Thursday, July 31, 2014

Events & News from SASJ

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

July 31, 2014

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

 

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Pentecost 8

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:

O Praise ye the Lord (342); Shepherd of souls (343);

Open your ears, O faithful people (536); Glorious things of thee are spoken (522)

Scripture:

Psalm 17:1-7, 16; Genesis 32:22-31; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21

Participants

Celebrant: The Rev. Vesta Kowalski

Usher: Dean Henry

First Lesson/Psalm: Spencer Ervin

Second Lesson: Ann Cox Halkett

Prayers: Ann Benson

Chalice: Bob Theriault

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

Altar Guild: Dean Henry

Flowers: Susan Buell

Vestry Member in charge: Elaine Theriault

 

Thursday Holy Eucharist at 12:30 pm
August 7 – John Mason Neale

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 28, 5:00 p.m. – St. John Singers

Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. – Wednesday Explorers

Thursday, July 31, 7:00 p.m. – Kneisel Hall Concert at St. John’s

Fridays, 9:00-1:00 – Farmer’s Market

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

 

WEDNESDAY EXPLORERS

Wednesday Explorers is a weekly open discussion forum, facilitated by Vesta Kowalski, which meets in the St. John’s Common Room from 10:00 to 11:30 on Wednesday mornings. There’s a different topic each week; the topics are chosen by the group. Anyone is free to come once, occasionally, or regularly, and friends from outside the church community are welcome, too. Schedule of topics for August:

August 6 S/he said what? The second of our 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.

August 13 I believe in . . . what? Having discussed our feelings about the Creed in July, this time we’ll look at the words, talking about where it came from and discussing how its language does or does not convey our 21st century beliefs.

August 20 Maturity and faith. A recent unscientific poll in Japan suggested that as people age, their faith becomes stronger and their belief in the afterlife diminishes. What do we think?

August 27 – The one who sings prays twice. We’ll talk about how music and poetry work to convey ideas and feelings, and how the music in our liturgies – particularly the hymns – help or disrupt our experience of worship. If there’s a particular hymn you love (or hate), we can talk about it.

Note: Wednesday Explorers meets on Wednesday mornings from 10:00-11:30 during August, and will move to Wednesday afternoons from 1:30-3:00 beginning September 3.

 

A Simply Divine Luncheon: Saturday, August 9, 11:00 to 1:00. Katie Barney Moose will give a lecture and demonstration on “Living a Healthy, Holy Life with Biblical Foods, Herbs, and Spices”. Lunch in the undercroft will include: chicken salad plated with fresh herbs and edible flowers, refreshing cool beverage, divine dessert, tea and coffee; all for a donation of $12.50.

 

St. Saviour:

Haitian Art Sale, Saturday, August 2, 9:00-3:00. The MDI Episcopal Haiti Outreach committee is sponsoring the sale to benefit Episcopal Schools in Northern Haiti. Art items will include paintings as well as silk scarves, Haitian flags, children’s shirts, small wooden animals, black iron work, painted iron work, and other miscellaneous items.  Refreshments will also be available including rice and beans, tropical baked goods, iced coffee and lemonade. Singing Rooster Haitian coffee will be available for sale. Donations and proceeds from coffee sales will go toward a computer for Jean-Gardy Saint Vil, a recent Haitian Graduate from Quisqueya University in Port au Prince.  Jean-Gardy’s college was sponsored by Maine Episcopalians. Help is needed to set up tents and tables on Friday, August 1 from 5-7 pm; provide baked goods (lemon bars, coconut cookies or other tropical baked goods), please bring items either Friday night or before 9am on Saturday; pouring drinks during the bake sale; clean up, 3pm Saturday to take tents and tables down. Contact Diane Phipps (664-3204), Marti Torbeck (522-8710), Linda Lewis (244-0005). 

 

Brown Bag Book Group, Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. Please bring your own brown bag supper, and a small snack to share with others. Drinks will be provided. Comments? Please call Pastor Jenny, our Affiliate Priest at 952-2363 or email her at revdrjmr@gmail.com

August 28"Episcopal Mysteries". We will be discussing the works of mystery writers Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kate Gallison, and Mark Schweizer, all of whom write entertaining mysteries featuring Episcopal clergy and church members. Participants are invited to read at least one book of one or two of these authors (Great summer reading!). The entertaining work of these fiction writers may well spark some good conversation about serious topics of theology and Episcopal church life. And we'll have fun! Plan to come, and bring a friend.

Summer Organ Series: The eighth-annual series will be held on Fridays in August from 12:15-1:00.  The church features a 27-rank Visser-Rowland tracker organ which is used in worship services each week as well as to support community choral and instrumental performances.  The schedule for the recital series is as follows:

August 1: Kevin Birch, Director of Music at St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor, will present a program of a colorful tour through 17th-centure Northern Europe and include music by Sweelinck and Bruhns.

August 8: The Somerset Consort (Diana Brookes Brown, flute; Lorna Russell, viola da gamba; Carlton Russell, harpsichord; Catharine Cloutier, soprano) in a program of Baroque music.

August 15: Ellen Jones, Athens TN and Julia Morris-Myers, St. Saviour’s, playing a recital of American organ duets and solos.

August 22: Ray Cornils, First Parish Church, Brunswick and City of Portland Municipal Organist.

The Summer Organ Series is made possible by the generous support of St. Saviour’s Friends of Music. Admission to the recitals is by donation and a reception will follow to meet the artists. The church is handicap-accessible. For more information please call the church at 288-4215 or visit the website: stsaviours.me.

 

Church of Our Father:

The Waste Not Want Not Thrift Shop is looking for clean and gently used clothes, linens, and knick-knacks.  The shop is open on Wednesdays 3:30-6:00 and Saturdays 9:00-noon.

 

 

St. Mary and St. Jude:

Casserole sale will be held on August 14 on Main Street in Northeast Harbor. Contact Linda Lewis for more information (244-0005, rosalindwlewis@yahoo.com). Proceeds are used in ECW outreach programs.

 

Community Events

 

YMCA MDI Events:

Thursday, August 7, which is Purple Heart Day, the YWCA MDI is holding a Tea from 2 pm to 4 pm to honor our veterans. There will be music, food, and good conversation. Donations are welcomed, which will go to the Wounded Warrior Project. Come, thank a veteran, and share stories.

On Tuesday, August 19, the UCC of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor, Next Step Domestic Violence Project, International Partners in Mission, and YWCA MDI are sponsoring a Community Forum, “The Hidden Hurt: Domestic Violence in our Community”. The Forum begins at 6:30 pm at the Parish House in Northeast Harbor, next to the Union Church. A 3-person panel will provide information and be available for questions. Refreshments will be served. Jackie Davidson 288-5008, jackie@ywcamdi.org

 

Local Solutions is creating an independent lifestyle for young adults with special needs who are connected to the MDI community. You’re invited to a Garden Party at St. Saviour’s Church in Bar Harbor! Please join us to learn about Parish House Renovations. August 27, 5:00–7:00 PM. In case of rain we will be inside the St. Saviour’s Parish Hall. RSVP appreciated rraymond@mdirss.org

 

 

 

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Keep in your prayers this week: Ephron Catlin, Sarah Flynn, Jean Martinez, Marie Seavey, Pamela Theodore, Lance Funderburk, Emily Frazier, Bruce Blake, Trisha Roy, Shelley Hoover Payne, Molly Lyman, Angelina Sharpe, James Stanton, 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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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF SPECIAL PARISH MEETING (AMENDED)

In accordance with Article V, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution and Bylaws of St. Andrew and St. John Episcopal Church (as adopted January 28, 2007), notice is hereby given of a Special Parish Meeting to be held Monday, August 25, 5:30 PM at St. John’s Church.

The subject matter of the meeting is two proposed changes to the Constitution and Bylaws. 

Proposal #1:  Paragraph 8 of Article IV (Wardens, Vestry, Officers, and Delegates to Diocesan Convention) shall be amended as follows:

4.8 Following the annual meeting the rector and wardens (or the wardens if there is no rector) shall appoint for a three-year term as an associate member of the vestry a person who worships at St. Andrew and St. John, but who is in residence for less than half a year. A person so appointed shall only serve while in residence for less than a half-year. An associate member of the vestry may participate and vote in all meetings of the vestry, but is not entitled to vote unless a member of the parish. Upon completion of a full three-year term, an associate member of the vestry shall not be eligible for reappointment until after an interval of one year

The intent of the first proposed change is to extend voting rights to associate members of the vestry, with the larger aim of giving greater representation to seasonal worshippers.

Proposal #2:  The first two paragraphs of Article V (Parish Meetings) shall be amended as follows:

5.1 Right of voting shall extend to persons who are at least fifteen years of age and who have, during three of the previous three twelve months, been stated worshippers in this church and stated contributors to its support. Twenty members of the parish shall constitute a quorum at any meeting; and, a quorum being present, a majority shall control.

5.2 The annual meeting of the parish shall take place on the third Sunday in January or on such other date in January June as the wardens and vestry shall determine.

 

The intent of the second proposed change is to move the Annual Parish Meeting to June, with the hope that it will allow more of our seasonal worshippers to participate.  The change to the voting requirements is intended to make it clear that seasonal worshippers may vote if they have been faithful in the last year.

This change would not change the fiscal or budget year of the parish.  It is anticipated that the budget adopted by the Vestry would be presented at a Parish Meeting in January called for that purpose.

Any change to the constitution and Bylaws requires the vote of a majority of members present at two successive meetings of the parish.  This is the first proposal of these changes; if they are accepted at this meeting, they will be proposed again at the Annual Parish Meeting scheduled for January 18, 2015.  If accepted then, the Annual Meeting would be placed in recess until a Sunday in June, 2015, at which point elections would be held and other parish business would be conducted as usual.

 

 

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Events & News from SASJ

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EPISCOPAL CHURCH
 EVENTS & NEWS
July 24, 2014
WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 27, 2014
Pentecost 7
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:
O day of God, draw nigh (601); The Christ who died but rose again (447);
Father, we thank thee (302); Thy Kingdom come, O God! (613)
Scripture:
Psalm 105:1-11, 45b; Genesis 29:15-28; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Participants
Celebrant: The Rev. Tim Fleck
Usher: Ken Cochrane
First Lesson/Psalm: Michael DaCosta
Second Lesson: Candace DaCosta
Prayers: Gen Mackenzie
Chalice: Floy Ervin
Acolyte: (8:00) Jayne Ashworth; (10:00) Spencer Ervin
Altar Guild: Margot Haertel
Flowers: Ellen Gilmore
Vestry Member in charge: Rita Redfield

Thursday Holy Eucharist at 12:30 pmJuly 31 – Ignatius of Loyola
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
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St. John:
Calendar:
Monday, July 28, 5:00 p.m. – St. John Singers
Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. – Wednesday Explorers
Fridays, 9:00-1:00 – Farmer’s Market
Fridays, 1:00-3:00 – Mahjong (Come learn and play)

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 a different topic each week, chosen by the group. Anyone is welcome to come once, occasionally, or regularly; friends are welcome, too. Upcoming topics:
July 30 Is contemporary capitalism compatible with Christianity? This question will probably require more than a one-word answer. We’ll discuss our undoubtedly differing views of the relationship between faith, religion, and economics – personal, corporate, and governmental.
August 6 – S/he said what? The second of our monthly opportunities to talk back to the preacher (even if he or she isn’t there). We’ll discuss anything that you’ve ever heard in a sermon that you’d like to talk about – positive, negative, intriguing, puzzling, whatever.

A Simply Divine Luncheon: Saturday, August 9, 11:00 to 1:00. Katie Barney Moose will give a lecture and demonstration on “Living a Healthy, Holy Life with Biblical Foods, Herbs, and Spices”. Lunch in the undercroft will include: chicken salad plated with fresh herbs and edible flowers, refreshing cool beverage, divine dessert, tea and coffee; all for a donation of $12.50.

St. Saviour:
Taizé Service, July 25, at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel.
Haitian Art Sale, Saturday, August 2, 9:00-3:00. Help is needed to set up tents and tables on Friday, August 1 from 5-7 pm; provide baked goods (lemon bars, coconut cookies or other tropical baked goods), please bring items either Friday night or before 9am on Saturday; pouring drinks during the bake sale; clean up, 3pm Saturday to take tents and tables down. Contact Diane Phipps (664-3204), Marti Torbeck (522-8710), Linda Lewis (244-0005). 
Brown Bag Book Group, Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. Please bring your own brown bag supper, and a small snack to share with others. Drinks will be provided. Comments? Please call Pastor Jenny, our Affiliate Priest at 952-2363 or email her at revdrjmr@gmail.com
July 31—"The Trinity in Fiction." Two books will be discussed: Toni Morrison's
Beloved and William P. Young's The Shack.  
August 28—"Episcopal Mysteries". We will be discussing the works of mystery writers Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kate Gallison, and Mark Schweizer, all of whom write entertaining mysteries featuring Episcopal clergy and church members. Participants are invited to read at least one book of one or two of these authors (Great summer reading!). The entertaining work of these fiction writers may well spark some good conversation about serious topics of theology and Episcopal church life. And we'll have fun! Plan to come, and bring a friend.
Summer Organ Series: The eighth-annual series will be held on Fridays in August from 12:15-1:00.  The church features a 27-rank Visser-Rowland tracker organ which is used in worship services each week as well as to support community choral and instrumental performances.  The schedule for the recital series is as follows:
August 1: Kevin Birch, Director of Music at St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor, will present a program of a colorful tour through 17th-centure Northern Europe and include music by Sweelinck and Bruhns.
August 8: The Somerset Consort (Diana Brookes Brown, flute; Lorna Russell, viola da gamba; Carlton Russell, harpsichord; Catharine Cloutier, soprano) in a program of Baroque music.
August 15: Ellen Jones, Athens TN and Julia Morris-Myers, St. Saviour’s, playing a recital of American organ duets and solos.
August 22: Ray Cornils, First Parish Church, Brunswick and City of Portland Municipal Organist.
The Summer Organ Series is made possible by the generous support of St. Saviour’s Friends of Music. Admission to the recitals is by donation and a reception will follow to meet the artists. The church is handicap-accessible. For more information please call the church at 288-4215 or visit the website: stsaviours.me.

Church of Our Father:
The Waste Not Want Not Thrift Shop is looking for clean and gently used clothes, linens, and knick-knacks.  The shop is open on Wednesdays 3:30-6:00 and Saturdays 9:00-noon.


St. Mary and St. Jude:
Casserole sale will be held on August 14 on Main Street in Northeast Harbor. Contact Linda Lewis for more information (244-0005, rosalindwlewis@yahoo.com). Proceeds are used in ECW outreach programs.

Community Events

July Musical Evening 7:00 PM on Friday, July 25 at the home of Rita Redfield and Ken Cochrane: 7 Chauncy Somes Lane, Somesville. Bob Myers will lead us in singing traditional songs, including rounds. Group singing following the break.

Local Solutions is creating an independent lifestyle for young adults with special needs who are connected to the MDI community. You’re invited to a Garden Party at St. Saviour’s Church in Bar Harbor! Please join us to learn about Parish House Renovations. August 27, 5:00–7:00 PM. In case of rain we will be inside the St. Saviour’s Parish Hall. RSVP appreciated rraymond@mdirss.org



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Keep in your prayers this week: Ephron Catlin, Sarah Flynn, Jean Martinez, Marie Seavey, Pamela Theodore, Lance Funderburk, Emily Frazier, Bruce Blake, Trisha Roy, Shelley Hoover Payne, Molly Lyman, Angelina Sharpe, James Stanton, 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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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF SPECIAL PARISH MEETING (AMENDED)
In accordance with Article V, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution and Bylaws of St. Andrew and St. John Episcopal Church (as adopted January 28, 2007), notice is hereby given of a Special Parish Meeting to be held Monday, August 25, 5:30 PM at St. John’s Church.
The subject matter of the meeting is two proposed changes to the Constitution and Bylaws. 
Proposal #1:  Paragraph 8 of Article IV (Wardens, Vestry, Officers, and Delegates to Diocesan Convention) shall be amended as follows:
4.8 Following the annual meeting the rector and wardens (or the wardens if there is no rector) shall appoint for a three-year term as an associate member of the vestry a person who worships at St. Andrew and St. John, but who is in residence for less than half a year. A person so appointed shall only serve while in residence for less than a half-year. An associate member of the vestry may participate and vote in all meetings of the vestry, but is not entitled to vote unless a member of the parish. Upon completion of a full three-year term, an associate member of the vestry shall not be eligible for reappointment until after an interval of one year
The intent of the first proposed change is to extend voting rights to associate members of the vestry, with the larger aim of giving greater representation to seasonal worshippers.
Proposal #2:  The first two paragraphs of Article V (Parish Meetings) shall be amended as follows:
5.1 Right of voting shall extend to persons who are at least fifteen years of age and who have, during three of the previous three twelve months, been stated worshippers in this church and stated contributors to its support. Twenty members of the parish shall constitute a quorum at any meeting; and, a quorum being present, a majority shall control.
5.2 The annual meeting of the parish shall take place on the third Sunday in January or on such other date in January June as the wardens and vestry shall determine.
The intent of the second proposed change is to move the Annual Parish Meeting to June, with the hope that it will allow more of our seasonal worshippers to participate.  The change to the voting requirements is intended to make it clear that seasonal worshippers may vote if they have been faithful in the last year.
This change would not change the fiscal or budget year of the parish.  It is anticipated that the budget adopted by the Vestry would be presented at a Parish Meeting in January called for that purpose.
Any change to the constitution and Bylaws requires the vote of a majority of members present at two successive meetings of the parish.  This is the first proposal of these changes; if they are accepted at this meeting, they will be proposed again at the Annual Parish Meeting scheduled for January 18, 2015.  If accepted then, the Annual Meeting would be placed in recess until a Sunday in June, 2015, at which point elections would be held and other parish business would be conducted as usual.


Thursday, July 17, 2014

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

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 EVENTS & NEWS

July 17, 2014

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

 

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Pentecost 6

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:

Blessed Jesus, at thy word (440); Lord of all hopefulness (482);

As Jacob with travel was weary (453); Give praise and Glory unto God (375)

Scripture:

Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23; Genesis 28;10-19a; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Participants

Celebrant: The Rev. Vesta Kowalski

Usher: Marilyn Mays

First Lesson/Psalm: Floy Ervin

Second Lesson: Neela Zinsser

Prayers: Ellen Gilmore

Chalice: Ted Fletcher

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

Altar Guild: Joan Bromage

Flowers: Betsy Hewlett

Vestry Member in charge: Marilyn Mays

 

Thursday Holy Eucharist at 12:30 pm
July 24 – Thomas a Kempis

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 28, 5:00 p.m. – St. John Singers

Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. – Wednesday Explorers

Fridays, 9:00-1:00 – Farmer's Market

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

 

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 a different topic each week, chosen by the group. Anyone is welcome to come once, occasionally, or regularly; friends are welcome, too. Upcoming topics:

July 23 – Art as theology. If a picture (or a sculpture) is worth a thousand words, religious art can be expected to say a great deal about the theology of the artist and the period in which it was created. We'll look at some examples of paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and any other kind of religious art we have on hand, and talk about how they speak to us about God. If you have a favorite, bring it (or a picture of it).

July 30 Is contemporary capitalism compatible with Christianity? This question will probably require more than a one-word answer. We'll discuss our undoubtedly differing views of the relationship between faith, religion, and economics – personal, corporate, and governmental.

 

St. Saviour:

Taizé Service, July 25, at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel.

Haitian Art Sale, Saturday, August 2, 9:00-3:00. Help is needed to set up tents and tables on Friday, August 1 from 5-7 pm; provide baked goods (lemon bars, coconut cookies or other tropical baked goods), please bring items either Friday night or before 9am on Saturday; pouring drinks during the bake sale; clean up, 3pm Saturday to take tents and tables down. Contact Diane Phipps (664-3204), Marti Torbeck (522-8710), Linda Lewis (244-0005). 

Brown Bag Book Group, Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. Please bring your own brown bag supper, and a small snack to share with others. Drinks will be provided. Comments? Please call Pastor Jenny, our Affiliate Priest at 952-2363 or email her at revdrjmr@gmail.com

July 31—"The Trinity in Fiction." Two books will be discussed: Toni Morrison's

Beloved and William P. Young's The Shack.  

August 28—"Episcopal Mysteries". We will be discussing the works of mystery writers Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kate Gallison, and Mark Schweizer, all of whom write entertaining mysteries featuring Episcopal clergy and church members. Participants are invited to read at least one book of one or two of these authors (Great summer reading!). The entertaining work of these fiction writers may well spark some good conversation about serious topics of theology and Episcopal church life. And we'll have fun! Plan to come, and bring a friend.

 

Church of Our Father:

The Waste Not Want Not Thrift Shop is looking for clean and gently used clothes, linens, and knick-knacks.  The shop is open on Wednesdays 3:30-6:00 and Saturdays 9:00-noon.

 

 

Community Events

 

Local Solutions is creating an independent lifestyle for young adults with special needs who are connected to the MDI community. You're invited to a Garden Party at St. Saviour's Church in Bar Harbor! Please join us to learn about Parish House Renovations. August 27, 5:00–7:00 PM. In case of rain we will be inside the St. Saviour's Parish Hall. RSVP appreciated rraymond@mdirss.org

 

Northeast Guild for Spiritual Formation is honored to sponsor a retreat with

Lama John Makransky on July 18-20, 2014 at Pacific Hall, West Tremont

Cultivating Our Innate Capacities of Love and Wisdom for Service and Action with Lama-Professor John Makransky

This weekend retreat is for both new and experienced meditators.  Participants learn powerful meditations from Tibetan Buddhism that help bring out latent powers of loving compassion and wisdom from the ground of our being.  

Such meditations, adapted for people of all faiths and backgrounds, can make us more fully present by awakening an unconditional attitude from within that nourishes all, while challenging us to see more potential in all.  When this unity of compassion and wisdom is embodied in relationships and action, it can become a great force to heal our lives and world.

The ancient bodhisattva way of awakening is rediscovered here and now in particulars of family, work and service.  By making contemplations from Tibet accessible to people of all faiths and backgrounds, this retreat is also an exercise in deep learning across religious boundaries. Guided meditations, questions and discussion will compose this weekend retreat.

About John Makransky, PhD

John Makransky is a Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College, senior academic advisor to Chokyi Nyima Rinpocheʼs Centre of Buddhist Studies in Nepal, and guiding teacher of the Foundation for Active Compassion. In 2000, John was ordained a Tibetan Buddhist lama in the lineage of Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. As a Buddhist meditation teacher in retreats across the U.S., John has become known for guiding participants in their discovery of innate wisdom and love.

John is the guiding meditation teacher of the Foundation for Active Compassion, a socially engaged Buddhist organization that trains social servants of all faiths (social workers, therapists, healthcare givers, teachers, activists, etc.) in meditations of innate compassion and wisdom adapted from Tibet. He is on the board of directors of the Buddhist-Christian Studies Society, founding co-chair of the Buddhist Critical Reflection Group in the American Academy of Religion, and author of Awakening through Love (Wisdom, 2007).

This retreat is one in a series of interfaith programs on the theme, "Practicing Love: Awakening the Heart in Interspiritual Deepening." It begins Friday, July 18, at 7 pm and runs through Saturday, July 20, at 12 pm. Lunch and Supper on Saturday are included. Cost: $200. Register on line at northeastguild.org or call 244-5168.

 

 

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Keep in your prayers this week: Marie Seavey, Pamela Theodore, Lance Funderburk, Emily Frazier, Bruce Blake, Trisha Roy, Shelley Hoover Payne, Molly Lyman, Angelina Sharpe, James Stanton, 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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