ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY MARCH 29TH 2015

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Lay Reader (St. M.): Connie Fowlie

                   (St. D.): Kevin Pierce

Lenten Triad (St. M.):

                      (St. D.): Lisa Rhynold

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Andy Palmer, Angus Mac Rae

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

Collectors (St. D.): Sally Fox, Heather Deschenes

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 3^rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is April 20th at 1:00 p.m.

Wednesdays in Lent, 10:00 a.m. Half hour Scripture, Song & Silence, St. David's, Port Hastings.

April 2nd, Maundy Thursday Potluck supper and Table Communion, 6:00 p.m. St. David's Port Hastings. Bring main course, salads or desserts. Beverages and rolls provided.

April 3rd Good Friday worship 11:00 a.m. St. Mark's Port Hawkesbury

April 5th Easter Sunrise St. David's 6:30 a.m., followed by breakfast at Port Hastings Firehall

April 5th Easter Sacrament of Communion St. Mark's 9:30 a.m.; St. David's 11:00 a.m.

April 22^nd – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home. Everyone welcome to attend.

Copies of “The Upper Room” for March- April are available.

Food Bank donations received on the last Sunday of the month. Donations being received during worship today.

Deadline for Bulletin information is Thursday at noon.

Church in Action: Stroll for Your Soul – 21 Emails to Encourage Walking

It takes 21 days to create a habit. Use daily emails as motivation to get outside. The emails will help you notice the the green and growing glories of Spring. If you are a regular walker, they offer practice at paying attention and being in the present moment. We need 10 people to sign on to this email retreat to get the group rate--signup sheet on the table in the church entry or call the church office to join. Walk on you own, with a favourite walking partner--or someone from this group. Each email will offer a practice, or a reflection, or a poem, or a photograph giving direction and encouragement to your time spent walking or jogging or biking or even skate boarding.

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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.

Easter Flowers for St. Mark’s: Flowers will be purchased by the Worship and Pastoral Care Committee this year. We are accepting $20 donations “In Memory of” or “In Tribute to”. Please contact the church office by April 1st. Anyone who has donated towards flowers is encouraged to take a pot of flowers home, to shutins and nursing homes following Easter Sunday worship.

St. Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact person for the Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is 625-2748.

FundScrip FundScrip order Sundays in April will be April 5^th and 19^th and Delivery Sundays will be April 12^th and 26^th, 2015. Promotions for April are as follows:

Wayspa                       12%  ( Regular 10% )

Chapters-Indigo           7%    ( Regular 5% )

Cabela’s                      7%    ( Regular 4% )

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

50^th Anniversary!

In 2016, St. Mark’s will be celebrating their 50^th Anniversary—want to be part of the planning for this special year? Signup sheet in the entry to the church or contact the church office.

Lay Readers:

April 5^th – Denis Bernard

April 12^th – Clark Brander

April 19^th – Judy Castle

April 26^th – Sarah Chiasson

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

April 5^th – Margie Mac Intyre

April 12^th – Susan Langley

April 19^th – Julia Mac Kinnon

April 26^th – Arnold Mac Lean

St. David’s Official Board Meeting on April 12^th following Worship Service.

St. David’s UCW Have placed a box in the narthex for new or gently used womens & children’s scarves, mittens, gloves, hats and or socks. These will be sent to the Brunswick Street Mission in Halifax once enough have been collected.

Church Hall Cleaners for the month of March are Maxine Smith and Diane Mac Kinnon

Easter Flowers for St. David’s: Flowers may be placed “In Loving Memory” for Easter (Please no Lilies or Hyacinths as they are highly scented)

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Indoor Curling will be held on the following Wednesday evenings, April 1st, 6:15- 7 p.m., St. Mark's Church Hall.  The program is a fun event, for ages 10 and up.  Come on out and have some fun!  Please bring a change of footwear. Please no sock feet.  If you would like to curl and have some fun, please contact Margie MacIntyre, 902. 625. 1361, to sign up. Please confirm your attendance with Margie each week.

Cribbage Tournament on April 8^th at 7 o’clock at the Port Hastings Fire Hall. $5.00 per person. Tea provided. This is part of the Inverness County Tournament. Sponsored by Port Hastings’s Community Club.

Port Hawkesbury Food Bank needs small glass bottles (1 1/2 -2 cup size) and clean plastic grocery bags These can be left in the Church kitchen or dropped off at Food Bank on Monday am or Tuesday pm   Thanks

The Nova Major Bantam Hockey Team will be representing Nova Scotia at the Atlantics on April 9^th to 12^th. They are sponsoring a Fund Raising Auction to help defray costs on Saturday, April 4^th at the Carriage House in Port Hawkesbury. Viewing of the many items available to bid on will be at 6 pm, auction beginning at 7 pm. 101.5 The Hawk's Bob MacEachern,  Auctioneer.   Live entertainment, snacks, beverages and prizes. For updates on auction visit www.novahockey.ca

Anyone wanting to travel to Truro shopping on Monday, March 30^th & Thursday April 2^nd is welcome to travel with Margie. Stops along the way if needed. Free ride. Contact Margie MacIntyre at 902. 625. 1361 to make arrangements.

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY MARCH 29TH 2015-PALM SUNDAY

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s

United Church of Canada

Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS

Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597,

e-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca

Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/

Presbytery Website: inverguyunited.ca

Ministers: The Whole People of God; Nan Corrigan D. M.

Minister of Music: Al Fougere

March 29th, 2015-Liturgy of the Palms

REFLECT

Anyone who wishes to process with palm branches pick up palms from beside the “river” and gather in church hall.

The Gospel Acclamation (from the entrance to the church)

Choral Reading of Scripture: Mark 11:1-11

A: When they were approaching Jerusalem,

B: at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mt of Olives,

A: Jesus sent two of his disciples into the village

B: to find a colt that had never been ridden,

A: with the strange instruction that if anyone were to ask what they were doing

B: they were just to say, “The Lord needs it.”

A: So they went

B: and found the colt

A: and while they were untying it a bystander asked,

B: “What are doing, untying the colt?”

A: and they told them what Jesus said

B: and they were allowed to take it to Jesus.

A: They threw their cloaks on the colt’s back and Jesus sat on it

B: even though he knew that the colt had never been ridden before.

A: So he rode into Jerusalem,

B: and some people spread their cloaks on the ground

A: while others spread leafy branches in front of him

B: and they made a royal pathway.

A: The people were shouting, “Hosanna!”

B: ...a word that implied they needed saving

A: “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God the Ruler of Israel”

B: as if Jesus was the one who would be their salvation.

A: “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David”

B: as if he were their king.

*Processional Hymn     Hosanna, Loud Hosanna      VU 123

A: He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple, looking all around.

B: Why?

A: We don’t know. The story just says it was late so he went back to Bethany with his disciples.

B: Back to where the day had started?

A: Maybe to return the colt. The people return to their seats.

Greeting

One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit

A Drop in the Ocean      For quiet reflection as we gather

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop”

– Mother Teresa

INVITE

Call to Worship      At the last bend in the river...palm branches

People of God, we are here,

in this sacred space, in this sacred moment.

Your daily concerns can be momentarily put aside,

as we recall the stories of our faith.

Here we see conventions turned upside down,

as the king who comes does not claim a crown.

Here salvation is misunderstood.

Here we find the beginning of trouble.

Here we remember whose we are.

*Hymn       Tell Me the Stories of Jesus       VU 357

Lenten Triad Candle Extinguishing (Tenebrae) (One purple candle and Christ candle are lighted prior to worship.)

Child: Let us also remember Christ and the light of his example. (6th candle is extinguished.) 

Let us pray: All: God, our Saviour, we praise and adore you. In our mercy you have reached out to us and made us your covenant people. You have called us to new life in Jesus Christ. We want to be a faithful people, O God, yet you know our weakness. Our feet slip easily from your pathway. We trust in the mercy you have shown us in Jesus. Transform our wavering steps into solid conviction for Christ’s sake, we pray. Amen.

Sung Assurance     Like a Mighty River Flowing, v. 1     VU 267

VOICE

Philippians 2:5–11      He humbled himself

One: This is the witness of the early Church. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 118      With palm branches in hand      Pts. 1, 3, 4 VU 837

*Hymn       This Is the Day      VU 412

Opening the Word & Lord’s Prayer

Opening the Word 2       Drops in the Ocean

ENGAGE

*Hymn       All Glory, Laud and Honour      VU 122

Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God

*Offering Prayer

Often we feel what we do and contribute is only a drop in a great ocean of need, but today we send these gifts into the world knowing that each drop is precious and able to make a difference. Bless these our gifts and each of us who gives. Amen.

Prayers of the People

REALIZE

*Hymn       Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross      VU 142

*Commissioning There is a tradition that Palm Sunday is the beginning of a one-week-long service through Holy Week so there is no Amen, just words of encouragement and invitation to gather again next time.

One: As you leave this sacred space,

remember that you are the drops of God’s good news to the world. Remember your sacredness,

remember your place in the eternal flow of life,

and realize this as you shower the world

with kindness and compassion,

and remember there is more of this story to come.

All: We will shower the world with justice.  

WEEKLY LENTEN REFLECTION MARCH 29TH

March 29

Mark 11:1–11

Jesus rides a colt into Jerusalem where there are two kinds
of crowds to greet him – those cheering “Hosanna!” and those calling for his death. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Jesus’ Passion. His real identity is about to be revealed. He is the Messiah and this is the week life turns to death and to life again.

This week, reflect on your Lenten journey and share that
story of faith with someone. What has challenged you?
What has surprised you? What do you most look forward
to in the Easter season?

Longing for Home--Moderator's Lenten Study

http://www.garypaterson.ca/2015/03/23/longing-for-home-lenten-study-palm-sunday/

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY MARCH 22ND 2015

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Lay Reader (St. M.): Brenda Mac Innis

(St. D.): Kenzie Mac Lean

Lenten Triad (St. M.): Lucille & Larry Evans

(St. D.): Arnold Mac Lean

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Andy Palmer, Angus Mac Rae

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

Collectors (St. D.): Sally Fox, Heather Deschenes

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 April 20th at 1:00 p.m.

Wednesdays in Lent, 10:00 a.m. Half hour Scripture, Song & Silence, St. David's, Port Hastings.

March 25th – 10:30 a.m. Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home. Everyone is welcome to attend this Service.

April 2nd, Maundy Thursday Potluck supper and Table Communion, 6:00 p.m. St. David's Port Hastings. Bring main course, salads or desserts. Beverages and rolls provided.

April 3rd Good Friday worship 11:00 a.m. St. Mark's Port Hawkesbury

April 5th Easter Sunrise St. David's 6:30 a.m., followed by breakfast at Port Hastings Firehall

April 5th Easter Sacrament of Communion 

St. Mark's 9:30 a.m.; St. David's 11:00 a.m.

Copies of “The Upper Room” for March- April are available.

Food Bank donations received on the last Sunday of the month.

Deadline for Bulletin information is Thursday at noon.

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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.

Easter Flowers for St. Mark’s: Flowers will be purchased by the Worship and Pastoral Care Committee this year. We are accepting $20 donations “In Memory of” or “In Tribute to”. Please contact the church office by April 1st. Anyone who has donated towards flowers is encouraged to take a pot of flowers home, to shutins and nursing homes following Easter Sunday worship.

St. Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact person for the Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is 625-2748.

FundScrip Order Sunday will be March 22nd and Delivery Sunday will be March 29th , 2015.

March Promotions are as follows:

M & M Meat Shops                         4%                        Regular 3%

PetSmart                                      4%                        Regular 2%

Teriyaki Experience                       12%                       Regular 10%

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

50th Anniversary!

In 2016, St. Mark’s will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary—want to be part of the planning for this special year? Signup sheet in the entry to the church or contact the church office. 

Lay Readers:

March 29th – Connie Fowlie

April 5th – Denis Bernard

April 12th – Clark Brander

April 19th – Judy Castle

April 26th – Sarah Chiasson

ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

March 29th – Kevin Pierce

April 5th – Margie Mac Intyre

April 12th – Susan Langley

April 19th – Julia Mac Kinnon

April 26th – Arnold Mac Lean

Sunday School Classes will resume on March 29th.

St. David’s Official Board Meeting on April 12th following Worship Service.

St. David’s UCW Have placed a box in the narthex for new or gently used womens & children’s scarves, mittens, gloves, hats and or socks. These will be sent to the Brunswick Street Mission in Halifax once enough have been collected.

Church Hall Cleaners for the month of March are Maxine Smith and Diane Mac Kinnon

Easter Flowers for St. David’s: Flowers may be placed “In Loving Memory” for Easter (Please no Lilies or Hyacinths as they are highly scented)

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Trivia Night:  The Port Hastings Historical Society will host trivia night on Saturday March 28th at 7pm in the Port Hawkesbury Fire Hall.  Admission is $5 person (teams of 4). Categories include general trivia, sports, entertainment and more.  Prizes for the top team.  Proceeds support the Port Hastings Museum.

Indoor Curling will be held on the following Wednesday evenings, March 25th and April 1st, 6:15- 7 p.m., St. Mark's Church Hall.  The program is a fun event, for ages 10 and up.  Come on out and have some fun!  Please bring a change of footwear. Please no sock feet.  If you would like to curl and have some fun, please contact Margie MacIntyre, 902. 625. 1361, to sign up. Please confirm your attendance with Margie each week.

Flea Market on Saturday, March 28th from 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.. Tables available to rent. $10.00 each. Tea and dessert available $3.00. St. Mark’s Church, 504 Bernard Street, Port Hawkesbury. Contact Marie to rent a table 902-625-1969.

March 27, 2015 4-6 p.m. Spaghetti Supper at St. Mark’s Church. Adults $12.00 Children 12 and under $5.00 Support Guiding Mosaic.

CURL FOR CANCER

Let’s enter a couple all-ages teams from St. Mark’s and St. David’s—contact Nan if you would like to join our teams!

Curl For Cancer Bonspiel, Saturday March 28 at the SACCC, 9 to 5. $20/per person. Includes a light breakfast and Chili lunch/supper

All proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Society. Interested teams or individuals can register by calling Corey England, 625-1978 or Karen MacKinnon, 625-2984, or e-mail: karenmackinnon@ns.sympatico.ca

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY MARCH 22ND 2015-5TH OF LENT

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s

United Church of Canada

Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS

Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597

E-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca

Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/

Presbytery Website: inverguyunited.ca

Ministers: The Whole People of God; Nan Corrigan D. M.

Minister of Music: Al Fougere

March 22^nd, 2015—5^th Sunday of Lent

Announcements        The Work of Church and Community

The liturgy for Lent follows traditional lines though it is written in a pattern to employ a “river” theme:

R     reflect

I      invite

V     voice

      

E     engage

R     realize

REFLECT

Greeting

One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit

Introit      Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery, v. 5      VU 121

Written on Our Hearts For quiet reflection as we gather

A Hassidic story tells of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah it would put scripture on their hearts. One of the students asked, “Why on our hearts and not in them?” The rabbi answered, “Only God can put scripture inside, but reading sacred text can put it on your hearts, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.”

Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2014 Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Lent • Easter 2015 p.87

INVITE

Call to Worship At the 5^th bend in the river...a place of “love”

People of God, gather here;

in this sacred space, in this sacred moment,

away from your daily concerns and restraints.

Here we recall the stories of faith,

here we see the God who is constantly loving,

here we are offered forgiveness again,

here we remember whose we are.

*Hymn                  Here I Am, Lord                     VU 509

Lenten Triad Candle Extinguishing (Tenebrae) (Two purple candles and Christ candle are lighted prior to worship.)

Adult: …Let us consider what in our lives must die in order that fresh growth and a renewed spirit might be born in us.

(5th candle is extinguished.)

Let us pray: All: Loving God, you call us from darkness and despair, to life and hope. Help us to die to sin. Open us to the possibility of new life which can spring forth from the darkness of the old. Amen.

*Sung Assurance Like a Mighty River Flowing, v. 5 VU 267

VOICE

Jeremiah 31:31–34 “I will write [my law] on their hearts.”

One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 51:1–12 Put a new heart in me, O God. Ref.1 VU 776

*Hymn               Breathe on Me, Breath of God             VU 382

Opening the Word & Lord’s Prayer

Gospel Acclamation

John 12:20–33 Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth.

One: The gospel of Jesus Christ. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Opening the Word 2

Responsive choral reading of Jeremiah 31:31–34

A: The days are surely coming, says God,

B: ...so expect a surprise;

A: when I will make a new covenant with my people,

B: ...not built around signs and laws and land like before.

A: Not like the one I made when I took them out of Egypt

B: ...when God held the people’s hand as a husband would when guiding his wife.

A: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts.

B: ...It will be essential, intrinsic, inherent, known not learned;

A: and I will be their God and they shall be my people

B: ...like family.

A: No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord.”

B: ...This old way will be obsolete,

A: for they shall all know me,

B: ...God will be in relationship with everyone,

A: from the least to the greatest,

B: ...from the smallest child to the most articulate adult,

A: I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.

B: So Jeremiah foretold the good news that was to come, and set God’s people on a path of expectation.

Prayer

God, we hear your promise that as love is written on our hearts, love becomes our true nature. In the full knowledge that we are a forgiven people we look with expectation into our world, to do what we can do to share the good news revealed in Jesus and be agents of peace and justice. Amen.

ENGAGE

*Hymn                 Jesus Calls Us                      VU 562

Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God

*Offering Prayer

We send these gifts into the world with love and the desire that they will flow and flood where they will do good and bring about justice. Amen.

Prayers of the People

REALIZE

*Hymn                Lift High the Cross                VU 151

*Commissioning

One: As you leave this sacred space,

remember that we are a forgiven people

and God has written love on our hearts.

Remember your sacredness,

remember your place in the eternal flow of life,

and realize the power love has to change lives.

All: We will flood the world with the law of love. Amen.

*Choral Amen

WEEKLY LENTEN REFLECTION MARCH 22ND

Jeremiah 31:31–34

“I will write my covenant on their hearts.” “I will forgive
them.” God seeks to bring hope out of despair, even
God’s own despair over the actions of the people. God
is with those who suffer, and the people hearing Jeremiah’s
prophecy are suffering and in despair. They are
exiled and without hope. God’s covenant is broken. The
people forgot and distanced themselves from God. But
God will restore God’s people. They will know God in
their hearts.

This week, when you read a news story of suffering, look
for evidence of God’s presence – hope, comfort, healing.
And keep searching through newspapers, magazines,
and on the Internet until you find these stories. Seek
to find the moments in life’s suffering where God is
present. Share these stories with others.
Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Lent • Easter 2015 Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2014, p. 16

Longing for Home--Moderator's Lenten Study

http://www.garypaterson.ca/2015/03/16/longing-for-home-lenten-study-week-five/

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY MARCH 15TH 2015

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Lay Reader (St. M.): Jean Mac Pherson

(St. D.): Alicia Vink

Lenten Triad (St. M.): Archie, Elaine & Grace Noseworthy

(St. D.): Iaian & Susan Langley and Family

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Andy Palmer, Angus Mac Rae

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

Collectors (St. D.): Sally Fox, Heather Deschenes

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 March 16th at 1:00 p.m.

Wednesdays in Lent, 10:00 a.m. Half hour Scripture, Song & Silence, St. David's, Port Hastings.

March 25th – 10:30 a.m. Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home. Everyone is welcome to attend this Service.

April 2nd, Maundy Thursday Potluck supper and Table Communion, 6:00 p.m. St. David's Port Hastings

April 3rd Good Friday worship 11:00 a.m. St. Mark's Port Hawkesbury

April 5th Easter Sunrise St. David's 6:30 a.m., followed by breakfast at Port Hastings Firehall

April 5th Easter Sacrament of Communion St. Mark's 9:30 a.m.; St. David's 11:00 a.m.

Copies of “The Upper Room” for March- April are available.

Food Bank donations received on the last Sunday of the month.

Deadline for Bulletin information is Thursday at noon.

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.

FundScrip Order Sundays will be March 22nd and Delivery Sundays will be March 15th and 29th, 2015.

March Promotions are as follows:

M & M Meat Shops                         4%                        Regular 3%

PetSmart                                        4%                         Regular 2%

Teriyaki Experience                       12%                       Regular 10%

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

Lay Readers:

March 22nd – Brenda Mac Innis

March 29th – Connie Fowlie

March 17th – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting; 6:30 p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees; 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board Meeting.

ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

March 22nd – Kenzie Mac Lean

March 29th – Kevin Pierce

Sunday School Classes will resume on March 29th.

Anyone who is interested in participating in a ski trip to Ben Eoin is asked to contact Alicia Vink at alicia.vink@bellaliant.net

St. David’s Official Board Meeting on April 12th following Worship Service.

St. David’s UCW Have placed a box in the narthex for new or gently used womens & children’s scarves, mittens, gloves, hats and or socks. These will be sent to the Brunswick Street Mission in Halifax once enough have been collected.

Church Hall Cleaners for the month of March are Maxine Smith and Diane Mac Kinnon

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Trivia Night:  The Port Hastings Historical Society will host trivia night on Saturday March 28th at 7pm in the Port Hawkesbury Fire Hall.  Admission is $5 person (teams of 4). Categories include general trivia, sports, entertainment and more.  Prizes for the top team.  Proceeds support the Port Hastings Museum.

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Indoor Curling will be held on the following Wednesday evenings, March 18th, 25th and April 1st, 6:15- 7 p.m., St. Mark's Church Hall.  The program is a fun event, for ages 10 and up.  Come on out and have some fun!  Please bring a change of footwear. Please no sock feet.  If you would like to curl and have some fun, please contact Margie MacIntyre, 902. 625. 1361, to sign up.  Ideally, it would be nice to have 16 people, to make 4 teams

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Flea Market on Saturday, March 28th from 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.. Tables available to rent. $10.00 each. Tea and dessert available $3.00. St. Mark’s Church, 504 Bernard Street, Port Hawkesbury. Contact Marie to rent a table 902-625-1969.

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March 27, 2015 4-6 p.m. Spaghetti Supper at St. Mark’s Church. Adults $12.00 Children 12 and under $5.00 Support Guiding Mosaic.

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