Announcements March 27, 2016

Thank you to this week’s volunteers (March 27):

Offering Receivers: Margo & Larry Sheppard, Bob & Marg Leonard
Counters: Calvin MacIntosh, Margo & Larry Sheppard, Dallas & Juliet Davis
Scripture Reader: Jeanne Kaye Speight
Greeters: Bob & Marg Leonard
Coffee Hour: Sheila & Greg Black
Nursery: Cindy Cunningham, Alex Cunningham
Church School: Tamela Collrin, Angela Black, Sarah Zuidhof, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Next Week (April 3):

Offering Receivers: Allison & Tim Blom, Aron & Sarah Zuidhof
Counters: Andrew Ottens, Greg & Sheila Black, Paul Lawson
Scripture Reader: John Murray
Greeters: Blom Family
Coffee Hour: Heather Labadie
Nursery: Sonya & Jeremy Burrill
Church School: Angela Black, Colleen Watson, Holly Blaikie, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Maundy Thursday:

  • 6pm Pot Luck at Saint James, Hanwell
  • 8pm Tenebrae Service at Saint James, Hanwell

Easter Sunday:

  • 9am Song & Prayer followed by breakfast
  • 11am Worship Service

Soup on Sunday! – April 3rd after worship.  Hosted by the Tuesday Morning Ladies Group.  Come and enjoy a bowl of soup, rolls and dessert and help defray the cost to upgrade our copier.

College & Career Dinner – Sunday, April 3, 6:30 to 9 pm. Homemade food at Jordan and Candace’s place. Drives can be arranged and diets accommodated. Let Jordan know by Sat. the 26th if you are interested.

New Books for our Library! – Five (gently used) Karen Kingsbury novels have been purchased: Beyond Tuesday Morning, Even Now, Family, This Side of Heaven, and Unlocked. They will be displayed on the library table in the Church Hall. As well, four brand new books have been added Fearless by Max Lucado (reviewed in the Spring Link) Seven Things That Steal Your Joy by Joyce Meyer; and two novels with an Easter theme:  Behold the Man by Bodie and Brock Thoene and Risen, the novelization of the major motion picture by Angela Hunt. All books are ready to be signed out.

Our website at sapc.ca is up and running again after a major outage with our service provider. Visit the website for weekly updated news, photos, announcements, calendar of events, volunteer roster and more

EASTER SPECIAL OFFERING – an Easter special offering envelope was included with the latest copy of our quarterly newsletter The Link. The budget for this offering is $4,300. At this time of the year when our expenses far exceed revenues, the need to maintain a positive cash flow is important to our financial health. You are urged to prayerfully consider making a contribution to this appeal.  Thank you.

Annual Atlantic Presbyterian Women’s Christian Retreat – April 22 to 24 in Moncton.  Theme: Hurry Up and Slow Down (Resting in the Indwelling of Jesus).  For more information, see brochure available on foyer bulletin board or visit http://atlanticwomenschristianretreat.weebly.com/

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – April 3 at 3:00 pm at Wilmot United Church. Performed by the Fredericton Symphony Orchestra, Fredericton Choral Society and UNB Chorale with soloists Sally Dibblee, Paula Rockwell, Colin Frotten and Paul Bustin. Tickets available at Reads Newsstand or at the door.