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Events and News from the Parish of St. Andrew & St. John View this email in your browser Worship Schedule St. John the Divine 315 Main Street, Southwest Harbor 244-3229 The Rev. William Hague will present Morning Prayer this Sunday, April 26 at 10:00 a.m. The following link is to the MDI-Episcopal Churches:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fGpm4_aFoi0mNvMiXhSwg Links to other churches: Cathedral of St. Luke is  https://zoom.us/j/6894391895 (website is stlukesportland.org for info) National Cathedral in Washington DC is https://cathedral.org/worship/service-archive/ (website is cathedral.org)  St. John the Divine is temporarily closed. If you need access or need to talk with someone, please call Gen MacKenzie, 244-7313 Ted Fletcher, 266-8415     From the Wardens: St. Andrew and St. John will be providing a Combined Service on Sunday, April 26, 2020. The service will be available on the MDI YouTube Channel beginning at 10 AM or it can be seen later in the day. The Rev. Bill Hague of St. Jude's and St. Mary's will be officiating. Service participants are Ellen Gilmore, Gail Leland, Stephen Sampson, and Daniel Pyle.   The Wardens solicited participants from each MDI Episcopal Church. Jayne Ashworth edited and produced the Combined Service for YouTube. Thank you to everyone who participated in making this possible.   Gen MacKenzie, Senior Warden Ted Fletcher, Junior Warden       Reflections: Resurrection Moment    -   Rita Redfield It is the Saturday before Easter, an early morning chill is in the air and the sun is just beginning to peek its way through the tree branches.  I think about yesterday, Good Friday, when I awoke to the beauty of snow on the ground and sparkling on the branches. The beauty of the snow usually brings a peacefulness and calm to my mind, but on Friday I was ill at ease with thoughts of The Passion story and what Easter would mean to me this year as the observance would be so different from many other years.   On this day, Saturday, I am still pondering in a place between death and resurrection. I open the front door to breathe the fresh morning air and glance at the gravel at my entryway expecting to see it still snow covered as it was yesterday. I step out and look at the gravel to see two beautiful pansies in full bloom, in their vibrant Easter colors of purple and yellow. How is this possible? How is Easter possible?   In this time of uncertainty may each of us find our life to be "new every morning", and full of pansies.       St. John's Calendar The full St. John's Calendar can be viewed <HERE>.  All meetings have been cancelled until further notice.     At St. John's Keep in your prayers this week: Gail Leland, Jeremy Harkins, Michael Shook, Joyce and Jim Risser, Loretta Schmidt, Susannah Jones, Theresa Mitchell, David Douglass, George Harorack, Fred & Dollis Sprague, Sara Winchenbach, Dorothea Mead, Ray McDonald, Richard Ramsdell, Cassandra Crabtree, Beth Pfeiffer, Dorothy & Jim Clunan, Bill and Barbara Loveland.    Check out our website for MUSIC:  www.saintsmdi.org Thanks to Stephen Sampson, Jayne Ashworth and Michael Shook, you may enjoy some piano music on the St. Andrew & St. John website.  On the menu on the left-hand side of the home page there is now a link titled 'Music,' and clicking on that link brings you to recordings of piano pieces by Stephen Sampson.    Westside Food Pantry We invite you to visit the new page for the Westside Food Pantry!  On this facebook page you will find periodic announcements and information about the Westside Food Pantry.  Please visit the page and like it. You can find it at: https://www.facebook.com/WestsideFoodPantry/ Upcoming distribution Sundays are as follows: May 3 and 17, June 7 and 21.  The first Sunday distribution hours are 12 noon to 2 PM, the second Sunday hour is 12 noon to 1 PM.  Distribution will be held at St. John's. YARD SALE The sale has been postponed until fall. If you are cleaning out your house (since you now have some free time at home) we ask that you keep the items that you wish to donate until we are able to open up St. Andrew's. Devotional Booklet If you would like a copy of the Forward Day by Day devotional booklet for May, June & July mailed to you, please let the Michele know.           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 worshiping 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. A diocese-wide team of clergy and lay leaders are compiling a full service for Sunday, April 26, including music and a sermon from Bishop Brown. This service will be available to you in two ways:   1. You will be sent a downloadable file on Saturday, April 25.   2. We will "premiere" the video on Facebook on Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.       MDI+ Episcopal Churches: 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. St. Mary and St. Jude The Rev. Steve Muncie will be offering a midweek Zoom Bible Study on the Book of Ruth beginning Wednesday, April 29, at 10:30 am. This study group is open to all. If you are interested in participating and wish to be added to the Bible Study Mailing List, please email me:  stephenmuncie@mac.com   Community: A variety of ways exist on Mount Desert Island for people to offer to provide help or to receive help during the current pandemic.   Connecting with the people who are coordinating this effort may happen:   1)   Via a website - https://www.mdicr.org/  MDI Community Response   2)   Via FaceBook - search for the group: MDI Helpers:   Pandemic Mutual Aid   3)   Contact Jessica Stewart, one of the coordinators for the group       home (207) 266-0919       email jms733@cornell.edu   4)   https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/resource-website-aims-to-help-mdi-community 5)  Also:  http://www.maine.gov/covid19/maine-helps       Stephen Sampson, Music Director Michele Daley, Parish Administrator (244-3229) Sr. Warden, Gen MacKenzie (244-7313) Jr. Warden, Ted Fletcher (244-5225) The Church Office is open Monday and Thursday 8:30 - 2:30 (244-3229) Copyright © 2020 St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church, All rights reserved. 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