E-news June 17,2021
It has been a year since I was able to reach out to you via our e-news.  A lot has happened since then, living with the pandemic and the events of our personal lives have changed us. In many ways coming back after this year we will need to get to know each other again both in light of our personal changes and the changes that have happened in our congregation. I am hoping that you will join me in seeing this time of reconnection as a new start, where we will discover and learn about each other again.  

This new start seems appropriate as I sit here listening to the covid update telling us that we will be moving into the first stage of green. I can almost feel some of the stress from the last year lift, even if how fast it is happening gives me pause.

This year has been defined by change, and we here at St. Paul’s have another change.  As announced last Sunday, Eric had given his notice that he is moving on from us to pursue an opportunity he couldn’t give up. This Sunday will be his last day as Office Manager. You are invited to join us at worship as we thank him and celebrate the work he has done for us. We will be receiving cards for him on Sunday, messages for him are also being collected through Facebook, and if you would like to donate towards a parting gift donations will be accepted please contact Jane Blakely Chair of the Board board jblakely88@gmail.com       (For more information about the open position please see #4 in the announcements)         

Looking forward to seeing you soon

Yours in Christ

Rev. Michelle



Weekly Announcements for June 17th, 2021

  1. Information to join us for worship through Zoom*
  2. Submitting Announcements
  3. Message from the FundScrip Team
  4. Office Administrator at St Paul’s United
  5. Downtown United
  6. Power Point Help?
  7. Regional Announcements
  8. Worship

Scroll down to see more information on these announcements

1.      Information to join us for worship through Zoom: We will continue to offer streamed worship through Zoom. We are glad to have you!.
The Zoom link is:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86854718551
The password for this meeting room is: 165090
For those who would prefer to call in the number is: 1 647 558 0588 then use the Meeting ID: 868 5471 8551, and then enter the passcode 165090 when prompted

2.     Submitting Announcements: To get your announcement in this weekly notice, we ask that you submit them to the office with a small paragraph of detail by Wednesday of the week you want your announcement to run. Also include the number of weeks that you want this announcement in our weekly notice.

3.     Message from the FundScrip Team
We will be placing our next order for gift cards in a few weeks. The deadline for individual orders and payment is Sunday, June 20. If you have any school graduations, weddings or anniversaries coming up soon, consider giving a gift card for a favourite store, restaurant or activity. It’s also a good time to stock up on groceries and other items for the cottage. You can do all that with gift cards from FundScrip. Each purchase automatically includes a donation from the retailer to St. Paul’s.  Order forms are available at the church office, in the Narthex on Sunday or you can print a copy by clicking here: http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/POF_46258_NB_20210107105919197.pdf
Remember: Shopping is fundraising for St. Paul’s!

Message from the FundScrip Team –  We will soon be placing our next order for gift cards. The deadline for individual orders and payment is Sunday, June 20. If you have any school graduations, weddings or anniversaries coming up soon, consider giving a gift card for a favourite store, restaurant or activity. It’s also a good time to stock up on groceries and other items for the cottage. You can do all that with gift cards from FundScrip. Each purchase automatically includes a donation from the retailer to St. Paul’s.  Order forms are available at the church office, in the Narthex on Sunday or you can print a copy by clicking here: http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/POF_46258_NB_20210107105919197.pdf

Remember: Shopping is fundraising for St. Paul’s!

THIS JUST IN . . .  Several retailers are offering increased donations on June orders. Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic will donate 8 percent of gift card value (up from 5 per cent) while Ultimate Dining Card (can be used at Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s East Side Mario’s, Montana’s and New York Fries) will earn 7 per cent for St. Paul’s (up from 5 per cent). Please keep these promotions in mind when making out your June order!

4.    Eric Hotte, our Church Manager, has accepted another position and will be leaving us at the end of this week (Sunday, June 20/21). This is a great opportunity for Eric and we wish him well. We will miss him dearly at St. Paul’s.
If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be interested in applying for the position of Office Administrator at St Paul’s United, please contact the Chair of Ministry and Personnel, Ann Krause at 454-3299 by June 30, 2021.

5.     Next week marks the start of our summer season as Downtown United!  Worship between June 27th -July 25th will be hosted at St. Paul’s. Worship will start at 10:30am  and be available in person and via Zoom. Services will be hosted by Wilmot between August 1-August 29th.

Downtown United readers/presiders. As part of our coming together we want to make sure each congregation is represented in leadership on Sundays. St. Paul’s is responsible for providing lay leadership for the Sundays Ellen is preaching (and vice versa when Michelle is preaching).  We are needing people for July 11, July 18, August 1, August 15, August 22nd.   Contact Roger Miller to sign up! roger_miller@rogers.com or 506-461-8295

6.     Do you know power-point?  We are looking for people to put together the Power-Point for Sunday Worship. The ask is that you commit to putting together 1 Sunday service for June 27-July 25th.  Service material will be provided in Word document by Tuesday evening and show would need to be completed by Saturday @5pm. Template for worship would be provided and would just need to be adjusted as needed. If you can commit to one Sunday please contact Rev. Michelle @ michellenarmstrong@hotmail.com or 506-259-7602

7.     Regional Announcements:
Beyond Words: Anti-racism Film Series – June 20 –August 1, 2021.  Join the Faith and Justice network this summer for 6 weeks of great Canadian films and frank discussions about racism. We are offering multiple levels of engagement, covering a spectrum of learning needs and styles. Participants will receive a weekly email with the 2 suggested films for the week, questions for reflection, relevant links, and opportunities to join online discussions.  All films can be found for free and we will tell you where to find them.    To join https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCesrIRdVWVf_a8HkODPmcm–aQ63sNkJ8Ays-KSb5lFfSfA/viewform  and Check out the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/UCCanBeyondWords

Want to know what was covered at the annual meeting June 4-6?   Full details and reports can be found on the Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Website:  https://ucceast.ca/fundy-st-lawrence-dawning-waters-regional-council-14/fsldw-annual-meeting-2021/

8.      Worship:
This week: Are we good neighbours? What does it mean to be a good neighbour? We will explore Jesus’ call to love God with all our hearts and Love our neighbours as ourselves in relationship to Indigenous Peoples, especially in light of the discovery of the 215 children at Kamloops Indian residential school.   Join Zoom Meeting  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86854718551    Meeting ID: 868 5471 8551 Passcode: 165090