Weekly news from St. Andrew & St. John Church

JULY 29, 2008

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

 Sunday Services: During the summer, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m. at St. Andrew by-the-Lake in Seal Cove and 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Divine in Southwest Harbor.

Lectionary readings for August 3^rd: Psalm 17:1-7, 16; Genesis 32:22-31; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21.

Weekday Morning Eucharist: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor.

Wednesday, August 6, Transfiguration Day – St. John and St. Saviour parishioners will join together for an 8:00 a.m. Eucharist on Beech Cliff, a short walk up from Beech Mountain parking lot where we will gather at 7:45 a.m.  Car pool if possible.  Call Joan Bromage at 244-3227 with any questions.

Northeast Harbor Fire: A structure fire and resulting explosion in the local village of Northeast Harbor has destroyed three buildings on Main Street: Colonel's Bakery, Wingspread Gallery, and the Joy Building. Several young people from Europe were living above one of the buildings and have lost ALL their belongings. If you would like to help, please bring toiletries (soap, shampoo, razors, lotion, tooth brushes/paste, etc.); towels; sandals; phone cards to St. John’s Church (back pew). Checks can be made out to “Northeast Harbor Fire Relief Fund” and taken to any of The First’s branches.

The Return of Love Letters -- Chloe Hatcher and Phil Fox will delight us once again on Wednesday, July 30, 7:00 p.m., at St. John Episcopal Church!  Bring your families, house guests, neighbors.  Tickets ($15) will be available at the door.  Love Letters is a play by A. R. Gurney which centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner (Chloe) and Andrew Makepiece Ladd III (Phil). Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the correspondence - in which they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats - that has passed between them throughout their separated lives. It is only at the sad ending that they realize they were really love letters all along.

Farmer’s Market: open each Friday from 9:00-1:00 in St. John’s parking lot.

Island Connections is badly in need of gas cards or donations earmarked to purchase them. Please send your check, payable to Island Connections, or cards you have purchased, directly to them at 15 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.

No Frills Oil is offering all St. Andrew & St. John parishioners the opportunity to contract their oil price for next heating season at 8¢ off the going price the day you call them at 422-3581 to make pre-buy arrangements. You need to tell them you are a parishioner at St. Andrew & St. John’s to take advantage of this opportunity. They will also explain the other programs available to everyone.

Summer Food & Fun(d)raising: Peggy Engel (Thanks!) will chair a Soup & Sandwich luncheon on Saturday, August 16, in conjunction with the Island Arts Association Craft Fair on Pemetic Green.  Please call Peggy at 244-5114 if you can help her--make soup, setup, make sandwiches, etc. This will be another great time to welcome people to our church!

Public Meeting on Maine's "Supermax" Prison: Lance Tapley, who is a Bar Harbor native, will be giving a talk titled "Torture in Maine's and the Nation's Super Max Prisons" at St John’s Church on Friday, August 8th at 7:00pm.  The talk, which will be followed by time for questions and discussion, is free and open to the public. Currently a resident of Augusta, Lance Tapley is an award winning investigative and political journalist. George Swanson and Susan Buell have organized the presentation.

Celebration of the restoration of St. Mary’s by-the-Sea: August 14 at 6:00 p.m. – Concert of vocal and instrumental music, featuring guest musicians from MDI; August 17 at 10:00 a.m. – service; August 14-17 (11:00-4:00) – Festival of Flowers.

Summer Tea and Sing-alongs for all island seniors & disabled: The first Tea will be held at the Ullikana B&B in Bar Harbor on Wednesday, August 6^th at 2pm (rain date -Thursday August 7^th).  The Ullikana is located directly behind the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. Please bring your summer guests and join us as we enjoy homemade cookies and teas while we sing our favorite songs of old. The second Tea will be held at the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor on Wednesday, August 13^th at 2pm.  We will be joining in the Clark Point Room for this Tea and Kaveh Haghkerdar will be entertaining us on his magical keyboard.  The Clark Point Room is located in the building on the right as you enter the Claremont Hotel property. Please call Island Connections at 288-4457 if you would like to join these fun events.

 

Vacation Bible School at St John’s Episcopal Church: August 11-15. Begins at 9:00 a.m., with opening, song & prayer….closing begins at noon, all dismissed by 12:15. Extended Day: afternoon field trips also available…by arrangement, with parent permission. All activities are FREE of charge – for everyone (Thanks to our volunteers and generous sponsors). ALL are Welcome!!! All children pre-school up to teens–and adults, also.

Church office hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday – 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

 

 

 

Weekly Update from St. Andrew & St. John Church

JULY 24, 2008

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

Sunday Services: During the summer, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m. at St. Andrew by-the-Lake in Seal Cove and 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Divine in Southwest Harbor.

Lectionary readings for July 27^th: Psalm 105:1-11, 45b; Genesis 29:15-28; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.

Weekday Morning Eucharist: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor.

Farmer’s Market: open each Friday from 9:00-1:00 in St. John’s parking lot.

Please come to an IMPORTANT PARISH MEETING, this SUNDAY, JULY 27, at St. John’s after the 10:00 a.m. service.  Brett Donham, our consulting architect, will present several options for expansion/improvement of our facilities.  There will be plenty of time for questions, comments and conversation. Sandwich lunch afterwards.

Island Connections is badly in need of gas cards or donations earmarked to purchase them. Please send your check, payable to Island Connections, or cards you have purchased, directly to them at 15 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.

No Frills Oil is offering all St. Andrew & St. John parishioners the opportunity to contract their oil price for next heating season at 8¢ off the going price the day you call them at 422-3581 to make pre-buy arrangements. You need to tell them you are a parishioner at St. Andrew & St. John’s to take advantage of this opportunity. They will also explain the other programs available to everyone.

The Return of Love Letters -- Chloe Hatcher and Phil Fox will delight us once again on Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m., at St. John!  Bring your families, house guests, neighbors.  Tickets ($15.) are on sale in the church office—This will be a terrific fund raiser if we all spread the word!  Love Letters is a play by A. R. Gurney which centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner (Chloe) and Andrew Makepiece Ladd III (Phil). Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the correspondence - in which they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats - that has passed between them throughout their separated lives. It is only at the sad ending that they realize they were really love letters all along.

Summer Food & Fun(d)raising: Peggy Engel (Thanks!) will chair a Soup & Sandwich luncheon on Saturday, August 16, in conjunction with the Island Arts Association Craft Fair on Pemetic Green.  Please call Peggy at 244-5114 if you can help her--make soup, setup, make sandwiches, etc. This will be another great time to welcome people to our church!

Public Meeting on Maine's "Supermax" Prison: Lance Tapley, who is a Bar Harbor native, will be giving a talk titled "Torture in Maine's and the Nation's Super Max Prisons" at St John’s Church on Friday, August 8th at 7:00pm.  The talk, which will be followed by time for questions and discussion, is free and open to the public. Currently a resident of Augusta, Lance Tapley is an award winning investigative and political journalist. George Swanson and Susan Buell have organized the presentation.

Pre-Emergency Heating Assistance Planning Meeting: Thursday, July 24, 10:00 a.m. at Ellsworth City Hall Council Chambers, sponsored by Washington Hancock Community Agency. In response to the rising cost of heating fuel and the increasing number of families who will need assistance this winter, many community groups and social service agencies will be inundated with calls for help. Churches, food pantries, homeless shelters, other non-profits, community groups, elected officials, and businesses need to discuss strategies to help people stay warm this coming winter. Agenda for the meeting will include: a review of the scope of the problem; identify resources available in Hancock County; come up with ideas to address the needs; how to network and collaborate to better help families; and plan for those in crisis situations. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Celebration of the restoration of St. Mary’s by-the-Sea: August 14 at 6:00 p.m. – Concert of vocal and instrumental music, featuring guest musicians from MDI; August 17 at 10:00 a.m. – service; August 14-17 (11:00-4:00) – Festival of Flowers.

Church office hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday – 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

 

 

 

Mount Desert Organ Festival August 20 - August 22nd

Saint Andrew & Saint John Episcopal Church Southwest Harbor (and Greta - our 1885 Hook & Hasting Tracker Organ) will be privileged to host the first two sessions of a Mount Desert Organ Festival.

Wednesday evening, the 20^th, at 7p.m, Kevin Birch, Director of Music at St. John's Catholic Church in Bangor will present an illustrated lecture on "Hook Organs in the State of Maine", followed by a short recital on Greta, our fabulous Hook organ.

Thursday evening, the 21^st, again at 7 p.m., Douglas Beck, Organist-Choirmaster, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Old Town, Alexandria, VA returns to St. John for a full recital. Works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Pietro A. Yon, Jean Langlais, Ned Rorem, Denis Bèdard & Joel Martinson will be featured.

Friday 12:15, the 22^nd, the festival will conclude at St. Saviour's Parish, in Bar Harbor, with Music Director Julia Morris-Myers performing on their Visser-Rowland organ. This will be the fourth, and concluding recital of St. Saviour’s August Friday noon recital series.

St. John's is located at 315 Main St, SWH - 244-3229 – www.saintsmdi.org

weekly e-mail from St. Andrew & St. John Church

JULY 7, 2008

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

Sunday Services: During the summer, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m. at St. Andrew by-the-Lake in Seal Cove and 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Divine in Southwest Harbor.

Lectionary readings for July 13^th: Psalm 119:105-112; Genesis 25:19-34; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.

Weekday Morning Eucharist: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor.

Vestry: Thursday, July 17^th at 6:00 p.m.

Farmer’s Market: open each Friday from 9:00-1:00 in St. John’s parking lot.

Please come to an IMPORTANT PARISH MEETING, on SUNDAY, JULY 27 at St. John after the 10 a.m. service. Brett Donham, our consulting architect, will present several options for expansion/improvement of our facilities. There will be plenty of time for questions, comments and conversation. Sandwich lunch afterwards -- details to follow soon.

Island Connections is badly in need of gas cards or donations earmarked to purchase them. Please send your check, payable to Island Connections, or cards you have purchased, directly to them at 15 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.

No Frills Oil is offering all St. Andrew & St. John parishioners the opportunity to contract their oil price for next heating season at 8¢ off the going price the day you call them at 422-3581 to make pre-buy arrangements. You need to tell them you are a parishioner at St. Andrew & St. John’s to take advantage of this opportunity. They will also explain the other programs available to everyone.

Church of Our Father is planning a Mission trip to do rebuilding in the Gulf area for Katrina relief during the first 3 weeks of November. The group will go to Camp Coast Care, a joint Episcopal-Lutheran endeavor just outside Gulfport, MS. Please call Brad Berry at 667-5087 or e-mail him at bayberry2@midmaine.com if you are interested or would like more information. You do not have to commit to the entire 3 weeks.

The Return of Love Letters -- Chloe Hatcher and Phil Fox will delight us once again on Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m., at St. John! Bring your families, house guests, neighbors. Tickets ($15/person) will be on sale in church office, on Sundays, and at Quietside Fair.

Summer Food & Fun(d)raising: We are planning at least one event in August. -- Peggy Engel (Thanks!) will chair a Soup & Sandwich luncheon on Saturday, August 16, in conjunction with the Island Arts Association Craft Fair on Pemetic Green. Please call Peggy at 244-5114) if you can help her--make soup, setup, make sandwiches, etc.
The previous Saturday, August 9, the second of the Art Shows will be on the Green--who'd like to coordinate a luncheon on that day?? Give Joan a call, 244-3227.
These will be great times to welcome people to St. John's...!

Sabbatical stories: A Journey Out, A Journey In, Thursday evening, July 10^th, 7:00 – 8:30 at The Parish Hall of St. Saviour’s Parish, 41 Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor. Jonathan and Ruth Appleyard will recount stories, slides, music and objects collected from their recent sabbatical that took them from Bar Harbor for four months to the islands of Kauai and Molokai, to lands of Italy and India, and finally to the coast of Rhode Island. They will invite participants to reflect on their own sense of place and belonging as pathways to appreciate one another’s experience. Refreshments will be served. Please call 288-4215 for further information.

Upcoming Memorial Services: Saturday, July 12^th – 1:00 p.m. at St. Andrew-By-the Lake for Mary Lucas; 4:00 p.m. at St. John the Divine for Wally Klausky; and Sunday, July 13^th – 2:00 p.m. at Fernald’s for Jack Wellington.

Quietside Festival: Saturday, July 19^th. Sign up on the sheets in the undercroft to help at the various booths. Take your “treasures” to Priscilla Trafton’s so they can be priced. Bring your “baskets” and Silent Auction items to the church office this week if possible.

Click here for the current list of auction items.

The next Universal Waste Collection day is Saturday July 12, 2008 from 9:00 am to 1:00pm at the Southwest Harbor Transfer Station, 47 Long Pond Road, Southwest Harbor. Computers, batteries, ballasts and mercury containing devices will be collected for a fee. Any residents that are interested should call EMR at 244-9033 for more detailed information.

Church office hours this week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:30 to 2:30. Next week Michele will be on vacation, so please call the office (244-3229) before stopping by to make sure it is open.

Click here for the June/July Net Tender.

Updated 2008 Quietside Auction List

SILENT AUCTION 2008

(Updated Saturday 12 July)

And check out photographs of many of the objects and businesses represented in the auction: thumbnails | slideshow | details

#	ITEM
1	1995 Ford Ranger pickup Value $1200
2	Pearl Harbor Memorabilia Value $88
3	Acadia Fuel 50 gallons fuel oil Value $ 225
4	Pioneer Print Shop $50 gift certificate
5	Galyn’s $50 gift certificate
6	Westside Florist $20 gift certificate
7	Brandon & Laura’s Café breakfast or lunch for two Value $20
8	Morrison Chevrolet $200 service certificate
9	Antique Chair embroidered by Susannah Jones Value $ _____
10	Cruise/lunch on Rod Lucas’s Adequate1948 Beal & Bunker 30’ lobster boat - value $ ____
11	4-5 hour sail on Constance from Bartlett’s Narrows via Bass Harbor Light to Somes Harbor Value $ ____
12	Acadia Repertory Theatre 4 tickets Value $88
13	Café This Way $50 gift certificate
14	Carroll Drug Store $25 gift certificate
15	The Burning Tree $25 gift certificate
16	Stanley Subaru 2-$100 gift certificates Value $200
17	A-Cappella.com $50 gift certificates
18	Darling’s VW-Audi-Ford $65 gift certificate 1 oil change
19	Aquaterra Adventures Kayaking 2 gift certificates @ $35-$70
20	Top of the Hill Restaurant $40 gift certificate – Dinner for 2
21	Café Drydock & Inn $50 gift certificate
22	Nationwide Instructional Gift Certificate for 1 hour computer repair service at home or office. Value $ ______
23	Restored 1960 Antique National Riding Lawn Mower Value $150
24	Peppermint Stick Ice Cream 2 certificates each for 2 Quarts handmade by Anne Wetzel Value $ ______
25	Southwest Cycle $25 gift certificate
26	The Bar Harbor Times 12 month in-state subscription Value $ 37
27	Therapeutic Massage Session – Karel Weissberg 60 minute (anytime except July and August) Value $ _____
28	National Park Canoe Rental 2 half day canoe, kayak or tandem kayak rentals for 2 ($35 each) Value $140
29	Signed Lithograph – Grant Dolge (16 x 19 ) Lobsterman’s Cove Value $60
30	Signed Photo – Anne Wetzel (14 x 17) Yellow Lady Slippers Value $ _____
31	Signed Photo – Ed Elvidge (24 x 17) Sand Beach Value $80
32	Signed Print – Consuelo Hanks (20 x 16) Sea Shanty Value $18
33	Needlepoint (unsigned) Octagonal frame Value $ _____
34	Acadia Shops Rolling pin Recipe Card Holder Value $11
35	Acadia Shops Glass Cheese Board & Server Value $19.50
36	McKinley Market 2 Gift certificates each for 2 Fried Seafood Dinners Value $ _____
37	Northeast Harbor Golf Club Four greens fess with two carts After Labor Day Value $276
38	Causeway Golf 2 certificates for two rounds of golf Value $ _____
39	Victoria McDonald 1 herb dish garden Value $35
40	Mane Point 1 standard size blanket with embroidery Value $68
41	Acadia Air Tours 1 Acadia Tour for 2 in biplane Value $225
42	The Deck House 2 gift certificates for $25 each Value $50
43	The Tan Turtle $25 Gift certificate
44	Sargasso Aveda replenishing, moisturizer & calming body cleanser Value $38
45	Riverside Café $50 gift certificate
46	Seacoast Fun Park 4 $25 Max Pack gift cards Value $100
47	Striking Gold 1 sterling silver dove necklace Value $180
48	Islandscaping Garden Ctr $25 Gift Certificate
49	MD Islander One-year subscription, cup, tote bag, clamp Value $
50	Hamilton Marine 2 inflatable fenders Value $18
51	Wrought Iron Lamp Fred Young Value $ _____
52	Brass Fireplace Set Value $ _____
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weekly update from St. Andrew & St. John

JULY 1, 2008

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

 

Sunday Services: During the summer, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m. at St. Andrew by-the-Lake in Seal Cove and 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Divine in Southwest Harbor.

Lectionary readings for July 6^th: Psalm 45:11-18; Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30.

Weekday Morning Eucharist: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor.

Farmer’s Market: open each Friday from 9:00-1:00 in St. John’s parking lot.

Island Connections is badly in need of gas cards or donations earmarked to purchase them. Please send your check, payable to Island Connections, or cards you have purchased, directly to them at 15 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.

No Frills Oil is offering all St. Andrew & St. John parishioners the opportunity to contract their oil price for next heating season at 8¢ off the going price the day you call them at 422-3581 to make pre-buy arrangements. You need to tell them you are a parishioner at St. Andrew & St. John’s to take advantage of this opportunity. They will also explain the other programs available to everyone.

Church of Our Father is planning a Mission trip to do rebuilding in the Gulf area for Katrina relief during the first 3 weeks of November.  The group will go to Camp Coast Care, a joint Episcopal-Lutheran endeavor just outside Gulfport, MS.  Please call Brad Berry at 667-5087 or e-mail him at bayberry2@midmaine.com if you are interested or would like more information. You do not have to commit to the entire 3 weeks.

Summer Food/Fundraising Events Update

After talking with Becky Alley, the baker at the Farmers' Market, we've decided not to compete with her by selling pies on Fridays. So please buy a pie from Becky! So....we are planning at least one chowder/other lunch event in August, Peggy Engel (Thanks!) has great ideas for a Soup & Sandwich luncheon on Saturday, August 16, in conjunction with the Island Arts Association Craft Fair on Pemetic Green.  Please call Peggy at 244-5114) if you can help her. The previous Saturday, August 9, the second Art Show will be on the Green--who'd like to coordinate a luncheon on that day??  Give Joan a call, 244-3227.

These will be great times to welcome people to St. John's...!

 

Upcoming Memorial Services: Saturday, July 12^th – 1:00 p.m. at St. Andrew-By-the Lake for Mary Lucas; 4:00 p.m. at St. John the Divine for Wally Klausky; and Sunday, July 13^th – 2:00 p.m. at Fernald’s for Jack Wellington.

Quietside Festival: Saturday, July 19^th. Sign up on the sheets in the undercroft to help at the various booths. Take your “treasures” to Priscilla Trafton’s so they can be priced. Bring your “baskets” and Silent Auction items to the church office.

Church office hours this week: Monday, Tuesday and Saturday from 8:30 to 2:30.