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…
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.
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…
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.
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
March 22, 2020 – Holy Eucharist
Our first broadcast of Sunday worship went fairly well – just a few minor glitches! This will be the way until further notice and we would like to see as many of you as possible. To log in to the service at 9:20 or so go to https://zoom.us/j/3747351210 . Instructions: On Sunday morning at 9:20 am, click…
Following the guidelines of CDC and State recommendations that limit group gatherings to 50, and for groups of Seniors to 10, we are planning to start streaming worship services effective March 22. More information on how this will be accomplished will be posted in the next few days.