-Church News- Sunday, July 5th – 9:45 am – service will be held at Ocean View United, Broad Cove. Sunday, July 5th – 11:15 am – service will be held at McDowell United, Western Bay. Tuesday, June 30th – 7:30 pm – the Blackhead – Western Bay Pastoral Charge Outreach Committee will meet downstairs at McDowell United. Saturday, July 4th – The Ocean View U.C.W. will be holding their annual Garden Party. Sale table opens at 4:00 pm and a Cold Plate supper will be served at 5:00 pm. Tickets will be available at the door for a cost of $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for children 12 and under. Saturday, July 4th – 9:30 am – there will be a Flea Market at McDowell United Church, Western Bay. Weather permitting it will be held outdoors, if not, it will be held in the Church basement. Schedule of Flower Services 2:00 pm 3:00 pm July 5th Ochre Pit Cove July 19th Western Bay North Western Bay South July 26th Broad Cove Blackhead The Ocean View United Church Trustee Board has a Special Fund set up to receive donations to tile the Church basement floor. Donations may also be made to this fund in honour of or in memory of. Please forward your donation to Mr. Eric Slade, Treasurer of the Ocean View United Church Trustee Board. Please indicate on the envelope “Tile the Floor Project” and if your donation is in honour of or in memory of. The McDowell United Church Trustee Board has a Special Fund set up to receive donations to replace the Church windows. Donations may also be made to this fund in honour of or in memory of. Please forward your donation to Mr. Berkley Sellars, Treasurer of the McDowell United Church Trustee Board. Please indicate on the envelope “Window Fund Project” and if your donation is in honour of or in memory of. The windows in the Church will cost approximately $1,000.00 each to purchase and install. We are continuing to raise money and look for your support to get these in place soon. The McDowell United Church Trustee Board gratefully acknowledges a donation to the “Window Fund” in loving memory of Chesley Rose from Louise Rose and family. The Trustee Board of Ocean View United Church gratefully acknowledges a donation to the “Tile the Floor Project” in memory of Roy Moores from wife Mamie. For information concerning our Food Bank you may contact: Bonnie Crummey 598-2803 Sophie White 598-2595 Rev. Cole 598-2943. Please forward items for Church News to Darryl Butt by Thursday of each week Minutes for Mission June 28, 2009 Living FaithfullyThe Caribbean coast of Nicaragua has been hit hard in recent years by natural disasters such as flooding and hurricanes. There is very little work available for people living on the Caribbean coast. Fishing, shrimping, and lobster fishing—traditional occupations—are less and less successful. Several large companies take huge catches, leaving the dory fishers little. Prices have risen dramatically, because food supplies like rice, yucca, plantain, and beans were destroyed in the flooding and hurricanes. The average income per household is now less than $100 per month. Inflation is also causing a great deal of suffering. In order to provide for their families, many of the young adults go to work on cruise ships, leaving their homes for eight months and returning for a two-month leave. Children are being raised by grandmothers while the parents are away. You can imagine the problems that this raises in families! The church plays an important role in the lives of these families through sports programs and fellowship programs, as well as worship services. There is a shortage of ordained ministers; many have moved to other ministries or now live in the United States, where they moved to during the Contra War. Cathyann and Peter Hoyle are United Church overseas personnel in Bluefields, Nicaragua, serving the Moravian Church Creole Congregation. Your Mission and Service Fund gifts support the work of Cathyann and Peter as they serve young people as well as grandparents struggling to live faithfully in difficult economic times. © 2008 The United Church of Canada/L’Église Unie du Canada. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca. Any copy must include this notice.
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