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 May 5th, 2021

  1. Information to join us for worship through Zoom*
  2. Submitting Announcements
  3. Message from the FundScrip Team
  4. Preaching this Week
  5. Community of Faith Committee
  6. St. Paul’s Online Spring Silent Auction
  7. St. Paul’s 2021 Budget Actuals
  8. M&P Announcements
  9. Educational opportunity
  10. Take out Supper
  11. Out of the office tomorrow Thursday May 6th.

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/85811548808
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.     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 mid-May. The deadline for individual orders and payment is Sunday, May 16. If you have any family birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations coming up in the next few weeks why not consider a gift card for a favourite store. And don’t forget Father’s Day (June 20). We won’t have another order before then so order a card now for dear, old Dad!  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
If you haven’t taken part in this program before, here’s how it works. FundScrip is Canada’s most successful Gift Card Fundraiser. The process is simple. You purchase gift cards through the church office to cover all your shopping needs . . . groceries, gas, hardware, restaurants, etc. Cards from over 200 retailers in New Brunswick and usable across Canada  are available in different denominations from $5 at Starbucks to $500 at Staples, Home Depot and Home Hardware. Each purchase automatically includes a donation from the retailer to St. Paul’s calculated as a percentage of the card’s value. There is no cost to you for this donation. You receive the full face value of every card you purchase. Just fill out an order form, take it to the office during the week or bring it to church on Sunday, and pre-pay by cash, cheque or e-transfer. We receive the cards within a few days and distribute them immediately either at church on Sunday or at the office.
Remember: Shopping is fundraising for St. Paul’s!

4.     Preaching this week is Reverend Rose-Hannah Gaskin

5.     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

6.     St. Paul’s Online Spring Silent Auction
We’re having an Online Spring Silent Auction!
Here is a Printable flyer for the Auction follow this link http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/silent-auction-flyer-1.pdf
 As you know, the pandemic has hit our fundraising efforts hard, but the need in the community only continues to grow. To help support our many, ongoing ministries, we are hosting an online (Facebook) auction from May 5-10.

If you’re new to online auctions, here’s how it will work:
The basic concept is the same as a traditional auction, but instead of being held in the hall, the auction happens entirely online and runs for 6 days. 

  • Between May 5 -10, we’re live! Visit our Facebook page, where you will be able to view photos (thanks, Kelly!) of all the donated items. To bid, simply enter the amount of your bid as a comment on the photo of that item.
  • When the auction ends, we will notify the successful bidders who can then pay and collect their item(s) during regular church hours, starting May 11.
  • Payment must be made before or at pickup, by e-transfer, cash, or credit card.
  • Items not paid for by Tuesday, May 18 will be offered to the next highest bidder.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Kelly Simpson or Jen Petryshen.

7.     St. Paul’s 2021 Budget Actuals: Please follow link
http://www.stpaulsunited.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-Budget-Actuals.pdf

8.     Ministry and Personnel Committee Notice:
The Ministry and Personnel (M&P) Committee acts under the guidelines of The Manual of The United Church of Canada. The committee functions around three roles, which are consultative and supportive role, the healthy relationships role, and the supervisory role. We provide resources and support for the staff and the community of faith with respect to any issue affecting staff of our church, including ministry personnel and lay employees. The committee works to build positive and trusting relationships between staff and members and adherents of the community of faith.
If members of the community of faith have praise or concerns about staff, both ministry personnel and lay employees, these can be shared in signed correspondence with the committee. The issues will be considered confidentially by the M&P Committee, who will recommend action.
St. Paul’s United Church is blessed with staff who are committed to their work and we are thankful for this work in our community of faith.
Presently serving on the M&P Committee: Lois Walker, Blaine Irving and Ann Krause (Chair).

9.     To All Members of Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council:

A series of educational events are being offered by the Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Affirm Standing Committee.
The first three events took place on:
February 17, 2021             Gender Diversity and Becoming an Ally
March 10, 2021                  Becoming an Anti-Racist Church
April 15, 2021                    What is Ableism?
Resources and materials from these education events are now available on the regional website.
https://ucceast.ca/affirm-committee/

The next event is now open for registration:
May 13, 2021:  Creating Safe Spaces
Register Now!   Click Here to Register https://united-church.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApdu2uqjgjEtMYnO4h4ft7eSpTrffQrbJH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

The webinar will take place from 2:00pm – 3:15pm (Atlantic) using zoom video conferencing.
Please share this information with your committees/networks and save the dates in your calendars!

10.     The UCW of St. Paul’s United Church will be hosting a TAKE OUT DINNER, on Saturday, May 29th from 11 AM to 1 PM. Enjoy a meal of ham slice, roll, cole slaw, potato salad, carrot cake with cream cheese icing, all for $12.00. To order telephone Ann at 457-0164 harann@nb.sympatico.ca Last day to order is Wednesday, May 26th. Pick up at the entrance in the Charlotte Street parking lot.

Thank you very much for your participation in this matter. Any questions, contact Donna Chauvin 458-5885 St. Paul’s UCW
 

11.     Eric will be out of the office tomorrow Thursday May 6th. Cathy Davis will be in if you need to drop off anything between 11-1. Ron Yateman will also be available to help in and around the church tomorrow. God Bless.