Our Joint Bottle Drive (Tumaini & St. Mary’s)  THIS SATURDAY -  October 27; 10-2pm in our parking lot.  Volunteers still needed. Sorters-starting at 9:45am until 2:15. Come by to help – even an hour of your assistance will make a BIG difference.  Please wear gloves as it can  be a bit of a “sticky situation”.  Thank you!      

The 2019 CHURCH CALENDARS $5.00 in the Hall on Sunday.

Plan to stay for lunch this Sunday – to help celebrate David Russell’s being awarded the Order of the Diocese of B.C.  David and Jean are providing a light lunch this Sunday after the service to express their gratitude.    

IT`S THAT TIME AGAIN! OUR YEARLY Pointsettia orders are ready and raring to GO!  This one of the programs that help raise funds for St. Mary`s. There will be pamphlets and order forms available this Sunday or just ask Elaine. DEADLINE is November 7.  Delivery will be around Nov. 21ish.

Movie Night Monday Oct. 29; 4pm.  This month is “MARTIN LUTHER”.  Come, relax & enjoy!    

Our computer went on the fritz last week and we discovered a new friend when we went looking for help to fix the problem.  Peter from Mid Island Computer Enterprises Ltd. (MICE); 250.468.9583 -service@bcmice.com. came to our rescue.   He is local too, as he resides right here in Nanoose Bay.  He also offers a program for charities where he donates refurbished equipment FREE OF CHARGE.  He only charges for his hours.  So our computer got a freshing up with a new HUGE hard drive and memory upgrade. What a DEAL!  He deals with everything except MAC.  But a “little mouse” told me he know just who to call.   Please feel free to contact him or pass his name along.     

Christmas Fair Saturday Nov. 24; 9:30am-2:30pm.  is fast approaching.  Hot off the press…your handy list of gift items needed for the GIFT BASKETS at this Sunday’s service  The deadline for Silent Auction items is Oct. 31.  John will also be handing out the new posters this Sunday.  Items are slowing  arriving for Attic Treasures.  – please get them to us ASAP.  And don’t forget to tell your friends & neighbours too.  All items except furniture is greatly appreciated.

You will have received interim treasurer Jennifer Birchall-Creighton’s financial update earlier this week. We hope you take the time to read and consider it.      

Thrifty SMILE Card.   Support St. Mary’s by shopping at Thrifty Foods. All you need is a SMILE Card. Load up your card before you shop at Thrifty’s, use it to pay for your groceries and 5% of your purchase will go directly to St. Mary’s! It’s as easy as that. You can use your VISA card to load it and still get your Airmiles. Ask Elaine or Selinde for your card today. And maybe your neighbour would like one??      

If you have QF (Quality Foods) points, would you consider signing them over to NCS (Nanoose Community Services)?  They have been so supportive of us – contributing $1000 to our hall renovation – and we would like to support them as well. They can use the QF points to buy food vouchers for their clients. If you do sign yours over, please let Selinde know and we will send a card when we have at least 10 people so they know what we are doing. Selinde has 3 names already!  

If you are involved in any way in the Sunday service and coffee in the hall afterwards, you will receive a bulletin with names highlighted in yellow. So if you receive a bulletin by email from Kat, make sure to scroll through and see what you signed up to do!!

A True Story... A priest, a minister and a guru sat discussing the best positions for prayer while a telephone repairman worked nearby. “Kneeling is definitely the best way to pray,” the priest said. “No,” said the minister.” I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven.” “You’re both wrong,” said the guru. “The most effective prayer position is sitting in the lotus position.” The repairman could contain himself no longer. “Hey fellas,” he interrupted, “The best prayin’ I ever did was when I was hangin’ upside down from a telephone pole.”