| St. Andrew & St. John Sunday Worship
Masks are required for in-door worship
On Sunday, October 31
10:00 a.m. – St. John's
The Rev. John Burton, Celebrant
Keep in your prayers this week: Elizabeth Ward, Bunny Watts, Anne Wetzel, Paul Haertel, Chuck Bradshaw, Ted Bromage, Jean Storace, Spencer Ervin, Geoff Schuller, Doris McCorison, Gail Leland, Jeremy Harkins, Michael Shook, Joyce and Jim Risser, Loretta Schmidt, Theresa Mitchell, Fred & Dollis Sprague, Sara Winchenbach, Richard Ramsdell, Dorothy & Jim Clunan, Bill and Barbara Loveland.
Episcopal Worship Services on MDI - starting on November 7
9:00 am - Church of Our Father
10:00 am - St. Mary (summer location, still)
11:00 am - St. Saviour's Parish
4:00 pm - St. John the Divine
The fourth Sunday of the month will be our island-wide service.
For location and other details on the services,
visit: http://www.mdi-episcopal.org/ ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
REMEMBERING OUR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE DIED
You are invited to send along the names of your loved ones who have died so that they may be remembered in our special prayers on All Saints' Sunday. Call or e-mail the church office (244-3229 or sasj@mdi-episcopal.org) by November 2nd.
PLEDGE CARDS
It is stewardship season. Please return your pledge cards to the church office by November 14 or plan to put it in the offering plate on Sunday, November 21st at the ingathering so that it can be received and blessed at the altar as a part of our worship.
If you did not receive a stewardship letter and would like one, please contact the church office. Your support of the daily operations of the church is greatly appreciated.
BACKPACK PROGRAM
You are invited to bring mac and cheese (see photo) for the backpack program. Please place your donations in the front pew by the piano or you may bring them to the church office during the week. Each week the backpacks are assembled and given to 20 children at Pemetic and Tremont Elementary Schools.  MDI Episcopal Church partnership joint Thanksgiving Project
As a Partnership, the parishes of St Saviour's, St. Andrew & John, and Church of Our Father will team with the Bar Harbor Congregational church (BHCC) in their program of boxed food distribution at Thanksgiving. Each church is responsible for a canned vegetable item: St. John's will provide canned peas (which the vestry determined will be purchased by 2021 Outreach funds so that collected food items this fall focus on an item for the children's Backpack program (see "Backpack Program" article.)
Each church can also assist with boxing and delivering food. Please contact BHCC, 288-3280. | | | ADVENT WREATH MAKING November 28: Advent Wreath Making at St. John's at 2 pm
Gather outside at St. John's at 2 pm on the first Sunday of Advent to make Advent wreaths with real candles and fresh greens. Hot cider to be served. This is a great activity for people of all ages! Consider inviting a young person in your life to join you in making advent wreaths to mark the weeks to Christmas Day. Questions? Contact Dianne McMullan or speak with Edie Stanwood. Sign up by using this form or calling the office at St. John's. Cost is $10 if you need both a wire candle ring and candles, $5 if you have either, $0 if you have both. Come join the fun!
Please sign up by November 14 so we have appropriate materials prepared. |
