Announcements – Sept 8, 2024
IT’S A WONDERFUL TIME AT ST. PAUL’S – Starting September 1, 2024 Karen Kempe will be in the office Thursdays from 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. Her remaining hours will be flexible throughout the week. Karen can be reached at (204) 761-0236.
Please spread the good news that Karen is available to officiate funerals for our church family.
Help us Pack the Pews and celebrate the beginning of the School Year as we return to worship services on Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 a.m. with our Blessing of the Backpacks Service!
BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS
Is everyone excited to get back together on September 8th!!!
Sunday School kids and Mrs. White will have their backpacks. If you have a knitting bag or book bag or anything in between bring it along! Let’s enjoy our Blessings together!
Join us for a Hot Dog lunch and fellowship after the service. How many backpacks will be blessed? Don’t forget yours! We can’t wait to see you! – Worship Team and Karen Kempe
HOPE MAKERS!
St. Paul’s Sunday School. Calling all children from 4-13 years old! Come on over and join us as we learn what it means to be protected with the Armour of God!
It will be a wonderful year bringing hope to the community through acts of kindness. For more information, please call Patty White, 204-534-8003.
Boissevain Food Pantry – September is food collection month for Boissevain Food Pantry. There will be a collection box in the foyer of the church if you choose to donate. Thank you.
UPDATE ON BOOKS GALORE SALE
We are making some changes to last years Fundraiser! Due to a decreased number of donated books, we are adding Garage Sale items to the mix ~ with exceptions. Thanks in advance for your support. Please drop off all donations to St. Paul’s United Church – Choir Room by September 12, 2024.
Our expanded list looks like this:
- Used books (especially large print) BUT PLEASE NO Magazines, Cookbooks, Encyclopedias and Reference books (they do not sell)
- Puzzles
- Games and toys
- Gently used household items
- Small appliances
- Home décor
- PLEASE NO clothes
St. Paul’s Books and Treasures Galore Sale ~ Something for Everyone and MORE
Friday, September 13, 2024 ~ 3:00-8:00
Saturday, September 14, 2024 ~ 9:00-2:00
Pastoral Care Visitors. In the spring, the Regional Council held a ZOOM conversation with those interested in some training for pastoral care visitors. We are now prepared to offer an initial day-long session in person (not via Zoom or hybrid) at location/s to be determined based on those interested. It would likely be on a Saturday on a date before the snow flies. We are hoping to access funding to supplement travel costs for those who might travel a distance. If you are interested, please contact Cherry Abad by email (cabad@united-church.ca) or phone (204) 594-8381 expressing your interest and naming the Community of Faith that you are associated with. For planning purposes, a response before September 15, 2024 would be appreciated.
Sacraments Elders Training. When Pastoral Charges are without Called or Appointed Ministry Personnel, one way to access sacraments on a regular basis is to have a member of your own Community of Faith trained and licensed as a Sacraments Elder. Because the training is only offered by the Committee on Lay Ministry and Lay Leadership Support a couple of times during the year via ZOOM and also includes a time of ‘mentoring” after the online component, it is strongly suggested that every pastoral charge attempt to identify someone suited for this ministry and support them in taking the training. Expressions of interest are being accepted NOW until September 24, 2024, for the fall training session, which will be held online on a Saturday when a sufficient number of persons have expressed interest in having the training. Please send an email to Cherry Abad (cabad@united-church.ca) expressing your interest in this training. More information about the role of Sacraments Elder is available through the handbook: Sacraments Elders (January 2020) (united-church.ca)
Glenboro United Church – Rack of Ribs Dinner Smoked and Sauced Food Truck is coming to Glenboro, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Pick up orders from 4:00 – 6:00 pm (corner of Broadway and Railway Ave). Dinner includes: rack of ribs, mac and cheese or fries, coleslaw and a bun for $25. Gluten Free options available. Cash or cheque to Glenboro United Church. Purchase Rib Dinner tickets from: – United Church Board Members- Glenboro Home Hardware- Glenboro Pharmacy- Glenboro South Cypress Municipal Office by Sept.25. (This is replacing Fall Supper Fundraiser for Glenboro United Church)
WORSHIP TEAM REQUEST – We would like to invite any and all people who would like to be a Reader during Sunday Service or a Greeter prior to Worship to sign up on the sheet in the foyer or contact Maxine at the church office. We thank you in advance for assisting where possible.
Congregational involvement is always valuable and on the days that Karen preaches we hope we can count on YOU to read a selected piece!
We also feel it would be beneficial to have a Greeter each Sunday to direct new comers to coffee, washrooms, Sunday School – if children are attending.
VISITATION REQUESTS – Do you know anyone who would benefit from a visit from Karen? Karen is happy to do visits at private homes, as well as, the Boissevain Hospital, Evergreen Place and Westview Lodge as part of her Pastoral Care dedication.
Please take a look at our new website at boissevainunitedchurch.com There is a lot of information on this new website. Thank you to Patty White for all the time she has put into getting this new website up and running. Patty and I will continue to update information as it becomes available. Weekly Announcements will also be posted each week. – Maxine Graham
Snazzy Seconds – is open Mon, Tues, Wed, and Friday, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Wed evening 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Church Office 204-534-6347
E-mail – Secretary: st_pauls_secretary@wcgwave.ca
Bookkeeper: st_pauls_treasurer@wcgwave.ca
Our Facebook Page is: St. Paul’s United Church
Our Website is: boissevainunitedchurch.com
PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance). If you wish to give to St. Paul’s United Church by this method or would like more information on it, please call Brenda Shaw at the church office 204-534-6347.
Anyone who needs to change their PAR amount, please notify the treasurer at st_pauls_treasurer@wcgwave.ca or leave a message at the church 204-534-6347. If you are a Credit Union member, ask them to change the memo section to include your name. Thank you.
Those who are not on PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance), please mail your offering and/or Memorial donations to the church office at St. Paul’s United Church, Box 309, Boissevain, MB R0K 0E0. Thank you!
Please be reminded to contribute to The Grateful Box as a thank you to God for birthdays, baptisms, anniversaries and other events that occur in our lives. The funds will be used for emergency purposes.