Parish News

  • 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…

  • Book Discussion on Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited

    Howard Thurman, educator, civil rights leader, and mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. provided some of the key spiritual insights and theological underpinnings that ultimately shaped the civil rights movement.  His short book, Jesus and the Disinherited, first published in 1949, reveals much of the compassion and prophetic power of an interpretation of Jesus for those…

  • All Saints Services

    Next Sunday, November 1, is All Saints Day.  One common practice on All Saints is to remember in the prayers all those parishioners who have died since last All Saints.  We will remember this year Suzanne Fudge, Ray Hall, and Jeannette Piotti.  If there are other loved ones you would like named, please email those names to the…

  • Book Club via Zoom

    The St. Margaret’s Book Club is up and reading! Join LInda Dunson, Nancy Perkins, Judy Johnson, and others for a virtual discussion of carefully selected books. The group welcomes new members to the First Wednesday Club at 1:30 p.m. Join us with your tea or coffee to discuss carefully selected books. The November 4th meeting…

  • Care Groups – September 2020

    The days are getting shorter and outdoor activities will soon be curtailed. Many of us have had the opportunity to gather for the 11AM outdoor worship service, go for walks together, or have lunch outdoors but pretty soon many of us will be more homebound. The Care Groups are being reactivated and reconnecting. Did you know…

  • COVID and Indoor In-Person Worship

    Here we are, more than six months into a global pandemic which health experts tell us will continue for quite some time. The needles on our pines are turning brown with drought. Friends and family in other parts of the country are threatened by apocalyptic-class fires and hurricanes. The consequences of systemic racism challenge us…

  • Wednesday Conversation Group

    Last week I proposed in my NFTP piece the resurrection of a new version on zoom of the informal Wednesday conversations that formerly took place (pre-Covid) after the healing service.  As I wrote then, this would not be random chit-chat, but gently guided conversation rooted in our concerns and anxieties arising out of the swirl…