Thank you to this week’s volunteers (Oct 22):
Offering Receivers: Peggy & Calvin MacIntosh, Vickie MacLeod, Heather Labadie
Counters: John Astle, Vickie MacLeod, Heather Labadie
Scripture Reader: Eleanor Scott
Greeters: Lucille & Don McCrea
Coffee Hour: Volunteer Needed
Nursery: Colleen & Tony Watson
Church School: Tamela Collrin, Jordan & Candace Schriver
Next week’s volunteers (Oct 29):
Offering Receivers: Marg & Bob Leonard, Wanda Klingbell, Stephen MacKay
Counters: John Astle, Calvin & Peggy MacIntosh
Scripture Reader: Annette Stehouwer
Greeters: Marg & Bob Leonard
Coffee Hour: Linda Pond, Phyllis Llwellyn
Nursery: Cindy Cunningham, Alex Cunningham
Church School: Tamela Collrin, Jordan & Candace Schriver
Fall Indoor Yard Sale – This weekend, Friday, Oct 20th 6-8pm and Saturday, Oct 21th 9am-noon.
College and Career Dinner – Sunday, Oct 29th at Jordan and Candace’s.
Paintball – We are considering a paintball afternoon in November for people 12 years and older. Please let Jordan know if you are interested.
Birthdays are a blessing. Do we have your birthday on our list? Birthday Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month and throughout the month with birthday phone calls. If we don’t currently have your birthday on our list, please let the office know the month and day of your birthday. Contact the office at 455-8220 or sapc@sapc.ca
The Women’s Inter-Church Council of Fredericton – Annual General Meeting Oct. 23 at 1:30pm at the Church of St. John and Paul, New Maryland.
“A Silent Haunting” – At St. Pauls’ United Church on Monday, Oct 30 at 7pm, a unique cinema experience with a twist – the showing of the 1925 silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera, together with live, improvised organ accompaniment from David Drinkell. This is cinema as it used to be with a musician trying to capture the mood as the silent movie’s images flash across the silver screen.
Pulpit Supply Schedule:
- Oct 22 – Marg Leonard
- Oct 29 – Jeanne Kaye Speight
- Nov 5 (Remembrance Sunday) – Marg Leonard
- Nov 12 – Rev. Canon William (Bill) MacMullin
Congregational Survey – an update from Rev. Wendy MacWilliams, Interim Moderator:
The search committee has distributed a congregational survey to begin gathering input from the congregation to help develop a congregational profile. In the cover letter – and in the most recent copy of The Link– we mentioned that throughout the month of October, we would arrange small group discussions with members of the congregation and the various ministry groups of Saint Andrew’s to provide additional opportunity for reflection and sharing thoughts. We intend to ensure that these activities reach out to as many people as possible, but are also mindful that there are benefits to organizing small group discussions by age, gender, area of ministry interest too as it will allow us to focus on particular needs and ministry themes, as well as provide opportunities for members of the congregation to grow in friendship too.
On Friday, October 20, from 10 a.m. – noon I will hold office hours at Saint Andrew’s for anyone that would like to stop by for coffee and a visit. We can chat about the survey, share church anecdotes and other stories that can feed into the congregational analysis.
On Saturday, October 21, St. James Presbyterian Church and the Rotary Club of Hanwell host a monthly breakfast at St. James. We can reserve some tables at 9 a.m. should some folks from Saint Andrew’s like to have some table talk on the congregational survey. All are welcome. Please let Rev. Wendy know if you are interested by emailing her at wendymacwilliams@rogers.com.
Your input is very important. The search committee is working diligently to provide a number of ways for you to share your voice and thoughts, while at the same time creating opportunities within this exercise for spiritual growth and a strengthened sense of community. We are mindful that filling out surveys or attending group discussions may not work best for all. If, for example, you would rather share your input by way of one-on-one conversation, a search committee member would be happy to meet with you in person or by phone. A member of the search committee would also be willing to write down your answers too. If you would like to complete your survey with assistance from a search committee member – or even your elder – please do not hesitate to let Tara at the church office know and she will have someone follow-up with you in a prompt manner.