Join Us for Worship Sunday, August 14 :
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am Morning Prayer
St. Andrew by-the-Lake, Seal Cove
Officiant: Emily Carter, Summer Seminarian click here for bulletin 9:00 am Holy Eucharist*
***David Dawson will provide music before the service,
starting at 8:30!***
Church of Our Father, Hulls Cove
Celebrant: The Rev. Holly Hoffmann click here for bulletin 11:00 am Morning Prayer*
St. Saviour's Parish, Bar Harbor
Officiant: Lee Garrett click here for bulletin 5:00 pm Holy Eucharist St. John the Divine, Southwest Harbor Celebrant: The Rev. Holly Hoffmann click here for bulletin *= these services will be streamed to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MDIEPISCOPAL
Shared Worship services on the island will resume in October.
You can always look to the online calendar to see the service schedule: | | | | Midweek Holy Eucharist on MDI
Wednesdays at Church of Our Father at 8 am
Using the readings appointed for the day in the Book of Common Prayer,
we will have a service Holy Eucharist.
On the first Wednesday of the month, we will use a Rite I liturgy. | | Covid Precautions: If you are exhibiting any of the symptoms of Covid, please choose to attend a service online. Our Covid protocols will be followed: Vaccinations expected, unless medically prohibited
Everyone masked indoors
Socially distanced seating is available, not required
Communion in one-kind, bread only
Outdoor coffee hour, weather permitting
Sanitize your hands prior to receiving Communion.
God bless you for keeping our church, our community,
and our loved ones safe. If you or a close contact tests positive for Covid, please let Mother Holly know so we can support you in your recovery and communicate with the community as necessary about their possible exposure to the virus while maintaining confidentiality and pastoral privacy. | | | Assisting at Services
If you are returning to MDI for the summer, perhaps you would enjoy serving on Sundays! We would love your support for our worship services:
Acolytes, Greeters/Ushers, Lectors, Intercessors, Altar Guild, Flower Guild and Officiants for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer (at St. John's). If you would like to help at any of our services, please contact the parish administrator of your church. Thank you!
| | | Please Wear Your Name Tag to Church Remember that wearing your name tag at worship is helpful to each other, Mother Holly, supply clergy, and to visitors! If you would like a new name tag, contact your Parish Administrator. | | | Pastoral Care Requests Holy Communion: If you are unable to attend an in-person worship service and would like Holy Communion brought to you, please contact the church office (contact information is at the bottom of this email). We will arrange a time for the clergy, our Pastoral Care Associate Maribeth Payne, or a Eucharistic Visitors to bring the Sacrament to your home or hospital bedside.
Hospital Visits: If you or a loved one is in the hospital, please let Mother Holly know. She is glad to come visit you in the hospital or call you during your stay. | | | Summer Choir at St. Saviour's
During the summer months our choir continues to lead our worship on Sunday mornings, but takes a break from mid-week rehearsals. We meet on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am (an hour before the service begins) to practice service music and (familiar) anthems. This is a very good time for any potential choir-members to join in, to "get their feet wet," and see if this is something they would like to do — or return to doing. Come join in.
Remember what St. Augustine taught: "the person who sings prays twice." | | | NEW MDI EPISCOPAL CHURCH MUSEUM!
The four Episcopal Churches of Mount Desert Island are working to establish a new historical museum located in a beautiful, secured setting at St. Saviour's Church. We have found that there are many, many items of church history hidden away in boxes, closets, etc. that are never seen and should be displayed for all to see. The museum is well underway and will open this summer. This is quite exciting!
We are looking for donations of bookcases, a glass china cabinet, a larger desk, old church history items hidden in parishioners' homes. We will need volunteer docents for times we are open this summer. Please contact Diane Zito, Sue Blaisdell, Joanne Sousa or Lauri Fernald (all listed in the directory) if you can help with any of these items.
Thank you so much! | | Three Ways YOU Can Help Direct the Future of the Diocese! Fill one of the six open seats on Diocesan Council Leading up to the 203rd Convention of the Diocese of Maine in October, six new lay representatives, one from each of the six diocesan areas, will be elected to the Diocesan Council to serve a three-year term. As a representative, you take part in the major work and decisions of the church. Click here to learn more about Council. Please use the nomination form to nominate yourself or someone else (with their permission) by September 16. The form will ask for a photo. Please have a headshot of the nominee ready to submit. Nominate yourself for a leadership position Consider whether you may be called to serve in any one of the open leadership positions listed below. Click here to learn more about each position. - Treasurer (1-year term)
- Secretary (1-year term)
- Disciplinary Board - Lay (2-year term)
- Standing Committee - Clergy (3-year term)
- Standing Committee - Lay (3-year term)
- General Convention Deputation (four clergy, four lay to serve at GC 2024)
- Provincial Conference Clerical Deputy (2-year term)
Nominate yourself or nominate someone else (check with them first, please!) by completing this form by September 16th. Propose a change by submitting a resolution Resolutions to be considered by 203rd Diocesan Convention in October may be submitted until September 16th using this form. If you have any questions about resolutions, please contact Marge Kilkelly. Find all these forms and more information on the convention page of our website. | | Resolution Learning Session 
Tuesday, August 16th
7:00 pm on Zoom
Click here to register
The deadline for submitting a resolution for diocesan convention is fast approaching (September 16th)!
If you have an idea for a resolution — or want to learn more about the process — mark your calendar for August 16th at 7:00pm. The Resolutions Committee is hosting a learning session and workshop focused on crafting a resolution, the life cycle of a diocesan resolution, and a look back at the impact of previous resolutions passed in the Diocese of Maine.
Who can submit a resolution? You! Resolutions can be submitted by parishioners in good standing, convention delegates, parishes, interim bodies, justice councils, and the Bishop. Resolutions call on the Convention to take specific legislative action, such as amending the Canons, creating/funding/starting a particular initiative, or enacting specific policies and procedures.
To view past convention resolutions and resolution-related resources, those are here on our Episcopal Maine website. | |
Mark your calendars for Town Hall meetings in September and October!
September is almost here. Get out your pen and paper, or hop on your keyboard and save these dates for important convention-related Town Hall meetings!
It is important to note that Town Hall meetings take the place of pre-Convention hearings. - Tuesday, September 27 (intro to convention/area caucus)
- Tuesday, October 4 (budget, rules of order, resolutions)
- Tuesday, October 11 (resolutions, consent calendar)
- Tuesday, October 18 (pre-convention preparation)
- Tuesday, October 25 (post-convention debrief and thanksgivings)
Are these meetings just for delegates? Nope! All are welcome at these learning opportunities!
All Town Hall meetings will run from 7pm to 8pm (with an optional Q&A at 6:30 for the October meetings) and the link to the meeting will be sent out the Saturday morning before the Tuesday meeting. | | | | | Upcoming Events and Dates | | |   
Continuing this Friday: The August Organ Recital Series continues this year!
Fridays at 12:15 Our annual organ-recital series continues for its 15th season. It was started in 2007 by Julia Morris-Myers, and has continued since then, featuring mostly regional performers on the Fridays of August, but also bringing in artists from farther afield. This years series will include some familiar faces and some new. Dr. Terry Yount will play the second program on August 12. Terry is the music-director for St. Andrew's Chapel in Sanford FL; he has also been the organist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the organ-professor at Rollins College.
Katherine Johnson comes from Oberlin College to play the third recital on August 19.
On August 26, the series concludes with a program for organ and flute by Daniel Pyle and his wife, flutist Catherine Bull. | | 
August 14: Meeting of the MDI Partnership Churches
on the lawn of St. John the Divine, Southwest Harbor 4:00 PM – Meeting following on from our parish "listening sessions"
5:00 PM – Holy Eucharist
6:00 PM – Potluck
Members from St. Andrew & St. John are to bring SALADS or SIDE DISHES.
Members from Church of Our Father are to bring MAIN DISHES.
Members from St. Saviour's are to bring DESSERTS or BREAD.
ALL members are asked to bring their own place settings (plates, utensils, cups) which will minimize clean up afterwards.
We are also looking for people who are willing to set up and clean up tables and chairs.
Please contact Diane Krueger (239-233-4800) or click here ,
if you are willing to help. Thank you! | | | August 17: Where Two or Three Are Gathered...
9:00 am on Wed, and August 17, at CoOF or on Zoom
 Join us on Wednesday morning for fellowship and dialogue at Church of Our Father around topics central to our faith as Christians and as Episcopalians: belief and the creeds, the Bible, and the sacraments.
What do these things mean to you? How are they challenging? How have they helped you to grow in love for Christ?
Led by summer seminarian Emily Carter, this discussion series offers an opportunity to connect with the wider MDI Episcopal community, to enrich the faith of your community by sharing your perspective, and to grow together in understanding. To contact Emily by email, click here. Link (click to join): https://yale.zoom.us/j/8812996770?pwd=VC9rdVFsVnpOOVVmbWxiSk9iNXpXdz09 Or input Meeting ID 881 299 6770 and Password 045684 when prompted in Zoom. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. Colossians 3:16. | | | August 21-September 13: SASJ Office Is Closed
Michele, our parish administrator, is out of the office for vacation.
Please call or email the office if you have a need during this time.
We will be checking for messages daily.
Thank you! | | August 24: Taize Prayer Service this month will be
at ST. ANDREW'S,
Rt. 102, Seal Cove
at 5 pm  If you would like to assist in setting up for this beautiful prayer service,
please contact Mother Holly. | | | August 29 at 2 pm: Memorial Service
for John "Jack" Walls
Please join the family and the faith community in remembering John Butterfield Walls at St. Saviour's Church. | | | September 7: Outreach Meeting, 9 am
The Outreach, Evangelism, and Mission committee meets every first Wednesday at Church of Our Father after 8 am worship. Please join us Wednesday, September 7! We will discuss initiatives for the fall and winter, too. | | |  September 25: SAVE THE DATE
Partnership-wide Shared Worship Service at 10 am at St. Saviour's with
Commissioning of all lay ministers and Baptism of "Charlie" Mace, grand niece of Tammy Bloom. Island-wide worship with SMSJ on the fourth Sunday of the month will resume on October 23, 2022. | | | Ways to Support Those Suffering from Violence in Ukraine
Continue to pray for Ukraine and those in danger. 
Collect for Peace from the BCP:
Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity your dominion may increase until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
To watch our prayer service for the Ukraine from August 3, go to: OUR MDI EPISCOPAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL BY CLICKING HERE
Members of the Partnership parishes gathered in the first week of the month to discuss Outreach projects for the spring. There was a strong desire to focus our energies on promoting organizations that are helping those living in the Ukraine. Two organizations that are being recommended are:
Episcopal Relief and Development is working closely with Anglican agencies and ecumenical partners to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Ukrainian refugees in Europe. People quickly packed up and fled Ukraine to safety and are now in need of basic supplies and will need long-term support. Your contribution to the Episcopal Relief & Development International Disaster Response Fund will help provide clothing, food, water and other items. For more information on this organization, including instructions on how to give, visit: www.episcopalrelief.org or call 1.855.312.4325
Save the Children: UKRAINE CRISIS RELIEF FUND Ukraine's children are in grave danger of physical harm, severe emotional distress and mass displacement. Save the Children is concerned for children caught in the middle of armed conflict, forced from their homes in freezing temperatures, and exposed to injury, hunger and cold. Your donation to Save the Children's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund can help provide children and families with immediate aid, such as food, water, hygiene kits, psychosocial support and cash assistance. Together, we can protect children in crisis. For more information on this organization, including instructions on how to give, visit: https://www.savethechildren.org
| |  Bar Harbor Food Pantry for Rest of the Summer Once again thanks to all who have given in these times. The Food Pantry appreciates our donations. There is a collection spot for non-perishable food items at Church of Our Father and St. Saviour's. Volunteers will transport them to the BHFP.
Thank you for your support! Brad Berry | | | Sunday Fellowship Outdoors
As the warm weather continues, we will be having time after the services of worship for fellowship outside.
If you are interested in assisting with refreshments for these times, please be in touch with the parish administrator of your church, and she will connect you with others assisting in this ministry within our community.
At St. John's, speak with Dianne McMullan.
At Church of Our Father, speak with Joanne Sousa. | | | Our MDI Covid Task Force meets regularly to discuss our protocols.
Updates: - An area (not the whole worship space) will be marked off for Social distancing for those who want to sit in an area designated for this seating arrangement
- Guests and visitors will be invited at announcements to provide their contact information, should they want to be notified of a possible exposure to Covid-19 at worship service.
- To protect the most vulnerable, masking will required at all indoor gatherings for all people in attendance.
Note: Full vaccinations expected, unless medically prohibited. | | Age 5+ eligible to schedule COVID-19 vaccination,
Age 12+ eligible for booster COVID-19 vaccination and booster shots are available by appointment at the Community Health Center, Cooper Gilmore, Trenton Health Center,
and Carroll Drug Store.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is the only vaccine currently authorized for children ages 5-17. Everyone age 12+ is eligible for a booster shot. You must be 5 months past your second dose of Pfizer/Moderna or 2 months past your first dose of Johnson & Johnson to receive a booster dose. If you would like to schedule a COVID-19 vaccination or booster, please call one of our vaccination sites below or check our Bar Harbor Regency Clinic calendar. COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are also available by appointment at local pharmacies in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Ellsworth. Call now to schedule your vaccine or booster (Pfizer/Moderna/J&J): Cooper Gilmore Health Center: 207-288–5024 17 Hancock Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Community Health Center: 207-244–5630 16 Community Lane, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Trenton Health Center: 207-667–5899 394 Bar Harbor Road, Trenton, ME 04605 Carroll Drug Store carrolldrugstore.net 3 Village Green Way, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 | | | | The FDA has authorized a 3-dose primary series of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years of age. A 3-dose vaccination series is Authorized for Emergency Use in individuals 6 months through 4 years of age. The initial 2 doses are administered 3 weeks apart followed by a third dose administered at least 8 weeks after the second dose. The vaccine may not protect everyone. To learn more, please see the Recipients and Caregivers Fact Sheet (6 months through 4 years of age) | | | | |
