Announcements

Donating to First United
PAR – Pre-Authorized Remittance
Church Envelopes
Etransfers: firstunitedtruro@ns.aliantzinc.ca – please provide all information for receipting purposes.
Stop in to the Office for more information.
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Friendly reminder ~ please have your bulletin announcements submitted to the Church Office, in writing, by Thursday mornings at 10 am. Thursdays are Bulletin Day ~ this means limited access to Tracy and the photocopier.
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The Pastoral Care Committee  is requesting assistance from members of the congregation by contacting the Church Office (902-895-8098) if there is someone they know from the congregation who is ill or in hospital.
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Ida’s Cupboard is located off the church parking lot between the doors. Non perishable items, “leave what you can, take what you need.” A community food cupboard for those in need. Appropriate food items: Canned: baked beans, meats (tuna, ham/chicken), stews, soup etc., peanut butter, cheese whiz, kraft dinner, rice, bread, crackers, tin ravioli with pull tops, little boxes of cereal, juice boxes, bottled water. The cupboard is used on a daily basis and if often empty. Please give as you can.
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Fundscrip – Do you shop at Sobeys? Buy gas at Canadian Tire? Dine out? You could be buying Fundscrip Gift Cards from the church to help us raise funds for ongoing programming (and to help pay the bills!) You pay the face value of the card and we get a discount. It costs you nothing extra, but really helps us out! Order forms are available at the back of the church and the church office.  Place your order one week and pick it up the next!
ORDERS are placed on the first Tuesday of each month.

Next Order:  Tuesday, June 3rd ~ Order forms and payments are due Thurs., May 29th.  Need more info?  Call Tracy in the Church Office – 902-895-8098.

Don’t want to order?  Purchase cards directly from the Church Office – Sobeys, and Superstore!!  $50 denominations.
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The Food Bank Sunday is last Sunday of the month.   Please remember those in our community who are less fortunate, and give as you can. Items always in need are canned meats & milk, soups, cereals, beans, macaroni, juices, tea and coffee.  Non perishable items may be left in the Food Bank box any Sunday of the month.  Sorry, we are unable to accept monetary donations.
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Change for Change is held the first Sunday of each month (except July & August).  Our Sunday School students collect your pocket change during the service and the money supports a scholarship for girls in Guatemala.

Church Office has moved to summer hours – Tracy will be in the office for mornings only in June, July & August – Monday to Friday, 8:30am-1230pm.
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May we hold in our prayers the family and friends of Charlotte MacQuarrie as they grieve her passing on Saturday, May 24th.  As many of you know, Charlotte was a beloved, life long member of our congregation. She will be deeply missed.  A Celebration of Life for Charlotte will be held here at First United on Tuesday, June 24th at 2pm. Following the service there will be a reception in Memorial Hall to which all are invited. May all those who mourn be comforted and sustained by God’s love and peace.
 
Celebration for the life of Peter Wenk will be held Monday, June 2nd at 2pm at First United.  May we continue to hold Albert and all those who mourn in our hearts and prayers.
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Evening Pause:  June 11th, 7:00pm
In 1999 Liz Mitten Ryan, award-winning artist, mother of six and founder of a successful fine art publishing company in Vancouver, moved with her architect husband, and a herd of eleven horses, to Gateway 2 Ranch – a 320-acre slice of paradise nestled in the grasslands of British Columbia. For several months their home was a simple tent in the midst of an enchanted landscape studded with lakes, wild flowers, emerald hills and whispering woods. In this vast solitude it became customary for Liz to spend her days following the herd. Communing with them she began to recognize their deep gift for connection to all of life, and how being in their presence awakened that sense of connection within her own heart. Thus began the path of her deepest calling – to connect with animals and spirit and to share that understanding with the world as best she could. 
 
All are welcome to join Rev. Cath in the Parlour on Wednesday evening, June 11th  at 7:00pm to view the award-winning documentary entitled Herd (2017) which follows the beautiful work of Liz Mitten Ryan’s ‘Equinisity Retreats’ as eight strangers come together to heal and to hope.  Herd is a 51 minutes documentary.  We will, as always, begin and end with music and prayer.  Please register with Tracy in the Church Office (902.895.8098) by Friday, June 6th. 
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Time to celebrate our Graduates!  If you have someone in your family graduating this spring let us help celebrate them!  Send along their photo and a brief bio to the church office.  Or you can drop in and Tracy can scan a picture as well.  Deadline is June 13th. 
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Thanks in advance for any help that you are able to give to the Soup Luncheon and Ladies Boutique clothing sale to be held on Saturday, June 14th from 11-2pm in Memorial Hall.  There will be sign up sheets in the back of the church for volunteers and donations of food. 
 
Please bring gently used, pre-washed, folded women clothes to the church in bags which have size indicated on the bag by June 12th. Looking for sizes 0-8 and 16 up. Money raised will go to general funds for the church. 
 
Tickets will go on sale this week for the soup luncheon. Soup choices are corn chowder, vegetable soup and bean soup. Luncheon includes roll, crackers and dessert $12. Your lunch ticket will earn you an entry for a door prize basket of spa goodies to be drawn during the sale. Tickets should be purchased by June 12th. 
 
For more information or to volunteer please email e.pat.camp@gmail.com or call Elaine Campbell at 902-895-6935.
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Sunday, June 15th, 3pm – Resonance Youth Choir – Pride concert Resonance’s fourth project concludes with a celebration of Pride in song, movement, and artistic expression.  The buzz around this choir continues to grow . . . don’t miss out on the experience!  Admission by donation at the door.
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Our Prayer Angel Ministry:  Each week, the prayer angel request box in the sanctuary is checked and emptied, but we recognize that with the colder weather, some will prefer catching the service online on Sunday morning and so the collection box may be emptier than it would be otherwise.  To that end, if you have a prayer request, you can send it by email to the church office.  Please use the subject line: PRAYER ANGEL REQUEST when you send your email, and it will be sure to get to the right place!