Events & News for St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

June 26, 2014

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

 

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Pentecost 3

8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by the Lake, Seal Cove

10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. John the Divine, Southwest Harbor

Hymns:

Put forth, O God, thy spirit’s might (521); O Jesus, I have promised (655);

Christ is made the sure foundation (518); God of the prophets (359)

Scripture:

Psalm 13; Genesis 22:1-14; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42

Participants

Celebrant: The Rev. Vesta Kowalski

Preacher: Ms. Elizabeth Graves

Usher: Jim Vekasi

First Lesson/Psalm: Ken Cochrane

Second Lesson: Ellen Gilmore

Prayers: Jayne Ashworth

Chalice: Ted Fletcher

Acolyte: (8:00) Bob Stanwood; (10:00) Ted Fletcher

Altar Guild: Jayne Ashworth

Flowers: Floy Ervin

Vestry Member in charge: Jayne Ashworth

 

Thursday Holy Eucharist at 12:30 pm
July 3 – John Hus

The Rev. Tim Fleck

 

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Office Hours:

8:30-2:30, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

Michele Daley, Parish Administrator

Fr. Timothy Fleck will be at St. John’s (244-3229) on Tuesdays and Thursdays

and at St. Saviour’s (288-4215) on Mondays and Wednesdays

He can be reached at 812-8362 (cell) or tim@mdi-episcopal.org 

Sr. Warden, Bunny Watts (244-3699); Jr. Warden, Rita Redfield (244-4025)

The Rev. Vesta Kowalski and The Rev. Jenny Reece, Affiliate Clergy

 

        

 

 

St. John:

Calendar:

Monday, July 14, 5:00 p.m. – St. John Singers

Wednesday, July 2, 10:00 a.m. – Wednesday Explorers

Fridays, 9:00-1:00 – Farmer’s Market

Fridays, 1:00-3:00 – Mahjong (Come learn and play)

Sunday, July 6, 3:30 p.m. – Recital

 

Quietside Festival: - If you have items for the Basket Raffle or Silent Auction, please plan to bring them to the church next week so they can be prepared for the fair.

 

Wednesday Explorers –An open discussion group that meets from 10:00 to 11:30 in the St. John’s Common Room, facilitated by Vesta Kowalski. We discuss different topic each week, chosen by the group. Anyone is welcome to come once, occasionally, or regularly; friends are welcome, too. Upcoming topics:

July 2 – S/he said what? The first of our monthly first-Wednesday open forums to discuss ideas from recent or past sermons that you found intriguing, irritating, inspiring, provocative, puzzling, peculiar . . . anything that made you want to talk back to the preacher.

July 9 – I believe – or do I? We’ll look at the Nicene Creed word by word, talking about where it came from and discussing how its language does or does not convey our 21^st century beliefs.

 

The Farmer’s Market will be in the St. John’s parking lot on Fridays from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. This week they will be selling fresh strawberries!

 

FUNDRAISER:  Sunday, July 6^th, 3:30pm; Violinist, Amos Lawrence, accompanied by Stephen Sampson, and Pianist, Lisa Lanza perform works by Sibelius, Elgar, Ravel and others.  A reception will follow in the undercroft.  This is the 12^th recital in the Westside Food Pantry Recital Series.  Suggested donation-$15.  ALL PROCEEDS go to our food pantry.  Please plan to join us. FMI contact Susan Buell, 244-8061.

 

St. Saviour:

Living in the Prayer Book Tradition in the 21^st Century. A conversation facilitated by the Rev. Dr. Jenny Reece. There will be two meeting times:  Fridays at noon: June 27 and July 18 & 25; Sundays at 8:30 a.m.: July 13 & 27, August 10 & 24.  Each meeting will last one hour and include a brief devotional on Sunday's Psalm. You do not have to commit to the whole series. Come when you can. Copies of the BCP will always be on hand. Other materials will be distributed, such as the New Yorker article mentioned above (“God Talk: The Book of Common Prayer at three hundred and fifty,” October 22, 2012). Please don't hesitate to call or email if you have questions or just want to chat. Telephone: 952-2363 email: revdrjmr@gmail.com

 

Haitian Art Sale Planning Meeting: Monday, July 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rectory Common Room. All parishes are encouraged to attend and help. The sale is planned for Saturday, August 2^nd in the parking lot of St. Saviour's Parish, from 9 am to 4 pm. There’s lots to do the day of the event so we’ll need all the help we can get. Call Marti Torbeck (522-8710), Diane Phipps (664-3204), or Linda Lewis (244-0005) with questions or if you can help but can’t attend the meeting.

 

Church of Our Father:

The Waste Not Want Not Thrift Shop is looking for clean and gently used children’s and baby clothes.  The ECW ladies also welcome helping hands to sort, fold, and hang the donations which are arriving every day.  Come by Thursdays at 10 am to lend a hand!

 

 

Community Events

 

Rooms Needed: People are coming for the August 22 and 23, 2014 premieres of George Swanson's opera at St. Saviour's.  He wonders if any MDI folks might offer a free bed and breakfast.  A Baptist pastor from Alaska and a Catholic peace activist from Massachusetts are considering it.  Contact George at george@katrinasdream.org.  See: www.naturalcausestheopera.org

 

Downeast Spiritual Life Conference with John Philip Newell, July 11-12, The Spirit, the Earth and the Human Soul at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Call 207-374-5200 or go to http://downeastspiritual.org to register.

 

Classical Education: You may remember Aaron Hanson’s adult forum this spring on Classical Education and the new Mirus Academy opening this fall in Town Hill.  Mike McKenna will be speaking on the subject of Classical Education at the Seacoast Mission in Bar Harbor on Saturday July 12^th from 6:30 to 8:30, with desserts and coffee beforehand.  Mr. McKenna has more than 10 years of experience in Classical Education and is the current Headmaster at Rockbridge Academy in Rockbridge, Maryland.  He will be speaking on the historical roots of Classical Education, an explanation of its method as well as how it challenges and develops the mind.

 

 

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Keep in your prayers this week: Lance Funderburk, Emily Frazier, Bruce Blake, Trisha Roy, Shelley Hoover Payne, Terry Musson, Molly Lyman, Angelina Sharpe, James Stanton, Wayne Buchanan, Dorothy Smith, Bob Theriault, Norman Shaw, Ron Martin, Joseph and Kimberly Pratt family, Ruth and Bob Zachary, Gary Dunlap, Kay and Bill Barney, Lydia Thayer, George Swanson, Jennie Cline and Sharon Dayana Salazar, our sponsored child in Costa Rica.

 

 

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Events & News from St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

June 19, 2014

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

 

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Pentecost 2

8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by the Lake, Seal Cove

10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. John the Divine, Southwest Harbor

Hymns:

Ye servants of God (535); He who would valiant be (565);

There is a balm in Gilead (676); I have decided to follow Jesus (LEVAS 136)

Scripture:

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17; Genesis 21:8-21; Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39

Participants

Celebrant: The Rev. Tim Fleck

Usher: Dean Henry

First Lesson/Psalm: _____

Second Lesson: Spencer Ervin

Prayers: Ann Benson

Chalice: Rita Redfield

Acolyte: (8:00) Jayne; (10:00) Rita Redfield

Altar Guild: Margot Haertel

Vestry Member in charge: Bunny Watts

 

Thursday Holy Eucharist at 12:30 pm
June 26 – Cyril of Alexandria

The Rev. Tim Fleck

 

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Office Hours:

8:30-2:30, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

Michele Daley, Parish Administrator

Fr. Timothy Fleck will be at St. John’s (244-3229) on Tuesdays and Thursdays

and at St. Saviour’s (288-4215) on Mondays and Wednesdays

He can be reached at 812-8362 (cell) or tim@mdi-episcopal.org 

Sr. Warden, Bunny Watts (244-3699); Jr. Warden, Rita Redfield (244-4025)

The Rev. Vesta Kowalski and The Rev. Jenny Reece, Affiliate Clergy

 

        

 

 

St. John:

Calendar:

Monday, June 23, 5:00 p.m. – St. John Singers

Wednesday, June 25, 10:00 a.m. – Wednesday Explorers

Fridays, 1:00-3:00 p.m. – Mahjong (come learn and play)

 

Wednesday Explorers –10:00 to 11:30 in the St. John’s Common Room, facilitated by Vesta Kowalski. A different topic each week; anyone is welcome to come once, occasionally, or regularly. Bring your friends. Upcoming topics:

June 25 – Looking forward – then and now. The early Christians faced a number of issues as they discovered they needed to move into the future without Jesus’ physical presence. Creating a “church” was the result, not the goal. We’ll talk about the issues the early Christians faced, and whether their answers can help us address the issues we face as a church in a changing world.

July 2 – S/he said what? A monthly first-Wednesday open forum to discuss ideas from recent or past sermons that you found intriguing, irritating, inspiring, provocative, puzzling, peculiar . . . anything that made you want to talk back to the preacher.

 

The Farmer’s Market will be in the St. John’s parking lot starting this Friday, June 20^th from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

 

St. Saviour:

Taizé: An ecumenical prayer service on Friday, June 20, 6:00 p.m. Simple, yet profound. Experience the spirituality and the meditative songs of the Taizé community of France, an interdenominational and ecumenical monastic order known around the world for its message of trust, peace and reconciliation.

Candlelight • Scripture • Silence • Song • Prayer

 

Tag Sale on Saturday, June 21 from 9 am until 12 noon in the back parking lot adjacent to the old parish house.

 

Living in the Prayer Book Tradition in the 21^st Century. A conversation facilitated by the Rev. Dr. Jenny Reece. There will be two meeting times:  Fridays at noon: June 20, 27, and July 18 & 25; Sundays at 8:30 a.m.: June 22, July 13 & 27, August 10 & 24.  Each meeting will last one hour and include a brief devotional on Sunday's Psalm. You do not have to commit to the whole series. Come when you can. Copies of the BCP will always be on hand. Other materials will be distributed, such as the New Yorker article mentioned above (“God Talk: The Book of Common Prayer at three hundred and fifty,” October 22, 2012). Please don't hesitate to call or email if you have questions or just want to chat. Telephone: 952-2363 email: revdrjmr@gmail.com

 

The Island wide Episcopal Haitian Art Show will happen in the parking lot of St. Saviour's Parish, Saturday, August 2^nd from 9 am to 4 pm. All four parishes are encouraged to participate. With God's help, could your parish provide:

1.    Helpers before, during and after the show

2.    Drinking water to sell to visitors

3.    Pop-up tents to set up for the art

Contact person this year is Diane Phipps, 207-664-3204 or dphipps65@gmail.com

 

Church of Our Father:

The Waste Not Want Not Thrift Shop is looking for clean and gently used children’s and baby clothes.  The ECW ladies also welcome helping hands to sort, fold, and hang the donations which are arriving every day.  Come by Thursdays at 10 am to lend a hand!

 

 

Community Events

 

Downeast Spiritual Life Conference with John Philip Newell, July 11-12, The Spirit, the Earth and the Human Soul at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Call 207-374-5200 or go to http://downeastspiritual.org or to register.

 

Classical Education: You may remember Aaron Hanson’s adult forum this spring on Classical Education and the new Mirus Academy opening this fall in Town Hill.  Mike McKenna will be speaking on the subject of Classical Education at the Seacoast Mission in Bar Harbor on Saturday July 12th from 6:30 to 8:30, with desserts and coffee beforehand.  Mr. McKenna has more than 10 years of experience in Classical Education and is the current Headmaster at Rockbridge Academy in Rockbridge, Maryland.  He will be speaking on the historical roots of Classical Education, an explanation of its method as well as how it challenges and develops the mind.

 

 

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Keep in your prayers this week: Lance Funderburk, Emily Frazier, Bruce Blake, Trisha Roy, Shelley Hoover Payne, Terry Musson, Molly Lyman, Angelina Sharpe, James Stanton, Wayne Buchanan, Dorothy Smith, Bob Theriault, Norman Shaw, Ron Martin, Joseph and Kimberly Pratt family, Ruth and Bob Zachary, Gary Dunlap, Kay and Bill Barney, Lydia Thayer, George Swanson, Jennie Cline and Sharon Dayana Salazar, our sponsored child in Costa Rica.

 

 

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Events & News from St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

June 11, 2014

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

 

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Trinity Sunday

8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by the Lake, Seal Cove

10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. John the Divine, Southwest Harbor

Hymns:

Holy, Holy, Holy (362); Many and great, O God, are they works (385);

All things bright and beautiful (405); Immortal, invisible (423)

Scripture:

Psalm 8; Genesis 1:1-2:4a; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20

Participants

Celebrant: The Rev. Vesta Kowalski

Usher: Sandy Watts

First Lesson/Psalm: Ann Cox Halkett  

Second Lesson: Jayne Ashworth

Prayers: Patsy Fogarty

Chalice: Bob Theriault

Acolyte: (8:00) Rita Redfield; (10:00) Elaine Theriault

Altar Guild: Joan Bromage

Flowers: Susan Buell

Vestry Member in charge: Doris Walton

 

Thursday Holy Eucharist at 12:30 pm
June 19 – St. Alban

The Rev. Tim Fleck

 

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Office Hours:

8:30-2:30, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

Michele Daley, Parish Administrator

Fr. Timothy Fleck will be at St. John’s (244-3229) on Tuesdays and Thursdays

and at St. Saviour’s (288-4215) on Mondays and Wednesdays

He can be reached at 812-8362 (cell) or tim@mdi-episcopal.org 

Sr. Warden, Bunny Watts (244-3699); Jr. Warden, Rita Redfield (244-4025)

The Rev. Vesta Kowalski and The Rev. Jenny Reece, Affiliate Clergy

 

 

        

 

 

St. John:

Calendar:

Monday, June 23, 5:00 p.m. – St. John Singers

Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 p.m. - Recital

Wednesday, June 18, 10:00 a.m. – Wednesday Explorers

Fridays, 1:00-3:00 p.m. – Mahjong (come learn and play)

 

Recital: Tuesday, June 17^th at 7:00pm. The Westside Food Pantry Recital Series continues with organist and violist Permelia Sears, organist and piano, David Sears and violinist, Rebecca Sears performing works by Buxtehude, Pachebel, Albrectsberger, Massenet, and others. Suggested donation is $15. ALL PROCEEDS go to our food pantry.  A reception will follow catered by "Tasteful Tides" of NEH. Questions??--Susan Buell, 669-5482 

 

Wednesday Explorers – 10:00 to 11:30 in the St. John’s Common Room, facilitated by Vesta Kowalski. There’s a different topic each week, so anyone is welcome to come once, occasionally, or regularly. Bring your friends. Upcoming topics:

June 18 – Where do sermons come from? We’ll talk about how preachers generate ideas for sermon themes from the weekly lectionary, and try our hands at developing our own ideas for sermons from lessons scheduled for the next several weeks.

June 25 – Looking forward – then and now. The early Christians faced a number of issues as they discovered they needed to move into the future without Jesus’ physical presence. Creating a “church” was the result, not the goal. We’ll talk about the issues the early Christians faced, and whether their answers can help us address the issues we face as a church in a changing world

 

St. John’s Annual Yard Sale is THIS WEEKEND!

This year the yard sale will be held at St. Andrew’s by the Lake, 1358 Tremont Road, Seal Cove, Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, 8:00-3:00. If you would like to assist on the days of the sale, please call Barbara Campbell (244-9087) or Bunny Watts (244-3699).

 

The Farmer’s Market will be in the St. John’s parking lot starting Friday, June 20^th from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

 

St. Saviour:

Tag Sale on Saturday, June 21 from 9 am until 12 noon in the back parking lot adjacent to the old parish house.

 

Community Events

 

Job opening - Serendipity and the Bar Harbor Food Pantry are seeking an assistant to the Executive Director. The successful candidate should have experience managing a small staff, good communication skills, and some background in clothing retail. Strong organizational skills are essential. Position is 20 hours per week, pay negotiable depending on experience.

Please send a letter of interest and work history to Kate Sebelin at PO Box 434, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 or email bhpantry@gmail.com.

 

Downeast Spiritual Life Conference with John Philip Newell, July 11-12, The Spirit, the Earth and the Human Soul at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Call 207-374-5200 or go to http://downeastspiritual.org or to register.

 

 

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Keep in your prayers this week: Bill Fleming, Lance Funderburk, Emily Frazier, Bruce Blake, Trisha Roy, Shelley Hoover Payne, Terry Musson, Jean Rohrer, Molly Lyman, Angelina Sharpe, James Stanton, Wayne Buchanan, Dorothy Smith, Bob Theriault, Norman Shaw, Ron Martin, Joseph and Kimberly Pratt family, Ruth and Bob Zachary, Gary Dunlap, Kay and Bill Barney, Lydia Thayer, George Swanson, Jennie Cline and Sharon Dayana Salazar, our sponsored child in Costa Rica.

 

 

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