April 7-9
John Murphy will be in Toronto for a National Church meeting
April 7-11:
The Proclamation (Bible-Reading) Project continues at the
Pentecostal Church, Bunyan's Cove (7am to 9pm daily)
Monday: Senior Choir practice (Jr Choir practice next weekend)
Tuesday, April 8:
5:30pm - Soup Supper at the Lions Bldg.
6:30 pm - Sparks
Friday, April 11:
Cleaning Day at the old manse
Saturday, April 12:
Gospel Concert (Freewill offering)(At Heritage Collegiate)
Sunday: 11am Morning Worship (Palm Sunday - Jr Choir will sing)
In any emergency
(April 7-9), please call Rev. Philip Brewer at 467-5212.
(Rev. John Murphy is attending a meeting in Toronto.)
Thanks from the
New Manse
A few visitors... more help moving... unpacking... and more reasons
to give
thanks!
This Thursday and/or Friday, we will move what remains at the old manse.
On Friday (or Saturday morning), we will clean the old manse.
The sale of the house should be finalized on April 14.
MEN'S CHOIR ROUNDUP
at Clarenville on April 26.
Interested singers, RSVP as soon as possible for meal planning to
466-7690
(Rev. Bill Williams) or to 467-2660 (our NEW manse!).
Moderator's Visit and
the rest of the busy week...
Thanks to all who provided food for many things last week: the
funeral, the
Proclamation project on Wednesday and for the Moderator's service on
Friday
night in Clarenville.
Today, Sunday, April 6, the Right Reverend Dr. Marion Pardy is guest
preacher at Wesley
United Church. The service will be broadcast on VOWR.
Naomi
Centre and Emmanuel House
As a congregation, we have been sending personal care items to Emmanuel
House and Naomi Centre for a number of years. Our next "care package"
will
be prepared and sent in time for Easter. Thanks for help of any kind.
How Much Should I
Keep?
Being aware of God's ownership can free us from a possessive and anxious
spirit. Rather than "How much of my money should I give to God?", we
learn to ask,
"How much of God's money should I keep for myself?"
- Richard Foster
Pennies for Mission
Sunday School is gathering pennies for Mission Outreach.
"There can be no beauty if it is paid for by human injustice, nor truth
that passes over injustice in silence, nor moral virtue that condones
it. - Tadeusz Borowski
We cannot live for ourselves alone...
Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads...and along
these
sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as
results.
- Herman Melville
Golf Tournament:
Get out your Orange Golfing Duds!!
This year's Golf fun will take place on July 12th.
Lots of ways to support this manse fundraiser:
- Golf!
- Sponsor a golfer.
- Tell someone else who likes to golf.
Good prizes, but even better Fun!
I Never Knew That...
At one time, the fashion in Eastern Europe was to build pulpits
in the shape of an upright whale. The preacher had to enter the interior
of the pulpit at the base, climb a ladder through the belly and then
come into the open mouth and preach.
Prayer for the World offered by Moderator, the Rev. Dr.
Marion Pardy:
Creator God, gentle in power and strong in tenderness: kindle, we
pray, in
the hearts of all people your passion for peace and your will for
justice.
Heeding your call to be peace-makers, we pray for non-violent solutions
to
the crisis in Iraq. Believing in your love for the world and in our
shared
global humanity, we pray for compassion towards innocent people who
suffer
the most in war. Transform the minds and hearts of those in authority in
all
nations toward a commitment to peace with justice and wisdom. Transform
all
of us that we may rid ourselves of vengeful notions and pursue the path
of
non- violent action. So, may your name be glorified and your will be
done
through peace on earth. In the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen.
HERITAGE UNITED CHURCH
