The
mission of St. David’s is to welcome all to participate in its nurturing
Christian community and
to
inspire its people to serve others as Christ taught!
serving the communities of Beaumont and Leduc
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January
22, 2014
CHURCH CALENDAR
Are you interested in what is going on
in and through St. David’s? Check out the calendar on the church’s website: some of
these are groups and programs the church is organizing; others are community
groups who make use of our spaces.
THIS SUNDAY’S ORDER OF SERVICE
Here is the outline planned for this
Sunday’s Church Service. You can now also link to a more detailed Order
of Service from the church’s
website - as a church, we continue to adapt to the challenge and wonder of
using less paper.
Hymn Sing:
#530VU “All Beautiful the
March of Days”
#135MV “Called By Earth and
Sky”
#409VU “Morning Has Broken”
News and Announcements:
Lighting of Candles: #154MV (verse 1) Deep in my heart
Coming Together:
Singing: #113MV “Fish With Me”
Sharing the Peace of Christ:
Readings from Scripture:
1st Corinthians 7:29-31 NT pg 170
Psalm 62:5-12 HB
pg 526
Singing: #652VU “Be Still My Soul”
(Greeters will pick up prayer request cards)
Storytelling:
Music for Movement: #87VU (rfn) I Am the Light of
the World.
(Sunday School participants leave for their learning circle)
Choir:
Message: “Stretched”
Singing: #660VU “How Firm a Foundation”
Giving Our Offerings:
Minute for Mission
Offering Song (#241VU) and Prayer: Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Prayers of the People and Our Lord’s Prayer (#921VU):
Singing: #278VU “In the Quiet Curve of Evening”
Sending
Out and Sung Response: #145MV (verse 2) Draw the circle wide
NARAMATA CENTRE IS CLOSED FOR GOOD :..)
It is with great sadness to report that the
following announcement was posted on the Centre’s website on Wednesday afternoon.
Dear Friends
It is with deep
regret and heartfelt sadness that the Board of Directors
of the Naramata Centre Society announces that the Centre at Naramata
will cease operations and close immediately.
The Board of
Directors, following the successful Crossroads Fundraising Campaign,
undertook a thorough and thoughtful review of the Centre's
future operations, revenue potential, staffing plan, expenses, and ability
to be financially viable. The review, concluded that the Centre could not
continue to operate in a feasible, sustainable, and responsible manner on
a long-term basis. Those who contributed to the Crossroads Campaign will
be contacted to ascertain if they would still like to receive a receipt
for income tax purposes or have their donation refunded.
On behalf of the
members and friends of the Naramata Centre Society, the Board of Directors
expresses its sincere gratitude to the Centre's management and staff for
their hard work, dedication and countless contributions made over almost
70 years of the Centre's operation.
Michael Barr, Sandy
Navrady,
Ken Fanning, Gerry
Anderson
Executive
Team
Board
of Directors
WINTER WARMTH
All are invited to stay after church THIS SUNDAY (January 25th)
and warm your body as well as your soul with a soup and bun lunch.
ST. DAVID’S ANNUAL MEETING
Please stay after church on February 1st to listen and
talk about your church - lunch will be provided. We will review 2014 and make plans for the
coming year and beyond. A 2014 Annual
Report will be available on January 25th.
WORSHIPPING TOGETHER
On Sunday, February 8th, former members of St. James
United Church in Mulhurst, Mameo United Church, and Millet United Church have
been specially invited to join the people of St. David’s for Sunday
worship. In the recent past, these small
United Churches to our south all made the hard but brave decisions to close
their churches. The Red Deer Presbytery approved their plans to disburse the
remaining assets - this included cash donations (totaling $25,000) to the
Leduc-Beaumont Pastoral Charge to continue United Church ministry in the
region. These gifts has been invested at
St. David’s according to our Planned
Giving policy.
Please, come for church and welcome our special guests.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
February 17 - Shrove Tuesday
Pancake Supper
March 15 - Movie at St. David’s.
“Genius of Marion” - a documentary on Alzheimer’s disease.
March 21 - Mayors’ Prayer
Breakfast - tickets in church office
April 2 - Maundy Thursday Seder
Supper
April 3 - Good Friday
April 5 - Easter Sunday
April 12 - Re-Dedication of
Clearwater United Church Cairn
Late April - Photo Directory
pictures taken
August 8-15 - United Church of
Canada General Council Meeting
Watch for details in the future
UNITED IN LEARNING
FOOD BANK DRIVERS NEEDED
The Leduc and District Food Bank is looking for volunteer drivers who
would be interested in helping out to do the Airport recycling pickups on
Saturdays and Sundays - a perfect volunteer opportunity for a couple or friends
who would be available to take on either a regular Sunday or regular Saturday
pick up. The time frame is flexible with
in the day. Morning, noon, afternoon is workable using the food bank
van. If you are interested, contact the
food bank at 780-986-5333.
St. David’s can sell you gift cards for
Safeway (at face value) every Sunday after church in a variety of value
combinations. There is no need to
pre-order, we have them on hand. You can
take them home that day. A percentage of
the cost stays with the church as a fundraiser.
GIVING REGULAR OFFERINGS
For people who want to give weekly
offerings to the church, the 2015 offering envelops are available at the
church. If you used envelopes in 2014 or
want to begin using some, they are available at the church to be picked up. This allows the church’s treasurer to issue
you one receipt at the end of the year for all of your givings. 2014
tax receipts will be available before the end of February.
YOUTH GROUP
St. David’s is please to offer regular
events for junior and senior high youth every second Friday - the next
gathering is, January 23rd. Bring
your friends and come to the church at 7:30pm. For more information
contact, youth@stdavidsleduc.com.
JOB OPPOPRTUNITY
Ardrossan United Church is seeking a professional and motivated individual to
work in their church office, initially for 12 hours/week. This person will
provide administrative support to the Ministerial Staff, Official Board and
committees, prepare PowerPoint and print presentation materials for worship,
and be the church’s primary receptionist. You must be sympathetic to the faith
tradition and aims of the United Church of Canada. Send application to mpcomm@telus.net by February 6th, 2015.
CONTACT THE CHURCH
minister@stdavidsleduc.com Rev. Blaine Gregg, the church’s Ordained
Minister, welcomes your calls and visits to talk about life and faith.
care@stdavidsleduc.com Cathy Mundt, the church’s Connection
Coordinator, is happy to visit with people and share the care of the
church. She also is the person to talk
to about ideas for events the church can put on to help bring people together.
office@stdavidsleduc.com Kate Peter, the church’s Administrative
Assistant, is in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 1pm. If
you have information for the announcements or need to book space at the church,
contact her during those times.
mandp@stdavidsleduc.com The Ministry and Personnel Committee of the
church is the congregation’s liaison with all of the church staff. If you have any comments (positive or
negative) about the minister, connections coordinator, the admin assistant, the
caretaker or the church music leaders, please share them with the M&P
Committee.
finance@stdavidsleduc.com Lois McMillan, the church bookkeeper, works
closely with the Finance Committee to help the church understand the costs of
its work. Contact them, if you have any
questions about church finances.
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