Participating through leadership in
worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Jean Mac Pherson
Lay Reader (St. D.): Mary Jess Mac
Donald
Advent Wreath (St. M.):
Advent Wreath (St. D.): Wanda Radford
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.):
Donnie & Jean Mac Pherson
Greeters (St. D.): Heather Deschenes
Collectors (St. D.): Marie Davis,
Ashley Mac Leod
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 3rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is
December 15th 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
January-February are available.
About Gifts with Vision
The United Church of Canada developed
the giving catalogue Gifts with Vision in response to member
requests to be able to give gifts to relatives, friends, and loved
ones that are in direct support of the church’s Mission and Service
partners across Canada and around the world. If you are seeking
inspiring new gift ideas, Gifts with Vision presents a new
way to celebrate special occasions. Give a gift that can help change
people’s lives! Print catalogues are now available in the entry to
the church and gifts can also be purchased online at
www.giftswithvision.ca
Anyone interested in Confirmation
is asked to please contact the Church Office at 625-2229.
Advent Small Group: Working
Graces This study for small
groups is based on the The
Letters used in the Lectionary readings for Advent.
The President of Maritime
Conference, Gloria Churchill and Janice MacLean reflect on
Faith, Hope, and Love. These
“Working Graces” inform our mission and identity in
congregations. Parlour of St. Mark's, Monday mornings at
10:00 throughout December.
Advent and Christmas Worship and
Events
December 7th
– Advent 2
December 14th
– Advent 3 White Gift
2:30 Rotary Christmas Carolling
Party, St. Mark’s
4:30 St. David’s White Gift Service &
Potluck Supper
(no morning worship at St. David’s
this day)
December 21st
– Advent 4
6:30 St. Mark’s Longest Night
Service
December 24th
– Christmas Eve Service with Communion
6:30 p.m. – Service at St.
Mark’s
8:00 p.m. – Service at St. David’s
December 28th
– Christmas 1, 11:00 a.m. St. David’s
Marking the Days: Calendars for
Inmates at Springhill Institution Again
this year the Chaplains are seeking calendars for the inmates at
Springhill Institution. These calendars are an important point
of contact with inmates especially those who are arriving in the
reception area. You could drop them off in the box provided at
Church entrance.
Christmas Hope: Christmas Cards
for Inmates in Segregated Populations There
is prison and then there is the hole –
segregation: 23 hours a day in a 6’X9′ cell.
Isolated, bombarded by the noise of an institutional machine,
alone with your thoughts and feelings at Christmas time. It is
into this place that the Divine longs to be born. If you would
like to share the message of hope with an individual in prison, write
a Christmas message on a Christmas Card, sign it with your first name
only, place it in an unsealed envelope and either mail the envelope
to Springhill Institution Chaplaincy Department, PO Box 2140
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0. The Chaplains will put the names of
individuals on the Christmas cards and hand them out to the men in
Segregation over the Christmas season.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St. Mark’s
Welcomes You! Refreshments in the
church hall following worship—please join us! There is a quiet
nursery space above the stage in the hall—reached via the stairs by
the church office door. There you will find toys, change table, crib,
rocking chair for your use. We’re so glad you came today.
St. Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact
person for the Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is
625-2748.
White Gift Envelopes have been included
in St. Mark’s bulletins this week. We ask that you return them next
week.
FundScrip Order Sunday will be
December 7th and Delivery Sunday will be December
14th. FundScrip will resume with an order Sunday January
11, 2015. Promotions for December are as follows:
Fairmont Hotels
10% ( Regular
8% )
Kernels Popcorn 10% ( Regular
5%)
Cara Restaurants ( Includes Hudson’s
Bay 5% ( Regular 3% )
& Home Outfitters) FundScrip
will resume in 2015 with an order Sunday on January 11th,
2015. Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson
at 902-625-3838 if you have any questions about the program or if you
wish to join the program.
Lay Readers:
December 14th – Clark
Brander
December 21st – Julia Mac
Quarrie
December 24th – Archie
Noseworthy
Observer Subscriptions:
Please use one of the envelopes in the narthex to subscribe or renew
and place on the collection plate by December 14, 2014. Cost is
just $20/yr. For more info, please contact Lorna Harvey
lorna.harvey3@gmail.com.
or 902-625-0535.
The members of
the Special Events (UCW)
would like to thank everyone for all their help in making this year’s
bazaar a great success. It is because of your great support that our
bazaar was so successful. We made a profit of $2294.55. Thanks again.
Have a wonderful Christmas
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ST. DAVID’S BAPTISM
Received today by Baptism are:
Vanessa Roslyn
Alexandra Kennedy
Kearah Angel Kennedy
Emma Marie Davis
ST. DAVID’S FLOWERS
In Loving Memory of:
- IAN A. MAC KINNON from Doug &
Florence Timmons and Family
- MOM, DAD & CHARLOTTE from
Catherine Mac Lean
ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
December 14th – Lisa
Rhynold
December 21st – Kenzie Mac
Lean
December 28th -
White Gift Service will be held
on December 14th at 4:30 p.m. This will replace the
11o’clock Service. No 11 o’clock Service on December
14th. Pot Luck Dinner to follow. The Congregation is asked
to bring something for the dinner.
St. David’s U.C.W. will meet on
December 10th at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Maxine Smith.
Hall Cleaners for December are Jean
Hatcher & Marjorie Langford.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Leeside
Christmas Program
Leeside Transition House provides Christmas gifts and food to
families in need who use our sevices. Many families receive
assistance only from Leeside. Donations from the community make
the Christmas program possible. You can help in one of the
following ways: -Make a cash donation -Donate a gift card from a
grocery store -"Adopt" a child or family to buy gifts for
-Tell others about the Leeside Christmas program For more info. call
Leeside at 902-625-1990.
An
Olde Tyme Christmas
at the Port Hastings Museum and Artisans Collective to Sunday, Dec.
7th 2:00-7:00 p.m. Special Christmas Displays throughout the Museum,
quality hand crafted woven, quilted, knitted and carved gift items
for Christmas from local artisans, children’s
activities.
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 or Roberta. Donations may be left in
your name, at the
Royal Bank of Canada
Blue
Christmas Ecumenical Service
on December 18 at 7:00 pm at Trinity United Church, Mulgrave. Come
and join us in sharing in prayer, hymns and scripture that
acknowledge God’s Word come to shine light in our darkness.
Everyone, regardless of church background is welcome.
Christmas
Carol & Reading Service River
Denys Presbyterian Church
December
21, 2014 at 7 pm Everyone welcome. Ministry of music by local and
invited guests. Fellowship and refreshments to follow the
service. Free will offering in support of River Denys &
Malagawatch Church.
