REVISED COVID PROTOCOLS EFFECTIVE 12/23/21: We are so grateful for the care and attention you have given to keep yourselves and one another safe by observing protocols thus far. Given the large number of COVID cases in Maine and the rise of the omicron variant, we want to be especially vigilant and careful in order…
Join other knitters and crafters for a day of chatting, learning, working on your project and at same time raise funds for H.O.M.E. of Orland. Come for the day or for an hour or two. Ask your friends and family to sponsor your time or just come along and make a donation! 8AM-8PM on Saturday,…
We welcome Lucy as our new Acolyte at 10:15AM Sunday Eucharist.
Baking communion bread last Sunday morning was a community effort and lots of fun! We plan on making this recurring event with different volunteers. Amanda Curtis, Audrey Klein-Leach, Chris Urick, Ananda Johnson.
At least a dozen dogs and cats showed up at church for a special blessing on Sunday.
A special meeting of the parish will be held on Sunday, October 3 at 1:00 p.m. to provide updates from the Discernment Committee and their process. It will not be an in-person meeting, but rather will be strictly on zoom. A link will be included in the October 1 edition of News from the Pews. …
The annual Blessing of the Animals will be offered at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 9:30 a.m. on the lawn in front of the church at the corner of Court & Elm Streets, Belfast. The brief outdoor service, led by the Rev. John S. Nieman, is open to anyone in the community who would like a…
Updated COVID protocol (September 1, 2021) REQUIRES that all participants in support group meetings using our facility wear face masks.
A 10-week online course with Deirdre Good starting Thursday, August 25th, 7-8pm, “Leadership Qualities from Miriam & Moses to Jesus and Mary: Vision, Courage, Meekness” including the latest scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls 4Q285 fragment 7 envisaging Miriam and the women of Israel celebrating the defeat of the Roman Emperor by the Branch of…
August’s Fifth Sunday offering will go to the Episcopal Relief & Development Haiti Fund and to the International Rescue Committee’s work in Afghanistan, working to help, for example, displaced people in Kabul.
In light of this week’s changed CDC guidelines regarding masking and the increasing rates of COVID transmission rates in Waldo County, the Vestry has affirmed the following changes to our protocol at St. Margaret’s: Why these changes? In a nutshell, this past week the Federal CDC began recommending that allpeople, both unvaccinated and vaccinated, wear…
The Discernment Committee has completed the first part of the process – that is, completed the OTM portfolio and written a welcoming letter to prospective candidates that is posted on this completely re-designed website . The committee will now be entering the “silent” phase where applications will be received and absolute confidentiality is required. We…