Worship Schedule Sunday, July 23, 2017 Pentecost 7 8:00 a.m. – St. Andrew by-the-Lake 1358 Tremont Road, Rt. 102, Seal Cove 10:00 a.m. – St. John the Divine 315 Main Street, Southwest Harbor Hymns: As Jacob with travel was weary (453) Lord of all hopefulness (482) Blessed Jesus, at thy word (440) 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 (10:00): Celebrant: The Rev. Timothy Fleck Usher: Edie First Lesson/Psalm/Second Lesson: Neela Prayers: Margot Chalice and Acolyte: Chloe Altar Guild: Margot Flowers: Gen Vestry Member in Charge: Edie Weekday Holy Eucharist—Thursdays at 12:00 noon July 27 – William Reed Huntington + + + + + + + + + + + The Rev. Timothy Fleck, Rector (207-812-8362) The Rev. Kathleen Killian, Assistant Rector (718-775-6069) Stephen Sampson, Music Director Michele Daley, Parish Administrator (244-3229) Sr. Warden, Gen Mackenzie (244-7313) Jr. Warden, Rita Redfield (244-4025) The Church Office is open Monday through Thursday Office Hours: During July Tim and Kathleen will no longer be rotating offices. Tim+ will be in the office at St. Saviour every week and Kathleen+ will be in the office at St. John every week; both are still available by phone and by appointment. Sunday rotation will continue as usual. | | St. John's Calendar The full St. John's Calendar can be viewed <HERE>. Sunday, July 23 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew, Seal Cove 10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. John, Southwest Harbor 11:45 a.m. – Congregational Meeting followed by Vestry Meeting Tuesday, July 25 4:00 p.m. – Meditation Thursday, July 27 12:00 noon – Holy Eucharist Friday, July 28 9:00-1:00 – Farmer's Market at St. John's Sunday, August 6 10:15 a.m. – Service at Sonogee | | At St. John's PLEASE JOIN US SUNDAY, JUNE 23, AT ST. JOHN'S AT 11:45 A.M. FOR A FULL UPDATE ON THE TRANSITION OF ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN, ST. SAVIOUR'S, AND CHURCH OF OUR FATHER. BOTH TIM AND KATHLEEN WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF VESTRY MEETING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. St. John's Environment Improvement needs your financial support. We need to raise $1000. Please donate whatever you can to care for our beautiful property. Your suggestions are welcome. Floy Ervin, 244-4195; fervin@roadrunner.com Quietside Festival: A special thanks go to all who helped set up, tear down, sell lemonade, pies, basket raffle tickets, promoting silent auction items; and to all those who donated items for the silent auction and made baskets for the raffle. A full report will be in the August Net Tender. UPCOMING Westside Food Pantry Recitals Southwest Harbor native, soprano, Caroline Homer and pianist, Ben Haney return for their 3rd summer to perform for our food pantry. Their recital is Wednesday, July 26, 7:00. Princeton, NJ harpsichordist, Gavin Black returns to St John for his recital Friday, July 29th at 7:00. Gavin will play Bach's French Overture BWV 831. This is Bach's longest harpsichord piece. Gavin describes it as "very charismatic, colorful and interesting". The Schoodic Summer Chorus will perform on Monday, August 7th at 6:30 p.m. Islesford native, pianist, Christina Spurling joins violinist Yi-Li Change for a performance of sonatas for piano and violin by Beethoven, Debussy and Brahms. Last summer, Christina performed with three vocalists. Their performance is Saturday, August 26th at 8:00. Suggested donation for each performance is $10—ALL proceeds go to the food pantry | | 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 worshipping 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! | | at St. Saviour: Holy Eucharist is celebrated on Wednesdays at noon in the Chapel, in a simple, non-musical service. We plan to commemorate saints and seasons using the church's published calendar, as well as focusing on healing for ourselves and for the world. Summer Organ 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 2017 recital series is as follows: August 4: Kevin Birch August 11: Deborah Govenor, organist and Paul Bartels, vocal soloist August 18: Ray Cornils August 25: Julia Morris-Myers 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 207-288-4215 or visit our website: StSaviours.me. Caregivers' Support Group meets in the Rectory Library from 1:15 to 2:45 pm (following the Noon Eucharist) the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Open to the entire community! | | at St. John and St. Saviour: PDFs of Mother Kathleen's sermons and video recordings of Fr. Tim's sermons are now available on St. Saviour's website ( www.StSaviours.me); Fr. Tim's videos are also available at St. John's website at ( www.StAndrewStJohn.blogspot.com) 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 or Mother Kathleen. | | Church of Our Father: The Waste Not Want Not Thrift Shop is open Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. - noon and Wednesdays from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. . St. Mary and St. Jude: Prayer Shawl Ministry, Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. | | In Our Community: THE CHRISTIANS July 11 -23, Acadia Repertory Theatre presents "The Christians" by Lucas Hnath. Tuesday thru Saturday 8:15 PM, Sunday matinees at 2:00. Matinee performance July 16 will be followed by conversation with members of the company and local pastors. Order tickets at www.acadiarep.com. Sesquicentennial! Sunday, July 23 at 4 PM, the Episcopal Parishes of Mount Desert Island will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first recorded Episcopal worship service on MDI. The event will include a singing procession from St. Saviour's to the Bar Harbor Village Green, the Office of Evening Prayer from the 1789 Prayer Book, followed by light refreshments in St. Saviour's Parish Hall. Dress in 19th century costume if you wish! | | | |