SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
EVENTS & NEWS
Sunday Services: Sunday, September 28th: 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor.
Lectionary readings for September 28th: Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32.
Sunday School: Sundays during the 10:00 service in the undercroft, with the Godly Play lessons.
Sunday Forums at 9:00 a.m. in the Undercroft: September 28: Fred Benson, Faith and Politics, and Faith at Work; October 5: Peter Welles, Growing Up in Faith: On Being a Bishop’s Kid; October 12: Neela Zinsser, Good News from Elsewhere: How a Unitarian Became a Confirmed Episcopalian; October 19: Cuff Train, Ripples of Meaning: Spiritual Dimensions of Poetry.
Informational meeting re sale of Sawyer property: Sunday, October 19 after the 10:00 service.
Weekday Morning Eucharist: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Farmer’s Market: open each Friday from 9:00-1:00 in St. John’s parking lot.
Today, September 25 is Georgie Seavey’s 99th Birthday! Cards, balloon, visits to her at Sonogee (especially in the afternoon), are welcome.
September 30 at 10 a.m. - A meeting at Harbor House on the coming winter and fuel.
Come Home for Supper: The first festive gathering will take place on Friday, October 17. Sign up this Sunday or on October 4, or call/email--Frank & Mimi Barnes, Ted & Joan Bromage or Karen Craig. New host/esses always welcome! Invite the person next to you or call a friend Remember the details? The committee divides up the list into groups of 6 to 8 going to different houses. The hostess (can you be one?) plans a simple main dish and asks guests to bring appetizer, salad, dessert, etc. There’s lots of good conversation, laughter, and fellowship. Invite a fellow parishioner or a friend from outside the parish to join you.
Blessing of the Animals: Sunday, October 5, at 10:00 a.m. service.
Regional pre-Diocesan Convention Hearing: Sunday, October 5, 4:00 p.m. at St. Dunstan's, Ellsworth. All welcome. (Rita Redfield & Joe Wright are our Convention delegates; Jean Rohrer & Cass Wright are alternates.)
The Rev. Canon Bill Livingston, Pastor/counselor/spiritual director to coastal clergy and consultant to coast parishes (those leveled by Hurricane Katrina) and his wife Diane, Camp Director at Camp Coast Care will be giving a presentation on the needs and activities at Camp Coast Care on Tuesday, September 23 at 7 pm at Church of Our Father. Please announce this opportunity for mission work in your parish. Anyone interest in the upcoming Mission to Camp Coast Care in Gulfport, MS in Nov and again in 2009 should attend this presentation.
Non-violent Communications Skills, Level I Workshop ~ Will be held October 3-5 at St. John's,Southwest Harbor. Contact Peggy Smith: 789-5299 for more information.
Downeast Youth Event Weekend ~ The third annual Downeast Youth Event, sponsored by five Christian churches in Calais under the leadership of Sherry Sivret (St. Ann's, Calais) will be held October 11th & 12th This wonderful event is open to teens in grades 6-12 from around the state. The themes of the weekend are God's unconditional love, friendship with Jesus and forgiveness.
October 17-19, Youth Ministries will offer an event for kids in grades 6-8 called Awakening. This is a great time for your kids to get to know other kids, to discuss faith, and to have fun. We’ll look at friendship, friendship with Jesus, talking with God and other themes that relate to the lives of middle schoolers. Come and have fun!
· On Friday October 24, our diocese needs about a dozen teens to serve as youth at Diocesan Convention. Please plan to bring some of your teens in grades 6-12, or encourage them come on their own. Then, call or e-mail us so we know that they are coming.
· You can support our International Youth Mission Team by eating at the relaxing candlelight dinner Friday night at Diocesan Convention.
· The big fall event for high schoolers is Happening, which will be the weekend before Thanksgiving, November 21-23. This year it will be led by high school senior Anna Lee from St. Giles in Jefferson and will focus on the reality of Christ in our lives.
Hello,
I am writing to ask if there might be someone in your congregation that you feel would be glad to help plan our 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service. The date for the service next year will be January 18. A snow date would probably be January 25. I know it is Annual Meeting season for many churches, including Somesville.
We will be in need of 2 or 3 new planning committee members. Bill Wood of St.Jude &St.Mary has moved back into retirement down the coast.
Our service this time will possibly be in Manset or Tremont, and church representatives from this area (St.Peters, St.Andrews and Tremont Congregational) would be appreciated.
We will meet Tuesday September 23, 7:00, meeting place to be determined. We do not meet every week, probably 2-3 times a month.
Please let me know this week if you have a representative from your congregation.
Thank you,
Thayer W. Fanazick
667-7852 or cell phone 610-4141
The Rev. Canon Bill Livingston, Pastor/counselor/spiritual director to coastal clergy and consultant to coast parishes (those leveled by Hurricane Katrina) and his wife Diane, Camp Director at Camp Coast Care will be giving a presentation on the needs and activities at Camp Coast Care on Tuesday, September 23 at 7 pm at Church of Our Father. Please announce this opportunity for mission work in your parish. Anyone interest in the upcoming Mission to Camp Coast Care in Gulfport, MS in Nov and again in 2009 should attend this presentation.
Several times when the Acadia Region Coalition of Churches met, interest was expressed in doing some youth activities together. St. Andrew Lutheran will host a planning session for youth and adults on Wednesday, October 8, from 6 – 8 PM. There will be a light supper, & some activities & planning time to discuss what we together (whichever congregations are represented) would like to do. Some possibilities might be lock-ins, concerts, skating, Souperbowl Sunday activities, etc. If you are in 6-12 grade, or the parent of the same, or a congregation member interested in youth ministry, please put this date on your calendar. This is for youth and adults – can’t get there exactly at 6? –come when you can – and eat while we talk. FMI 667-7641 (St. Andrew is in Ellsworth across fromJordan’s Snack – at the corner of Rts 1 & 184.)
Office hours next week: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
