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Sunday,  April 11^th    – 11:00 am – service will be held at Ocean View United Church, Broad Cove.

Sunday,  April 11^th – 7:00 pm – service will be held at McDowell United Church, Western Bay. During this service the new windows will be dedicated.

Tuesday, April 6^th – 7:30 pm – the McDowell U.C.W. will hold their regular monthly meeting downstairs at McDowell United Church.

The Western Bay South Cemetery Committee gratefully acknowledges a donation in loving memory of mother & father and grandmother & grandfather Emma and John Walsh from Bessie, Harold & family.

The Blackhead Cemetery Committee gratefully acknowledges a donation in loving memory of Oscar & Elizabeth Moores from son Alec and family.

The Ocean View United Church Trustee Board have set up a special “Repair the Church Building Fund” to receive donations to carry out some planned work on the Church building. Donations may 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 “Repair the Church Building Fund” and if your donation is in honour of or in memory of.

The Ocean View United Church Trustee Board gratefully acknowledges a donation to the “Repair the Church Building Fund” in memory of Loved Ones from Ellen Noftle.

For information purpose only:

Based on the 2010 fee structure, the minimum contribution to be considered in good standing on the Blackhead – Western Bay Pastoral Charge is $250.00 for the Pastoral Charge Budget and $40.00 for Church & Cemetery Fees for a total of $290.00

Congregational Allocation for 2010

 

McDowell Congregation          98 Contributors     $ 30,333.00

Ocean View Congregation     112 Contributors     $ 34,667.00

                          Total             210                           $ 65,000.00

 

 

Congregational Allocations 1^st Quarter – 2010

 

Congregation    Allocation     Amt. Realized             Difference

McDowell        $ 7,583.25       $ 5,682.55                -   $ 1,900.70

Ocean View       8,666.75        10,038.00                +     1,371.25

 

 

Burdens

 

In any Chinese city you’ll see people very good at carrying burdens—a bicycle transports
a mattress; a pedal-driven cart moves a huge pile of Styrofoam to a recycling shop; a bamboo
pole carries baskets of produce to market.

Such sights made overseas personnel Mary Fraser wonder about the invisible burdens carried by her Chinese students. At first glance many seemed burden-free, but Mary discovered that, like students in the West, their inner burdens include anxiety about how to find a good job, repay school loans, make a successful marriage, and earn a lot of money for a comfortable life.

Chen Liu, a 30-year-old office worker at the university where Mary works, has a dream: to earn a doctorate degree at Tsinghua, China’s top university. It will not be easy. Entrance exams for all universities are written once a year on the same day. If Chen Liu is not accepted to the university she has chosen, she must wait a year to apply elsewhere!

Mary says, “We in the West are fortunate. Our physical burdens are less noticeable: we use enclosed vehicles, recycling trucks, and wheeled suitcases and trolleys. Sometimes bureaucracy seems less onerous than for others. For invisible burdens, all Christians need not be heavy-laden. Jesus tells us to come to him and he will ease our burdens.”

 

In this Easter season, we are reminded that many in the world have heavy visible and invisible burdens. Your gifts to the Mission and Service Fund help our partners address the struggles that only they can see within their own communities. Through M&S we can offer hope and relief.

 

 

We are a united church! Together we send overseas personnel
to China, Fiji, South Korea, and Japan. Remember our partners in
Asia and the Pacific this week.

 

 

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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.