ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 5 , 2006
TODAY
Is the first Sunday in Lent
UPCOMING SERVICES/EVENTS
Sunday, March 12 Afterchurch Conversation
SCRIPTURE READERS
Mar 5 – Fiona Swickis
Mar 12 – Ronnie Northcott
March 19 – Jim Sterrett
If you are unable to read on the appointed day, or if you would like to be a reader, contact Pam Rinehart at 295-9242 or rinehart@telusplanet.net
Is anyone able to bring a few squares for the Sunday, March 12 Conversation? If you can, please phone Gladys at 226-0055 or Lynn at 285-9627.
Beef Supper: The Airdrie United Church will hold its annual beef supper at the Town and Country Centre next Sunday night, with two sittings: 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Please call the Airdrie Church office for Tickets.
Co-Op Coupons: These coupons are a great little fund raiser for our Church. For more information and to purchase them, please see Lynn Beagle.
PROGRAMS
Adult Learning Opportunities
Will the Real Jesus Stand Up?
Monday evenings 7pm to 9pm March, 20, 27 and April 3
Tuesday mornings 9:30 – 11:15 March 21, 28. April 4
Different understandings of Jesus through the centuries. Where did they come from? Who is Jesus for us now?
Keeping Lent: The Practice of Spirituality
7:00 – 9:00 pm Tuesday evenings
March 7 – Everyday Spirituality (Dorothy)
March 14 – Healing Touch (Rev. Barbara Martin)
March 21 – Prayer (Dorothy)
March 28 – Spirituality and Wine (John Pentland)
April 4 – Drumming (Martha Read)
Afterchurch Conversation - Sunday March 26
“Politics and Religion”
WIDER CHURCH OPPORTUNITIES
(United Church sponsored)
(See bulletin Board for more details)
“The Third Way”: Is it Right for Albertans? Monday March 6 at 7.30. An evening of information and discussion on the impending legislationon health care in Alberta. At Deer Park United Church. Speaker: Dr. Avalon Roberts, Calgary Friends of Medicare.
So You Want Youth Ministry: April 21-23 At Stony Plain United Church. With the emphasis on practical ways to implement youth ministry.
Marriage Enrichment Weekend: April 28-30. A Communication Workshop for couples at the Stanford Inn in Red Deer, designed to help to make a good marriage even better.
See bulletin Board for details. Or check out the website at www.unitedinmarriage.org This organization is similar to Marriage Encounter.
Conference-Wide Young Adult Events (for post-high school young adults)
Canoe Retreat August 4-7
Backpack Retreat at Waterton Park Sept 15-17
Our Revenue for the month of January = $5,818
Our Expenses for the month of January = $6,608
Our January (Deficit) = ($790)
Year-to-date totals:
Our Revenue to the end of January = $5,818
Our Expenses to the end of January = $6,608
Our (Deficit) to the end of January = ($790)
January Mission & Service = $517
Our total Mission & Service funds raised = $517
Our Goal = $6,000
Percent of our goal = 9%
To Submit Announcements:
If you have any announcements for the bulletin please
contact Heather Taylor by phone: 226-1287, fax: 226-0692 or by Email:
HeatherTaylor@netscape.ca
When you are sending e-mails with messages to add to the announcements,
it would really help us to have them sent as attachments, especially
if they are lengthy messages. Thank you very much.