Pre-COVID Worship resumes
We have returned to our regular 8AM and 10:15AM worship times on Sundays in the church with music at 10:15AM. The 9:30AM Healing Eucharist is also back on Wednesdays with coffee and chat time following.
Parish News
-
-
Back to church!
Dust off your name tags – we are back in church! For the second Sunday we have worshipped together in the nave while some have remained at home and participated via Zoom. On July 4th we will be returning to pre-pandemic days and resuming our regular two services at 8AM and 10:15AM. Coffee hour is…
-
Vestry Highlights – June 2021 meeting
The Vestry met in-person at the parish house this past Tuesday. Updates were reported from Vestry members on the Discernment and Planned Giving Committees. The Vestry reviewed and voted to accept new guidelines for in-person worship effective immediately with additional changes beginning in July, using recommendations by our COVID Task Force following new CDC guidelines….
-
Pentecost and Bishop Brown’s visit
The few of us present were dressed in red! The church looked festive also “dressed” in red! And Bishop Thomas Brown was with us to celebrate Pentecost and bless our recently restored and moved baptistry window via a streamed service to the parish.
-
Window Move Complete
Our baptistry window, previously installed next to the last pew, has been restored and now hangs behind the font on full display from inside and outside of the sanctuary.
-
Bishop Brown’s visit to St. Margaret’s
The Bishop will be visiting via ZOOM on The Day of Pentecost, May 23rd, so please mark your calendars. Please join us for ZOOM Church and Coffee Hour!
-
Knit-a-Thon on May 8
Our biannual “KNIT-A-THON” will be held on May 8th from 9:00am – 6pm outside on the lawn of St. Margaret’s, weather permitting. Any and all are welcome to drop in with handwork or just for support. We will be raising money for the Belfast Soup Kitchen, an organization that supports many individuals in our area facing…
-
Worship Lay Leaders
Your lay leadership team, from left to right: Kristen Burkholder, Faye Ward, Julian Sheffield, Deirdre Good, Rev. John Nieman, Kenneth Taylor and Audrey Klein-Leach. This group has been meeting after church starting in late January — and going for nearly 2 months — learning about leading Morning Prayer and preaching, mostly by rehearsing and receiving…
-
Holy Week Services
Maundy Thursday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist/Spiritual Communion, concluding with the stripping of the altar. Good Friday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m.The Good Friday Liturgy from the Prayer Book, including the reading of the Passion Narrative from the Gospel of John. The Lighting of the New Fire, April 3 at 7:00 p.m.This will…
-
KnitMaine-ia is here!
The 2021 version of Knitmaineia begins on March 1 with an online auction of shawls, sweaters, hats, and knitted animals. In addition, there will be a slideshow of knit and crochet work in lieu of a runway show. The auction items are complete, but please enter photos of any handwork throughout the month of March. Inspire…
-
Be a Part of KnitMaine-ia 2021!
The annual KnitMaine-ia fashion show fundraiser will be held during the month of March this year. Donate knit, crochet or fiber related items to our online auction, or share your work in photos to be posted online, and also in the window of Heavenly Yarns. All proceeds will benefit New Hope for Women. Knitmaineia 2021 is sponsored…
-
Ash Wednesday services
Ash Wednesday service will take place at noon via ZOOM. The Imposition of Ashes will take place at 4:00 p.m. Participants must wear masks and remain in their cars parked in front of the church on Elm or Court Streets. We will come to you with the ashes. This is both to ensure physical distancing and…
