WINTERLUDE 2017--Put this on your calendar!

Winterlude 2017

Please join us at St. David’s, Port Hastings and St. Mark’s, Port Hawkesbury, United Churches for

Winterlude 2017.

Monday, February 6^th – Walking Track 8 am at the Civic Centre; Coffee 9:30 am at the Fleur de Lis;

Skating 12 noon to 2 pm, $3 per person at the Civic Centre

Tuesday, February 7^th – Walking Track 8 am at the Civic Centre; Coffee at Tim’s on Pitt Street at 9:30 am; Floor Curling at St. Mark’s 2 to 3:30 pm; Prize draws
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, 4:00 to 6:00 at St. David's, Port Hastings

Wednesday, February 8^th – Walking Track 8 am at the Civic Centre; Coffee at Fleur de Lis at 9:30 am;

Ground Hockey at St. Marks’s 2:30 to 4 pm; Games Night 7 pm at St. David’s United; Bring your favourite board and/or card game.

Thursday, February 9^th – Walking Track 8 am at the Civic Centre; Coffee at Tim’s on Pitt’s Street at

9:30 am; Floor Curling & Shuffleboard at St. Mark’s 2 to 4 pm.

Friday, February 10^th – Walking Track 8 am at the Civic Centre; Coffee at Fleur de Lis at 9:30 am;

Hockey Night at the Civic Centre; Strait Pirates vs Glace Bay Miners 7:30 pm.

Let’s wear red and white!

Saturday, February 11^th – Pastoral Charges Ecumenical Floor Curling Tournament at St. Mark’s United

Church 9-12 noon; Lunch following, prize draws. 

Enter a team of four people

Only by February 4^th! (No Substitutes) Hockey for all ages; Church parking lot

9-12 noon; Lunch following. Fiddlers In Concert; St. Mark’s 7 pm; $10 per person

Sunday, February 12^th – Snowshoeing and Cross Country Skiing on the trails of MacIntyre Mountain 2 pm

Snowshoes provided or bring your own; bring your own skis; Hot chocolate too!

We challenge all pastoral charges to organize an event (anything) on your pastoral charge during January, February and March!

Please be sure to extend your invitation by way of church bulletins and blogs.

Let’s enjoy some fun this winter!

WIN TICKETS FOR TWO TO CELTIC COLOURS OPENING CONCERT, OCTOBER 2017

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20TH 2016

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Margie Mac Intyre

Lay Reader (St. M.): Brenda Mac Innis

                    (St. D.): Arnold Mac Lean

Mission Moment (St. M.): Linda Howlett

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Archie & Elaine Noseworthy

Greeters (St. D.): The Timmons Family

Collectors (St. D.): Marie Davis, Ashley Mac Leod

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 November 21st at 1:00 p.m.

"Gifts with Vision" catalogues have arrived and are on the table in the church entry.

About Gifts with Vision

The United Church of Canada developed this giving catalogue Gifts with Vision in response to member requests to be able to give gifts to relatives, friends, and loved ones that are in direct support of the church's Mission & Service partners across Canada and around the world.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.

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

Deadline for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.

Canadian Church Calendars have arrived and are available for purchase in the church office. $6.00 each. This bilingual Canadian Church Calendar features colourful photographs of United Churches from across the country, and notes special days and church seasons. A wonderful way to celebrate United Church heritage all year round. A great stocking stuffer. 

"A house of prayer for all peoples" -- Isaiah 56:7

November 27th – First Sunday in Advent. Communion

November 30th - 10:30 a.m. – Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home. All Welcome

Interested in being a Scripture Reader at St. Mark’s in 2017? Please speak to Nan or contact the church office.

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers

November 27th – Jim Chiasson

December 4th – Bruce Corrigan

December 11th – Dave Chapman

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

FundScrip Order Date are Sunday November 20th and Delivery Date is Sunday November 27th.

The November Promotions are as follows:

Petro-Canada                                3% (Regular 2% )

Canadian Tire                                5% (Regular 4% )

Hudson’s Bay/Home Outfitters        5% (Regular 3% )

Winners                                        8% (Regular 6% )

Home Sense                                 8% (Regular 6% )

If you have any questions or if you wish to join the program please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838.

For those who wish to purchase FundScrip cards as Christmas gifts please note that Sunday November 20th and Sunday December 4th are the last two ( 2 ) FundScrip Order dates for this year. The final FundScrip card Delivery will be Sunday December 11th. FundScrip will resume in early January 2017.

Tuesday, November 22nd – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board.

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

December 2, 2016 – Friday from 7:00-9:00 p.m. St. Mark’s Annual Christmas Tea and Sale. Bake Table, Crafts, Knitting and New To You tables. Admission $3.00. Door Prize. For those donating to the Sale the Church will be open on Dec. 1 (Thursday eve) 6-8 pm and Friday beginning at 1 pm. We look forward to your support.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers

November 27th – Roy Mac Kinnon

December 4th – Mary Jesse Mac Donald

December 11th – Erin Hart-Breen

December 18th – Kenzie Mac Lean

December 25th – Bob Downard

Hall Cleaners for November are Claudette & Ashley Fox

Official Board Meeting following Church Service on December 4th 2016.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PASTORAL AIRS.... St. David's United Church, November 27 at 7 p.m., lunch following. Free will offering with proceeds for our local Food Bank. Musicians to include, Kinnon and Betty Beaton, The Gaelic Choir, Joe MacMaster, Siblings Two, John Donald Cameron, Gordon MacLean, Roy MacKinnon

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 that she will going and times.

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20TH 2016-REIGN OF CHRIST 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

Organist: Margie MacIntyre

November 20th, 2016-Reign of Christ Sunday

A thought around which to gather as we worship--On this last Sunday of the season, we anticipate that new beginning again for cre­ation, which God envisioned in the One sent to transform and save the world. In this moment between this season’s end and the beginning of a new season and church year, we step back to ground ourselves once again in the nature and purpose of the one God sent, Jesus the Christ, whose name and transformative efforts we carry forward. Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Season of Creation • Pentecost 2 2016

Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2015, p. 172

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 Psalm 23   The Lord’s My Shepherd          VU 747

*Call to Worship Based on Colossians 1:2b, 3–6

Concluding with--One: So let us give thanks to God for this grace

All: and for the supreme goodness we know and share

and celebrate here. Come, let us worship.

*Opening Prayer          Based on Colossians 1:9–12

We pray, loving God,

that we be filled with a knowledge of your will,

in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

Help us to lead lives worthy of you,

fully pleasing to you,

as we bear fruit in every good work

and grow in the knowledge of you, our Creator. Amen.

* Hymn              I Feel the Winds of God       VU 625

Prayer of Confession Based on Colossians 1:13

Saving God, find us in the shadowed places into which we have stumbled. There we embrace powers that breed a de­structive kind of chaos, which threatens to overwhelm us and all we touch. There we dominate and inflict hurt on others, ourselves, or you. Rescue us, we pray. Bring the light of Christ to shine on us, lighting the shadows, and showing the way to hope and to you. Amen.

Words of Affirmation

God – living, breathing, and working in Jesus the Christ – has made a way for us to know forgiveness.

As we lay ourselves open to God’s mercy and care, we will find the new life promised by Christ, full of abundance and joy.

In the name of Jesus the Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Jeremiah 23:1-6 God will raise up new shepherds for Israel.

One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.

*Luke 1:68-79 (sung) Blest Be the God of Israel     VU 901

Opening the Word/The Lord's Prayer

Colossians 1:11-20 All the fullness of God was pleased to dwell

Hear what the Spirit is saying through these ancient words of scripture. All: Thanks be to God.

Opening the Word 2

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn          The Servant Song (We Are Pilgrims)          VU 595

Minute for Mission

*Offering Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn              Jesus Shall Reign            VU 330

* Commissioning & Blessing      Based on Luke 1:78-79

One: …and guide our feet into the way of peace.”

This is the promise of God. It is true and can be trusted.

Let us go in joy and peace.

*Choral Amen

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13TH 2016

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Lay Reader (St. M.): Joyce Oliver-Snair

(St. D.): Wanda Radford

Mission Moment (St. M.): Bruce Corrigan

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Archie & Elaine Noseworthy

Greeters (St. D.): The Timmons Family

Collectors (St. D.): Marie Davis, Ashley Mac Leod

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 November 21st at 1:00 p.m.

"Gifts with Vision" catalogues have arrived and are on the table in the church entry.

About Gifts with Vision

The United Church of Canada developed this giving catalogue Gifts with Vision in response to member requests to be able to give gifts to relatives, friends, and loved ones that are in direct support of the church's Mission & Service partners across Canada and around the world.

Study session for Remit 2 & 3 will be held at St. David’s on Wednesday, November 16th at 10:00 a.m. Board members and interested individuals from the congregations are encouraged to attend whichever of these is most convenient for them.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.

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

Deadline for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.

Canadian Church Calendars have arrived and are available for purchase in the church office. $6.00 each. 

This bilingual Canadian Church Calendar features colourful photographs of United Churches from across the country, and notes special days and church seasons. A wonderful way to celebrate United Church heritage all year round. A great stocking stuffer. 

"A house of prayer for all peoples" -- Isaiah 56:7

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers

Nov. 20th – Brenda Mac Innis

Nov. 27th – Jim Chiasson

FundScrip Order Date is Sunday November 20th and Delivery Dates are Sunday November 13th and 27th.

The November Promotions are as follows:

Petro-Canada                                3% (Regular 2% )

Canadian Tire                                5% (Regular 4% )

Hudson’s Bay/Home Outfitters        5% (Regular 3% )

Winners                                        8% (Regular 6% )

Home Sense                                 8% (Regular 6% )

If you have any questions or if you wish to join the program please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838.

For those who wish to purchase FundScrip cards as Christmas gifts please note that Sunday November 20th and Sunday December 4th are the last two ( 2 ) FundScrip Order dates for this year. The final FundScrip card Delivery will be Sunday December 11th. FundScrip will resume in early January 2017.

November 20th – 8:00 a.m. – St. Mark’s Men’s Group Breakfast.

November 22nd – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting:

6:30 p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. David’s Session Meeting on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. Please make every effort to attend.

Lay Readers

Nov. 20th – Arnold Mac Lean

Nov. 27th – Margie Mac Intyre

Hall Cleaners for November are Claudette & Ashley Fox

PASTORAL AIRS.... St. David's United Church, Port Hastings,  Sunday, November 27th, 7 p.m., lunch following. Free will offering with proceeds for our local Food Bank. Musicians to include, Kinnon and Betty Beaton, The Gaelic Choir, Joe MacMaster, Siblings Two, John Donald Cameron, Gordon MacLean, Roy MacKinnon

Please note: St. David's UCW will meet at 1:30pm on Wednesday, Nov. 16/16 at the home of Grace Pilgrim

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.

Lamplight Service. Calvin Presbyterian Church, Loch Lomond.

Today Nov.13th at 6.00pm. Minister Rev. Corrie Steward. Special Music St. Peter's Christian Church Choir. Social Hour to follow at the community hall.

Breakfast at Port Hastings Fire Hall on Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Adults $8.00/Children $5.00. Hosted by Port Hastings Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

Understanding Dementia: An Education Session on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1-2:30 p.m. at the Port Hawkesbury Branch Library. This presentation will offer an overview of dementia,
recognizing the symptoms, risk factors and enhancing
communication. There will be informational brochures and resources available at the presentation to take home

2017 Canadian Church Calendars for Sale

Canadian Church Calendars have arrived and are available for purchase in the church office. $6.00 each. 

This bilingual Canadian Church Calendar features colourful photographs of United Churches from across the country, and notes special days and church seasons. A wonderful way to celebrate United Church heritage all year round. A great stocking stuffer. 

"A house of prayer for all peoples" -- Isaiah 56:7

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13TH 2016-STEWARDSHIP 5

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 13th, 2016-Stewardship 5

Giving Thanks—Modelling Gratititude

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.

Acknowledging the Traditional Territory

Lighting the Candle

Sung response: I am the light of the world!

You people come and follow me!

If you follow and love you’ll learn the mystery

Of what you were meant to do and be. VU 87

Acclamation of the Light       Echo Cheer

The candle is lit

Jesus came to be the Light of the whole world. The light of Christ is with us always.

The love of God is with us always. We do not have to be afraid.

Sung response: I am the light of the world!

Opening Prayer

Jesus is the light of the world!

Let us gather in the light of Christ!

The Christ light passes through us as light through a prism

Transforming us into God-colours in the world.

God colours us red, rebuilding the broken-hearted.

God colours us orange,

giving thanks for the outstanding within us and around us.

God colours us yellow, yearning for the lost.

God colours us green, growing with new life.

God colours us blue, seeking to nourish new beginnings.

God colours us violet, sharing love that is vital.

Come, let us worship God, who creates a rainbow of grace

in us, through us, and with us.

And give thanks to Jesus, the light of the world! Amen.

* Hymn       Will You Come and See the Light          VU 96

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Genesis 9:8–17 The sign of the covenant

One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 150         Everybody praise the Lord            VU 874

*Hymn             Arise, Your Light is Come             VU 79

Opening the Word/The Lord's Prayer

Galations 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens

Matthew 5:13-16a Here to be salt-seasoning…to be light

Hear what the Spirit is saying through these ancient words of scripture. All: Thanks be to God.

Opening the Word 2

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn            A Light is Gleaming           VU 82

Minute for Mission

*Offering Prayer

Gracious God, we give thanks for the gifts you offer to us each and every day.

At this time we offer to you our gifts of time, talent, and treasure, asking you to gather them up, bless them, and use them in your world.

May they paint the world in rainbow colours of rebuilding, nurturing things outstanding, yearning, growing, beginning, and vitalizing.

In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern

God loves to hear the prayers of God’s people. Let us pray:

Loving God, we give thanks that you gift us with Jesus, the light of the world.

We give thanks that we can open ourselves to letting the light of Christ shine through us.

Your God-colours remind us of the completeness of your love, so freely given, and so we bring our concerns to you with confidence that they are heard.

We pray for the broken—broken in mind, in body, in spirit.

Allow the red light to shine through us, rebuilding all brokenness. Let us paint your world red.

We pray for the ways we have not seen your gifts in others.

Allow the orange light to shine through us, pointing out all that is outstanding in our neighbour, our community, the stranger, and the world. Let us paint your world orange.

We pray for those longings that seem never to be able to be satisfied.

Allow the yellow light to shine through us, yearning for those who long for peace, for justice, for freedom, and for love.

Let us paint your world yellow.

We pray for the dying, the bereaved, the parched, the hungry, the stagnated, the decaying.

Allow the green light to shine through us, growing life, joy, food, encouragement, and love where there is none.

Let us paint your world green.

We pray for those who can see nothing but endings.

Allow the blue light to shine through us, showing paths to new beginnings, new possibilities, new life, and love.

Let us paint your world blue.

We pray for those who find no meaning, no purpose, no love.

Allow the violet light to shine through us, illuminating vitality and potential. Let us paint your world violet.

Lord, you have created the rainbow to remind us of the vastness of your love.

May we shine your God-colours in all we say and all we do, sharing our gratitude for the grace that gives us

life, love, and Jesus, the light of the world.

Amen and amen.

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn         I Am the Light of the World            VU 87

* Commissioning for Stewardship & Blessing

*Choral Amen

NOVEMBER FUNDSCRIP ORDER UPDATE

FundScrip Order Dates are Sunday November 6^th and 20^th and Delivery Dates are Sunday November 13^th and 27^th.

The November Promotions are as follows:

Petro-Canada                                3% (Regular 2% )

Canadian Tire                                5% (Regular 4% )

Hudson’s Bay/Home Outfitters        5% (Regular 3% )

Winners                                        8% (Regular 6% )

Home Sense                                 8% (Regular 6% )

For those who wish to purchase FundScrip cards as Christmas gifts please note that Sunday November 20^th and Sunday December 4^th are the last two ( 2 ) FundScrip Order dates for this year. The final FundScrip card Delivery will be Sunday December 11^th. FundScrip will resume in early January 2017

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6TH 2016

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:

Organist: Al Fougere

Lay Reader (St. M.): Wayne Simpson

(St. D.): Kevin Pierce

Mission Moment (St. M.): Sarah Chiasson

Greeters & Collectors (St. M.): Archie & Elaine Noseworthy

Greeter (St. D.): The Timmons Family

Collectors (St. D.): Marie Davis, Ashley Mac Leod

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 November 21st at 1:00 p.m.

Next meeting of the Ministry and Personnel Committee is scheduled for November 9th. Please be in touch with the committee if you have celebrations or concerns regarding church staff.

"Gifts with Vision" catalogues have arrived and are on the table in the church entry.

About Gifts with Vision

The United Church of Canada developed this giving catalogue Gifts with Vision in response to member requests to be able to give gifts to relatives, friends, and loved ones that are in direct support of the church's Mission & Service partners across Canada and around the world.

If you are seeking inspiring new gift ideas or perhaps would rather not give family and friends the same old clothes/toys/chocolates, Gifts with Vision presents a new way to celebrate special occasions. Give a gift that can help change people's lives!

Gift funding raised for partners through the catalogue will be over and above the regular member-supported, stable core funding that these partners receive.

Everyone will find something in Gifts with Vision worth sharing with the special people in their lives. Gifts are available in a range of dollar amounts, as well as for many areas of need (hunger, shelter, education, health, safety, mobility, and more).

Study documents for Remits: Study sessions for Remit 2 & 3 will be held on Monday, November 7th at St. Mark’s at 7:00 p.m. and at St. David’s on Wednesday, November 16th at 10:00 a.m. Board members and interested individuals from the congregations are encouraged to attend whichever of these is most convenient for them.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of the month.

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

Deadline for information for the bulletin is Thursday at noon.

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today, we are pleased to thank and honour Kevin Pierce, Colin Chisholm, Marian Langley, Edward Malcolm and Bill Charlton, past members of the Armed Forces. They have been nominated by the Port Hawkesbury Legion Branch 43 to receive A Quilt of Valour.

The Quilts of Valour have been made by local quilters in the Tea Thyme Guild at St. Mark’s as a thank-you to those who have been touched by war. For more information on the Quilts of Valour go on line at: http://www.quiltsofvalour.ca/

Lay Readers

Nov.13th – Joyce Oliver-Snair 
Nov. 20th – Brenda Mac Innis

Nov. 27th – Jim Chiasson

FundScrip Order Dates are Sunday November 6th and 20th and Delivery Dates are Sunday November 13th and 27th.

The November Promotions are as follows:

Petro-Canada                                3% (Regular 2% )

Canadian Tire                                5% (Regular 4% )

Hudson’s Bay/Home Outfitters        5% (Regular 3% )

Winners                                        8% (Regular 6% )

Home Sense                                 8% (Regular 6% )

If you have any questions or if you wish to join the program please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838.

November 20th – 8:00 a.m. – St. Mark’s Men’s Group Breakfast.

November 22nd – St. Mark’s Congregational Board Meeting:

6:30 p.m. – Executive, 7:00 p.m. – Committees, 8:00 p.m. – Combined Board.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. David’s Session Meeting on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. Please make every effort to attend.

St. David's UCW will meet on Wednesday, November 9/16 at the home of Grace Pilgrim at 1:30 pm

Lay Readers

Nov. 13th – Wanda Radford

Nov. 20th – Arnold Mac Lean

Nov. 27th – Margie Mac Intyre

Hall Cleaners for November are Claudette & Ashley Fox

PASTORAL AIRS.... St. David's United Church, Port Hastings, Sunday, November 27th, 7 p.m., lunch following. Free will offering with proceeds for our local Food Bank. Musicians to include, Kinnon and Betty Beaton, The Gaelic Choir, Joe MacMaster, Siblings Two, John Donald Cameron, Gordon MacLean, Roy MacKinnon

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Memorial Hymn Sing at St. Joseph's Parish Church, Port Hawkesbury today Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Combined choirs of St. Joseph's, St. Mark's & St. David's under the direction of Bernadette MacDonald. Reception to follow.  Free Will Offering at the door.  All Welcome!

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.

Lamplight Service. Calvin Presbyterian Church, Loch Lomond.

on Nov.13th at 6.00pm. Minister Rev. Corrie Steward. Special Music St. Peter's Christian Church Choir. Social Hour to follow at the community hall.

Breakfast at Port Hastings Fire Hall on Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Adults $8.00/Children $5.00. Hosted by Port Hastings Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6 2016-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 6th, 2016-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 In English & French 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

*Sounding of Memorial Bell (St. Mark’s)

Greeting One Another with the Peace of Christ

One: Blessed are those who make peace;

they shall be called sons and daughters of God. Matthew 5:9

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.

Call to Worship

The measure of a people’s heart is this:

do we remember the sacrifices of the past;

do we work for peace in the present;

do we speak of hope for the future?

And so we come now before God

to name as our dream God’s reign of shalom,

to commit ourselves to the cause of peace,

and to remember. Let us worship God.

Written by Rod Sykes, St. Andrew’s U.C., Calgary, Alta

Gathering, Summer/Autumn 2010, page 49. Used with permission.

Opening Prayer

* Hymn       God, As With Silent Hearts         VU 527

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

Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 17-21 What does God require of a nation?

One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 72        The mountains may bring forth peace       VU 790

*Hymn        Make Me a Channel of Your Peace            VU 684

Opening the Word & the Lord's Prayer

James 3:13-18 A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace

One: This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.

Offering of Music               Flanders Fields               Choir

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

Blessing of Prayer Shawls, Preemie Caps and Quilts of Valour

Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God

*Offering Prayer

Peace is such a precious gift that all creation cries out for it.

May these gifts be a witness to others of our faith in the Good News, that one day all of creation will be at peace, and we will

share in its blessings, giving thanks to the Creator of all. Amen.

Written by Sandy Ferguson, Windermere Valley Shared Ministry, Invermere B.C.

Gathering, Summer/Autumn 2010, page 49. Used with permission

Presentation of Quilts of Valour

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

*Hymn Let There Be Peace on Earth Printed

*Commissioning and Blessing

All: Committed to living God's love in our daily lives,

committed to reconciliation between individuals and communities, committed to fostering the way of peace: We leave this church.

May the peace of God which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of Christ Jesus and the blessing of God: Creator, Christ and Spirit be with you now and always.

*Choral Amen