Kings Presbyterian Church

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THE SUMMER CHURCH SCHOOL PROGRAM is available every week until September 12 for children aged 3 to 7. Worship backpacks are available for those children who wish to remain in worship with their families. They are located above the coat rack in the Narthex.
FALL MINISTRY FAIR AND BEGINNING OF CHURCH SCHOOL TERM - Sunday, September 12 at 10 a.m. We'll celebrate the beginning of our Fall Ministry Season with an All-Ages Service followed by a finger-food lunch for all in the Great Hall where there will be registration for church school classes and opportunities to sign up for one of our Fall Study Groups or a Kings Ministry Team. Discover your place in the Kings faith-community. Invite a friend or neighbour.
OUR FALL MINISTRY FAIR needs a few volunteers to help with set up, games for the kids, decorating, food and some actors for a drama. If you are interested in offering your gifts, see the signup sheet on the Narthex table.
SESSION MEMBERS are reminded that the Session Agenda and Ministry Team Reports are available in your mailboxes.
DESPERATELY NEEDING EXERCISE - The mower and new trimmer in our shed are developing lazy habits!! If you are able to give our ride-on mower & trimmer the workout they need, please see the signup sheet in the Narthex. They don't require daily exercises, once a week over a two week period is perfect!
HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEERS for our time of fellowship following worship are needed. This is an important ministry of Kings Church. A time to reacquaint yourself with old friends or a chance to talk to someone new. If you would like to help on a Sunday, please see the signup sheet on the ministry opportunities table. If you have questions about what is involved, speak to Adeline Blatt or any of the elders.
NAJILE SCHOLARSHIPS UPDATE - In July the Ochieng Family from our congregation visited Najile, Kenya and met with Solomon Matura and 2 of the 5 students that we are sponsoring with school scholarships. We sent along a Bible for each student, some personal letters from our grades 2-5 church school class, a congregational photo and a letter from Rev. Tim. Thank you to the Ochiengs!
GOOD NEWS! One of our Najile students, Rakita Kashu (our scholarships have paid for his entire secondary (High) school education) has been accepted into a Bachelor of Commerce program at a Nairobi University. Our current scholarship program can pay for $500 or one half of the tuition for his first semester. If you wish to help out Rakita, please designate "Najile" on the "other" line of your offering envelope.
OUTDOOR SIGN MINISTRY - Our thanks to David Newcombe who has completed his service in this important ministry this week. We wish David God's blessings in his studies at St. Mary's University, Halifax in a B. Com. program. Every week the messages and information on our sign helps to build a relationship between our congregation and the community. Could God be calling you to serve in this important ministry? (Messages are prepared each week by Rev. Tim and take about 20 min. to assemble on the sign.) Speak to Esther Kalkman of Ministry Opportunities, if you would like to learn more.
INN FROM THE COLD "THANK YOU" DINNER - Session wishes to thank our host of volunteers who provided Christian hospitality and coordination for our Inn From the Cold program during the past season. We'll have a Thank you dinner for all volunteers on Thursday, September 9 at 6 p.m. here in the Great Hall (RSVP to the church office by September 2).

THIS WEEK

(August 30 to September 05, 2010)

TUESDAY

10:00 a.m. Staff worship planning meeting (in the Sanctuary).

WEDNESDAY

7:30 p.m. Session meets in Galilee.

FRIDAY

7:30-9:00 p.m. Fellowship of the Spirit AA Group meets in Emmaus.

SATURDAY

7:30-9:00 p.m. NA Group meets in Emmaus.

SUNDAY

9:40-6:50 a.m. Join the pre-worship prayer group in Rev.

Tim's study.

10:00 a.m. Worship with the Celebration of Communion.

Summer church program available for children

aged 4-7.

Scripture

Lessons:

Elder Assisting: Mary Cunningham

Counters: Peggy Beazley & Barry MacDonald

Welcomers: Roger & Adeline Blatt

IN THE COMING WEEKS

1. Volunteers needed for the Arthritis Society's Community Fundraising Campaign. Support Canada's only non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Canadians living with arthritis. All of the collected funds will be used to help the 180,000 Nova Scotians with arthritis. To volunteer or for more information, please contact Jessica at 1-800-321-1433, ext. 236 or via email: jsnair@ns.arthritis.ca.

2. Worship Service to Commemorate the Arrival of the Planters from New England in June 1760 to Willowbank at the Cairn on Starrs Point, Sunday, September 12 at 4 p.m. (rain date of September 19). Potluck picnic to follow at Willowbank Farm. Bring your own folding chairs or blankets. Hot dogs will be available as well as coffee, tea and juice. You are invited to bring any photographs or articles of interest for display in the carriage house.

3. Music Team & Jam Group will resume practice on Monday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. If you enjoy singing or play an instrument please come and join us!

4. Finance Team meets on Thursday, September 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Dorothy Maynard's home.

5. VON Annapolis Valley is pleased to partner with Project Lifesaver Nova Scotia and we need your help. The purpose of this program is to assign clients a personal location unit which will assist in the tracking and subsequent finding of individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's, Autism or other mental illnesses where wandering is an issue. This is a pilot program within the Kings County area and volunteers are required to perform the monthly battery changes in the personal location units located on the clients in their home. Anyone interested in helping is asked to call the VON office at 678-3415 or toll free at 1-800-411-9646. Thank you so much for helping us make a difference.

6. Worship Team will meet next on Wednesday, September 8 at 7 p.m. in Galilee. We will be studying chapters 7-8 of The Lord's Prayer study.

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO MATCH PAKISTAN FLOOD DONATIONS - In response to the devastating destruction caused by Pakistan's floods, the Canadian Government will be matching donations made by individual Canadians to registered Canadian charitable organizations - including PWS&D - for flood relief efforts from Aug 2 - Sept 12, 2010.

"The Government of Canada will use the Pakistan Floods Relief Fund to provide assistance through experienced Canadian and international humanitarian and development organizations with significant in-country capacity, as per established channels and procedures" (CIDA press release). As such, your financial support at this time will make twice as many funds available for the affected families in Pakistan.

Your donation to PWS&D will support the distribution of food, shelter, emergency supplies and medical care for over 150,000 of the most affected people in the provinces of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North West Frontier Province and Swat Valley).

Congregations can send PWS&D one cheque for the sum of all the donations they have collected for Pakistan flood relief, along with a letter identifying the names and amounts of the individual donations that make up the total. This will ensure these funds are eligible for matching in the Pakistan Floods Relief Fund.

You can help. The people of Pakistan need your prayers and financial support to recover and rebuild from this disaster. You can make a donation to PWS&D by calling 1-800-619-7301 ext. 291, donating online, through your church or mailing a cheque to the office. Please mark all donations "Pakistan Flood Relief."

Visit www.presbyterian.ca/pwsd/pakistan for more details.

Presbyterian World Service & Development is the development and relief agency of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

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