Friday, 13 November 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15TH 2015

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Julia Mac Quarrie
(St. D.): Dave Pringle
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Earl West, Ingram Fowlie
Greeters (St. D.): The Timmons Family
Collectors (St. D.): Bob Downard, Alicia Vink

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. Suggested items: cereal, small juice packs, peanut butter.

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 gether in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is November 16th at 1:00 p.m.

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM’ for Nov.-Dec. are available
AVAILABLE AT THE CHURCH OFFICE: 
Canadian Church Calendar 2016
Cost: $6.00 (profit to go to the Mission and Service Fund, United Church of Canada)
A beautiful calendar showcasing our own traditions with inspired photographs of Anglican and United churches from across Canada.
St. David's United Church, Port Hastings is featured this year as the photo for April.

November 25th – 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home. Everyone welcome.

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
November 22nd – Dave Chapman
November 29th – Malcolm Matheson
December 6th – Bruce Corrigan
December 13th – Karen Mac Kinnon
December 20th – Rachel Robitaille
December 21st – Longest Night – Combined with St. David’s
December 24th – Multiple readers
December 27th – Combined Service with St. Mark’s.

FundScrip Financial Report and Order/Delivery Schedule
We are now in the fourth quarter for FundScrip 2015. Our earnings to date are approximately $975.00 which is $260.00 above the same date in 2014. This is an average of $56.48 per order. With just three more Order Sundays remaining this year, supporters of the program are urged to continue to place their regular orders and in addition it is hoped that they along with other members of the congregation use the program to purchase cards for Christmas gifts.
Order Sundays are November 15th, 29th and December 13th.
Delivery Sundays are November 22nd, December 6th and 20th.

Promotions for November are as follows:
Petro-Canada                       3%   ( Regular 2% )
Wayspa                                12% ( Regular 10%)
Sears                                   5%   ( Regular 3% )
 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.

50th Anniversary! In 2016, St. Mark’s will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary. 50thAnniversary weekend will be June 10th to 12th, 2016. Next meeting is November 30th at 1:30 p.m.

St. Mark’s Congregation wishes to remember those who are ill or bereaved by sending a card on behalf of the Church. If you are aware of someone who should be remembered please contact Annabel Butts 625-0741, Connie Fowlie 625-1417 or leave a message with the Church Secretary.

Supervised After-School Parking Lot Hockey Wednesdays in November 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm. St. Mark's United Church parking lot. Hockey sticks available. Speak to Nan for details.

Nov. 17th – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m.- Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board.

Nov. 20, 2015 – 7-9 p.m. St Mark's Annual Tea and Sale - Bake table, Knitting, Crafts and New-to-You table. Donations may be delivered to the Church on Nov. 19 (Thurs. eve) between 6-8pm or Fri., the day of sale after 1:00 pm. It would be appreciated if items for the New to You table be brought to the Church Thurs. evening or early on Fri. afternoon. Admission $3.00 – Door Prize.

It’s Observer Time again! Please consider ordering a new subscription to this award winning United Church Magazine. To our present subscribers, please note there is a price increase (first time in 5 years) to $25.00 a year. If we could get 5 new subscribers, we could keep the cost to $20 for this year only. The list must be returned Dec 15th, so please act now if you are interested. Contact Lorna Harvey, lorna.harvey3@gmail.com or 902-625-0535. As in past years, please place your payment on the collection plate with your name and address, clearly marked “Observer”.

November 29th – 1st Sunday in Advent. Communion

ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
November 22nd – Arnold Mac Lean
November 29th – Margie Mac Intyre
December 6th – Mary Jesse Mac Donald
December 13th – Lisa Rhynold
December 20th – Kenzie Mac Lean
December 27th – Kevin Pierce

Cleaners for November are Claudette & Ashley Fox.

St. David’s Official Board Meeting on November 15th following Church Service.

We would like to THANK EVERYONE who helped at the supper and donated food. Profit was $3,302.00 Thank you from all the members of the Board of Stewards.

Pastoral Airs Concert, St, David's United Church, Sunday, November 29th, 7 p.m. Musicians to include: Kinnon and Betty Beaton, Stephanie MacDonald, Cape Breton Fiddler's Association, Rev. Alison Etter, Jessica MacLennan, Patrick Lamey and Heather Richards, Roy Mac Kinnon, John Donald Cameron, Gordon Mac Lean, Choirs of St. Mark's and St. David's and others. Lunch to follow. Free will offering in support of our local food bank.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Evergreen Seniors Club Christmas Bazaar Sat Dec 5 from 1 till 4  (doors open at 12:30 to view items for auction) Auction Tea Bake Table Crafts Gramma's Attic

Community Kitchen & Music Therapy sponsored by Mental Health Services & Public Health December 8th, 2015 April 12th, May 10th, June 14th 2016. St. Mark's United Church, 504 Bernard St. Port Hawkesbury NS 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

LAMPLIGHT SERVICE at Calvin Presbyterian Church, Loch Lomond on Nov. 15,2015 at 6:00 p.m. Minister Rev. Corrie Stewart. Special Music. St. Peter’s Christian Church Choir. Social Hour to follow at Community Hall. All are welcome to attend.

Stella Maris Ladies Auxiliary The Ladies Auxiliary will be holding the 2015 Creignish Fall Bazaar on Sunday, November 15, from1:00 to 2:30 pm.  The bazaar will feature a bake table, crafts, fish-pond, cake walk, silent auction, parcel post,  new to you items, bingo, kids “make & take”,  50/50 draw, Tea/Coffee/Dessert --- fun for the whole family.

The Port Hastings Historical Society will sponsor a Bake Sale on November 26th at 2 pm at the Port Hawkesbury Shopping Centre.  Lots of great local baking will be available.

Sunday, November 22nd, The Cape Breton Fiddlers Association is having their Christmas Gathering at the Gaelic College. Margie MacIntyre has room for 3 people to travel with her to this afternoon of fiddle music, fun, food and festivities. Contact Margie at 625-1361 for more information. She will be leaving St. David's at 12:15. Please let her know if you would like to come along.

December 4th – 7:30 p.m. - Inverness County Singers at St. Mark’s.

Ham and potato scallop luncheon. Friday, November 20th. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Port Hawkesbury. 11:30-2 pm $10. per person, includes apple crisp for dessert and beverages.

ORDER OF SERVICE NOVEMBER 15TH 2015-CHILDREN'S SUNDAY

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s
United Church of Canada
Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS
Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597, e-mail: stmarksuc@gmail.com
Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/
Presbytery Website: inverguyunited.ca
Ministers: The Whole People of God
Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister of Music: Al Fougere
November 15th, 2015— Children’s Sunday
Bread Not Stones: Taking Action to End Child Poverty

Jesus said: “Would anyone among you offer your child a stone instead of bread, or a snake instead of fish? If you know how to give your children what is good for them, how much more will our loving God give good things to those who ask!”
(Matthew 7:9–11 paraphrased)


On the card attached to the Poverty Dolls
The “Bread Not Stones” Initiative 
of The United Church of Canada 
“When a child asks for bread, who of us would give the child a stone”? From Matthew 7:9 

This doll is a symbol of our initiative to eliminate child poverty in Canada. These dolls, paper dolls and communication with our governments are all part of our Canada-wide campaign to raise awareness that hundreds of thousands of children in our country live in poverty. 
Children living in poverty and their families deserve: 
 Affordable housing 
 Nutritious meals each day 
 Affordable child care 
 A living wage 
We need a nation-wide strategy to eliminate child poverty. 
We can do it! 
 **This doll is not safety tested–do not give to children**

Announcements The Work of Church and Community
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Greeting
One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.
*Introit Come Build a Church
Come build a church with soul and spirit,
come build a church of flesh and bone.
We need no tower rising skyward;
no house of wood or glass or stone.
Come build a church with human frailty,
come build a church of flesh and blood.
Jesus shall be its sure foundation.
It shall be built by the hand of God.
Words and music: Ken Medema Copyright © Ken Medema Music/Brier Patch Music (ASCAP) 1995. Used by permission.
Call to Worship (tune “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
We gather round in this holy space,
holy space, filled with grace.
We gather round in this holy space,
to do as Jesus taught us.
By Brian Odgen, from Nursery Rhyme Nativities, published by Barnabas for Children 2011, www.brfonline.org.uk, used by permission.
Opening Prayer
* Hymn           Sing Praise to God, Who Has Shaped       VU221
Prayer for Wholeness
One: Merciful God, when millions of children suffer hunger, we confess that we have not worked faithfully enough to feed them.
All: When one of every six children in our nation lives in poverty, we confess that we have not laboured with love that is deep enough or broad enough.
One: When we give up trying to solve the huge problems children face, we confess that we have not been steadfast in our hope.
All: Forgive us, we pray. Help us to labour more faithfully, lovingly, and persistently so that one day all children will be loved and protected. Amen.
Assurance of Love
It is time to honour and celebrate children! God loves and embraces children and adults and offers us all the opportunity for a fresh start. We are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
1 Samuel 1:4–20        Samuel is born to Hannah and Eli.
One: Herein is Wisdom. All: Thanks be to God.
Responsive Reading        Song of Hannah              VU878
One: First two lines of each verse All: Final two lines of each verse
Sung Response: My soul is filled with joy in my Redeemer!
*Hymn               My Lord, What a Morning           VU708
Opening the Word & The Lord's Prayer (paraphrase)
Our dear God, who lives in heaven,
your name is very, very special and great.
You look after everyone who has died and everyone alive.
We want to live here on earth, with you,
just like you live in heaven.
Please give us all that we need to survive.
Sorry for all we’ve done wrong—please forgive us.
We will forgive everyone that has done wrong to us.
Please stop us wanting to do bad things and don’t let anything bad hurt us or make us want to fight back.
Help us to remember that you made this planet,
and us, and everything else on it.
You are in charge of the world and will be for ever. Amen.
By Jack, India, and Harry of the parish of St Thomas the Apostle, Elson, Gosport, UK. Taken from Creative Ideas for Sacramental Worship with
Children by Simon Rundell (Canterbury Press, UK: 2011), p. 60. Used by permission.
The Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 5:1–12
One: Herein is Good News. All: Praise be to God.
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
*Hymn           Blest Are They            VU896
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
Loving God, by your generosity we have received
all that we have and all that we are.
Grant that we may so use
the things which you have entrusted to our care,
that we may become more and more your children
in spirit and in truth; in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn Now Thank We All Our God VU236
* Commissioning and Blessing
Let us go now in hope—
to proclaim the message of God’s love for all God’s children,
to proclaim God’s call for justice for all God’s children,
to proclaim God’s peace offered to all God’s children,
to proclaim God’s vision of shalom—peace and wholeness—for all children.
Let us go now trusting God to go with us.
*Choral Amen

Thursday, 12 November 2015

A ST. MARK'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY MYSTERY

Searching for clues to the mystery of the “Copper Motif”

Do you recognize this work of art?

This copper “motif” was recently resurrected from the storage cubbyhole at the top of the stairs by the office and made a visit to a meeting of St. Mark's Board in September. She (?) was eerily silent about her story but Annabel Butts has been digging through old minute books and has discovered a few details about this mysterious figure. It was commissioned from an artist, Mrs. Adams, for $200.00. An additional amount of $40.00 was earmarked for welding. Some of us recollect that it did hang at the front of the church for a time. It does not appear that the welding work was ever done.

Records of the meeting of the Official Board on January 30th, 1968 indicate that decisions regarding the motif were delegated to the Trustees. And Session minutes of February 22nd, 1968 record that:
“a general discussion on the reaction to the placing of the motif in the sanctuary by Trustees took place and it was moved by Warren Swan and seconded by Ingram Fowlie  that it be recommended to the Trustees that the motif be removed until same has been finished and placed before the Congregation for consideration as the reaction to its being in the Church has been quite unfavorable.” Motion carried.

It seems that further consideration by the congregation sealed the motif's future. On February 10th, 1969 the Trustees recommended the storing of the motif. And it appears to have taken up residence in the storage room ever since, with a brief outing for one anniversary celebration.

The motif will be on view for a brief time in the church hall and is featured this month on the 50th Anniversary “Remember when...” table in the entry.

Help us solve “The Mystery of the Copper Motif” and determine its future! Please consider if you can answer any of the questions below. 

Can you provide us with any information about the motif's creator, Mrs. Adams?

What future use do you envision for the motif? Or its copper?

And some questions/activities for the children:

What name would you give this figure?

Write a story about the motif, draw a picture of the motif somewhere at St. Mark's or in Port Hawkesbury or use the photo above in a new way--like Rick Mercer does. 

Submit your responses, creative writing and artwork to the church office. There may be prizes!



Friday, 6 November 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8TH 2015

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader (St. M.): Bill Charlton
(St. D.): Kevin Pierce
Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Earl West, Ingram Fowlie
Greeters (St. D.): The Timmons Family
Collectors (St. D.): Bob Downard, Alicia Vink

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. Suggested items: cereal, small juice packs, peanut butter.

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 gether in the parlour of St. Mark’s on the 3rd Monday of each month. Next time of gathering is November 16th at 1:00 p.m.

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM’ for Nov.-Dec. are available

ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
November 15th – Julia Mac Quarrie
November 22nd – Dave Chapman
November 29th – Malcolm Matheson

FundScrip Financial Report and Order/Delivery Schedule
We are now in the fourth quarter for FundScrip 2015. Our earnings to date are approximately $975.00 which is $260.00 above the same date in 2014. This is an average of $56.48 per order. With just three more Order Sundays remaining this year, supporters of the program are urged to continue to place their regular orders and in addition it is hoped that they along with other members of the congregation use the program to purchase cards for Christmas gifts.

Order Sundays are November 15th, 29th and December 13th.
Delivery Sundays are November 8th, 22nd, December 6th and 20th.

Promotions for November are as follows:
Petro-Canada                       3%   ( Regular 2% )
Wayspa                                12% ( Regular 10%)
Sears                                   5%   ( Regular 3% )
 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.

50th Anniversary! In 2016, St. Mark’s will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary. 50thAnniversary weekend will be June 10th to 12th, 2016. Next meeting is November 30th at 1:30 p.m.

November 17thCongregational Board meeting: 6:30 a.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. Combined Board.

St. Mark’s Congregation wishes to remember those who are ill or bereaved by sending a card on behalf of the Church. If you are aware of someone who should be remembered please contact Annabel Butts 625-0741, Connie Fowlie 625-1417 or leave a message with the Church Secretary.

November 15th - St. Mark’s Men’s Group Breakfast Meeting.

Supervised After-School Parking Lot Hockey Wednesdays in November 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm. St. Mark's United Church parking lot. Hockey sticks available. Speak to Nan for details.

Nov. 20, 2015 – 7-9 p.m. St Mark's Annual Tea and Sale - Bake table, Knitting, Crafts and New-to-You table. Donations may be delivered to the Church on Nov. 19 (Thurs. eve) between 6-8pm or Fri., the day of sale after 1:00 pm. It would be appreciated if items for the New to You table be brought to the Church Thurs. evening or early on Fri. afternoon. Admission $3.00 – Door Prize.


It’s Observer Time again! Please consider ordering a new subscription to this award winning United Church Magazine. To our present subscribers, please note there is a price increase (first time in 5 years) to $25.00 a year. If we could get 5 new subscribers, we could keep the cost to $20 for this year only. The list must be returned Dec 15th, so please act now if you are interested. Contact Lorna Harvey, lorna.harvey3@gmail.com or 902-625-0535. As in past years, please place your payment on the collection plate with your name and address, clearly marked “Observer”.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS


Lay Readers:
November 15th – Dave Pringle
November 22nd – Arnold Mac Lean
November 29th – Margie Mac Intyre

Cleaners for November are Claudette & Ashley Fox.

St. David’s Session will meet on November 12th at 7:00 p.m.

St. David’s Official Board Meeting on November 15th following Church Service.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Pastoral Airs Concert, St, David's United Church, Sunday, November 29th, 7 p.m. Musicians to include: Kinnon and Betty Beaton, Stephanie MacDonald, Cape Breton Fiddler's Association, Rev. Alison Etter, Jessica MacLennan, Patrick Lamey and Heather Richards, Roy Mac Kinnon, John Donald Cameron, Gordon Mac Lean, Choirs of St. Mark's and St. David's and others. Lunch to follow. Free will offering in support of our local food bank.

Evergreen Seniors Club Christmas Bazaar Sat Dec 5 from 1 till 4  (doors open at 12:30 to view items for auction) Auction Tea Bake Table Crafts Gramma's Attic

Community Kitchen & Music Therapy sponsored by Mental Health Services & Public Health November 10th, December 8th, 2015 April 12th, May 10th, June 14th 2016. St. Mark's United Church, 504 Bernard St. Port Hawkesbury NS 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

LAMPLIGHT SERVICE at Calvin Presbyterian Church, Loch Lomond on Nov. 15,2015 at 6:00 p.m. Minister Rev. Corrie Stewart. Special Music. St. Peter’s Christian Church Choir. Social Hour to follow at Community Hall. All are welcome to attend.


Stella Maris Ladies Auxiliary The Ladies Auxiliary will be holding the 2015 Creignish Fall Bazaar on Sunday, November 15, from1:00 to 2:30 pm.  The bazaar will feature a bake table, crafts, fish-pond, cake walk, silent auction, parcel post,  new to you items, bingo, kids “make & take”,  50/50 draw, Tea/Coffee/Dessert --- fun for the whole family.

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8TH 2015-REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s
United Church of Canada
Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS
Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597, e-mail: stmarksuc@gmail.com
Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/
Presbytery Website: inverguyunited.ca
Ministers: The Whole People of God
Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister of Music: Al Fougere
November 8th, 2015-Remembrance Sunday

Bold text is the response of all the people.
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

*Legion Parade and Colour Party

*Presentation of Colours
*O Canada VU524
*Reading of the Roll of Honour
*Last Post
*The Silence
*Reveille
*The Act of Remembrance
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
we will remember them.
All: We will remember them.
*Presentation of Wreaths
*God save our gracious Queen 
Long live our noble Queen 
God save the Queen 
Send her victorious 
Happy and glorious 
Long to reign over us 
God save the Queen 
Greeting One Another with the Peace of Christ
One: Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.” John 16:33
All: We meet in the name of Christ and share his peace.
One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.
*Introit Come Build a Church
Come build a church with soul and spirit,
come build a church of flesh and bone.
We need no tower rising skyward;
no house of wood or glass or stone.
Come build a church with human frailty,
come build a church of flesh and blood.
Jesus shall be its sure foundation.
It shall be built by the hand of God.
Words and music: Ken Medema Copyright © Ken Medema Music/Brier Patch Music (ASCAP) 1995. Used by permission.
Call to Worship
God calls us to bring good news to the afflicted, to heal the broken-

hearted, to announce release and freedom.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
We gather in the name of the God of peace and justice.
Let us worship God.
Opening Prayer
Loving God, on this weekend before Remembrance Day we recognize the double-edged nature of our remembering. We acknowledge and lament the ultimate evil of war and our society's part in adding to the violence of our world.
Yet we remember, with very real gratitude, those who have sacrificed their health and their lives to resist evil. They struggled as best they could on behalf of freedom and justice in the face of terrible tyranny.
Be with us, God, in our remembering. Strengthen us all to resist evil.
Help us to work for peace with the same commitment and self-sacrifice as those whom we honour in this week of Remembrance. Amen.
* Hymn        Make Me a Channel of Your Peace             VU 684
Prayer for Wholeness
Response: One: Forgive us O God...All: ...and give us your peace.
Assurance of Love
Hear the vision of the prophets: “and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.”
Trust the God who longs for peace.
We are forgiven, strengthened, empowered
to be peacemakers in our world. Thanks be to God. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Ruth 3:1–5; 4:13–17 Ruth marries Boaz; restores the family line.
Psalm 127            Unless God builds the house.           VU851
*Hymn           Seek Ye First the Kingdom               VU356
Opening the Word & the Lord's Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Mark 12:38-44       The widow offers two small, copper coins.
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
Offering of Music           In Flanders Fields             Choir
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
May these gifts be multiplied as we conceive of God’s abundant love and give birth to the ways
of peace, love and justice in our world. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern
Response: God, be in our hearts and understanding
All: as we bring our memories into the light of your love.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn              Let there be peace on earth               Printed
Commissioning and Blessing
One: Let us go in peace to love and serve God.
All: We rejoice in the power of the Spirit,
and go to serve God with heart, soul, mind, and strength.
One: Let us go knowing that the blessing of God,
Creator, Christ and Spirit, is with us this day and always.

*Choral Amen

Thursday, 5 November 2015

FUNDSCRIP FINANCIAL REPORT AND ORDER/DELIVERY SCHEDULE



We are now in the fourth quarter for FundScrip 2015. Our earnings to date are approximately $975.00 which is $260.00 above the same date in 2014. This is an average of $56.48 per order. With just three more Order Sundays remaining this year, supporters of the program are urged to continue to place their regular orders and in addition it is hoped that they along with other members of the congregation use the program to purchase cards for Christmas gifts.

Order Sundays are November 15th, 29th and December 13th.
Delivery Sundays are November 8th, 22nd, December 6th and 20th.

Promotions for November are as follows:

         Petro-Canada                       3%   ( Regular 2% )
Wayspa                                12% ( Regular 10%)
Sears                                   5%   ( Regular 3% )