Worship

  • Blessing of the Animals

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Blessing of the Animals

    Sunday, October 4th is the Feast Day of St. Francis and we invite you, your friends, and neighbors to bring your pets for the traditional “blessing of the animals” on the front lawn at 10:30AM. This is a long-standing tradition at St. Margaret’s and will continue despite the pandemic, but we do require that all…