Scones with clotted cream, little cucumber sandwiches, a pot of hot tea and more …… St. Margaret’s Tea & Bake Sale

A true English High Tea will be served at St. Margaret’s Harvest Tea and Bake Sale on Saturday, November 3 from 11 to 2. This signature event of the Women of St. Margaret’s is already known to many in the parish and local area, but if you haven’t tried it you must! Tell your friends and neighbors!  Invite a friend, your daughter, your mother, your husband and come and relax at a table set with lovely china. 

Beside the tea, there is a bake sale , the Jewelry Boutique – with lovingly refurbished jewelry that is perfect to gift or keep for yourself!  and a Silent Auction offering a variety of items and gift certificates.

All funds raised will benefit the Women of St. Margaret’s Outreach Mission.

This fun and fabulous fashion show will be happening at the Belfast Boathouse on Saturday, October 13th at 2 p.m.  Now in its ninth year, the show has promoted fiber arts while raising money for New Hope for Women with the $12 entrance fee. For the second year, there will be a silent auction showcasing three beautiful hand knit and beaded shawls donated and knitted by Susan Golden. These shawls are on display at Heavenly Yarns in Belfast.

Don’t miss this fabulous event! Bring someone to share the enjoyment.

FMI: (978) 325-0045 or www.stmargaretsbelfast.org/knit-the-community.

The Women of St. Margaret’s are hoping for applications from members and friends of our church for Canp Bishopswood scholarships.  We offer 50% “camperships” for a one week stay and full scholarships for “mini-camp”, a three day experience for younger or first time campers.

If you are interested for a friend or family member, please e-mail Cindy Frost at [email protected] for an application.

A Bishopswood experience is a life affirming event.  We hope our children experience it. 

One of the initiatives from the Year of Nurture gathering was to reintroduce fair trade coffee at St. Margaret’s.
Mary Rackmales will have a sample on Sunday and we will start with the opportunity for parishioners to order, pre-pay, and purchase fair-trade coffee. Mary will share more information about this during our Engagement Party on Sunday.

On Sunday, April 22, a beautiful kneeler honoring St.Margaret’s was dedicated by the  Very Rev. Dr. Benjamin 

Shambaugh, Dean of the Cathedral in Portland. The Celtic Cross in our garden, with lovely day lilies at its base, was the theme, with the bay and sailing vessels as background.

Seven years ago, at a Diocesan Convention at Sunday River, Susan Mayer purchased a Cathedral kneeler starter kit with basic directions and materials, including the requisite deep red background thread that is used on all Cathedral kneelers.  The project had some dormant periods over the years but the results are stunning. It honors St. Margaret’s life and celebrates our Centennial. 

Needle workers included Marcy Otley (an expert needle crafter from the Belfast area), Marian Fletcher, Susan Mayer, and, from the Cathedral Kneelers group, Jeri Edgar and Anna Messmer.  

The dedication service was joyful, beginning with the procession led by a bagpiper piping, a rare event. Ten kneelers were dedicated from across the Diocese. Each was a work of love, praise and beauty. What a joy to be there. Our kneeler will stay at the cathedral (it is number 379) and be used by worshipers. Look for it the next time you worship there.

–Cindy Frost (assisted by Susan Mayer)