Things That Might Interest You

Things That Might Interest You

Thursday, May 21, 2015

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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May
21, 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 WEEK’S ORDERS OF SERVICE
Here is the outline planned for this Week’s
Church Services.  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.
Hymnsing:
#672VU    “Take Time to Be Holy”
#703VU    “In the Bulb”
#178MV    “Who Is My Mother?”
News
and Announcements:
Lighting of
Candles: #6MV (refrain) Holy Spirit, come
into our lives.
Coming
Together:
Singing:     #375VU    “Spirit of Gentleness”
Sharing
the Peace of Christ:
Readings
from Scripture:
Acts 2:1-21                   NT pg 119
Romans 8:22-27            NT pg 158
Singing:     #23MV      “Come, O Holy Spirit”
(Greeters will
pick up prayer request cards)
Storytelling:
Music
for Movement:  #156MV Dance with the Spirit
(Sunday School
participants leave for their learning circle)
Welcoming
with Confirmation:
Message:                        “Sighs
and Words”
Singing:     #79MV      “Spirit, Open My Heart”
Giving
Our Offerings:
Minute
for Mission
Offering
Song (#540VU) and Prayer: Grant us, God,
the grace of giving
Prayers of the
People and Our Lord’s Prayer (#921VU):
Singing:     #481VU    “Sent Forth By God’s Blessing”
Sending
Out and  Sung Response:  #431VU Sing
Amen





HELPING OUT AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY
THIS SUNDAY
Greeters...................
Candle
Lighter........... Eden
Scripture
Reader.......
AV Operator.............
Coffee
Maker........... Janette McDonald, Edith,
Eileen.
NEXT SUNDAY
Greeters................... Youth Group
Candle
Lighter........... Youth Group
Scripture
Reader....... Youth Group
AV Operator.............
Coffee
Maker........... Janette McDonald, Edith,
Eileen.
If
you want to fill one of the empty spaces, contact
Rev Blaine.








Attention Graduates: 
We want to celebrate our congregation members who are graduating from high
school, university, college, tech school, etc. this year!  Please submit
names to the office by May 28th.






MINISTER AWAY FROM THE CHURCH



Rev.
Blaine will be attending a meeting of Alberta and Northwest Conference in Slave
Lake from May 28-31.  At that gathering,
he is hoping to be elected as a ANWC rep to the General Council Executive (work
which will start by attending the GC Meeting August 8-15 in Cornerbrook NL).  And… Blaine is scheduled to have some surgery
on June 8th.  Barring any complications
he should be off work for about 2 weeks.





FOUR SCORE AND TEN YEARS AGO…



On June 10,
2015, the United Church of Canada will celebrate its 90th
birthday.  St. David’s will join other
United Churches in ringing its church bell at 10:30am local time.  It was 10:30 in the morning on June 10, 1925
- at Mutual Street Arena in Toronto - that the inaugural service of the UCC was
held.  Listen for the wonderful call of
our bell and let your heart join generations of United Church-ers in
celebrating where we have been, who we are, and where we are going.





THANK YOU




Thank to
Chris and the crew from CRS Brown
Landscaping
for keeping the church yard looking so nice.












SAFEWAY and COOP GIFT CARDS
St. David’s can sell you gift cards for
Safeway or Coop (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. 





NEED A RIDE?
We have volunteers who will pick
you up for Sunday services.  For a ride or information, contact Lynn Read
@ 780-986-2096.





YOUTH GROUP
St. David’s is pleased to offer regular
events for junior and senior high youth every second Friday - the next
gathering is on May 29th.  Bring
your friends and come to the church at 7:00pm.  For more information
contact, youth@stdavidsleduc.com.  The church’s Youth Group will be planning and
leading the Sunday service on May 31st!





BANFF MEN’S CONFERENCE
This long time event will be back
in Banff for 2015.  The dates to mark on your calendars are September
18-20.  More info can be found at http://banffmen.org/.





MARK THESE OTHER DATES
Sun, June 7 - BBQ after church to celebrate
learning in the church.
Sun, June 14 - Strawberry
Shortcakes after church to eat and/or take home.
Sat, June 27 - 1:30pm - Mystery
Tea Party.
August 8-15 - 42nd General Council Meeting of the
United Church of Canada.
August 21 – St. David’s Newsletter
Deadline





ANXIETY & DEPRESSION GROUP
Please note that this group will
resume on September 27th.





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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