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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   January 31, 2021 Candlemas and The Presentation The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Reece 8:00 a.m. Link:  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's sanctuary is open for meditation. Please sign in and wear a mask. If you need help or need to talk with someone, please call Gen MacKenzie, 244-7313 Ted Fletcher, 266-8415     Sunday's Service will celebrate Candlemas and The Presentation Candlemas is a popular name for the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. It is normally observed on February 2, the fortieth day after Christmas. The name comes from the tradition of blessing candles at this feast and carrying them in procession before the celebration of the Eucharist. If you wish you may have candles nearby at the beginning of the service this Sunday. As a part of the welcome, Jenny will talk about the Presentation and Candlemas and lighting candles while inviting those watching to light candles in their homes.       St. John's Calendar The full St. John's Calendar can be viewed <HERE>.      At St. John's Keep in your prayers this week: Peppy Seavey, Ted Bromage, Jean Storace, Spencer Ervin, Geoff Schuller, Doris McCorison, Gail Leland, Jeremy Harkins, Michael Shook, Joyce and Jim Risser, Loretta Schmidt, Theresa Mitchell, David Douglass,  Fred & Dollis Sprague, Sara Winchenbach, Ray & Susan McDonald, Richard Ramsdell, Dorothy & Jim Clunan, Bill and Barbara Loveland.   Remember to 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 Our second and final distribution of the month came early this year.  We did see growth in our numbers in January, as well as a rise in Covid19 infections in our neighborhood. In both cases, we were able to maintain our operations with care and efficiently. Here are some numbers for the month of January:  $19,250 in vouchers distributed.  We served 381 neighbors--288 adults and 93 children from 215 households.  We registered 9 new households made up of 18 people. These numbers represent about an 8% increase over this time last year.     I appeared before the Southwest Harbor Select Committee and Budget Committee on Monday, January 11th by Zoom.  As usual, I received a good reception and appreciation for our work.  Approximately 56% of our vouchers go to Southwest Harbor residents.  I am fairly certain that we will be included in the Town Budget for 2021-22. We invite you to visit the facebook page for the Westside Food Pantry!  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/     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. AT ST. LUKE'S: Contemplative Prayer, a prayer of silence, is also known as centering prayer, listening prayer, breath prayer, and prayer of the heart. Join us as we open our minds and hearts to God. We meet via Zoom on Thursdays at 4:30 pm. Click here to join us.   Compline is an ancient service of night prayers that stretches back to Saint Benedict. A perfect way to have a meditative end to the day and prepare for the quietness of night. Join Tom and Emma Flinn Monday, Wednesday and Fridays and Jonathan Radtke Tuesday and Thursdays at 8:15 pm. Join our evening compline service via ZOOM!       MDI+ Episcopal Churches:   Joint Directory for Mother Holly In an effort to make this new joint church effort as easy as we can for Mother Holly,  St. Andrew and St. John, Church of Our Father and St. Saviour's is making a directory for Mother Holly containing members of all three parishes. If you prefer not to be listed in this directory, please reply that desire to saints315@myfairpoint.net by Thursday, 2/4/2021.  Otherwise, you will be listed if you are in any of the parishes' current directories. 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. Stephen Muncie is conducting a Zoom Bible Study on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.  He is using the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation of the Bible but you may use any translation you have on hand. For direct dial or URL information for this meeting, click here.    Church of Our Father Music and Chatter:  On each Wednesday at 5:30 pm there is a 30 minute program entitled "Music & Chatter".  The idea is to keep us all involved and up to date.  It can be seen on the MDI Episcopal You Tube channel. Click on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fGpm4_aFoi0mNvMiXhSwg.      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. Information about Covid vaccination MDI Hospital's website includes a link where eligible Maine residents can pre-register to receive COVID-19 vaccine.  Click on this link for information: MDI Hospital: COVID-19 Vaccine 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 6)  Lincoln Millstein has put together a Quietside newsletter:  theqsjournal.com     Stephen Byers 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 © 2021 St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a member or friend of St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church. 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