Worship Schedule St. John the Divine 315 Main Street, Southwest Harbor
244-3229
November 29, Advent 1
St. Saviour's Parish
The Rev. Tom Mousin
8:00 a.m.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fGpm4_aFoi0mNvMiXhSwg
Links to other churches:
Cathedral of St. Luke is https://zoom.us/j/6894391895
(website is stlukesportland.org for info)
National Cathedral in Washington DC is https://cathedral.org/worship/service-archive/
(website is cathedral.org)
St. John the Divine's sanctuary is open for meditation.
Please sign in and wear a mask.
If you need help or need to talk with someone, please call
Gen MacKenzie, 244-7313
Ted Fletcher, 266-8415 | |
Stewardship Stewardship 2021
The Reverend Steve Muncie will be blessing the 2021 stewardship pledges for the four MDI Episcopal Churches on December 6, 2020. Could you please return your pledge cards by December 1, 2020. Thank you to the members who have made their pledges and thank you all for your continued support during this challenging year!
A Blessed Thanksgiving!
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Thanksgiving Prayer "For having been born in freedom;
for having lived under a republican form of government
in a part of the world where justice, opportunity and good will prevail
and where the people enjoy the highest degree of civilization thus far attained;
for peace;
for health;
for homes with comforts unexcelled elsewhere in the world;
for family ties;
for the happiness which comes from the loves we bear each other;
for our hopes;
for friendships;
for our work and our play;
for the multitude of our blessings: -
our lives, day by day, must ever be the best expression of our appreciation
and our thankfulness to our heavenly Father
by and through Whom all these things are.
On this Thanksgiving Day, it is fitting that we should reflect upon the obligations which our blessings impose upon us and should strongly resolve to lead lives of high endeavor and noble purpose, to the end that as our ancestors through good character, persistent effort and self sacrifice transmitted cherished inheritances to us, so we in turn may transmit them to our descendants, not simply unsullied and undiminished, but with something added of merit and honor."
These words were prepared and spoken by Glover Crocker, Senior, at the family Thanksgiving dinner at 319 Commonwealth Avenue, all standing around the table before dinner.
Margaret Crocker Wight
Thanksgiving Day
1913
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St. John's Calendar The full St. John's Calendar can be viewed <HERE>. | |
At St. John's
Keep in your prayers this week: Scott Hatcher, Geoff Schuller, Bill Krueger, Doris McCorison, Gail Leland, Jeremy Harkins, Michael Shook, Joyce and Jim Risser, Loretta Schmidt, Theresa Mitchell, David Douglass, Richard K. McMullan, Fred & Dollis Sprague, Sara Winchenbach, Ray & Susan McDonald, Richard Ramsdell, Beth Pfeiffer, Dorothy & Jim Clunan, Bill and Barbara Loveland.
Remember to check out our website for MUSIC: www.saintsmdi.org Thanks to Stephen Sampson, Jayne Ashworth and Michael Shook, you may enjoy some piano music on the St. Andrew & St. John website. On the menu on the left-hand side of the home page there is now a link titled 'Music,' and clicking on that link brings you to recordings of piano pieces by Stephen Sampson.
Westside Food Pantry The next distribution will be Sunday, December 6 from 12:00-2:00 at St. John's.
We invite you to visit the new page for the Westside Food Pantry! On this facebook page you will find periodic announcements and information about the Westside Food Pantry. Please visit the page and like it. You can find it at:
https://www.facebook.com/WestsideFoodPantry/ | |
Raising our Voices on Race and Racism
Two Part Lecture Series and Community Discussion
sponsored by the University of Maine
PART II: Monday, November 30th from 4-5 pm
Virtual via Zoom, Free and Open to the Public
REGISTER AT: https://forms.gle/QkZobyEPXYRatYBw7
Part II: Confronting Racism: Historical Reckonings and Contemporary Reforms (Monday, November 30th, 4-5 pm)
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Underpinning European Colonization
John Dieffenbacher-Krall, Committee on Indian Relations, Episcopal Diocese of Maine
The Penobscot Nation, Territorial Takings, and the State of Maine
Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology & Chair of Native American Programs Chelsea Fairbank,
PhD candidate in Anthropology & Environmental Policy
Racism and the Environment: Learning from Local Efforts for Institutional Change and Environmental Justice
Dr. Bridie McGreavy, Associate Professor of Environmental Communication
Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology & Chair of Native America
Nolan Altvater, McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow
Raising our Voices on Race and Racism series is supported by Native
American Programs, The McGillicuddy Humanities Center, The School of Social Work and the Departments of Anthropology, Philosophy, Communications and Journalism, and Political Science. For additional information, contact cynthia.isenhour@maine.edu.
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From the Diocese of Maine As a Parish of the Diocese of Maine, we are part of a church family that extends from Kittery to Fort Kent, and connects us to the rest of the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion. We share ministry with our Bishop and with every worshiping community. If you are not subscribed to the Diocesan twice monthly email newsletter, the DioLog, please click [here] to subscribe. If you are subscribed, don't forget to open it and read it every time! There is a lot going on in every corner of the Diocese, and you wouldn't want to miss anything. Remarks by The Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown,
Bishop of Maine November 2, 2020
My dear siblings in Christ -
Let me begin by sharing how proud I am of you, the leaders of our faith communities from across the state. You are doing everything you can to balance the spiritual needs of your church alongside the priority of slowing the spread of the virus in your community.
The situation with this virus is ever-evolving and we continue to follow the guidance of our public health and government officials. What they are saying, especially within this past week, is cause for concern. As I record this, we are seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases here in Maine and elsewhere across the country.
As Dr. Shah and Governor Mills mentioned last week:
● We now have transmission in every part of the state and the infection rate is high and climbing each day
● The virus is affecting all of us, everywhere in the state, in every age group, in every county, in every walk of life.
● And the trends are significant and concerning
● We are facing the possibility of exponential growth in infection rates, a worst case scenario that is happening in other states and could happen to us here in Maine
● According to health officials, much of the rise continues to be driven by small, indoor gatherings.
I say to you, there are risks here that we cannot ignore. We in the Episcopal Diocese of
Maine are called to do whatever we can to slow the spread of this virus.
Whereas in the past we have taken a regionalized, one size does not fit all approach to regathering, widespread community transmission statewide changes things.
I am asking you now to move to online-only, or broadcast-only, worship. | |
MDI+ Episcopal Churches: Confidential Prayer Chain: Unlike our published prayer lists, prayer requests that come into the Prayer Chain remain private to the prayer chain itself, which will pray devotedly for one week unless an updated request is made. If you'd like to know more about this or our Pastoral Care Team, please contact our office administrators. St. Mary and St. Jude The Rev. Stephen Muncie is conducting a Zoom Bible Study on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. He is using the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation of the Bible but you may use any translation you have on hand. For direct dial or URL information for this meeting, click here. Church of Our Father Music and Chatter: On each Wednesday at 5:30 pm there is a 30 minute program entitled "Music & Chatter". The idea is to keep us all involved and up to date. It can be seen on the MDI Episcopal You Tube channel. Click on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fGpm4_aFoi0mNvMiXhSwg. | |
Community:
6) Lincoln Millstein has put together a Quietside newsletter -- very interesting: theqsjournal.com
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