Ministering through
leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St.
M.): Julia Mac Quarrie
(St.
D.): Alicia Vink
Mission Moment (St.
M.): Bruce Corrigan
Lenten Triad (St.
M.): Jim, Heather & Rebecca Roussy
(St.
D.): Kevin Pierce
Greeters & Collectors
(St. M.) Jim & Sarah Chiasson
Greeters (St. D.): Sally
& George Fox
Collectors (St.
D.): Sally Fox, Amy McCormack
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 in the parlour of St. Mark’s
on the 3rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is Monday,
March 21st at 1:00 p.m.
Lenten Prayer, half hour
Tuesday mornings during Lent starting at 10:00 am at St. Mark's
March 20th –
Palm/Passion Sunday
March 24th – Maundy
Thursday, Potluck & Table Communion at St. Mark’s 6:00 p.m.
March 25th – Good Friday
at St. David’s at 11:00 a.m.
March 27th – Easter
Sunday services with Communion
- 6:45 a.m. - Sunrise
Service at St. David’s
March 30th – 10:30 a.m.;
Service at the Nursing Home
The UPPER ROOM for
March-April is available.
Food Banks Donations are
received on the last Sunday of the month.
Maritime Conference United
Church Men, will host a men's day rally, their eighth, on Saturday,
April 23rd, at Trinity- St. Stephen's United Church, Amherst, N.S.,
under the banner of 'Heartprints'. With much news coverage over the
past several months, regarding the refugee crisis, what better
speaker than a former refugee, chaplain Major Rev. Charles
Deogratias. Please see the brochures on the notice board in the
front entry.
Plan now to attend
48th Atlantic Seminar in Theological Education!
When: June 12 - 17,
2016
Where: Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Truro, N. S.
Where: Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Truro, N. S.
THEME: An
Inconvenient Faith: Moved to Action
Guest Speakers: Bruce
Sanguin & Jan Phillips
Information
at www.astes.ca and brochures on bulletin board.
Deadline for bulletin
information is Thursday at noon.
ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
Mar. 20th – Bruce
Corrigan
Mar. 27th – Malcolm
Matheson
April 3rd – Karen Mac
Kinnon
April 10th – Rachael
Robitaille
April 17th – Barb Mac
Intyre
April 24th – Wayne
Simpson
FundScrip Order Sunday is
March 20th and Delivery Sundays are March 13th and 27th
M&M Meat
Shops
4% ( Regular 3% )
Stokes/ThinkKitchen
8% ( Regular 6% )
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
50th Anniversary Events:
May 1st – Memorial Hymn
Sing
May 14th – Inverness
County Singers Concert
50th Anniversary Jubilee
Weekend June 10th to 12th
June
10 Evening of Music with Coro Cantabile
June
11 Decoration Day Worship at Southbrook Cemetery
Renewal
of Marriage Vows for couples married at St. Mark's
June
12 Service of Celebration of 50 Years with Guest
Preacher, Rev. Catherine Stuart Banquet in
St. Mark's Hall
Details of other planned
events will be shared as they are finalized.
Next meeting of the
Anniversary committee is April 4th at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15th –
St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m. – Executive;
7:00 p.m. – Committees; 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board
Sunday, March 20th –
8:00 a.m.; St. Mark’s Men’s Group Meeting
ST. DAVID’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers:
March 20th – Amy
McCormack
March 27th – Kevin
Pierce
April 3rd – Julia Mac
Kinnon
April 10th – Susan
Langley
April 17th – Margie Mac
Intyre
April 24th – Arnold Mac
Lean
April Fools Fun!
Evening of April 1st at St. David's Hall 7:00 to 9:00.
Bring your board games and cards
Hall Cleaners for March
are Maxine Smith, Diane Mac Kinnon
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Port Hawkesbury Food Bank
is in need of small bottles (1 to 1-1/2 cup size) and also plastic
grocery bags Bring to the Church on Sunday am,
drop of at the Food Bank on Monday 8-11 am or give to a
volunteer Thanks
St. Andrew’s Anglican
Church will sponsor a Fish Chowder Supper 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the
Mulgrave Fire Hall on Good Friday (March 25th). Eat in or Take
Out: $10.00. Includes roll, tea/coffee, dessert.
Community Kitchen &
Music Therapy sponsored by Mental Health Services & Public
Health April 12th, May 10th, June 14th 2016. St. Mark's United
Church, 504 Bernard St. Port Hawkesbury. Community Kitchen from 10:30
to 1:00 Music Therapy 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Come help prepare
and enjoy a healthy, well balanced, budget friendly meal then listen
to music therapist Tom Curry. To help us plan lunch be sure to
phone (902) 867-4500 ext. 4345 OR leave a message at (902)
625-7200 to let us know you will be attending
Halifax Day Trip... Anyone
wanting to go on a day trip to Halifax, Monday, March 21st, is
asked to call Margie MacIntyre 902.625.1361, for further
details.
