Kindred in Christ,
With our zone in Yellow Level. We will continue to have a Live in person service. It will be at the usual Sunday morning time of 10:30. We will continue to provide a very familiar Sunday service on Zoom at 10:30 as well (read below to find out how to log on). Thank you.
Weekly Announcements for March 18th, 2021
- Information to join us for worship through Zoom*
- 2021 Envelopes
- Submitting Announcements
- Message from the FundScrip Team
- Annual Meeting message/information
- UCW Needs your rummage sale Goods asap Last Day Monday.
- Preaching this Week
- Lenten Announcement
- Community of Faith Committee
- Educational events
- Tax Receipts
- Condolences
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/
The password for this meeting room is: 200188
For those who would prefer to call in the number is: 1 647 558 0588 then use the Meeting ID: 858 1154 8808, and then enter the passcode 200188 when prompted
2. 2021 Envelopes are available for pick up in the Narthex on Sunday morning. Contact the office 458-1183 to pick them up during the week.
3. 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.
4. Message from the FundScrip Team
Deadline for our next order is Sunday, March 21. If you are expecting the Easter Bunny to stop at your house, maybe he should have a few gift cards in his basket! Now is the time to order them.
Several retailers have just announced increased rebates for cards purchased during March. The Ultimate Dining Card (can be used at East Side Mario’s, Harvey’s, Montana’s, New York Fries and Swiss Chalet) will now donate 7 percent of the gift card’s value (up from 5%), Stokes is offering 7% (up from 6%) and The Children’s Place will donate 9% (up from 8%). Looking for an order form? Click here: http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/
Remember: Shopping is fundraising for St. Paul’s!
5. Our annual meeting will take place on March 28th at 1:00 p.m. by Zoom. The Annual Report & Draft budget also Zoom Invitation are available here http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/
We contemplated an in-person meeting this year but it’s still too soon for many of our members to attend public functions, and a “hybrid” meeting (in person and online) is tricky to run and often unsatisfactory for all involved. Hopefully a year from now we can gather for the next annual meeting. We should have cake!
Looking forward to seeing everyone virtually!
Jane on behalf of the Board
6. Please bring your Rummage sale goods into the church as soon as you can. Last Day to bring in Goods is Monday, March 22nd. The UCW are participating in a fundraiser with Value Village called FUNDrive. Think of it as a Rummage Sale without all the work. We are collecting clothes, accessories, household textiles (blankets, sheets, towels, tablecloths, curtains), small household goods, kitchen items, decorations, knick-knacks, toys and games, small electronics, etc. No large appliances or furniture please. So ask your family, friends and neighbours. This is the perfect time of year to declutter. If it works out well, we might do it again in the Fall. Any questions, Please call Eric at the Church 458-1183 Thank you.
7. Preaching this week is Reverend Mike Bravener
8. Throughout this Holy season, we invite you to follow along on our Facebook and Instagram pages, where we will be sharing a daily scripture, reflection, or small practice to help us on our journey through this time of reflection and preparation.
Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
Find us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/
Thanks! Jen
9. St. Paul’s Community of Faith Committee Letter to Congregation
Greetings St. Paul’s friends!
The Community Of Faith Committee is looking forward to speaking with you by phone, by Teams, or by a mail in survey. The choice is yours, and we are interested in hearing what you have to say in any way that you chose.
We have prepared questions that we believe will get to the heart of who we believe we are as friends and members of St. Paul’s United Church. For those of you who are comfortable using applications such as Teams or Zoom, simply let us know by responding to this email using this address derrick6g@gmail.com and put Teams in the subject line of your email. Once we have a list of the people interested, we will send out an invitation to you which will have a date and time.
For those of you who wish to respond to the questions by written response, put ‘written survey’ in the subject line and we will either email a questionnaire to you or send you a paper copy for you to write on and deliver it back to us.
For those of you who wish to speak by phone, simply respond to this email using this address derrick6g@gmail.com and put ‘phone’ in the subject line. Please include your phone number as well as the best time to call, and we will have one of our committee members reach out to you.
Once we have collected the survey information, we will put a summary of the answers together for the Board, and eventually it will be available to you. The goal of this exercise is for us all to get a better understanding of both who we are, as well as what we think we should be doing.
Please respond to this email using this address derrick6g@gmail.com and don’t forget to put your communication preference in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you!
Derrick Grant, on behalf of Roger Miller, Erin Hayes, Janis Violette, Blaine Irving and Ann Krause
10. A series of educational events are being offered by the Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Affirm Standing Committee. The webinars will each take place from 2:00pm – 3:00pm (Atlantic) using zoom video conferencing. Information to join coming soon.
April 15, 2021: What is Ableism?
May 13, 2021: Creating Safe Spaces
11. Tax Receipts have been mailed out Thank you.
12. A former Reverend here at St. Paul’s George Mossman has passed away. Our deepest condolences go out to family and friends.