Ministering through
leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Margie Mac
Intyre
Lay Reader (St. M.): Dave
Chapman
(St.
D.): Erin Hart-Breen
Mission Moment (St. M.):
Bruce Corrigan
Advent Wreath (St. M.):
Logan Fox
Greeters & Collectors
(St. M.): Darren & Anne Blundon
Greeters (St. D.): Robert
Mac Kinnon
Collectors (St. D.): James
Mac Fadyen, Alicia Vink
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday & 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,
December 12th at 1:00 p.m.for this month only
Copies of the “UPPER
ROOM” for January-February are available.
Deadline for information
for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.
December 21st – Longest
Night Service at St. Mark’s. 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve Services:
10:30 a.m. – Port
Hawkesbury Nursing Home
4:00 p.m. – St. David’s
6:00 p.m. – St. Mark’s
Christmas Day Service,
December 25th – 9:30 a.m. Combined Service at St. David’s
followed by Christmas Brunch. Pot Luck.
New Years Day Service,
January 1st – 9:30 a.m. - Combined Service at St. Mark’s.
Food Bank donations are
received on the last Sunday of the month.
The Treasurers of St.
Mark’s & St. David’s will be closing their books on December
31st. Any donations received after that date will credited to 2017.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers
December 18th – Jean Mac
Person
December 21st – Longest
Night – Combined Service at St. Mark’s
December 24th – Multiple
Readers
December 25th – Combined
Service at St. David’s
December 18th – 8:00
a.m. – St. Mark’s Men’s Group Meeting.
December 20th –
Congregational Board Meeting. Executive only
Year end reports for St.
Mark’s are due January 17th, 2017.
United Church Observer:
If you wish to subscribe to the Observer, please use one of the
envelopes in the narthex (or a plain envelope marked Observer) and
include your name, address and $25.00, and place on the collection
plate. This is the cost for a one year subscription which will
begin in January 2017. Renewals should be paid for in the same
manner and please advise Lorna that you will be renewing.
Deadline is December 18th. For more info, please contact Lorna
Harvey at 902-623-1721 or lorna.harvey3@gmail.com
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers
December 18th – Kenzie
Mac Lean
December 25th – Bob
Downard
St. David's UCW will meet
on Wednesday, December 14th at 1:30 pm at the home of Maxine Smith
Hall Cleaners for December
are Jean Hatcher & Marjorie Langford
Year end reports are due
for the Official Board Meeting on February 5th, 2017
St. David’s Annual
Congregational Meeting will be held on February 19, 2017
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Please join us for “Making
Spirits Bright,” a Christmas concert by the Inverness County
Singers and the Young County Singers, directed by Laurel Browne with
piano accompaniment by Lawrence Cameron. The concert will be
held TODAY, December 11 at 3 pm at St. Mark’s and Monday, December
12 at 7:30 at St. Mary’s Church, Mabou. Freewill
donations go to local charities.
Breakfast at Port Hastings
Fire Hall on Saturday, December 17, 2016 from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Adults
$8.00/Children $5.00. Hosted by Port Hastings Fire Department Ladies
Auxiliary.
Donate your gently used
clothing to Port of Welcome Settlement Association. Drop off
clothing at Cathy's Consignment shop and ask that proceeds of sales
go to the POWSA account (act#4488). Once our family arrives they
will be able to use the credit in that account to purchase clothing
items.
Anyone wishing a drive to
New Glasgow or Truro, please contact Margie Mac Intyre at
902-625-1361 for dates and times she will be going.
The Princeville United
Church Annual Christmas Service will be held Sunday December 11th at
7PM. Come and join in a wonderful evening of beloved Christmas music
and readings in our beautiful old church decorated in Christmas
finery. A fellowship will follow. All welcome
Port Hawkesbury Seasonal
Services is once again preparing to provide Christmas dinner boxes
for those in need in the Town. Anyone wishing to donate financially
to this project may do so by contacting Jo-Anne MacDonald @ 625-3003.
Donations also may be left at the Pitt Street Post Office. Donations
may be left in your name, at the Royal Bank of Canada.
A Community Outreach and
Support Worker, Jenny Comeau, is available to assist people of all
ages to access all possible resources and services available to them.
Issues may include housing grants, Efficiency NS applications,
caregiver benefits, pension concerns, etc. A new weekly schedule
become effective Monday, November 21, 2016 as follows: Mondays –
St. Peter’s; Tuesdays – Arichat (Office Day); Wednesdays –
Louisdale; Thursdays – Arichat; and Fridays – Port Hawkesbury.
For more information or to book and appointment, please call (902)
631-0664 or (902) 226-1204 (Office)
HomeWarming – Low-Income
Program
A house is a structure. A
home is warm.
We all deserve to be comfortable in our homes,
regardless of income. But too many struggle to keep warm and pay the
bills. Clean Foundation and Efficiency Nova Scotia are
working together to offer low-income homeowners free energy
efficiency improvements that can help them feel more comfortable
while reducing heating and power bills. And these upgrades are
provided at no-cost to qualifying homeowners thanks to the generous
support of Nova Scotia Power and the Government of Nova Scotia.
Interested homeowners can speak confidentially with a Service Advisor
about their eligibility by calling 1-877-434-2136 (toll free) or
visiting www.HomeWarming.ca for full eligibility criteria and
applications.
Applications and brochures
are available in the church office.
Trinity United Church,
Mulgrave, will host an ecumenical "Blue Christmas"
service, Thursday, Dec. 15th , at 7:00 p.m. The
service will provide an opportunity and safe place for those that
find this time of year difficult. Perhaps its your first
without a love one, or you are experiencing other personal hardship.
All are welcome.
Port Hawkesbury Nursing
Home is holding a Craft Sale on Sunday, December 11th from 10-3 p.m..
There will be a Craft Table, A New To You Table, Bake Table &
Penny Sale.
