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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.

 

A Very Special Birthday

At Saint Andrew’s, we love birthdays!

Recently, a number of our Church family members were invited to help a new little  friend of our congregation celebrate her first Canadian birthday.

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Announcements March 20, 2016

Thank you to this week’s volunteers (March 20):

Offering Receivers: Elders
Counters: Calvin MacIntosh, Greg & Sheila Black
Scripture Reader: Bill Cockburn
Greeters: Will & Doris Johnson
Coffee Hour: Blom Family
Nursery: Colleen & Tony Watson
Church School: Jacqueline Howie Cleland, Terri Astle, Sarah Zuidhof, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Next Week (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: Dick & Jeanne Kaye Speight
Nursery: Cindy Cunningham, Alex Cunningham
Church School: Tamela Collrin, Angela Black, Sarah Zuidhof, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Children’s Choir will resume Friday, March 18th at 4:00 pm in the Church Hall. All children, ages 3 – Middle School who enjoy singing or music activities are welcome!  For further information, please contact Kathie or David Berry.

Jr/Sr High School Big Box Games Night – Sunday, March 20th from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.  For the first time this year we will be bringing out the big cardboard boxes for a night of fun at the church. Games, prizes and snacks. Feel free to bring friends!

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 church photocopier.

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 Saturday the 26th if you are interested.

New Books for our Library! – Five (gently used) Karen Kingsbury novels have been purchased for our library: 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.

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/


Maundy Thursday:

Note change of location

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


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.

 

World Day of Prayer 2016

Receive children. Receive me.

Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church hosted the 2016 Ecumenical World Day of Prayer Service in Fredericton on March 6, 2016. The service was written by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Cuba and adapted for use in Canada by the Womens’s Inter-Church Council of Canada.

WDP16_participantsParticipants came from Churches throughout the region .

WDP16_LGHer Honour, Lieutenant-Governor, Jocelyne Roy Vienneau and His Honour, Ronald Vienneau were special guests.

A Cuban-themed reception followed the service:

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