Ministering
through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay
Reader (St. M.): Vida Hood
Lay
Reader (St. D.): Margie Mac
Intyre
Greeters
& Collectors (St. M.): Sarah Chiasson,
Loretta Piercey
Greeters
(St. D.): Bob Downard
Collectors
(St. D.): Iaian Langley,
Heather Graham
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 received on the last Sunday of the month.
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
Deadline
for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.
Prayer
Shawl Knitting Circle:
Knitters and crocheters gather to gather in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3rd
Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is September 21st at
1:00 p.m.
Copies
of the “UPPER ROOM” for September-October are available at the Church
entrance.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
Sept.13th
– Connie Fowlie
Sept.20th
– Denis Bernard
Sept.
27th – Clark Brander
St.
Mark’s Courtesy Car: Contact person for the
Courtesy Car is Andy Palmer. His telephone number is 625-2748.
FundScrip resumes. Order
Sundays will be September 6th and
20th and Delivery Sundays
will be September 13th and
27th.
September
Promotions are as follows:
M
& M Meat
Shops
4% (Regular 3%)
Gap,
Banana Republic, Old
Navy 7%
( Regular 5%)
Pizza
Pizza
12% (Regular 10%)
In
2014 FundScrip earned approximately $1300.00 with 12 supporters ordering on a
regular basis. FundScrip earned $290.75 in the first quarter and $425.25 in the
second quarter for a total of $716.00 to date in 2015. The third quarter numbers
will not be high as the program was suspended for two months this summer. In
order to meet or exceed the earnings from 2014 we are urging more individuals
and/or families to join this program to help keep the church within its budget.
Please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838
if you have any questions or if you wish to join this program.
Sept.
15th – St. Mark’s Congregational
Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Executive,
7:00 p.m.; Committees, 8:00 p.m. Combined Board.
Sept.
21st – St. Mark’s Men’s
Group Breakfast Meeting.
50th
Anniversary! In 2016, St. Mark’s will be celebrating their 50th
Anniversary. 50th Anniversary weekend will be June 10th
to 12 th, 2016. Have an idea for 50th Anniversary Guest Speaker?
Pass it along. The 50th Anniversary Committee will meet at 1:00 p.m.
on September 14th.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please Note: St.
David’s Session Meeting has been rescheduled to September 9th
at 7:00 p.m.
St.
David’s U.C.W. will meet on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at
the home of Catherine Mac Lean at 12 noon.
Official
Board Meeting on Sunday, Sept.13th
following Worship.
Church
Hall Cleaners for September are Catherine Mac Lean , Lynn King
Lay Readers:
Sept.13th
– Iaian Langley
Sept.20th
– Alicia Vink
Sept.27th
– Bruce Corrigan
The
10th Anniversary of “Celebrating Quilting at the Causeway”
show and sale raised $3304.00 for St. David’s United Church.
Special
thanks to the men who hung banners and quilts, and the United Church Women who
greeted the visitors and provided lunch each day for everyone. Thank You!
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Terry Fox Run
2015 -
Date: Sept. 20th - Time 1:00
p.m. – Location: Port Hawkesbury Civic
Centre. This year celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the Terry Fox
Run! Come join us Sunday, Sept. 20th to walk, run or bike 1km, 5km
or 10km and help support the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research! Bring a
friend and have a great time keeping Terry’s Dream alive! Register online at
terryfoxrun.org or just show up at the Civic Centre on the day of the event.
For more information to participate or to volunteer, call Sarah at 625-5405. No
minimum entry fee. Raising pledges is optional! Donate what you can and join
the fun.
Tuesday Night Ceilidh (7:30) at
the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre presented by the Port Hasting Historical
Society.
Free Tea/Oatcakes.
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
Calvin Presbyterian Church,
Loch Lomond presents a Celebration honouring the life and Ministry of Rev. Dr.
Murdock MacRae on Sunday September 13 at 3:00 p.m. featuring the Coro
Cantabile. Special Guests: Brady Doyle, Kate MacInnis, Rev. Bob Lyle, Mario
Colosimo, Marie Neville, Quatro. Free Will offering.
Pork Chop Supper
(Optional) following at Loch Lomond Community Hall; Cost $12 sponsored by the
Loch Lomond Fire Dept.
Visit the Prayer Bench for E-mail Retreats, Small
Group Study Resources, and Reflections at www.prayerbench.ca
Check out “Free Stuff” for
a sample of a Leader’s Page for the Autumn Small Group Study, Landscapes
of the Soul. Move through history with four people who maintain a
sense of wonder in their theology, poetry, art, music and activism in the
Creation-time Earth Mystics E-mail retreat.
The Prayer Bench is a new
ministry hosted by Janice MacLean. www.prayerbench.ca
