EPISCOPAL CHURCH
EVENTS & NEWS
September 1, 2011
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Pentecost 12, Sunday, September 4
8:00 – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by-the-Lake
10:00 – Holy Eucharist at
Scripture:
Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c; Exodus 3:1-15; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28
Celebrant: The Rev. Deborah Little Wyman
Preacher: The Rev. Scott Planting
Usher: Dean Henry
First Lesson and Psalm: Neela Zinsser
Second Lesson: Peggy Engel
Prayers: Patsy Fogarty
Chalice: Floy Ervin
Acolyte: Bob Stanwood (8:00); Ted Fletcher (10:00)
Altar Guild: Joan Bromage (8:00); Edie Stanwood (10:00)
Flowers: Floy Ervin
Thursdays
12:30 – Holy Eucharist
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The church office will be closed on Monday (Labor Day) then open 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).
Joint Parish Meeting
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Sunday, September 25th at 5:00 p.m.
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MDI Episcopal Church Events
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 6th. All are welcome.
St. Saviour’s:
Taizé Service: September 2nd at 7:00 p.m. A time for silence, reflection, prayer and song. All are welcome. Sit, stand, lie down, bring your own pillow, make yourself comfortable, take part silently or aloud.
Sunday, September 11: A Community Memorial Service will be held in the evening to honor those whose lives were lost on September 11, 2001. Plans for this event are underway. To help plan and/or coordinate this service, meet with Jenny Reece in the Parish Library at 4:30 on Friday, September 2.
Cool Potluck: September 16th 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.
Calling all Cursillistas! Maine Episcopal Cursillo will sponsor A Day of Deeper Understanding from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday, September 10 at the
St. Mary’s and St. Jude’s:
Contemplative Evening Prayer (with 20 minutes of silence) resumes at 5:30PM on September 28th, moving back to Saint Mary’s Chapel. This midweek offering provides a wonderful opportunity to slow down, breathe, and be restored in your relationship with Christ, each other, and the world. Join us at any time.
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Joint Celebration of Holy Eucharist & Picnic on Sunday, September 18 at
Flash in the Pans performs for Everybody Eats: Labor Day, Monday, September 5th, 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.
Listening Presence is a regional and ecumenical program of formation and education for lay people to become effective listeners for people who are sick, in crisis, at risk, lonely or underserved. The series will take place at St. Francis by-the-Sea in Blue Hill and starts Saturday, September 24 and continues on Wednesday evenings, until the ending retreat on November 11 and 12. Registration is required; call the Reverend Peg Thomas at 460-9373 for details and costs.
2012 Garage Sale: If you have items you would like to donate for next year’s sale, you may drop them off at Priscilla Trafton’s garage on Seal Cove Road.
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Keep in your prayers this week:
Josh,
Military Casualties (August 19-23)
Prayer for the Community of St. Andrew &
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
Asking questions about our faith is expected. In the Episcopal Church, God doesn’t get upset if I wonder why some things are as they are. And God doesn’t get upset if I suggest that some things should not continue as they are.
La Reverenda Martha Sylvia Ovalle Vasquez, Diocese of
