SUNDAY WORSHIP AT 9:45AM. Coffee Hour & fellowship after the service. (Winter hours)
Adult Ed following Sunday 9:45AM service
The Vestry met on Tuesday, April 14 via ZOOM. Following are some highlights from the meeting:
Our knitting circles will now be held weekly online! All knitters, crocheters and hand crafters are welcome to join the group which meets virtually from 4-6pm on Fridays. Post COVID 19, we will resume our biweekly schedule, but for now, we need each other! Project support, community, and friendship are all offered here. Please join the Zoom meeting with the following code: https://zoom.us/j/414079395Any questions or concerns, please email Jillian:[email protected]
March 22, 2020 – Holy Eucharist
During this time of social distancing we have Hannaford cards available in the church office. Please email your request to [email protected] and cards can either be mailed or delivered to you.
March 29 is the first fifth Sunday of the year and the Outreach Committee has asked that the collection be used 1) to beef up Women of St. Margaret’s Medical Fund – a fund used to assist those in need to help cover medical, prescription and other related expenses. 2) To help people coping with the impact of COVID 19 possibly through Belfast General Assistance or by purchasing Hannaford cards for those in need.
Because we won’t be able to pass the plate during worship, we ask that you send a check to St. Margarets Church, 95 Court Street, Belfast with “Fifth Sunday” in memo line.
Thank you!
Our first broadcast of Sunday worship went fairly well – just a few minor glitches!
This will be the way until further notice and we would like to see as many of you as possible. To log in to the service at 9:20 or so go to https://zoom.us/j/3747351210 .
Instructions: On Sunday morning at 9:20 am, click on the above link. You will be taken to a Zoom invite page. Click on OPEN ZOOM.US This will get you into the meeting but be patient while it loads.
When Zoom opens you will hear a doorbell. You should see John/Chris/Elaine in the big window. If you don’t see your face in a little window on top, go to the bottom task bar and remove the red slash line through the video icon. PLEASE MUTE YOUR DEVICE BY CLICKING ON THE MICROPHONE ICON IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF SCREEN (IN TASK BAR). WHEN YOU SEE A RED DIAGONAL LINE THROUGH THE ICON IT IS MUTED.
If it says “the host needs to be on line” it just means you are early and we will be opening the host window very shortly.
You may also watch a tutorial here.
If you have any questions about this, please call Chris (323-5955) or Elaine (252-9377) and we will try to help.
Some images from our service on Sunday, March 22 with the Rev. Ted Kanellakis.
Following the guidelines of CDC and State recommendations that limit group gatherings to 50, and for groups of Seniors to 10, we are planning to start streaming worship services effective March 22.
More information on how this will be accomplished will be posted in the next few days.
| 4 March 2020Dear Episcopal Church in Maine Family: Gretchen Lane was beloved in our diocese, and her death evokes sadness in all of us who knew her. At the same time, this is an occasion for us to proclaim hope in resurrection, to give thanks for her presence and friendship, and to convey our love to Steve, who was our bishop for over a decade. Her funeral is the same day as Spring Training. Several in our community, especially members of governing bodies and diocesan staff, would like to be in Rochester on the 21st of March. Therefore, I am taking the decision to cancel Spring Training. Certainly some of us will be disappointed about this decision. Many of you had already committed to being in Augusta, to hearing the Reverend Jay Sidebotham, and to attending or leading workshops. However, not all is lost, not ever. Early in May we will gather in Bangor to be with Canon Stephanie Spellers, and with our Presiding Bishop, Michael Bruce Curry. It will be an occasion for us to gather together, to claim our call as evangelists, to learn, and to worship. I hope all of us will make this a priority. For more information about the Presiding Bishop’s visit, click here . Gretchen’s memorial service will be at the Episcopal Church of Saint Thomas, 2000 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY at 11:00am on Saturday, 21 March. If you are interested in joining others from the Diocese of Maine in attending the service, arrangements have been made for bus transportation and a room block at a nearby hotel. Those details appear below. Please send condolence notes, and sympathy cards to: The Rt. Rev. Stephen Lane and Family, 1400 East Avenue, #313, Rochester, NY 14610. Memorial contributions in thanksgiving for Gretchen may be made to: Saint Elizabeth’s Essentials Pantry, 143 State Street, Portland, ME 04101 or The Center for Wisdom’s Women , PO Box 1016, Lewiston, ME 04240 (please add “Sophia’s House” in the memo line). Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace. Lord, you now have set your servant free, to go in peace as you have promised; for these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, whom you have prepared for all the world to see. A Light to enlighten the nations, and the glory of your people Israel. Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace. May her soul, through the mercy of God, rest in peace and rise in glory. Faithfully in Christ, |
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| The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. BrownBishop of Maine[email protected] |
| So we can advise St. Thomas about the number of folks planning to attend, please select the response (below) that best matches your plans: * If you plan on attending the Memorial Service, but are making your own transportation arrangements, please click here . * If you’re attending and are interested in taking the bus , please click here . Tickets are $50 and are limited ~ distribution will be by order received. The bus will depart from the parking lot on the corner of Marginal Way and Franklin St in Portland (Exit 7 off 295) on Friday, 20 March promptly at 10AM The bus plans on stopping twice; please feel free to bring your own snacks/lunch.A free-will offering for the bus driver’s tip will be taken on the return trip. If you are attending and need a hotel room , please be in touch with the Strathallan Double Tree by Hilton at 550 East Avenue in Rochester at 1-800-678-7284 or by reserving directly by clicking here.A special room rate of $119 (plus tax) has been arranged under the group name “Episcopal Diocese of Maine” group code “DOM”Breakfast (buffet or ala carte) is available at the hotel for an additional charge. For more information, please be in touch with Canon Barbara Martin [email protected] or 207-650-6070 x 125 |
| Condolences for Bishop Lane and Family may also be sent to the diocesan office to be forwarded: Episcopal Diocese of Maine, 143 State Street, Portland, ME 04101. |
Women from four of Belfast’s churches this week agreed to participate in a dramatic Holy Week event: a retelling of the crucifixion story titled “Women of the Passion: A Journey to the Cross.”
Women from First Church, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church and St. Francis of Assisi Church will present “Women of the Passion” on Wednesday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Margaret’s Church.
Organized much like traditional “Stations of the Cross,” this version features narration of each station by a woman mentioned in the Bible whose life was transformed by her encounter with Jesus. Fourteen women tell of their experience of him and then describe their emotion as they witness his crucifixion.
“Women of the Passion,” written more than 20 years ago by journalist Katie Sherrod for a parish retreat in Fort Worth, Texas, has been presented in hundreds of churches across the country since then. The moving stories come from Mary Magdalene, the woman taken in adultery, the woman with the flow of blood, the widow with her mite and nine more. Three meditations begin the observance and recount the anointing of Jesus by a woman, his denial by Peter and the dream of Pilate’s wife. The readings end with Mary’s grief as a mother over the loss of her son and the peace she finds as she places him in the tomb.
All are welcome to attend this retelling of the passion at St. Margaret’s Church, 95 Court St..
If a storm is coming and you’re wondering whether church might be cancelled, notification will be placed after 7:00 PM on Saturday evening on the our website and on the church voicemail, 338-2412. and listen to the announcement. The same announcements will be posted after 7:00 PM on Tuesday evening for a cancelled Wednesday service.
