Thank you to this week’s volunteers (June 4):

Offering Receivers: Don & Lucille McCrea, Brian Barnes, Paul Lawson
Counters: Calvin & Peggy MacIntosh, Bill Cockburn
Scripture Reader: Stephen MacKay
Greeters: Don & Lucille McCrea
Coffee Hour: Choir
Nursery: Colleen & Tony Watson
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Next Week (June 11):

Offering Receivers: Elders
Counters: Andrew Ottens, Drew Speight, Rebecca Jonah
Scripture Reader: Drew Speight
Greeters: Jane & John Murray
Coffee Hour: Linda Pond
Nursery: Cindy Cunningham, Alex Cunningham
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver

June 4th Wear Red for Pentecost – On the first Pentecost, people from many parts of the ancient world gathered in Jerusalem and witnessed the amazing outpouring of God’s Spirit.  The festival of Pentecost is an occasion for celebration as the Season of Easter draws to a close.  The colour associated with Pentecost is red. It reminds us of the tongues of flame that appeared over the Apostles’ heads recorded in Acts 2:1-21.  On June 4^th  everyone is encouraged to mark the occasion by wearing something red – a tie, sweater, scarf, etc. – or other fire-related colours such as bright orange and yellow.

 The Tuesday Morning Ladies Group would like to thank all those who donated plants and books to the sale last weekend. The plants earned $900 and the books $475. Left over plants were gratefully accepted by Mission Thrift Store. Some leftover books were donated to the men’s and ladies homeless shelters.

 A big thank you is extended to everyone who helped with the VBS Bake sale on Saturday, May 27th, by donating baked goods, purchasing baked goods, donating funds or helping to run the event. With your support, we raised over $250 for our VBS program. Thank you very much.

Camp Out VBS – registration is open!

Monday, June 26th and Tuesday June 27th from 9:00AM to 12:30AM . Music, crafts, games, snacks and Bible stories. To register or volunteer, please call 506-897-0132, or email saintandrewsyam@gmail.com.

Do you know someone in our congregation graduating from high school, college, university or other institutions, please contact the church office so that they can be recognized in the next issue of The Link.  Youth and Graduate Sunday will be celebrated June 25.

The Link – Do you have a poem, story, recipe or article you think would be of interest to others? Preparations are underway for the spring issue of The Link.  Please send submissions to the church office by this Sunday, June 4.

Please join us in the hall as we celebrate June 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!
Grace Collrin
Jenny Jagoe
Carol Ottens
Phyllis Llewellyn
Sheila Black
Norma Reed
Glen Hossack
Hollie Craig
Nicholas Blom
Riley Varlan
Teddy Waugh
John Murray
Peter Loi
Rosie Schriver
Roy Melanson
Allison Blom
Tim Blom
Joanne Peterson
Bev Bramble

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. 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.

Lunch & Learn – Safety for Seniors – Monday, June 5 (noon) at St. James Church. Over lunch, learn tips on how to improve your personal safety and safety at home and online.  Topics include: cyber safety, protection against fraud, fraud and personal identity theft, personal and property protection and relationship safety. Guest speaker: Sgt. Andrea Gallant of the RCMP.  There is no cost, but to assist us with meal planning, please RSVP by Sunday, June 4.  Tel: 450-4031 or email: sjchurch@nbnet.nb.ca

Carpentry Work – Majed Alkreiz is available evenings and weekends to do odd jobs and carpentry work, both inside and outside.

Concert – The Four Men June 6 at 7:30 at Wilmot United. Proceeds will go to the United Church Mission and Service Fund and to Famine Relief.

Piano Fundraising Soirée & Silent Auction – June 6 at 7pm at Charlotte Street Arts Centre.  Proceeds go toward the purchase of a new concert grand piano.

Pulpit Supply

June 4 – (Pentecost) – Rev. Dr. Basil Lowery
June 11 – (Communion) – Rev. Dr. Philip Lee

Thank you to this week’s volunteers (May 28):

Offering Receivers: Max & Mavis Cater, Al & Jean Boudreau
Counters: Linda Pond, Al & Jean Boudreau
Scripture Reader: Need a Volunteer
Greeters: Jesse Sagawa, Humphery Akwar
Coffee Hour: Ardean & George Hayward
Nursery: Carol McEachen & Sheena Page
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Next Week (June 4):

Offering Receivers: Don & Lucille McCrea, Brian Barnes, Paul Lawson
Counters: Calvin & Peggy MacIntosh, Bill Cockburn
Scripture Reader: Need a Volunteer
Greeters: Don & Lucille McCrea
Coffee Hour: Choir
Nursery: Colleen & Tony Watson
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Plant and Book Sale           Sat., May 27^th  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.

VBS Bake Sale – In support of this year’s VBS (June 26 and 27), we will be holding a bake sale during the Plant and Book Sale. We would love to have as much variety as possible, so please let Jordan know if you are willing to contribute.

Kingswood – The youth will be heading to Kingswood on Friday, May 26th from 5:00 to 8:00. Please let Jordan know today if you are interested.

College and Career Dinner – Sunday, May 28th from 5:00 to 8:00pm

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.

The Link – Do you have a poem, story, recipe or article you think would be of interest to others? Preparations are underway for the spring issue of The Link.  Please send submissions to the church office by June 4.

Bulletin Cover Contest – 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.

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 Saint 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.

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’s 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.

Singing for South Sudan – Join the choir of Brunswick Street Baptist Church on Saturday, May 27 at 6:30 pm for a great evening of hymn singing in the Gaither “Homecoming” style!  Offering to support relief work in South Sudan – come sing a song and bless a life!

Concert – The Four Men, a men’s quartet will present a concert of songs of Love, Hope, and Inspiration on Tuesday, June 6, 7:30  at Wilmot United. Proceeds will go to the United Church Mission and Service Fund and to Famine Relief.

 Piano Fundraising Soirée & Silent Auction – Sponsored by the Fredericton Music Teachers’ Association.  Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 7pm at Charlotte Street Arts Centre.  Proceeds go toward the purchase of a new concert grand piano.

Proudly Canadian “Songs from Coast to Coast”  – by Stepping Stone Singers – Sunday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Memorial Baptist Church.

Lunch & Learn:  Safety for Seniors

Pulpit Supply

May 28 – Marg Leonard
June 4 – (Pentecost) – Rev. Dr. Basil Lowery
June 11 – (Communion) – Rev. Dr. Philip Lee

Thank you to this week’s volunteers (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: Juliet Davis
Nursery: Jane Murray, Rebecca Jonah
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver

Next Week (May 28):

Offering Receivers: Max & Mavis Cater, Al & Jean Boudreau
Counters: Linda Pond, Al & Jean Boudreau
Scripture Reader: Margaret Sisk-McCully
Greeters: Jesse Sagawa, Humphery Akwar
Coffee Hour: Ardean & George Hayward
Nursery: Carol McEachen & Sheena Page
Church School: Terri Astle, Jordan & Candace Schriver

A Time of Prayer – Our next gathering is Wednesday, May 24^th at 10 am.

Plant and Book Sale           Sat., May 27^th  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.

VBS Bake Sale – In support of this year’s VBS (June 26 and 27), we will be holding a bake sale during the Plant and Book Sale. We would love to have as much variety as possible, so please let Jordan know if you are willing to contribute.

Kingswood – The youth will be heading to Kingswood on Friday, May 26th from 5:00 to 8:00. $5 will get you unlimited bowling and laser tag, as well as some arcade tokens. Please let Jordan know by next Thursday if you are interested.

College and Career Dinner – Sunday, May 28th from 5:00 to 8:00pm

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.

The Link – Do you have a poem, story, recipe or article you think would be of interest to others? Preparations are underway for the spring issue of The Link.  Please send submissions to the church office by June 4.

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 Saint 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.

Carpentry Work – Majed Alkreiz is available evenings and weekends to do odd jobs and carpentry work, both inside and outside. Please contact Majed.

Bulletin Cover Contest – 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’s 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.

Singing for South Sudan – Join the choir of Brunswick Street Baptist Church on Saturday, May 27 at 6:30 pm for a great evening of hymn singing in the Gaither “Homecoming” style!  Offering to support relief work in South Sudan – come sing a song and bless a life!

Pulpit Supply

May 21 – Andrew Speight
May 28 – Marg Leonard
June 4 – (Pentecost) – Rev. Dr. Basil Lowery
June 11 – (Communion Sunday) – Rev. Dr. Philip Lee

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 24^th 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 13^th 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/

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 8^th 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 13^th 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