Weekly News & Events from St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church, Southwest Harbor

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

 

Sunday, November 15: Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00

 

Scripture: Psalm 16; 1 Samuel 1:4-20; Hebrews 10:11-25; Mark 13:1-8

 

Weekday Eucharist:  Wednesday morning at 9:30

                                                                               

Sunday Forums at 9:00 in the Undercroft:

November 15: Stewardship In-Gathering Brunch

November 22: Ellen Gilmore, Why I Am Still an Episcopalian

 

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This Sunday, November 15^th, we welcome Emily Blair Stribling as our celebrant. She is a poet, teacher, lay preacher, retreat leader, and recipient of the American Book Award. Emily has served as Poet-In-Residence at Wesley Theological Seminary, led programs at the Washington National Cathedral, served as lay pastoral associate at St. John’s Norwood Parish, and her poems have appeared in many magazines and anthologies. Recently retired, Emily and her husband Robert now live in Brooklin, Maine.

 

Diaper Drive for St. Elizabeth’s Essentials Pantry: November 22^nd. Glad to be out of the stage of life where you have to deal with diapers? Smack in the middle of the stage of life when expensive diapers are a daily necessity? Either way, show your gratefulness on the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving by collecting diapers for the many families with kids in diapers who depend on St. Elizabeth’s Essential Pantry. Monetary contributions may also be made to St. John with the notation St. Elizabeth Diaper Day. Diapers may be dropped off at the back of the church. Joan and Ted will see they are transported to Portland.

 

FOOD PANTRY NEEDS for THANKSGIVING DINNERS

Canned Goods: cranberry sauce, gravy, yellow or green vegetables, yams or sweet potatoes, olives, pickles, pineapple

Boxed or Bagged: biscuit mix, stuffing, sweet bread mix

Money to purchase turkeys.

Place items in the “Stuff the Turkey” box in the back pew. Checks should be made out to “Westside Food Pantry” and noted for Thanksgiving Dinners.

 

Gift cards suitable for Christmas gifts, hostess gifts, and any other giving are available again this fall for a $10 donation to the Westside Food Pantry. This year they will feature small original watercolor designs on the envelopes. Cards may be purchased at the church office or by calling Cass Wright at 244-5459.

 

St. John’s second Christmas fair is coming up November 28^th from 8 AM to 2 PM.  There will be crafts, food and wreaths for sale.  Mary Mitchell needs volunteers to contribute crafts, make wreaths and bake for the sale; she also needs help the day of the sale. Please call Mary at 244-9951 if you have questions or can help out in any way. Tables are available to rent on November 28 if you would like to sell your own goods.  The rental fee is $25.00.

 

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly news from St. Andrew & St. John Episcopal Church

ST. ANDREW & ST. JOHN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

EVENTS & NEWS

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

 

Sunday, November 8: Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00

 

Scripture: Psalm 127; Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44

 

Weekday Eucharist:  Wednesday morning at 9:30

                                                                               

Sunday Forums at 9:00 in the Undercroft:

November 8:  Carl Little, Ocean Drinker: A Reading

November 15: Stewardship In-Gathering Brunch

November 22: Ellen Gilmore, Why I Am Still an Episcopalian

 

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Baked Bean Supper – Saturday, November 7^th, 5:30-7:00 p.m., St. John's Undercroft. Donation is $8/person (children under 5 free). The menu includes beans, hotdogs, sausage, bread, Cole slaw, drinks and pie. Proceeds will benefit Westside Food Pantry. To help cook, make pies, set up, serve, clean up or for more information contact Mary Mitchell (244-9951), Dianne McMullan (244-4582, 266-8052) or Jean Rohrer (jeanrohrer@mac.com).

 

Life-Giving Hospice: Rose Mary Dougherty (author, teacher, senior fellow at the Shalem Institute) will give a free evening talk on "Being with the Dying: A Life Changing Experience" on Monday, November 9^th, 6:30-8:00. She will also conduct a daylong workshop "Learning about Living by Being with the Dying" on Tuesday, November 10^th, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. There is a $25 fee for the workshop which includes lunch. Both events take place at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, 121 Bucksport Road. For registration and further info, please contact Hospice of Hancock County, 667-2531.

 

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Thursday, November 12^th at MDI High School in the gym from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

 

FALL CLEAN-UP AT ST. JOHN'S – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 at 8:30 AM—Please Bring Rakes! The gardeners have done such a terrific job with the grounds this year that clean-up should be pretty easy. We'll just need to take care of the leaves. The Sawyer house will need to be cleaned up as well. If anyone can stay a little longer on the 14^th, that would be a great time to start!   Coffee pot will be on at 8 AM.  Call Joan  (244-3227) if you think you can make it, or with any questions.  THANKS TO ALL! 

 

Christmas Bazaar: Saturday, November 14, 9:00-3:30, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Ellsworth. There will be baked goods, gift baskets, gently used Christmas decorations, lunch, fairly traded handcrafts from artisans from 34 countries, in developing regions around the world.

 

Ingathering Brunch:  Sunday, November 15 -- Following the  10:00 AM Eucharist.   Please come to celebrate together the generosity of the members of our parish who are once again digging deep to sustain for another year the mission and operations of our church.

Gift cards suitable for Christmas gifts, hostess gifts, and any other giving are available again this fall for a $10 donation to the Westside Food Pantry. This year they will feature small original watercolor designs on the envelopes. Cards may be purchased at the church office or by calling Cass Wright at 244-5459.

 

St. John's second Christmas fair is coming up November 28^th from 8 AM to 2 PM.  There will be crafts, food and wreaths for sale.  Mary Mitchell needs volunteers to contribute crafts, make wreaths and bake for the sale; she also needs help the day of the sale. Please call Mary at 244-9951 if you have questions or can help out in any way. Tables are available to rent on November 28 if you would like to sell your own goods.  The rental fee is $25.00.

 

Office Hours: The office is closed until November 16. If you need assistance, please call Fr. Tardiff @ 244-4037, Ted Fletcher, 266-8415, or Chloe Hatcher, 669-2801.

 

Stewardship: Remember to send your 2010 pledge card.

 

Fr. Richard Tardiff

Parish of St. Andrew & St. John

238 Seawall Rd.

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

207.244.4037

frtardiff@myfairpoint.net

"And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." - Micah 6:8