1. Freud’s Last Session – St. Paul’s will be the venue for 9th Hour Theatre Company’s latest intriguing production, “Freud’s Last Session” starting today May 3 to 5. Tickets will cost $10 each.
2. St. Paul’s Clean-Up Day – tomorrow, Saturday, May 4 (8:00 a.m. to noon). Volunteers are desperately needed to complete some necessary tasks around the church. Please consider helping your church! Work will be done mostly outside. No experience necessary! Please bring some work gloves and a rake, if you can. Snacks and a delicious lunch will be provided. Join us and help prepare the church property for spring while you share warm fellowship and good food.
3. Overseas Mission Fellowship – All are welcome to attend OMF International's annual Heart for Asia conference tomorrow, May 4th, 2013 at Emmanuel Alliance Church of Ottawa from 1-6 p.m. including supper. There will be good speakers and good fellowship. There is also a special children's program with a mission's emphasis included. Brochures with more details are in the narthex.
4. Scripture for this Sunday – 2 Timothy 2: 20-26
5. The Sacrament of Holy Baptism – We rejoice that we celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism as Rebecca Akuoko-Asibey comes to the font to acknowledge God’s grace, profess her faith and commit herself to Christian discipleship. Rebecca has been nurtured in the faith at home and at St. Paul’s, and you can read her current involvement in the “Epicentre” section on the back of today’s bulletin. Our Youth Pastor, Jeremy Sauvé, will assist Jack in the Sacrament today.
6. Family Fellowship – The Family Fellowship Group will meet this Sunday, May 5 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the church. All families with young children are invited for a potluck dinner and fellowship. For further information please contact Geoff or Rachel Colman at 613-722-5630 or rtoppscolman@gmail.com.
7. Community Garage Sale at St. Paul’s – Saturday, May 11, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in St. Paul’s parking lot. We hope to familiarize the neighbourhood surrounding St. Paul’s with our facilities and programs and to raise funds for The Mission. The neighbourhood surrounding our church has had an opportunity to book sale tables. Space remains for those at St. Paul's to reserve sale tables. Please go to our church website: www.stpaulspcottawa.com or contact Gordon Richardson at 613 721-3713 or at gord.globalrich@rogers.com. The youth will sell a BBQ lunch and Pioneers will offer coffee and a treat. All participants are encouraged to make a generous donation to the Mission from their sales. Please pray for good weather and strong community involvement for this event.
8. You’re Invited – A farewell party will be held for Marian and Jack Archibald at St. Paul's on Saturday, June 1, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please join us for dessert and fellowship in Campbell Hall, followed by a program in the sanctuary.
9. Carrie’s Book and Mission Trip – Carrie Marston has published her first book, titled Catch Me If You Can, for teenaged girls. A copy has been donated to the church library. She would love to talk to you about the experience of writing her book and has copies for sale as well. Carrie is also going on a short mission trip to Peru this summer. She is going with Big World Ventures for June 29-July 21. If you would like to know more about her trip and how you can help, please contact her at 613-592-9171.
10. Thanks to all of you for the prayers, e-mails, cards and loving support extended to us as a family at the death of Dan’s father, Robert Seekings. It is wonderful to be part of such a caring and supportive Christian community. “A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another …” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community). Dan, Erma and family.
2. St. Paul’s Clean-Up Day – tomorrow, Saturday, May 4 (8:00 a.m. to noon). Volunteers are desperately needed to complete some necessary tasks around the church. Please consider helping your church! Work will be done mostly outside. No experience necessary! Please bring some work gloves and a rake, if you can. Snacks and a delicious lunch will be provided. Join us and help prepare the church property for spring while you share warm fellowship and good food.
3. Overseas Mission Fellowship – All are welcome to attend OMF International's annual Heart for Asia conference tomorrow, May 4th, 2013 at Emmanuel Alliance Church of Ottawa from 1-6 p.m. including supper. There will be good speakers and good fellowship. There is also a special children's program with a mission's emphasis included. Brochures with more details are in the narthex.
4. Scripture for this Sunday – 2 Timothy 2: 20-26
5. The Sacrament of Holy Baptism – We rejoice that we celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism as Rebecca Akuoko-Asibey comes to the font to acknowledge God’s grace, profess her faith and commit herself to Christian discipleship. Rebecca has been nurtured in the faith at home and at St. Paul’s, and you can read her current involvement in the “Epicentre” section on the back of today’s bulletin. Our Youth Pastor, Jeremy Sauvé, will assist Jack in the Sacrament today.
6. Family Fellowship – The Family Fellowship Group will meet this Sunday, May 5 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the church. All families with young children are invited for a potluck dinner and fellowship. For further information please contact Geoff or Rachel Colman at 613-722-5630 or rtoppscolman@gmail.com.
7. Community Garage Sale at St. Paul’s – Saturday, May 11, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in St. Paul’s parking lot. We hope to familiarize the neighbourhood surrounding St. Paul’s with our facilities and programs and to raise funds for The Mission. The neighbourhood surrounding our church has had an opportunity to book sale tables. Space remains for those at St. Paul's to reserve sale tables. Please go to our church website: www.stpaulspcottawa.com or contact Gordon Richardson at 613 721-3713 or at gord.globalrich@rogers.com. The youth will sell a BBQ lunch and Pioneers will offer coffee and a treat. All participants are encouraged to make a generous donation to the Mission from their sales. Please pray for good weather and strong community involvement for this event.
8. You’re Invited – A farewell party will be held for Marian and Jack Archibald at St. Paul's on Saturday, June 1, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please join us for dessert and fellowship in Campbell Hall, followed by a program in the sanctuary.
9. Carrie’s Book and Mission Trip – Carrie Marston has published her first book, titled Catch Me If You Can, for teenaged girls. A copy has been donated to the church library. She would love to talk to you about the experience of writing her book and has copies for sale as well. Carrie is also going on a short mission trip to Peru this summer. She is going with Big World Ventures for June 29-July 21. If you would like to know more about her trip and how you can help, please contact her at 613-592-9171.
10. Thanks to all of you for the prayers, e-mails, cards and loving support extended to us as a family at the death of Dan’s father, Robert Seekings. It is wonderful to be part of such a caring and supportive Christian community. “A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another …” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community). Dan, Erma and family.