Participating
through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al
Fougere
Lay
Reader (St. M.): Denis Bernard
(St. D.): Margie
Mac Intyre
Lenten
Triad (St. M.):
(St. D.): Yvonne
Fox
Greeters
& Collectors (St. M.): Denis Bernard, Earl West
Greeters
(St. D.): Bruce Oliver
Collectors
(St. D.): James Mac Fadyen, Kim Cameron
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.
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.
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 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.
It takes 21 days to create a habit. Use daily emails as motivation to get outside. The emails will help you notice 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.
WHEN:
Begins with a welcome email on April 27.
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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.
FundScrip
FundScrip order Sundays in April will be April 5th
and 19th
and Delivery Sundays will be April 12th
and 26th,
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.
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:
April
12th
– Clark Brander
April
19th
– Judy Castle
April
26th
– Sarah Chiasson
April
20th
– 8:00 a.m. – St. Mark’s Men’s Group Breakfast Meeting.
April
21st
– St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
St.
David's UCW
will meet on Wednesday, April 8th at 12:30 pm, at the home of Margie
MacIntyre.
Lay
Readers:
April
12th
– Susan Langley
April
19th
– Julia Mac Kinnon
April
26th
– Arnold Mac Lean
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 April are Heather Graham and Grace Pilgrim
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cribbage
Tournament on April 8th
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 Community Club.
The
Port Hawkesbury Food Bank is in need of small glass bottles (11/2-2
cup size) and clean plastic grocery bags. These can be left in the
Church kitchen or at the Food Bank on Monday am or Tuesday pm. Thanks
Easter
Communion Service will be held on Sunday, April 5th at 2:30 pm. at
River Denys Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert Lyle officiating.
Everyone welcome.
EASTER
SUNDAY
On
this day – considered the most important on the liturgical calendar
– Christians in most churches celebrate the resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
Easter
Sunday begins a 50-day period that lasts until the day of Pentecost.
For many it is a time of baptism and renewal and new life in Christ.
Some
churches begin their Easter celebration the night before with the
Easter vigil, a practice begun in the earliest years of the church.
The vigil moves from outside the church in darkness to the sanctuary
lighted by the Paschal candle. Sometimes baptisms take place or a
renewal of baptismal vows, recalling how in the early church the new
believers were baptized on Easter.
Still
other churches may assemble for their first Easter worship at
sunrise. Whenever Christians gather on this day, they often use the
traditional Easter greeting: “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” and the
response, “Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!” White or gold
banners and vestments are used on this festival day.
