ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY JULY 12TH 2015

Participating through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Lay Reader: Julia Mac Kinnon

Greeter: Malcolm Parsons

Collectors: 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

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 received on the last Sunday of the month.

Upper Room for July-August is available.

Summer Services: During the month of:

July – Service will be held at St. David’s at 9:30 a.m. NO Service at St. Mark’s.

August – Service will be held at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. NO Service at St. David’s.

During July & August - Secretary’s office hours Thursday & Friday 9:00 am – 12 noon.

We have a new email address!! Please make this change in your list of email contacts. The new address of the church office is stmarksuc@gmail.com

This morning during worship we will be preparing our "Prayer Fish" to be sent to General Council this summer. A “prayer fish”, which is like a prayer flag, is intended to carry our congregation’s prayers and hopes for the church at this time. They will be used to hang vertically in the space where commissioners, from sea to sea to sea, will gather in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. If you have a prayer for the church that you would like included on our fish, please send to or drop off at the church office. 

COMING SOON! Inverness Guysborough Presbytery Vacation Bible School, St. Mark's United Church, Port Hawkesbury, August 3rd to 7th. Watch for details next week. Jessica MacLennan is VBS Coordinator and Ava Sturm is VBS Youth Coordinator. Adult and youth volunteers needed from St. Mark's and St. David's. Sign up sheet in the church entry--or speak to Nan.  

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ST. DAVID'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:

July 19th - Lisa Rhynold

July 26th - Katie Downard

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ST. MARK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

5TH SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH WORSHIP AT THE LITTLE CHURCH IN POINT TUPPER. 

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

FundScrip will resume again sometime in early September 2015.

50^th Anniversary!

In 2016, St. Mark’s will be celebrating their 50^th Anniversary. 50th Anniversary weekend will be June 10th to 12th, 2016. Have an idea for 50th Anniversary Guest Speaker? We'd like to hear from you. Speak to Nan, John MacLeod Langley, Barb MacIntyre, Clark Brander, Vida Hood, Carol Williams, Julia MacQuarrie, Rilla McLean and Annabel Butts.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tuesday night Ceilidh (7:30) at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre presented by the Port Hastings Historical Society Free Tea/Oatcakes

July - 14         Troy MacGillivray, Andrea Beaton, Rita Rankin MacDonald, Sabra MacGillivray & Celtic Touch Dancers

July -  21        Kenneth MacKenzie & Friends

July - 28        Tribute to Buddy MacMaster: Kinnon & Betty Lou, Mary Elizabeth MacInnis & Family

August - 4        Dawn & Margie Beaton, Brian England, Sabra MacGillivray & Celtic Touch Dancers

August - 11 Canso Causeway 60th Show

August - 18 Howie MacDonald, Buddy MacDonald, Wendy MacIsaac, Mac Morin

August - 25 Rodney MacDonald, Cyril MacPhee

September - 1 Shelly Campbell, Allan Dewar, Harvey MacKinnon, Broussard Family

September - 8 All Fired Up: Kyle, Keith & Colin MacDonald  

September - 15 Anita MacDonald, Ben Miller, Tyson Chen, Decota McNamara

September - 22 Cape Breton Fiddlers

September - 29 Dwayne Cote, Kevin Levesconte, Pat Lamey, Heather Richard 

October - 6 Pre Celtic Colours Show