Thank you to this week’s volunteers (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, Jacqueline Howie Cleland
Next Week (May 21):
Offering Receivers: Juliet & Dallas Davis, Colleen & Tony Watson
Counters: Linda Pond, Juliet & Dallas Davis
Scripture Reader: Eleanor Scott
Greeters: Max & Mavis Cater
Coffee Hour: Need a Volunteer
Nursery: Jane Murray, Rebecca Jonah
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver
Special Session Meeting – Wednesday, May 17th at 7 pm.
A Time of Prayer – Our next gathering is Wednesday, May 24th at 10 am.
Plant & Book Sale – Saturday, May 27th from 9 am – noon. Calling all gardeners and book lovers, please consider donating plants and books to the Annual Plant and Book Sale hosted by the Tuesday Morning Ladies Group. Plants and books may be dropped off at the church hall on Thursday evening May 25th between 6 – 8pm and on Friday, May 26th from 9am – 1pm.
Do you know someone in our congregation graduating from high school, college, university or other institutions, please contact the church office at 455-8220 so that they can be recognized in the next issue of the Link. Youth and Graduate Sunday will be celebrated June 25.
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.
Ladies’ Spring Tea – St. James Presbyterian Church on Friday, May 12 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Freewill donation
Mother’s Day Brunch – St. James Presbyterian Church on May 13th from 11am – 1 pm. Cost is $8.00. Bake & Craft Table.
Synod Workshop – May 13 in Truro with Dr. E. Stanley Ott. For more information, see the bulletin board in the hall.
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.
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.
Carpentry Work – Majed Alkreiz is available evenings and weekends to do odd jobs and carpentry work, both inside and outside.
Pulpit Supply
May 14 – Marg Leonard
May 21 – Andrew Speight
May 28 – Marg Leonard
June 4 – (Pentecost) – Rev. Dr. Basil Lowery
June 11 – (Communion Sunday) – Rev. Dr. Philip Lee
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/