Ministering through
leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Margie Mac
Intyre
Lay Reader (St. M.): Jean
Mac Pherson
(St.
D.): Kenzie Mac Lean
Mission Moment (St.
M.): Linda Howlett
Advent Wreath (St. M.):
(St.
D.): Julia Mac Kinnon
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.
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. 6:30 p.m.
A service in which we
recognize that Christmas celebrations may be especially hard for
people who are holding sadness and loss in their hearts; a service of
candle-lighting to honour those people and experiences that we
grieve, and to celebrate the presence of light shining in our lives;
a service of prayers to remind us we are not alone in our grief and
uncertainty; a quiet service in the midst of a busy season.
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.
This
service is a simple Sabbath. A chance to gather in the quiet of the
morning, to remember, to rejoice and to respond to grace flowing
freely in the humble birth of the God-made-flesh. It is also a chance
for the community to gather: those who are alone, those who want to
start this day with a pause, those who seek a moment of simple
wonder, are gathered as the family of God. Followed by table
fellowship at Christmas Potluck Brunch.
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 21st – Longest
Night – Combined Service at St. Mark’s
December 24th – Multiple
Readers
December 25th – Combined
Service at St. David’s
January 1st – Wayne
Simpson
January 8th – Archie
Noseworthy
January 15th – David
Chapman
January 22nd – Brenda
Mac Innis
January 29th – Jean Mac
Pherson
December 20th –
Congregational Board Meeting. Executive only
Year end reports for St.
Mark’s are due January 17th, 2017.
Tea & Sale Report –
Thanks to all who donated to the Sale and Tea in any way. To the men
who helped with set up and clean up and all the workers. A profit of
$2468.55 was realized.
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ST. DAVID’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lay Readers
December 25th – Bob
Downard
January 1st – Combined
Service at St. Mark’s
January 8th – Rose Mary
Morell
January 15th – Bruce
Corrigan
January 22nd – Amy
McCormack
January 29th – 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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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
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.
Christmas Gospel
Jamming: Sunday, Dec 18th at 2 p.m. at Alexander
Grant Memorial United Church (East Lake Ainslie). We
have the Allen Sisters all the way from New Brunswick to perform a
variety of Christmas Hymns and Carols. Free will
offering. Come join us for an hour of wonderful music.
Christmas Carol &
Reading Service with Rev. Karen Ross at River Denys
Presbyterian Church, December 18, 7 pm., Ministry of music
by local and invited guests with everyone welcome. Free will
offering. Refreshments to follow.
