex and choir room. Promotions for October are as follows:

            SpaFinder               15%                 ( Regular 10%)

           la Vie en Rose    10%               ( Regular 8%)

HBC (Valid at: Hudson’s Bay,   5%              (Regular 3%)

               Home Outfitters)

Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838 if you have any questions.

Lay Readers:

October 19^th – St. David’s Anniversary

October 26^th – David Chapman

10,000 Villages ~ Oct 18^th  9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. If anyone can help with set-up Friday October 17 and/or Saturday, Oct 19^th, please contact Ruth Laskey 625-0716.

October 21^st – Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board

October 29^th – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Nursing Home

St. Mark’s Bazaar on November 28^th from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

Oct. 19^th – Anniversary Service - Susan Langley

Oct. 26^th – Arnold Mac Lean

Hall Cleaners for October are Wanda Harb & Florence Timmons.

St. David’s 129^th Anniversary Service, Sunday, October 19^th at 11:00 a.m. Guest preacher, Rev. Janice MacLean, Christian Nurture and Enrichment Minister, Maritime Conference. Everyone welcome. Lunch to follow.

After lunch:  St. David’s and St. Mark’s congregation members are invited to a time of conversation with Janice and each other about future possibilities: a follow-up to “We All Drank from the Same Teapot”!

St. David’s Session Meeting – October 26^th following Worship.

St. David’s Roast Beef Supper on Friday, November 7^th at Port Hastings Fire Hall.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Havre Boucher Community Centre presents our Fall Classic Dinner Theatre with the Harbour Player Theatre Company in "The Pirates of Havre Boucher."  Saturday, October 18th.  Cost is $40 each. Tickets available by calling 234-2188.

John Allan Cameron Song Session on Monday, October 13^th  2-4pm at the Glencoe Station Hall,  birthplace of John Allan Cameron,  Celtic Music Godfather. Song Session led by Buddy MacDonald. Coffee, tea and snacks available $12

Port Hawkesbury School of Gaelic (Sgoil Ghaidhlig Bhaile a’ Chlamhain) 2014/15 classes will start October 20, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Knight of Columbus Hall, P.H. Cost of 20 week session is $100.00. Weekly payment option available. All levels of learners and beginners welcome. Come out to be a part of the resurgence of the Gaelic language. Thig air chèilidh oirnn (Come visit us). Phone George at 902-631-3201 for more information.