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

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

 EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

August 25, 2011

 

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Pentecost 11, Sunday, August 28

8:00 – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by-the-Lake

Scripture:

Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c; Exodus 3:1-15; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28

Celebrant: The Rt. Rev. Frank T. Griswold

Acolyte: Spencer Ervin

Altar Guild: Margot Haertel

 

10:00 a.m. – JOINT service at St. Saviour’s

Second Lesson: Ted Fletcher

Chalice: Neela Zinsser

 

Thursdays

12:30 – Holy Eucharist

 

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The church office will be open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 2:30. If you have questions or need assistance at other times, please call Ted Fletcher (244-3115) or Ann Cox Halkett (288-5832).

 

 

MDI Episcopal Church Events

 

St. John’s:  

A discussion on Episcopal Practice: Liturgy, Spirituality, and Theology will be held on Thursdays following the 12:30 Eucharist service. Bring a bag lunch, along with your

curiosity, questions, and concerns. What is alive in you? Jonathan Appleyard leads this discussion each Thursday through October 6^th. All are welcome.

St. John Singers: Meet the 2^nd and 4^th Monday from 5:00-6:00 to practice hymns for the upcoming services.

Congratulations to Ron and Evelyn Rowland who will be celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary on August 26^th.

 

St. Saviour’s:

Cool Potluck: September 16^th at 6pm St. Saviour’s invites the wider community to a film screening of the 16 minute film “Nourish” and a panel discussion by local farmers. If you can, go to the local farmers market, make a dish with local, organic, or seasonal foods, bring a friend or two and join us for a community celebration making the food, faith and climate change connection. It promises to be fun, delicious and educational.

Final Friday Organ Concert from 12:15-1:00 pm. on August 26:  Douglas Beck, Organist and Choirmaster, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bangor.  Mr. Beck will be performing music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and himself.

Church of Our Father:

Book on Genesis: Our summer intern, Holly Craighead, will present a program on the Book of Genesis. Holly will offer a morning (9 am) and evening (6:30 pm) option.  Bring the Bible you use for your personal study and devotions.

International Get-Together, Friday, August 26, 6:30 to 9 pm at the Hulls Cove Schoolhouse. This evening of food, fellowship, and music will be a send-off and thank-you to departing international summer employees, and a welcome to the incoming college students from other countries. Hosted by Church of Our Father and other area churches; the Bar Harbor Food Pantry; College of the Atlantic; and the MDI YWCA. Parking is available at Church of Our Father. For more information call Wendy Copson-Higgins, 460-7446.

 

St. Mary’s and St. Jude’s:

FREE Ice Cream Socials in front of the Firehouse in NEH every Thursday through the summer from 4-5 pm. Donations are welcome to help support the Food Pantries on MDI. Ice Cream and cones are generously donated by The Docksider. Please stop by and thank them!

 

JOINT PROJECT:

Haiti Art Festival: On Saturday, August 27, the MDI Episcopal Churches will host a Haitian Art Festival in Northeast Harbor. The Festival will benefit St. Vincent’s School for the Handicapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This school was totally demolished in the earthquake and there is a national church effort to rebuild the entire Cathedral complex (which includes the school and seminary).

 

The Northeast Guild for Spiritual Formation is hosting a Weekend Retreat on Poetry, Prayer, and Spiritual Practice with Kathleen Henderson Staudt, Ph.D. The retreat will be held at St Andrew by the Lake Episcopal Church, Seal Cove, on Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27.  Dr. Staudt works as a teacher, poet and spiritual director at several institution s in the Washington, D.C. area, and she has offered retreats and workshops at the Washington National Cathedral.  Her poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in a number of journals, and she is the author of two books of poems.  For more information contact Eric Erickson at 244-5168.

 

August 26^th Musical Evening: Guest musicians will be the Balkan singers group "Trio Elitsa" who will provide a program of Balkan folk music and teach a few songs. Host: Susan Buell, 68 Fernald Point Road, Southwest Harbor, 244-3124.

 

The Common Good Soup Kitchen will hold a fund raiser on Saturday, August 27, 6-9 PM at the Common Good Cafe at Seawall. The suggested donation of $12.50 will include a full array of the soups and salads for which they are famous on the island in the winter, and a fabulous evening of entertainment starting at 7 PM  provided by the dynamic Celtic guitar and fiddle duo, Chuck D. and Emma. The Common Good soup kitchen has, for the last two years, served over 6,000 patrons and 20,000 bowls of soups plus countless salads and wholesome desserts at free festive community meals with music on a weekly basis from November through April.

 

Flash in the Pans performs for Everybody Eats: Labor Day, Monday, September 5^th, Ellsworth Harbor Park at 7:30 p.m. Bring a picnic and chairs and settle in for an evening of great entertainment by noted area steel band Flash In the Pans – always a hit wherever they perform. Donations will be welcomed for Everybody Eats, which provides a free community meal each Monday from 3-6 p.m. in the Parish Hall of St. Dunstan’s Church, 134 State St., Ellsworth.

 

A new Education For Ministry (EFM) group is forming for the Fall, and we are looking for new members of any year, but especially year 1.  Anyone interested, or for more info, call Sarah Flynn at 244-9496.

 

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Keep in your prayers this week:  

Josh, Chelsea, Cuff, Mark, Betty, Jean, Wanda and Bill, Kristin, Fr. Doug, David, Ginny, Alice.

 

Military Casualties (August 19-23)

Afghanistan: Douglas Cordo, Travis Nelson, Timothy Steele.

 

Prayer for the Community of St. Andrew & St. John                       

Gracious God, we offer thanks for our parish, for your inspiration, and for the spirit of ministry which is our heritage. We acknowledge your call to continue serving each other and the people in our community through open hearts and open doors. Guide us all, especially our Capital Campaign and Design & Construction Committees and Vestry, as we seek funding and plan expansion of the facilities, including accessibility for all at St. John. Inspire us to share faithfully the love that you have revealed to us through the ministry and sacrifice of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

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101 REASONS TO BE EPISCOPALIAN

Anglicans do good deeds to increase understanding of God, not out of fear or to earn admission to heaven.  

Robert L. Neal III, Diocese of Chicago

 

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

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

 EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

August 18, 2011

 

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Pentecost 10, Sunday, August 21

8:00 – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by-the-Lake

10:00 — Holy Eucharist at St. John the Divine

Scripture:

Psalm 138; Isaiah 51:1-6; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20

Celebrant: The Rev. Vesta Kowalski

Usher: Karen Craig

First Lesson and Psalm: Susan Buell

Second Lesson: Ken Cochrane

Prayers: Patsy Fogarty

Chalice: Floy Ervin

Acolyte: Ted Fletcher (8:00); Rita Redfield (10:00)

Altar Guild: Joan Bromage (8:00); Edie Stanwood (10:00)

Flowers: Scott Martin and Tina Baker

Thursdays

12:30 – Holy Eucharist

 

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The church office will be open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 2:30. If you have questions or need assistance at other times, please call Ted Fletcher (244-3115) or Ann Cox Halkett (288-5832).

 

 

MDI Episcopal Church Events

 

St. John’s:  

A class on Episcopal History begins today following the 12:30 Eucharist service; led by Jonathan Appleyard and will continue each Thursday through October 13^th.

St. John Singers: Meet the 2^nd and 4^th Monday from 5:00-6:00 to practice hymns for the upcoming services.

Congratulations to Ron and Evelyn Rowland who will be celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary on August 26^th.

 

St. Saviour’s:

Cool Potluck: September 16^th at 6pm St. Saviour’s invites the wider community to a film screening of the 16 minute film “Nourish” and a panel discussion by local farmers. If you can, go to the local farmers market, make a dish with local, organic, or seasonal foods, bring a friend or two and join us for a community celebration making the food, faith and climate change connection. It promises to be fun, delicious and educational.

 SummerFriday Organ Series from 12:15-1:00 pm.

·     August 19: Ray Cornils, Portland Municipal Organist and Director of Music, First Parish Church, Brunswick.  Mr. Cornils will be performing works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Jehan Alain.

·     August 26:  Douglas Beck, Organist and Choirmaster, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bangor.  Mr. Beck will be performing music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and himself.

Church of Our Father:

Book on Genesis: Our summer intern, Holly Craighead, will present a program on the Book of Genesis. Holly will offer a morning (9 am) and evening (6:30 pm) option.  Bring the Bible you use for your personal study and devotions.

International Get-Together, Friday, August 26, 6:30 to 9 pm at the Hulls Cove Schoolhouse. This evening of food, fellowship, and music will be a send-off and thank-you to departing international summer employees, and a welcome to the incoming college students from other countries. Hosted by Church of Our Father and other area churches; the Bar Harbor Food Pantry; College of the Atlantic; and the MDI YWCA. Parking is available at Church of Our Father. For more information call Wendy Copson-Higgins, 460-7446.

 

 

St. Mary’s and St. Jude’s:

Contemplative Prayer/Book Study – Wednesdays. Study of the Gospel of Thomas is held at St. Mary’s by-the-Sea, beginning at 4:45 p.m. Contemplative Evening Prayer (with 20 minutes of silence) begins at 5:30 pm. Led by The Rev. Patricia Rome Robertson.

FREE Ice Cream Socials in front of the Firehouse in NEH every Thursday through the summer from 4-5 pm. Donations are welcome to help support the Food Pantries on MDI. Ice Cream and cones are generously donated by The Docksider. Please stop by and thank them!

 

JOINT PROJECT:

Haiti Art Festival: On Saturday, August 27, the MDI Episcopal Churches will host a Haitian Art Festival in Northeast Harbor. The Festival will benefit St. Vincent’s School for the Handicapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This school was totally demolished in the earthquake and there is a national church effort to rebuild the entire Cathedral complex (which includes the school and seminary). Volunteers are needed. Contact Linda Lewis at 244-0005 or rosalindwlewis@yahoo.com.

 

The Northeast Guild for Spiritual Formation is hosting a Weekend Retreat on Poetry, Prayer, and Spiritual Practice with Kathleen Henderson Staudt, Ph.D. The retreat will be held at St Andrew by the Lake Episcopal Church, Seal Cove, on Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27.  Dr. Staudt works as a teacher, poet and spiritual director at several institution s in the Washington, D.C. area, and she has offered retreats and workshops at the Washington National Cathedral.  Her poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in a number of journals, and she is the author of two books of poems.  For more information contact Eric Erickson at 244-5168.

 

Flash in the Pans performs for Everybody Eats: Labor Day, Monday, September 5^th, Ellsworth Harbor Park at 7:30 p.m. Bring a picnic and chairs and settle in for an evening of great entertainment by noted area steel band Flash In the Pans – always a hit wherever they perform. Donations will be welcomed for Everybody Eats, which provides a free community meal each Monday from 3-6 p.m. in the Parish Hall of St. Dunstan’s Church, 134 State St., Ellsworth.

 

August 26 Musical Evening: Guest musicians will be the Balkan singers group "Trio Elitsa" who will provide a program of Balkan folk music and teach a few songs. Host: Susan Buell, 68 Fernald Point Road, Southwest Harbor, 244-3124.

 

A new Education For Ministry (EFM) group is forming for the Fall, and we are looking for new members of any year, but especially year 1.  Anyone interested, or for more info, call Sarah Flynn at 244-9496.

 

U     U  U  U  U  U  U

 

Keep in your prayers this week:  

Josh, Chelsea, Cuff, Mark, Betty, Jean, Wanda and Bill, Kristin, Fr. Doug, David, Ginny.

 

Give thanks for the life of Reg Hudson, who died August 11. His service will be Saturday, August 27^th at 1:00 p.m. at St. John’s.

 

Military Casualties (August 5-14)

Afghanistan: Nicholas Null, Andrew Harvell, Jared Day, Jesse Pittman, Heath Robinson, John Faas, Nicholas Ott, Patrick Lay II, Reuben Lopez, Jameel Freeman, Jordan Morris, Edward Frank II, Riley Gallinger-Long, Charles Price III, Joe Cunningham, Matthew Harm;on, Joseph VanDreumel, Dennis Jensen, Damon Leehan.

 

Prayer for the Community of St. Andrew & St. John                       

Gracious God, we offer thanks for our parish, for your inspiration, and for the spirit of ministry which is our heritage. We acknowledge your call to continue serving each other and the people in our community through open hearts and open doors. Guide us all, especially our Capital Campaign and Design & Construction Committees and Vestry, as we seek funding and plan expansion of the facilities, including accessibility for all at St. John. Inspire us to share faithfully the love that you have revealed to us through the ministry and sacrifice of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

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101 REASONS TO BE EPISCOPALIAN

I’m glad to be a member of the Episcopal Church because it’s evangelical, catholic, Pentecostal, and liberal. It is evangelical because its glories in the cross of Jesus Christ as salvation for all people. It’s catholic in that it is a church that lives as resurrection people beyond the blight and bondage of death. We’re Pentecostal because we trust in the supernatural empowerment of the Holy Spirit. And we’re liberal because we yearn for the Kingdom of God in the world as it is in heaven and labor in the hope that will make it so.  

Bishop Alden Hathaway, Pittsburgh, retired, Diocese of Florida

 

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

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

 EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

August 9, 2011

 

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Pentecost 9, Sunday, August 14

8:00 – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by-the-Lake

10:00 — Holy Eucharist at St. John the Divine

Scripture:

Psalm 67; Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28

Celebrant: The Rt. Rev. W. Michie Klusmeyer

Bishop of the Diocese of West Virginia

Usher: Sandy Watts

First Lesson and Psalm: Neela Zinsser

Second Lesson: Peggy Engel

Prayers: Susan Buell

Chalice: Bob Theriault

Acolyte: Bob Stanwood (8:00); Elaine Theriault (10:00)

Altar Guild: Margot Haertel (8:00); Dean Henry (10:00)

Flowers: Betsy Hewlett

Thursdays

12:30 – Holy Eucharist

 

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The church office will be closed until August 18. If you have questions or need assistance, please call Ted Fletcher (244-3115) or Ann Cox Halkett (288-5832).

 

 

MDI Episcopal Church Events

 

St. John’s:  

A class on Episcopal History will begin on Thursday, August 18, following the 12:30 Eucharist service; led by Jonathan Appleyard.

St. John Singers: Meet the 2^nd and 4^th Monday from 5:00-6:00 to practice hymns for the upcoming services.

 

St. Saviour’s:

Meditation group for practicing together every Monday from 11:30 to 12:30 in the Parish Library; led by Sandy Haggett. This offering is for those who have some experience in meditation.

SummerFriday Organ Series from 12:15-1:00 pm.

·     August 12:  Ann Sears (piano), Professor of Music at Wheaton College in Norton, MA and summer resident of Bar Harbor.  In celebration of the bicentennial of Liszt’s birth Ms. Sears will be playing a program of his works.

·     August 19: Ray Cornils, Portland Municipal Organist and Director of Music, First Parish Church, Brunswick.  Mr. Cornils will be performing works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Jehan Alain.

·     August 26:  Douglas Beck, Organist and Choirmaster, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bangor.  Mr. Beck will be performing music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and himself.

Church of Our Father:

The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2008), by Tim Keller, on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. or 6:30 p.m. Led by Holly Craighead, summer intern.  The book is based on Jesus’ parable from Luke 15 that we know as “The Prodigal Son.”  In his book, Keller opens up the mysteries of God’s amazing grace at the heart of our faith, and exposes the errors of both moral relativism and religious moralism. 

 

St. Mary’s and St. Jude’s:

Contemplative Prayer/Book Study – Wednesdays. Study of the Gospel of Thomas is held at St. Mary’s by-the-Sea, beginning at 4:45 p.m. Contemplative Evening Prayer (with 20 minutes of silence) begins at 5:30 pm. Led by The Rev. Patricia Rome Robertson.

FREE Ice Cream Socials in front of the Firehouse in NEH every Thursday through the summer from 4-5 pm. Donations are welcome to help support the Food Pantries on MDI. Ice Cream and cones are generously donated by The Docksider. Please stop by and thank them!

 

JOINT PROJECT:

Haiti Art Festival: On Saturday, August 27, the MDI Episcopal Churches will host a Haitian Art Festival in Northeast Harbor. The Festival will benefit St. Vincent’s School for the Handicapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This school was totally demolished in the earthquake and there is a national church effort to rebuild the entire Cathedral complex (which includes the school and seminary). In the meantime, regular supplies of food and clothing continue to be needed by this most vulnerable of the population.  Volunteers are needed for:  Set-up Friday evening and Saturday morning; Food Preparation (simple Haitian recipes to be supplied) and delivery to the event on the 27^th; Take-down tents, tables and general cleanup on Saturday at 5 pm. Questions? Contact Linda Lewis at 244-0005 or rosalindwlewis@yahoo.com.

 

Flash in the Pans performs for Everybody Eats: Labor Day, Monday, September 5^th, Ellsworth Harbor Park at 7:30 p.m. Bring a picnic and chairs and settle in for an evening of great entertainment by noted area steel band Flash In the Pans – always a hit wherever they perform. Donations will be welcomed for Everybody Eats, which provides a free community meal each Monday from 3-6 p.m. in the Parish Hall of St. Dunstan’s Church, 134 State St., Ellsworth.

 

U     U  U  U  U  U  U

 

Keep in your prayers this week:  

Josh, Chelsea, Cuff, Mark, Betty, Jean, Wanda and Bill, Kristin, Fr. Doug, David, Reg.

 

Military Casualties (August 3-7)

Afghanistan: Joshua Robinson, Adan Gonzales Jr., Alessandro Plutino, Daniel Patron, Aaron Vaughn, Michael Strange, John Brown, Matthew Mills, Kevin Houston, Tommy Ratzlaff, Robert Reeves, Jonas Kelsall, Brian Bill, Jason Workman, Jon Tumilson, Nicholas Spehar, Bryan Nichols, Matthew Mason, Lou Langlais, Christopher Campbell, Johnny Douangdara, Darrik Benson, Kraig Vickers, Patrick Hamburger, Spencer Duncan, Daniel Zerbe, Alexander Bennett, Mark Downer, Jinsu Lee, Daniel Gurr, Anthony Del Mar Peterson, Waid Ramsey, Barun Rai, Cody Baker, Gil Morales Del Valle.

 

Prayer for the Community of St. Andrew & St. John                       

Gracious God, we offer thanks for our parish, for your inspiration, and for the spirit of ministry which is our heritage. We acknowledge your call to continue serving each other and the people in our community through open hearts and open doors. Guide us all, especially our Capital Campaign and Design & Construction Committees and Vestry, as we seek funding and plan expansion of the facilities, including accessibility for all at St. John. Inspire us to share faithfully the love that you have revealed to us through the ministry and sacrifice of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

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101 REASONS TO BE EPISCOPALIAN

Episcopalians see reality as existing in the tensions of paradox, ambiguity, and diversity.  Richard C. Milhon, Diocese of Kansas