This Sunday will be our monthly collection for the Kingston Partners in Mission Food Bank.  Donations can be left at the back of  the church. For example:

• Money * (your dollars contribute to higher purchasing power)
• Canned meat & fish
• Peanut butter, jam
• Stews, canned tomatoes
• Baby food, formula, diapers
• Pasta, pasta sauce
• Cereal
• 100% Fruit juice

* We have special envelopes for those wishing to donate financially.  Cheques should be made payable to the Partners in Mission Food Bank.

Parish Council will meet in the Parish Hall at 4:15 pm for its regular monthly meeting.

Parish Council meetings are open meetings and members of the congregation are welcome to attend.

Approved Minutes of previous Parish Council meetings are available at the Parish Office, upon request.

LAST WEEKEND TO PRE-ORDER!

Next Sunday, May 24, you are invited to wear red (orange or yellow will do as well) as we celebrate the birth of the Church and the receiving of the Holy Spirit.

We are also looking for volunteers to help with Pentecost Sunday 10:30 am Worship. If you speak a language other than English and would be willing to read a very short piece of scripture during our worship time, then please get in touch with Rev’d Sandra by Wednesday, May 20. Email her at: sandrahounselldrover@gmail.com or call the parish office (613-546-3386).

St. Mark's Book Club will meet at the home of Marie Warner (note change) at 2:30 pm on Monday, June 8 to review and discuss the book "The Power of Women".

From Nobel laureate, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege, comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn from women's resilience, strength, and power.

Dr. Denis Mukwege was born in the Belgian Congo in 1955. As a child and young man, he was a first-hand witness to racial prejudices, as well as to the economic and moral decay of the Democratic Republic of Congo under dictatorship. Now a world renowned gynecological surgeon, he is recognized as the world’s leading expert on treating rape injuries, and his holistic approach to healing has inspired other initiatives around the world. In 2018, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Yazidi human rights activist and sexual violence survivor Nadia Murad.

All welcome.  Please let Alan or Marie know if you plan to attend.

May

Friday, May 29: Funeral for Maurice Smith at 1 pm

June

Sunday, June 14, "Change for  Life" Campaign" ends

Friday, June 26: Strawberry Social at 5 pm

July

Sunday, July 5: Picnic Sunday at 10:30 am