Thank you to this week’s volunteers (May 7):
Offering Receivers: Brian Barnes, Paul Lawson, Jessie Sagawa, Need a Volunteer
Counters: Linda Pond, Brian Barnes, Paul Lawson
Scripture Reader: Tim Blom
Greeters: Jessie Sagawa, Humphery Akwar
Coffee Hour: Ardean MacKinnon-Hayward & George Hayward
Nursery: Colleen & Tony Watson
Church School: Sonya Burrill, Jordan & Candace Schriver
Next Week (May 14):
Offering Receivers: Vergil & Mary Jane Varlan, Wanda Klingbell, Heather Labadie
Counters: Linda Pond, Wanda Klingbell, Ron & Helen Bagnell
Scripture Reader: Calvin MacIntosh
Greeters: Doris Stairs, Mary Hossack
Coffee Hour: Heather Labadie
Nursery: Cindy Cunningham, Alex Cunningham
Church School: Tamela Collrin, Substitute for Jordan & Candace
Please join us in the hall as we celebrate birthdays.
Whether it be a milestone or not we have reason to celebrate and thank God for his beautiful gift of life. Of course we have cake but let’s not let cake be the focus, it is the people we wish to celebrate!
Joel Bragdon
Jamie Howie
George Hayward
Andrew Ottens
Eleanor Scott
Paul Lawson
Mona Wilson
Thank you to all who contributed to the success of our spring yard sale. Over $1,500 was raised for the various charities supported by the Tuesday Morning Ladies Group.
Session – The May Session meeting will be Monday, May 8th at 7:00 pm.
A Time of Prayer – Every other Wednesday at 10 am. Our next gathering is May 10th. For further information, contact Jane Murray.
Do you know someone in our congregation graduating from high school, college, university or other institutions, please contact the church office 455-8220 so that they can be recognized in the next issue of the Link. Youth and Graduate Sunday will be celebrated June 25.
Crisis in South Sudan PWS&D appeal – Responding through Canadian Foodgrains Bank, PWS&D will be providing nutrition support to those affected by famine conditions in South Sudan. Nutrition feeding centres will be established, where children under five and lactating mothers can be screened for malnutrition. If a child is found with severe acute malnutrition—meaning they are so malnourished they are close to death—they will receive treatment with therapeutic foods. Lactating mothers and children with moderate acute malnutrition will also be treated, and caregivers will receive education in proper hygiene and child feeding practices. The project will benefit 42,000 people. With support from the Government of Canada through Canadian Foodgrains Bank, donations to this project are matched 4:1. That means that for every $1 you contribute, $5 of programming can take place.” Mark donations through Saint Andrew’s Church “South Sudan”. For more information visit the website http://presbyterian.ca/pwsd/2017/03/13/crisis-in-south-sudan/
Becoming a Professing Member – The session would like to see if there are individuals interested in becoming professing members of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at Saint Andrew’s. If you are interested in professing your faith in a deepened way and growing in your church experience, please speak with an elder or contact Rev. Wendy at wendymacwilliams@rogers.com. We will organize two membership classes/discussions/follow-ups at a time to be set in the near future to give you opportunity to reflect on your faith, what it means to be Presbyterian, and what it means to be a professing member at St. Andrew’s in this denomination. Being a professing member will enable you to recommend people for elder elections, be considered as an elder, and allow you to vote when a prospective minister preaches for a call. Note: attending membership classes/follow-up discussions in no way obligates you to join, but is a must to be considered for professing membership.
Synod Workshop – May 13 in Truro with Dr. E. Stanley Ott. Theme – Acts 16:5 (” So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers daily.”) Regardless of size, whether a congregation is presently a dynamic, vigorous fellowship or is struggling to sustain its present level of vitality, every congregation may use the Acts 16:5 Initiative as a means of considering present and future ministry and of moving by God’s grace into a new chapter of life and ministry. For more information, see the bulletin board in the hall or http://sapc.ca/2017/03/08/synod-education-workshop-2017/
Bulletin Cover Contest – As detailed in the Spring issue of the Link, we are looking for original photographs, artwork and short works of poetry or prose that would be appropriate for our bulletin covers for some weeks over the summer. Send submissions or questions to sapcfred@gmail.com.
Carpentry Work – Majed Alkreiz is available evenings and weekends to do odd jobs and carpentry work, both inside and outside. Please contact Majed
Refundable Bottle Drive – In support of Omar Alkreiz and his classmates on their grade 8 school trip to Quebec City please bring your donations of “return for refund” containers on Sundays and place in drop off bin at the entrance.
Events at St. James Presbyterian Church, Hanwell
(all are welcome):
- Movie Night – A Dog’s Purpose: Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. No cost.
- Ladies’ Spring Tea hosted by the G.R.O.W. Group: Friday, May 12 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Freewill donation
- Mother’s Day Brunch – May 13th from 11am – 1 pm. Cost is $8.00. Menu: Quiche, Salad, Rolls, Dessert, Tea, Coffee Bake & Craft Table.
Pulpit Supply
May 7 – Rev. John Martin
May 14 – Marg Leonard
May 21 – Andrew Speight
May 28 – Marg Leonard