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WEEKLY SERVICES and MEDITATION
St Saviour’s uses 100% gluten free wafers
The Sanctuary will be open daily for all from 8:30
am to 6:00 pm, from May
23rd to October 29th.
Holy Eucharist:
Sundays at 7:30 am in the Chapel and 10:00 am in the
Church
Morning Prayer
Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 am in the Chapel
Contemplative Prayer - Thursdays at 5:30
pm in the Rectory Library
Contemplative Prayer at St.
Saviour’s Parish: Each Thursday, from 5:30-6:30
pm, a group gathers in the Parish Library (in the Rectory Common
at 41 Mt. Desert Street)
to learn about and practice the art of centering prayer. We begin with
listening to a 15-20 minute segment of Thomas Keating’s introduction to
Centering Prayer. Keating uses scientific discoveries, psychological
insights, spiritual wisdom from many traditions and Christian faith to
appreciate the gift of contemplative prayer which has the capacity to open us
to a rich interior life and to connect us with others and to all creation.
Author of several books, including Intimacy with God and Open Mind,
Open Heart, Keating is a Cistercian monk and founder of the Centering
Prayer Movement. He resides at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass,
Colorado. After listening, we share
responses briefly, and then we sit together in silence for roughly thirty
minutes. We welcome all points of view, and we each benefit from one
another’s experiences.
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For upcoming
activities and events sponsored by Integrity Maine,
see their website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#!/pages/Integrity-Maine/112720308764632
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St. Saviour’s Parish grace
notes …
small
things that herald greater ones.
For September 12, 2010 and the week following
(Grace Notes, the Lay Ministry Schedule and our newsletter The Voice
are available on our website www.ellsworthme.org/ssaviour)
We pray for Patti Wharton,
Chauncey McFarland, Ellie Batchelder, Beverly Day, Billie Marshall, Dottie
Abbott, Marilyn Voorhies, Eliza Vallette, Jack Walls, Scott, Avis Keene, Sarah Cleaves.
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Collect of the day
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God of the dirtied hands, the wandering feet; you seek out the lost
before ever they turn to you: take us with you into the abandoned places to
find a new community outside our fortress walls; through Jesus Christ the
Searching One. Amen. Reprinted from Prayers For An
Inclusive Church by Steven Shakespeare
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The Emerging Church, Fridays at Noon. What
is The Emerging Church? Sometimes called "Emergent" Church, this
is a multi-faceted, ecumenical movement made up
of Christians who question how far traditional
church practices can respond to the needs
of people in the 21st century and who are exploring new ways of following Christ today. If you are interested in
learning more, please come to a Friday
Noon conversation
series beginning September 17 in the Parish
Library in the Rectory Common. . During the first couple of meetings the
group may also address some of the same material
in Jonathan's Sunday offering
"Rethinking the Sex Crisis with Sarah Coakley." Jenny Reece and Sarah Flynn will facilitate.
Rethinking
the Sex Crisis with Sarah Coakley, Sundays at 8:45 am. “Anyone who has attentively
followed the press coverage of the recent sex scandals in the Roman Catholic
church in Boston, on the one hand, and of the divisions over homosexuality in
the Anglican Communion, on the other, may have become aware of certain
pressing contemporary 'cultural contradictions' on matters of sexuality and desire
that these two crises enshrine, and to which I wish to draw explicit
attention,” writes Sarah Coakley, the Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at
Cambridge University and author of The
New Asceticism, forthcoming in 2011 from Continuum Books. Though Dr. Coakley will not be with us in
person, we will discuss her fresh look at this controversy on September 19, 26 and October 5 in the
Parish Library.
Baked Bean
Supper Friday, September 24 in St. Saviour’s Parish Hall. Donations will
benefit our outreach programs. Beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, brown bread,
biscuits, desserts.
Sign up for food and to help is in the Parish Hall. Public Welcome!
Note cards for sale! You
will find a part of the selection of cards on the table in the Narthex and
the full selection on the ordering table in the Rectory Common hallway during
office hours on Tuesday to Friday from 8:30 am
to 1:30 pm. You can sit, look at
them all, fill out your order form and take it to Muffet who will be happy to
get you your selections. Please make your check payable to St. Saviour’s
Parish. Muffet will be happy to email the selection to you – contact her at
StSaviour@roadrunner.com.
At MDI Episcopal Churches
Tuesday, September 14th
at 12 noon, Cynthia Bourgeault will present a program introducing the
main themes of her new book The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the
Woman at the Heart of Christianity. A book signing will follow the
program which is at St. Francis-by-the-Sea in Blue Hill.
Farmer’s Market –
will be in St. John’s Southwest
Harbor parking lot from 9:00-1:00 each Friday until mid-October.
Hospice
of Hancock County is offering
the following support groups:
- Widows & Widowers
– Fridays-October 1-December 3 from 4-5:30 pm
- Parents Who Have Lost
a Teen or Adult Children – Mondays-October18-December 6 from 4-6 pm
- Adults Who Have Lost a
Parent or Sibling – Thursdays-October 7-December 2 from 4-6 pm
- Survivors of Loved
Ones Who Have Completed Suicide – Wednesdays October 6-November 17 from
11am to 1pm
Contact
the office there at 337-2531 to register or for information. Programs are
free and run by trained professionals.
There's a new opportunity
for 7th - 12th graders to get together and have a safe and fun place
to be with other youth to explore questions about God, faith, the church and
life in the 21st century. We'll be meeting more or
less monthly - the first time Sunday, September 12 from 4:30 - 7:00 at St. Francis in Blue
Hill. All are welcome and encouraged to bring
friends. Supper will be provided, so it would be helpful to know in
advance if you plan to attend. Right now we're set up
to alternate between St. Francis Episcopal, 330
Hinckley Ridge Road, Route 177 in Blue Hill and
St. Andrew Lutheran, 175
Downeast Highway in Ellsworth. There will
sometimes be doorprizes and always be good talk and good fun happening. Come on the 12th and check us
out. The schedule through April is as follows:
September 12, October 3 St. Andrew & 24, November 14,
December 5, January 9 & 30, February 20, March 13, April 3. FMI
St. Francis 374-5200 or St.
Andrew 667-7641.
Island Connections continues to be in need of
volunteer drivers. The demand for rides for medical appointments, errands,
shopping for food, etc. has increased by 37% over the past year. If you
can help, even once a week, please call Island Connections at 288-4457. Gas
cards are available if you are willing to make a trip off island.
College of the Atlantic’s Community Connections Program (CCP) pairs COAinternational students
with local families to engage in communal activities on an informal basis.
CCP is not a host-family program in the sense that students actually live
with local families, but rather a friendship program that encourages the
development of more global perspectives for both the students and families
through cultural exchange. Students are given the opportunity to deepen their
understanding of culture in the United States through participation in the everyday
activities of a local volunteer family and local families are enriched by the
opportunity to learn about the traditions, cultural practices and
perspectives of the international student with whom they are connected. For
more information about the Community Connections Program and application
process, please go to our website: www.coa.edu/internationalstudentservices.
If you would like to apply, or have questions or concerns, please contact the
Coordinator of International Student Services, Kylee Allen, at 207-801-5673
or kallen@coa.edu.
Next Week at St. Saviour’s
Jim Vallette is the
Vestry member on call from September 11-17 at 244-3106
September 11 Saturday 8:30 am - Morning Prayer - Chapel
7:00 pm –AA – Parish Hall
12 Sunday 7:30 am – Holy Eucharist – Chapel
10:00 am – Holy Eucharist – Church
11:00 am – Coffee Hour – Parish Hall
13 Monday 7:00 pm- AA – Parish Hall
14 Tuesday 8:30 am- Morning
Prayer
10:00 am – PATT
12:00 pm - 12 Step
group – Rectory Common Library
5:00 pm – MDI Episcopal Church committee
15 Wednesday 8:30 am – Morning
Prayer – Chapel
12 Noon - AA – Parish Hall
16 Thursday 8:30 am – Morning
Prayer - Chapel
11:00 am – No Staff meeting
*1:00 pm – Jon not in Southwest Harbor –no Bible Study
5:30 pm – Contemplative Prayer-Rectory Common Library
7:00 pm – Choir Rehearsal – Parish Hall
17 Friday 8:30 am - Morning Prayer – Chapel
12:00 noon – Emerging Church – Rectory Common Library
7:00 pm – Alanon – Rectory Common Library
18 Saturday 8:30 am - Morning Prayer - Chapel
7:00 pm –AA – Parish Hall
19 Sunday 7:30 am – Holy Eucharist – Chapel
8:45 am – ReThinking the Sex Crisis – Rectory Library
10:00 am – Holy Eucharist – Church
11:00 am – Coffee Hour – Parish Hall
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Ministers of the Service
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9/12/10
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9/19/10
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Organist
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Julia Morris-Myers
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Julia Morris-Myers
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St. Anna’s
Guild
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Lucy Triplett, Gayle Gleason
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Carmen Greene
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Flowers
arranged by
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Eva Davis, Sue Blaisdell
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Eva Davis, Sue Blaisdell
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7:30 am
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7:30 am
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Celebrant/Preacher
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The Reverend Debbie Wyman Little
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The Reverend Debbie Wyman Little
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Lector
Prayer Leader
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Sarah Cleaves
Vicky Vendrell
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Kathy Feid
Rick Mack
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Chalice
Bearer
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Lucy Triplett
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Carmen Greene
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10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Celebrant/Preacher
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The Reverend Debbie Wyman Little
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The Reverend Jonathan Appleyard
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Greeters/Ushers
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Tyler Proctor, Betsy Drake
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Don Allen, Charlie Lyons
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Acolyte/Crucifer
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Linda Foster
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Mary Ellen Sharp
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Lector
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Marsha Lyons
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Beverly Day
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Prayer Leader
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Jenny Reece
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Marsha Lyons
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Chalice Bearers
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Sarah Flynn, Geoff Schuller
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Don Allen, Rachael Sharp
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Coffee Hour
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Diane Phipps
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Betsy Drake
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Vestry on Call
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Jim Vallette
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Rick Mack
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The First Light Society of the Diocese of Maine
In 2003 the Episcopal Diocese of
Maine established the First Light Society for any who had included St.
Saviour’s Parish, the Diocese of Maine or any other Episcopal ministry in
their will or planned giving. Several members of the St. Saviour’s are
included as early participants. If you have made such plans, please let
Jonathan know so that Bishop Lane
can acknowledge your foresight. If you would prefer to keep your plan
confidential, but want to support the effort, please let the rector know your
wish. He will pass on word of an anonymous pledge while withholding your
name.
Let all who seek you rejoice in you and be glad. Psalm 40:17
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name, address and email address to StSaviour@roadrunner.com
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