All members of the diverse Belfast-area faith community are invited to join in a series of brown bag lunches every Wednesday in March that will be hosted by St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 95 Court St., Belfast.  The gatherings from noon to 1 p.m. in the parish house are presented by the Greater Bay Area Ministerium (GBAM). Each week will focus on a different aspect of “Encountering God, the Spirit, the Holy, the Divine, the Sacred in the Arts and in the World Around Us.”  Bring a brown bag lunch.  Coffee and tea will be provided.

     Following is the schedule of speakers:

March 1: The Rev. Barbara Briggs, Rector of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church and the Rev. Vicki Sirota,

“Encountering God through Music”

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March 8: The Rev. Julie Daley, retired United Methodist Deacon,

“Encountering the Spirit through Practices of Silence”

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March 15: The Rev. Amy Fiorilli, Minister,

the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast,

“Encountering the Spirit through Poetry”

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March 22: The Rev. Jean Ashland, Chaplain, 

Waldo County General Hospital,

“Holding Love and Loss”

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March 29: The Rev.Ted Chaffee, Pastor,

First Baptist Church of Belfast,

“Encountering the Divine through Art”

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