BULLETIN BOARD
NEW NOTICES
CD BY ALAN THOMAS – A few CD’s of “Your Favourite Hymn Tunes” by Alan Thomas are still available, at the modest cost of $10. Please speak with Rev. Ron (475-3212), if you wish to purchase this CD of the great hymns of the Church. Alan is a most accomplished musician.
CHURCH CALENDARS – St. Andrew’s Ladies Group will be selling calendars again this year beginning in October.
FOOD DRIVE – On October 9th, we will be holding our annual food drive for the food bank at St. Marguerite Bourgeois Church. Food items include cans of soup, stews, fruit cocktail, tomato sauce, canned mushrooms, canned milk, canned carrots/peas, as well as boxes of cereal, crackers, and cookies along with pasta. No perishable items pleas. Let’s make this a bigger drive!
RETURN OF THE BREAKFAST BUCKET – On Sunday, September 25th we will resume our Breakfast Bucket in support of the Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea “Grab & Go” Breakfast Program. On that day you have the opportunity to be part of this Outreach Ministry through your contributions of spare change. The BLT school was most thankful for our amazing support last year. “YOUR SPARE CHANGE MADE A BIG CHANGE IN MANY STUDENTS’ LIVES”……Marilyn Hamlin 876-7300 for further information.
BIBLE STUDY GROUPS – The afternoon and evening Bible Study Fellowship Groups will meet on Tuesdays, October 4 and 18, at 2 pm – 3:30 pm and 7 pm to 8:30 pm, respectively, as we continue our study of The Acts of the Apostles. Come and join with us!
BOOK STUDY – The Book Study Group will resume meeting in the Fellowship Room on Wednesday, October 12th at 2 pm. For our fall reading we look at the book “A Compassionate Life in 12 Steps” by Karen Armstrong
YARD SALE – St. Andrew’s Ladies Group will be having their fall Yard Sale on Saturday, October 15th. We are looking for good, clean, used clothing, books, toys, plants, household items, etc. We are no longer able to accept computers and accessories, TV’s, encyclopedias, infant car seats and large furniture items. Items can be brought in and left on the stage after Sunday, October 9th. For more information, contact any member of the Ladies Group.
CRAFTER’S MARKET – On Saturday, October 29th, the Ways and Means Committee will be having a Crafter’s Market. Anyone who would like to rent a table to sell their crafts, please contact Darlene at 876-1795 (darlenemartell@eastlink.ca) or Jo-Anne at 443-0633 (joian@ns.sympatico.ca).
A NOVA SCOTIA CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION – Please mark this date, November 26th on your calendars. This show will be well worth seeing. More details will follow.
MISSION TO SEAFARERS – St. Andrew’s Ladies Group will be looking after providing shoeboxes for the Mission to Seafarers again this year. We will provide a collection box in the front porch starting in October. List of items for shoeboxes: envelopes, writing tablets,
deodorant, razors, shaving cream, shampoo, soap, warm socks, hats, mitts, scarves, wrapped hard candy. For more information contact Wendy at 443-4630.
ONGOING NOTICES
SIDES PERSONS – We are looking for people to volunteer as sides persons. A sides person hands out the books and bulletins and greets the people as they arrive for church. They take up the offertory and after church; they stay and count the offering. If this is a job you would like to do, please contact Brenda Morash at 876-2389. The more volunteers we have the fewer times your name will appear on the roster.
RECTOR’S OFFICE MEMORIALS – Memorial donations towards the construction costs of the Rector’s office are now being received. Donations in the amount of $110.00 ($100 plus $10 engraving) will allow contributors to place a memorial on a plaque to be located outside the office. There are twenty-four spaces for memorials. Once all spaces have been filled we will dedicate the office in memory of those identified on the plaque. If you wish to make a donation, please see either Rev. Mike or Rev. Judie. Thank you for your generosity
PWRDF; There are memorial cards for the Primates Fund on the table at the back of the church. They are self explanatory and a worthwhile way of remembering friends or relatives as this fund assists people around the world.
CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS AND POSTAGE STAMPS -Thank you to those who continue to drop off labels and stamps. To those who have not yet contributed: the labels must be complete (with no Scotch tape or staples), and stamps need to have a least ¼” of envelope around them. We have recently received many stamps from foreign countries – the US, UK, Australia, etc. – which are most welcome; please keep them coming. Sale of the stamps supports the Bible Society, while the soup labels provide amenities for Landmark East in the Valley. Our stamps and labels are taken to the ACW office and they distribute them.
FOOD BANK – The St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Food Bank is always in need of canned fruit, canned meat, pasta, peanut butter, jam, crackers and pudding. They are currently running short on the following food items: boxes of cereal, cookies, and jello. Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated.
CYCLES OF PRAYER
ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: Pray for Southern Virginia (Province III, USA) – The Rt Revd Herman Hollerith.
PROVINCIAL PRAYER CARE – THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF CANADA
Pray for the National Indigenous Bishop and the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples with Bishop Mark McDonald.
DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER
Staff & Students at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax: The Rev Canon Eric Beresford, President (on sabbatical), & Janet Marshall; The Rev Dr Jody Clarke & Beth; The Rev Dr Paul Friesen & Janet; Dr Susan Slater.
Staff & Students at the University of King’s College, Halifax: Dr Anne Leavitt, President.
Staff & Students at Kings-Edgehill School, Windsor: Joseph Seagram, Headmaster & Belinda.
Programmes of Discernment, Training & Formation for Ordained Ministry.
All the Church School Teachers & Pupils in our Dioceses.
All our Children & their Teachers in our Day Schools.
LET US GIVE THANKS for the meeting of the Founding Parties of the Atlantic School of Theology.
PLEASE PRAY FOR all the people participating in Back to Church Sunday in our Diocese.
OUR PARISH CYCLE OF PRAYER: Ralph & Genesta Wheadon, Jamie & Sarah Wile, Nicole Williams & Derek Cowie, Chuck & Jen Williams, Darlene Adams, Pat Alguire and their families.
PRAY FOR THE SICK: Roisin, Sue, Lindy, Mitchell, Andrea, Joan, Cheryl, Bob, Stuart, Weldon, Daisy, James
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE: Beverley Elaine Fraser, Edith (Gilkie) Graham, Eric Johnson, Maud Johnson, John H Gilbert, Jane Raine, Bruce Kenneth Wheadon. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. AMEN