Excerpt from Science Magazine along with Juliet Baker’s comments. This abstract (good news plus a warning) from AAAS Science June 19, 2025 suggests that we remain vigilant by supporting policies that ban new plastic bags from our daily lives, and that we continue to recycle, wash, and reuse older bags instead. “Plastic pollution threatens marine and freshwater…
On Tuesday, May 30, we have arranged for a tour of the Belfast Transfer Station at 1 p.m. This will be an inside look at how the station operates and how we can help ensure that our efforts at recycling are worthwhile and helping to reduce our impact on landfills. The manager welcomes our questions, preferably…
https://waldo.villagesoup.com/news/council-appoints-new-city-committee/article_58759560-ec2e-11ed-b359-77afea0ca293.html WATER FILLING STATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED!We have raised over $16,000, enough to purchase the stations. While we wait for their manufacture and shipment to Belfast (arriving by mid-June), we will continue to raise the funds for installation. We thank everyone who has contributed and/or passed the word about this major effort. With just a…
WATER-FILLING STATIONS for Belfast. On Tuesday evening the Belfast City Council unanimously approved a proposal from the St. Margaret’s Creation Care team to purchase and install up to 3 water filling stations in downtown Belfast.(click link to see rest of article).
HELP WANTED FOR EARTH DAY PLANNINGThe Committee is making plans for Earth Day, Saturday, April 22. We invite all parishioners to help plan activities for the day, the week, and the month of April. If you have ideas to share, or have participated in Earth Day activities here or elsewhere, or just want to be…
The Rev. Barbara Briggs and Fr. Nathan March joined together to bless pets from parishioners of St. Margaret’s and St. Francis of Assisi on October 4th, Feastday of St. Francis of Assisi.
The “Songs of Taizé” published in different languages are simple, but preparation is required to use them in prayer. Short songs, repeated again and again, give the time of prayer a meditative character. As the words are sung over many times, it becomes a way of listening to God. It allows everyone to remain together…
The Season of Creation is a world-wide ecumenical celebration of God’s gift of our earthly home and an acknowledgement of our responsibility to care for it. It began on September 1 and ends on October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. (On October 4th, St. Margaret’s will have the Blessing of the Animals @ 4:30PM…
Here are a few titles relating to the appreciation and Care of Creation for winter reading and/or gift giving. All have been verified as ‘read and recommended’. Most or all can be ordered from Left Bank Books. Sarah Lincoln-Harrison for the Creation Care committee From Juliet B: The Overstory, by Richard Powers, W.W. Norton &…