Saturday, 1 September 2018

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND 2018

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader: Bruce Corrigan
Mission Moment: Sarah Chiasson
Greeters/Collectors: Annabel Butts, Joyce Oliver-Snair
Counters: Jim Davis, Eric Dawson
Counters (St. D.): Iaian Langley, Heather Graham 

 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

 The “UPPER ROOM” for September-October are available.

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

 PHOTOS FOR NATIONAL CHURCH BULLETINS AND CALENDARS... Please consider submitting photos for United Church Bulletin covers and our church calendars. For more information, access www.united-church.ca/community-faith/get-involved/submit-your-photos or see the poster at the church office.
An invitation to local choirs, singers and musicians to join in a 
Hymn Sing and Choir Celebration
“Sing for Joy”
3:00 p.m., Sunday, September 9th, 2018
St. Matthew’s United Church, Inverness, N.S.
Rehearsal at 2:00 p.m.
Contact Nan Corrigan at nancy.corrigan@gmail.com or 902-625-0407 for information or to register your choir to sing

 Here are the Sept. FundScrip promotions. The first order will be sent on Sunday September 2nd and the cards delivered on Sunday September 9th. 
Build-A Bear                                                        9%  ( Regular 7% )
Shell                                                                     3%  ( Regular 2% )
The Ultimate Dining Card (East Side Mario’s
Harvey’s,  Montana’s, New York Fries, Swiss Chalet)             
                                                                            6% ( Regular 5% )  
Hudson’s Bay/ Home Outfitters                         5% ( Regular 3% )

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

 St. David's is participating in this program and Wanda Radford has the info and order form. If anyone requires any info or forms, please contact Wanda at 902-870-1015. 
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
September 9th – Wayne Simpson
September 16th -
September 23rd – David Chapman
September 30th – Jean Mac Pherson

 Collection Counters/Recorders Needed - Please sign up. The load gets lighter when many helping hands participate.

 TODAY – Please join us for Coffee, Tea and fellowship following the Service at St. Mark’s.

 Sunday, September 16th Men’s Group Breakfast Meeting

 Tuesday, September 18th – Congregational Board meeting: Executive 6:30 p.m., Committees 7:00, Combined Board 8:00 p.m.
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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
September 9th – Gillian Vink
September 16th – Julia Mac Kinnon
September 23rd – Iaian Langley
September 30th – Alicia Vink

 Sunday, Sept. 9th –  Second Sunday Lunch Join us for fellowship and food on Second Sundays as we gather in a local restaurant to share lunch together. Everyone welcome. We will meet in the hall right after worship to arrange carpooling if needed.

 Sunday, Sept. 16th—St. David’s United Church congregational meeting. Immediately following Sunday worship. Meeting to clarify the intent of St. David’s congregation in regard to taking part in the Affirming Ministry study process (see information insert).

 Tuesday, Sept. 25th – 7:00p.m.; St. David’s Official Board Meeting

 Special thanks to the people of St. David’s who made our quilt show a very successful event. The quilters raised $2, 176.00 for the Church.

 Hall Cleaners for September: Catherine Mac Lean, Alicia Vink

 Look To The Future, U.C.W. Presbyterial Fall Rally
Saturday, September 29th, 9 a.m- 12 noon, St.Luke's United Church, Donkin. $7.00 Registration, at 9 a.m; $7.00 Lunch at 12:15 p.m. Guest Speaker,Rev.Alison Etter. Outreach Monetary Donation to the Breakfast Program at Donkin School, gratefully accepted. Membership Dues can be purchased for $3.00 through the treasurer Mrs. Martha MacDonald, 16 Carroll Street, Glace Bay,N.S. B1A 3B3. 
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Social and Active Senior of The Strait Area YMCA  S.A.S.S.Y 
A free YMCA Program starting September 2018. - This is a new 6 week program where we will meet weekly. Where: Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre September 28th to November 2nd (Fridays) Call Patti to register 902-625-4600 (Limited space)

 Port Hawkesbury Ceilidhs  Tuesdays @ 7:30 - 9pm at Civic Centre  Admission: $10.00/ Students (under 16)/$4.00Children (under 5) free  Season Pass $80 (6 free Ceilidhs)    Free Tea & Oatcakes...while they last 
Sept 4     Michael Hall | Cullen MacInnis | Joanne MacIntyre & Family | Betty Beaton 
Sept 11   Dawn and Margie Beaton | Pat Lamey | Heather Richards  
Sept 18    Mac Morin | Joe MacMaster | Hailee LeFort | Lisa Cameron | Vern MacDougall 
Sept 25    Melody Cameron | Derrick Cameron | Gillian Head | Joel Chiasson | Lewis MacLennan | Rita Rankin   
Oct 2      Pre Celtic Colours Show: Troy MacGillivray | Shelly Campbell | Allan Dewar | MaryJane Lamond | Sabra MacGillivray and the Celtic Touch Dancers 

 Terry Fox Run 2018 on Sunday, Sept. 16th at 1:00 pm Port Hawkesbury Community Park 
***NEW LOCATION*** This year celebrates the 38th Anniversary of the Terry Fox Run! Come join us Sunday, Sept. 16th to walk, run or bike 1 km, 5 km or 10 km Road Route OR  walk the Port Hawkesbury Community Trail from the Playground to TEC and back. A great walk for the whole family! Come out and help support the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research! Bring a friend and have a great time keeping Terry’s Dream alive! 

 Register online at terryfox.org or just show up at the Port Hawkesbury Community Park on the day of the event. For more information to participate or to volunteer, call Sarah at 902-625-5405 or find us on Facebook: The Terry Fox Run  Port Hawkesbury. No minimum entry fee. Raising pledges is optional. Donate what you can and join the fun! 

 The Port Hastings Museum and Archives and the Artisans Collective Gift Shop is open Monday to Friday 10 am  to 4 pm and Sat. and Sun. 12 to 4  until the middle of October.   

 Caregivers Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a free Wellness Retreat for family and friend caregivers in Lower River Inhabitants on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Come and spend time with other unpaid caregivers, learn about self-care, enjoy a delicious lunch, and share a few laughs. This event is free but seating is limited. Please contact Maggie at 902.371.3883 or 1.877.488.7390 to register.

 The Port Hastings Historical Society will meet on Wednesday, September 5th at 7pm. At the Port Hastings Museum and Archives. New members are encouraged to attend.

 Point Tupper Heritage Association will be holding their annual Church Service September 9th at 2 p.m. at the Museum. Everyone welcome.

 Point Tupper Heritage Association annual Thanksgiving Dinner at St. Mark’s Church Hall Oct. 6th from 4-6 p.m. - $15 adults - $5 for children under 10 years. For tickets call Joyce 902-625-0515, Alice 902-625-0775 or any member
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ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND 2018-15TH AFTER PENTECOST

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
September 2nd, 2018-15th Sunday after Pentecost
* please stand as able 
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  We Praise You, O God Verse 3 VU 218

Call to Worship 
One: Valued without distinction 
and called without favour;
All: we gather in the love of God.
One: Invited to places of deep change
and entrusted with lives of grace;
All: we gather in the compassion of Christ.
One: Encouraged to be authentic
and inspired to make a difference;
All: we gather in the power of the Spirit.
One: Valued, invited, encouraged, we come to worship. 

 Opening Prayer 
God of surprise and awe, you who can turn 
our many hatreds and fears around;
come to us in this time of worship.
Challenge our sure perspectives
and unsettle our fixed opinions.
Above all, instill in us a vision for a new world
and a re-creative way of living wholeheartedly within it.  Amen. 

 *Hymn      Here I Am, Lord VU 509

 Prayer for Healing 
So often, O God, we know the theory,
so often we mouth (and sing) words 
of inclusion, compassion, and “justice for all.”
Yet the reality remains – our confession rings true –
it is a truly difficult thing to love our neighbours 
as they really are; to feel as they may feel,
and to be as they may be (silence).
We pray, then, for hearts 
open to gradual, yet genuine change.
May the encounters we seek 
and the trust we help create,
bring us to more hopeful understandings
about ourselves and the world of your making (silence).
May there be peace in our restlessness;
may there be peace in our time, O God. Amen. 

 Assurance of Love
One: Friends, hear the good news:
The Spirit of God is at work to bring about the peace, wholeness
and healing we so desire.
All: Open and attentive to Spirit’s life-giving ways,
we are a forgiven and loved people.
Thanks be to God! Amen.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

James 2:1-10, 14-17 Faith without works is dead 
This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.

 Psalm 125 Do good, O God, to those who are good. VU 849

 *Hymn    Rejoice, the Lord is King VU 213

 Opening the Word and the Lord's Prayer  

 Gospel Acclamation

 Mark  7:24-37 The Syrophoenician woman's faith challenges Jesus
This is Good News! All: Thanks be to God.

 Opening the Word 2

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn  Lord of the Dance VU 352

 Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God

 *Offering Song (Tune: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow) 
Your love, O God, to all you show. We, gathered here, commit to grow. We offer You these gifts, that we, may celebrate diversity.

 Prayers of the People (You are invited to lift up your head and hands as you speak the response, and to lower them during each petition…as you are comfortable)
One: Jesus, speak your word of love and let it be so in our lives.
All: Ephphatha (pronounced ef-FATH-a)…be opened.

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn Fairest Lord Jesus VU 341

 *Commissioning and Blessing  
Friends, go into this new week being quick to listen, 
slow to speak, and fully prepared to be changed 
in both heart and mind. 
We will follow in the ways of Christ.
We will seek a more understanding
and compassionate world.
And so now 
may the love of God,
the grace and generosity of Jesus,
and the abiding friendship of the Spirit
be with us now and evermore.

 *Choral Amen

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Saturday, 11 August 2018

FundScrip Resumes in September


FundScrip resumes in September and the first order will be sent on Sunday September 2nd  and the cards delivered on Sunday September 9th.

 If you have any questions or wish to join the program please contact Patsy Brander at 902-625-1062 or Bonnie Dawson at 902-625-3838.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY AUGUST 12TH 2018

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist: Al Fougere
Lay Reader: Barb Mac Intyre
Mission Moment: Bruce Corrigan
Greeters/Collectors: Earl West, Judy Castle
Counters: Judy Castle, Malcolm Matheson
Counters (St. D.): Bob Downard, Donnie Mac Gregor 

 OFFICE HOURS: 
Monday & Tuesday  9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s
Wednesday 9-12 noon, Nan at St. David’s
Thursday 9-12 noon, Jane at St. Mark’s
Friday Minister’s Day Off, 9-12 noon, Jane at St. Mark’s

 Summer Worship Schedule
August worship at St. Mark’s, Port Hawkesbury 9:30 a.m. (includes Sunday, September 2nd) 

 Nan will be on vacation from August 15th to 28th. During that time,  pastoral care will be covered by Rev. Heather Manuel, Guysborough. Worship on August 19th will be led by Mary MacDougall, L'Arche Cape Breton and on August 26th by Lorna MacRury.  

 The “UPPER ROOM” for September-October are available.

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

 PHOTOS FOR NATIONAL CHURCH BULLETINS AND CALENDARS... Please consider submitting photos for United Church Bulletin covers and our church calendars. For more information, access www.united-church.ca/community-faith/get-involved/submit-your-photos or see the posters available from the church office.
An invitation to local choirs, singers and musicians to join in a 
Hymn Sing and Choir Celebration
“Sing for Joy”
3:00 p.m., Sunday, September 9th, 2018
St. Matthew’s United Church, Inverness, N.S.
Rehearsal at 2:00 p.m.
Contact Nan Corrigan at nancy.corrigan@gmail.com or 902-625-0407 for information or to register your choir to sing
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
August 19th – Archie Noseworthy
August 26th– Joyce Oliver-Snair
September 2nd – Bruce Corrigan 

 Collection Counters/Recorders Needed - Please sign up. The load gets lighter when many helping hands participate.

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Quilt Show & Sale – August 9th – August 14th at St. David’s United Church, Port Hastings. Open daily from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Hosted by The Strait Area Quilters and The Ocean Waves Quilt Society of Cape Breton.
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 Point Tupper Heritage Association will hold their annual Causeway Tea on August 12th – from 2-4 p.m. Everyone welcome.

 Point Tupper Heritage Association will hold their closing for the Students August 17th at 2 p.m. . Come see their work and wish them Good Luck. Everyone welcome. 

 You are cordially invited to attend the 63rd Anniversary celebration of the Official Opening of the Canso Causeway on Monday, August 13th.  Come by the Port Hastings Museum and Archives for some cake, tea and entertainment any time between 1:30 and 3:30 pm. (Museum and Artisan’s Collective Gift Shop hours will be as usual from 10 am to 4 pm)  

 Coro Cantabile in Concert.  
Special Guests: Doug Johnson &Barb  Stetter, Kate MacInnes & Paddy Gillis on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 3:00 pm at Calvin Presbyterian Church, Loch Lomond. Free Will  Offering. Following a ham & salad  supper at the community hall (Optional) Cost $12 per person.

 Social and Active Senior of The Strait Area YMCA  S.A.S.S.Y A free YMCA Program starting September 2018. - Move your body – Have lunch with friends – Learn about health and community services. This is a new 6 week program where we will meet weekly. 
Where: Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre 
When: September 28th to November 2nd (Fridays) 
Call Patti to register 902-625-4600 (Limited space)

 Port Hawkesbury Ceilidhs  Tuesdays @ 7:30 - 9pm at Civic Centre  Admission: $10.00/ Students (under 16)/$4.00Children (under 5) free  Season Pass $80 (6 free Ceilidhs)    Free Tea & Oatcakes...while they last 
Aug 14   All Fired Up | Harvey Beaton 
Aug 21   Shelly Campbell  | Allan Dewar | The Broussards | Rankin MacInnis 
Aug 28     Rodney MacDonald | Kenneth MacKenzie | Joel Chiasson | Darrell Keigan | Jenny MacKenzie   
Sept 4     Michael Hall | Cullen MacInnis | Joanne MacIntyre & Family | Betty Beaton 
Sept 11   Dawn and Margie Beaton | Pat Lamey | Heather Richards  
Sept 18    Mac Morin | Joe MacMaster | Hailee LeFort | Lisa Cameron | Vern MacDougall 
Sept 25    Melody Cameron | Derrick Cameron | Gillian Head | Joel Chiasson | Lewis MacLennan | Rita Rankin   
Oct 2      Pre Celtic Colours Show: Troy MacGillivray | Shelly Campbell | Allan Dewar | MaryJane Lamond | Sabra MacGillivray and the Celtic Touch Dancers 

 The Port Hawkesbury Branch Library presents The Discovery Center On the Road, Thursday, August 16th. 
At 10:00 am we will present Smart Art for children ages 5 to 7. Please register by calling 902-625-2729 as spaces are limited. Smart Art: Puzzle over geometry and challenge your spatial skills using tangrams.  Learn how art and science work together to play tricks on your eyes with optical illusions.   Make and take home a thaumatrope; a tool that lays the foundational understanding of moving pictures and cinema. 
Then at 11:15 they will present Slimy Science to children ages 8 - 12. Please register by calling 902-625-2729 as spaces are limited. Slimy Science - Roll up your sleeves and get ready to act like a scientist!  Let’s get a little messy and explore changes to matter.  Investigate why chemical changes happen and finds signs that indicate a change is taking place. Take home a slimy concoction. 

 Terry Fox Run 2018
Date: Sunday, Sept. 16th
Time:  1:00 pm
Location: Port Hawkesbury Community Park ***NEW LOCATION***
This year celebrates the 38TH Anniversary of the Terry Fox Run! Come join us Sunday, Sept. 16th to walk, run or bike 1 km, 5 km or 10 km Road Route OR  walk the Port Hawkesbury Community Trail from the Playground to TEC and back. A great walk for the whole family! Come out and help support the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research! Bring a friend and have a great time keeping Terry?s Dream alive! Register online at terryfox.org or just show up at the Port Hawkesbury Community Park on the day of the event. For more information to participate or to volunteer, call Sarah at 902-625-5405 or find us on Facebook: The Terry Fox Run ? Port Hawkesbury. No minimum entry fee. Raising pledges is optional. Donate what you can and join the fun!

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ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY AUGUST 12TH 2018-12TH AFTER PENTECOST

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
August 12th, 2018-12th Sunday after Pentecost

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  There Is Room for All MV 62

 Call to Worship 

 Opening Prayer 
Jesus, bread of life, fill us again as we sing and pray, speak and listen, members of one another, beloved children of God. We pause in silence, to see you, hear you, touch you, taste you, breathe in the fragrance of your profound life-renewing love. 
Silence. 
Amen.

 *Hymn     Precious Lord, Take My Hand VU 670

 Prayer for Healing (Prayer of Confession)  
For lines beginning “we put away,” hold hands in front of you with palms facing downwards. For lines beginning “we take up,” hold hands in front of you with palms open upwards. 

 We put away falsehood, lies, deceitful words and actions. 
We take up truth, honesty, openness in our words and actions. 
We put away anger that leads us to cause harm with our words and actions. 
We take up words and actions that help create peace. 
We put away stealing, greed, grasping for all we can get for ourselves. 
We take up honest work with our hands, to have something to share with those in need. 
We put away evil talk, mean words, insults, slander, and judgment of others. 
We take up speech that builds others up, encourages, comforts, and offers others hope. 
We put away bitterness, revenge, the desire to cause others harm. 
We take up kindness, tender-hearted attitudes, forgiving one another. Amen.

Words of Affirmation
For God has forgiven us, made us members of one another. 
We remember again that we live in love, living in Christ, 
beloved children of God. Amen.

 *Hymn    I’ve Got Peace Like a River VU 577

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Ephesians 4:25-5:2   Do not let the sun go down on your anger.
This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.

 Psalm 130 Up from the depths I cry to God.  Sung    VU 852

 Gospel Acclamation

 John 6:35, 41–51 I am the bread of life.

 Opening the Word   

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn  Make Me a Channel of Your Peace VU 684

 Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God

 *Offering Song (Tune: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow) 
Your love, O God, to all you show. We, gathered here, commit to grow. We offer You these gifts, that we, may celebrate diversity.

 Prayers of the People and the Lord's Prayer
One: In a world of so much anger, 
All: show us your way of love.

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

*Commissioning

 * Sung Blessing  God Be with You till We Meet Again VU 423

 *Choral Amen
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Wednesday, 8 August 2018

A Story from Affirm United

“How would we know?” Crossroads United Affirming journey

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In May 2014 our minister, Rev. Cari Copeman-Haynes received a phone call from a couple asking if our congregation performed same-sex marriages. When she responded that we did, she was asked, “How would we know that? We didn’t see anything on your website.”

The thing to know about our congregation, Crossroads United Church, is that we thought of ourselves as already open and welcoming. We had the history to prove it, didn’t we? And so it was that the question from the caller, “How would we know?” became key for us.


Crossroads United at the Women's March, Vancouver BC, January 2017
Crossroads United at the Women’s March, Vancouver BC, January 2017

The story of that telephone conversation became part of Rev. Cari’s sermon the following Sunday, along with her invitation to any who were interested in forming a group to explore becoming an Affirming Ministry. By the end of refreshment time that day, eight people had stepped forward. That was how the Crossroads Affirm Team came to be.

Our team was greatly helped in charting a process by the Affirm United requirements and by studying the background documents available on the web site. We quickly began to learn how much we didn’t know.

In the following months, some of the things we did were:
  • hosted a biblical dramatist who opened some lesser known stories in the Bible;
  • asked someone from the wider community to come and help us with the changing language around LGBTQ people;
  • hosted a Bible study after worship to understand the background of some of the controversial passages that are stumbling blocks;
  • met with nearby already-Affirming United Churches to hear about their process;
  • created a new vision statement that was more explicit about welcoming the participation of all;
  • hosted a speaker to help us better understand transgender issues.
Learning has been a big part of this journey, for the leaders on the Affirm Team and for the congregation. Probably the biggest barrier initially in our congregation was not conservative belief systems (although those were not completely absent), but this pervasive notion that continuing as a quietly open and welcoming (i.e., nice) congregation of the United Church of Canada was good enough. (Emphasis added.)

The Affirm Team overcame that barrier of niceness slowly. We were intentional in how we began, opening with beauty and humour through gentle but provocative performances by dramatist Peterson Toscano and singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine; then we offered opportunities to learn about the importance of language and to learn ways to make our language more congruent with the welcome we wanted to live out; and we tackled head-on the reality of those “what-the-Bible-says” kinds of arguments that can trip people up in their everyday conversations with friends and neighbours.

Receiving the Affirming certificate at the public celebration, September 2016.
Receiving the Affirming certificate at the public celebration, September 2016.

Starting with the “right brain” rather than the left was one of the most important moves our team made. We United Church people are just so used to getting into a circle to talk about language or gnash through ideas. Using drama and music to touch people’s hearts was a really intuitive move on the part of our team at Crossroads, and opened people up to realize there might be ‘more to this’ than just being “nice” Canadians.

This is a general overview of our process. But remember when we said earlier that when we first began we didn’t know how much we didn’t know?

Slowly, slowly, as people began to trust, stories emerged. Real stories of people’s lives. Stories of wounds and fears. Stories of hope. Stories that sometimes might go untold, lives that sometimes might go unrecognized in a quietly welcoming, nice United Church congregation. In so many ways, we really didn’t know what we didn’t know.

This approach, of trusting the Spirit’s leading, maintaining a tender stance and stepping out in courage to do the next right thing continues to create a wider, healthier space for all.

That is our story to date. Thanks for listening.

The Affirm Team, Crossroads United Church, Delta, British Columbia
April 2017

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Friday, 3 August 2018

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 2018

Ministering through leadership in worship this morning are:
Organist:         Al Fougere
Lay Reader: Malcolm Matheson
Mission Moment: Sarah Chiasson
Greeters/Collectors:        Earl West, Judy Castle
Counters: Judy Castle, Malcolm Matheson
Counters (St. D.): Bob Downard, Donnie MacGregor 

 OFFICE HOURS: 
Monday & Tuesday  9-12 noon, Nan at St. Mark’s
Wednesday 9-12 noon, Nan at St. David’s
Thursday 9-12 noon, Jane at St. Mark’s
Friday Minister’s Day Off, 9-12 noon, Jane at St. Mark’s

 Summer Worship Schedule
August worship at St. Mark’s, Port Hawkesbury 9:30 a.m. (includes Sunday, September 2nd)  

 Jane will be in the office on Thursday and Friday Mornings from 9-12 noon.

 Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for July-August are available.

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

 PHOTOS FOR NATIONAL CHURCH BULLETINS AND CALENDARS... Please consider submitting photos for United Church Bulletin covers and our church calendars. For more information, access www.united-church.ca/community-faith/get-involved/submit-your-photos or see the posters available from the church office.
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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lay Readers:
August 12th – Barb Mac Intyre
August 19th – Archie Noseworthy
August 26th – Joyce Oliver-Snair
September 2nd – Bruce Corrigan 

 Collection Counters/Recorders Needed - Please sign up. The load gets lighter when many helping hands participate.

 The Fundraising Committee would like to announce due to the recent combined events Quilt Show and Dessert Tea, Yard and Bake Sale and BBQ sale of hot dogs also the reception meal for the late Susan Marguerite Piscatello a total of $2513.60 was realized. Many thanks to all who contributed their time and talents to this effort. We have recovered 2/3 of the money lost earlier in the year. 

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Quilt Show & Sale – August 9th – August 14th at St. David’s United Church, Port Hastings. Open daily from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Hosted by The Strait Area Quilters and The Ocean Waves Quilt Society of Cape Breton.
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Thank You!! - Connie and Ingram Fowlie & Family would like to express their appreciation to everyone who helped them celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary. 

 Point Tupper Heritage Association will hold their annual Causeway Tea on August 12th – from 2-4 p.m. Everyone welcome.

 Point Tupper Heritage Association will hold their closing for the Students August 17th at 2 p.m. . Come see their work and wish them Good Luck. Everyone welcome. 

 Coro Cantabile in Concert.  Special Guests: Doug Johnson &Barb Stetter, Kate MacInnes & Paddy Gillis on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 3:00 pm at Calvin Presbyterian Church , Loch Lomond. Free Will  Offering. Following a ham & salad  supper at the community hall (Optional) Cost $12 per person.

 Social and Active Senior of The Strait Area YMCA  
S.A.S.S.Y A free YMCA Program starting September 2018. - Move your body – Have lunch with friends – Learn about health and community services. This is a new 6 week program where we will meet weekly. Where: Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre When: September 28th to November 2nd (Fridays) Call Patti to register 902-625-4600 (Limited space)

 Port Hawkesbury Ceilidhs  Tuesdays @ 7:30 - 9pm at Civic Centre 
Admission: $10.00/ Students (under 16)/$4.00Children (under 5) free  Season Pass $80 (6 free Ceilidhs)    Free Tea & Oatcakes...while they last 

 Aug 7 Mabou: MacNeil & MacQuarrie Families 
Aug 14   All Fired Up | Harvey Beaton 
Aug 21   Shelly Campbell  | Allan Dewar | The Broussards | Rankin MacInnis 
Aug 28     Rodney MacDonald | Kenneth MacKenzie | Joel Chiasson | Darrell Keigan | Jenny MacKenzie  

Sept 4     Michael Hall | Cullen MacInnis | Joanne MacIntyre & Family | Betty Beaton 
Sept 11   Dawn and Margie Beaton | Pat Lamey | Heather Richards  
Sept 18    Mac Morin | Joe MacMaster | Hailee LeFort | Lisa Cameron | Vern MacDougall 
Sept 25    Melody Cameron | Derrick Cameron | Gillian Head | Joel Chiasson | Lewis MacLennan | Rita Rankin  

Oct 2      Pre Celtic Colours Show: Troy MacGillivray | Shelly Campbell | Allan Dewar | MaryJane Lamond | Sabra MacGillivray and the Celtic Touch Dancers 

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ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 2018-11TH AFTER PENTECOST


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
August 5th, 2018-11th Sunday after Pentecost
* please stand as able
Connecting with life
All are called, and all have ministry for the building of God’s realm. Call can change through life.
■■ What does call mean when we begin to lose cognitive
and physical capabilities?
■■ How are the whole people of God in your church
encouraged in their gifts and giftedness?
■■ In what ways does your congregation work together to
build up the Body of Christ? Who is feeling excluded?
How might all gifts be celebrated, encouraged, and valued?
Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2017 Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION
Pentecost 1 2018 p. 147
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 There Is Room for All MV 62
Call to Worship 
One: We gather as God’s community
All: for we are the Body of Christ.
One: We come as gifted people, All: to worship our God.
One: We come as a community,
All: to be strengthened in our gifts.
One: We come united as friends of the one spirit
All: who calls us to hope and to build each other up in love.
One: Come, let us worship.
Opening Prayer
Christ Jesus, we are your body,
and so, with joy and gratitude we gather as your people.
You have crafted many parts to that body, given each of us
particular gifts,
and you call us to use them in building up our community
in this place.
Some of us know well the gifts you have entrusted to us,
others of us still wonder what our gifts might be.
Some of us have seen our gifts change as we have grown and changed; others have felt the constancy of a gift as a lifelong friend.
As we worship you today, help us claim, reclaim, and discover anew those gifts with which you have equipped us. Amen.
*Hymn We Are One VU 402
Prayer for Healing (Prayer of Confession) Based on Psalm 51
Response: Have mercy on us.
Words of Affirmation
The good news is that God never casts us away; we are always present to God.
Through Jesus, our lives are rebuilt and granted restoration, renewal, and nourishment that never perish. Let this knowledge nourish us and give life to us and, through us, the world.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Ephesians 4:1-16 Speak the truth in love.
This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 51 Create in me a new heart, O God. Ref. 1, VU 776
*Hymn Just as I Am VU 508
Gospel Acclamation
John 6: 24-35 The crowd asks for another sign from Jesus.
Opening the Word
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah VU 651
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Song (Tune: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow)
Your love, O God, to all you show. We, gathered here, commit to grow. We offer You these gifts, that we, may celebrate diversity.
Prayers of the People and the Lord's Prayer
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn Halle, Halle, Halle VU 958
*Commissioning and Benediction
Our world is also God’s world,
and we are God’s gifted people,
ponder and claim your gift,
find the places where you are being called to share it.
God is love, and we are the Body of Christ.
God calls us to share our gifts in fullest measure.
Go now, knowing you are directed by the Spirit and affirmed by Jesus to love and serve the world.
*Choral Amen

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Thursday, 26 July 2018

Nan C at GC43 Day 5

Today we began by hearing from Global Partner Dr, Isabel Apawo Phiri, Deputy General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) during morning worship 

 
At Petroglyphs Provincial Park for afternoon excursion. The medicine wheel at entrance to the interpretative centre.





Indian tacos served by Curve Lake elders as they welcomed us to their powwow grounds beside the lake.

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Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Nan C at GC43 Day 4


This is the "Painted Pew", painted at the Festival of Faith and brought into the meeting space this evening. It is a pew as old as the United Church (93 years) and we were encouraged to sit down on it for awhile as we had evening worship. Tonight we had a Sunset Service for the Conferences and Presbyteries, as we move to a new governance structure ratified by remits and this GC. It was a Celtic Service of Anointing Prayer in which commissioners were anointed by Conference Presidents and Executive Secretaries.
Maritime Conference Presidents at this General Council: Catherine Stuart, Catherine MacDonald, Gloria Churchill, Ross Bartlett, Ivan Gregan
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