Worship Schedule Sunday, July 16, 2017 Pentecost 6 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: O day of radiant gladness (48) Almighty God, your word is cast (589) Surely it is God who saves me (679) Christ for the world we sing (537) Scripture: Psalm 119:105-112; Genesis 25:19-34; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Participants (10:00): Celebrant: The Rev. Kathleen Killian Usher: Spencer First Lesson/Psalm/Second Lesson: Pamela Prayers: Doris Chalice and Acolyte: Floy Altar Guild: Joan Flowers: Chloe Vestry Member in Charge: Doris Weekday Holy Eucharist—Thursdays at 12:00 noon July 20 – Mary Magdalene 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: 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>. Friday, July 14 9:00-1:00 – Farmer's Market at St. John's 1:00 p.m. – Set up for Quietside Festival Saturday, July 15 9:00-1:00 – Quietside Festival Sunday, July 16 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew, Seal Cove 10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist at St. John, Southwest Harbor Tuesday, July 18 4:00 p.m. – Meditation Thursday, July 20 12:00 noon – Holy Eucharist 7:00 p.m. – Kneisel Hall Recital Friday, July 21 9:00-1:00 – Farmer's Market at St. John's | | At St. John's 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 will be held on Saturday, July 15 from 9:00-1:00 p.m. If you can help set up Friday at 1:00 or bring basket and silent auctions outside on Saturday morning (8:15 ish) -- we would welcome your help. The Dog Mountain Band will once again return to the porch of St John Church to entertain the front-lawn crowds attending the Quietside Festival on July 15. Members are: Mike Ryan, Linda Soukup, Jim Vekasi, Stan Wass and Fred Benson. They promise a stunning array of Bluegrass, folk, and singalongs to serenade the Flamingo Day parade marchers and watchers. Don't miss it! 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: 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! 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. 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. This summer (July 21-23) the Spiritual Life and Learning Center is pleased to be sponsoring a program at Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, titled Your Spirit - Your World: Connecting heart, earth and soul. This year's conference has been designed to help participants tap into their inherent divine energy and interconnectedness in order to become spiritual activists in their daily lives. It features Mirabai Starr (fresh from her work with Fr. Richard Rohr at the Conspire Conference) and five other presenters/workshop leaders whose goal is to offer participants tools to be more effective in reconnecting their spiritual life to the world in which they live each day. For information or to register, go to www.downeastspiritual.org or call 207-374-5200. | | | |