Weekly Announcements
Announcements for Fall of 2021: White Gift Christmas is Sunday, December 5, 2021. The items received will go to Christmas Cheer. We will continue to collect items on Sunday, December 12, 2021. There is a request from Christmas Cheer for clothing (Men, Women, Children), gift items, toys, and food. Please call St. Paul’s United Church Office at 204-534-6347 concerning leaving items at the church during the week. Thank You!
Please Note: All Teams Meeting will be on Thursday, December 2nd at 7pm in the CE Room. Property and Finance would like the Teams to discuss their 2022 budgets prior to this meeting. Please submit all budgets to Marsha at this meeting. Please Note: Marsha’s email mclyne@bdo.ca
**New Update – In-Person Worship Service at St. Paul’s United Church with 25 People in the Sanctuary (25 people including Minister, Chris, Ed & Betty and Brenda Lyons) ~ December 5, 2021~ 11:00 a.m. Masks are Mandatory
Please Note: All Teams Meeting will be on Thursday, December 2nd at 7pm in the CE Room. Property and Finance would like the Teams to discuss their 2022 budgets prior to this meeting. Please submit all budgets to Marsha at this meeting. Please Note: Marsha’s email mclyne@bdo.ca
**New Update – In-Person Worship Service at St. Paul’s United Church with 25 People in the Sanctuary (25 people including Minister, Chris, Ed & Betty and Brenda Lyons) ~ December 5, 2021~ 11:00 a.m. Masks are Mandatory
- St. Paul’s United Church’s (Boissevain United Church Community of Faith) Covenant with Prairie to Pine Regional Council of The United Church of Canada has been accepted. Thanks to all of the Teams, and Ministry & Personnel Committee. Also, on October 26, 2021, we received our Certificate acknowledging our Covenant with Prairie to Pine Regional Council.
- **Please Note: St. Paul’s United Church require 3-4 people to be on the Nomination Committee that will focus on recommending and recruiting members on the Teams that was decided at our Annual Meeting on September 19, 2021.
- Urgent! Members requested for Leadership Team as soon as possible. In our governance we are required to have 6-7 people. We only have two people now who are actively involved. Anyone who is interested, please contact the church office.
- Members requested for Worship Team as soon as possible. In our Governance, we are required to have 5-7 people on the Worship Team. We have five people on the Team, and it would be good to have an additional person.
- Remember to check out our Facebook Page for St. Paul’s United Church that has the Audio Recordings and Videos of the Worship Services. Please Click on the Link for our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/BoissevainUnitedChurch As well, our Website has been updated. There is a "Worship Services" page with links to the worship services.
- Worship Services are being sent online, and worship bulletins will be delivered to those without internet.
- Minto United Church has cancelled In-person Worship Service and Board Meeting for Sunday, November 14th
- Please Consider 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 Alexa at the church office 204-534-6347. Telephone Messages to the church office are being monitored remotely.
- PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance) – 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!
- These Days Daily Devotions for Living by Faith –July, August and September issues are available at the church. As well, the issues for October, November and December have arrived and they are in the Vestibule.
- Used Stamps – Please keep stamps until further notice.
- **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.
- At a time such as this, the Boissevain Food Pantry is in need of food items. Due to the Coronavirus, the Boissevain Food Pantry is only accepting cash or cheques made out to the Boissevain Food Pantry in order that the volunteers can buy food.
- Community Prayers at 9 a.m. every morning. The Community Prayers are our own individual prayers to pray for our health providers, leaders, pharmacists, workers in stores, and everyone in our community and praying for each other as we maintain our faith that the health professionals will find the solution that will end Covid-19. Prayers strengthen us, give us courage and mobilize us by God’s Spirit wherever we are, and when we are not in the church building. As people of faith, we are the church, and prayers remind us that God’s love and caring is with us all.
- There will be NO Sunday School. In-person Sunday School is suspended for 2020-2021.
- Pastoral Care Team has established a Prayer Circle. If there is a prayer request, please contact Judy McRuer (h)204-534-2284/cell 204-534-0935. All prayer requests will be kept strictly confidential
- The Boissevain Community Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) provides a safe, confidential place for the LGBT community, parents, families and allies to meet and support each other. For more information please contact bvncomgsa@gmail.com
Snazzy Seconds Thrift Shop Hours
- Please Note: With the easing of Covid restrictions we can now open Snazzy Seconds to 4 shoppers and 2 workers. We ask that you only allow 4 shoppers in at a time then lock the door. As they leave allow other customers in to shop. Shoppers are encouraged to keep their shopping to a maximum of 30 minutes.
- The store is open 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Closed Thursdays, weekends and holidays.
Regular Meetings
For A.A. Meetings, please use the Christian Education entrance.
