Readings of the Week
Lectionary page readings,
Sunday, July 15th
click
here for a preview.
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- 8:00 am Quiet, spoken and traditional
- 9:30 am Holy Communion with choir and children's programs
- 5:30 pm Celtic
Eventide...contemplative, musical and prayerful
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Starting the Day
with Prayer
This summer St. Alban's will be holding a short service of
Morning Prayer
Mondays-Thursdays
at 9:00 am
We will meet in the chancel by the altar for this simple service of reading of Scripture and prayer. The service will be completed before
9:30 am. Please see Holly Clark or Shawn Evelyn with questions. Hope you can join us!
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Clergy and Music
This Sunday
- The Rev. Amelia Hagen will be celebrating at 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM at 5:30 PM.
- Shawn Evelyn and The Rev. Holly Clark will be assisting.
- James Strand at the organ bench.
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Meetings & Events
7/14 Preble Street
7/15 Blood Pressure
7/17 Book Club
7/22 SELF CARE WITH KATIE
7/29 Sermon Talkback with Holly
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All Are Welcome
Summer Formation
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Summer Fun and Formation!
Children ages 4- 6th grade are invited to join in some summer
Sunday School fun!
We will start each morning with a Bible story from the week's scripture lessons and open ended craft time.
Then, we will enjoy some fun and fellowship outside. Children will rejoin their families in worship during the Passing of the Peace.
Contact Katie Holicky if you have any questions or would like to help out.
[email protected]
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August 6th- 10th
9am-12pm Monday-Thursday
NEW
4pm-7pm Friday Family Night
Join us this summer for a fun filled week of games, arts and crafts, music, stories from the Bible and more!
Introducing....Friday Family Night
Families are invited to jump into the excitement of Camp together for an evening of fun and formation!
Dinner will be included.
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Summer High School Youth Gatherings
This summer the high school youth will gather a few times to reconnect, have some fun, and make new friends. If your son or daughter has not yet participated in our Doodle poll to identify the best weeks for these events for your family, please go to this website and take our very short poll today.
Additionally, if you would like your name added to our email list to learn about upcoming high school youth events, please contact the Rev. Holly Clark at [email protected].
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after 9:30 service
Blood Pressure Screening
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Do you know anyone suffering from loneliness?
Excellent Reading From Your Health Ministry
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This morning, as James and I head off to vacation, I happened to read a little bit of Isaiah:
In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.
Today, we will be returning for a few weeks to our simple cottage in Brooklin, one of the idylls in our busy world. I'm good at returning there....and I promise to pay attention to resting and being quiet. I do have confidence that the beauty of the familiar includes certain restoration and refreshment, strengths and savings from the intensities of work.
It won't surprise you that even the joys of my ministries at St. Alban's come with demands and cares. Thank you for giving me and my family this good time for returning and rest. My prayer is that you and yours may also know some quietness and confidence in these awesome summer days.
Blessings and thanks,
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Here's a story from The New York Times that I thought you'd find interesting:
Click here
Is a stranger being rude? Your seat mate crying? A friend acting strangely?
We're all dealing with something, as our Sketch Guy columnist reminds us.
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While the rector is on vacation
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While Tim is on vacation we will have several guest clergy.
July 15 The Rev. Amelia Hagen
July 22 The Rev. Rik Pike and
The Rev. Kelly Moughty
August 5 The Rev. John Rogers
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You don't want to miss this.
Take care of yourself with our own Katie Holicky
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Health Chat with Katie
July 22ND
following 9:30 worship: SelfCare
What's on your to do list this week?
Is your calendar filling up by the second?
Feeling like there are never enough hours in the day to accomplish all that needs accomplishing?
Spend some time with our very own Katie Holicky wondering what it means, looks like, and feels like to really take care of yourself.
Katie will be sharing her thoughts on Self Care with us from her context as a Spiritual Director.
Come prepared to take some time to reflect on your daily life in ways that inspire and encourage you to spend time caring yourself so that you may better sustain the fullness of life.
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Building Community
Strengthening Lives
Greater Portland Family Promise Celebrates One Year: You are invited to participate in this life-changing ministry
July 9 was the one year anniversary of Greater Portland Family Promise opening its doors to welcome the very first GPFP guest family.
Saint Alban's is a ministry partner with St. Batholomew's Roman Catholic Church of Cape Elizabeth and the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church as families are hosted at CEUMC four times each program year.
To date, this interfaith and ecumenical ministry in the greater Portland area has served 18 families or 68 individuals. Three families are currently in the program. Ten families have graduated into housing.
Of the families, we have served thus far,
*83% of families are newly arrived immigrants
*54% of individuals are children under 18
*51% of children are ages 5 and under
Families served have identified as coming from the following countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Morocco, DR Congo, and the United States.
We are deeply grateful for the care, support, and work of the volunteers from St. Alban's who have dedicated so much to this program over this past year.
St. Alban's next hosting date is coming up: August 12- 19. In order to work directly with families in this program, volunteers must complete a training organized by Greater Portland Family Promise. If you would like to attend the training, registration ahead of time is not necessary. The next training is on Sunday, July 22nd, from 1:00-4:00 pm at Saint Luke's Episcopal Cathedral, Portland (parking lot at 134 Park Street).
We are grateful for the volunteers who have chosen to make Family Promise a part of their lives--the volunteers who cook food, make beds, play with children, stay overnight, donate furniture and clothing, serve on our board and committees, help families move into apartments, and so much more. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Please contact the Rev. Holly Clark, our Assistant Rector, or Deborah Phelan if you are interested in learning more about this important, life-changing ministry.
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Jubilee Center/Essentials Pantry Summer Update
Our straw baskets for donations have been overflowing, thanks to all of you.
Toothbrushes and Toothpaste
The Essentials Pantry/Jubilee Center is in need of individually wrapped toothbrushes and toothpaste. Consider picking up a package or two at the drugstore, and when next visiting your dentist, ask if he or she could spare a couple of samples given to patients. When a dentist was asked recently, he promptly offered a case of sample size tubes of toothpaste!
It never hurts to ask.
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Helping is a simple and
fun way to support
our Saint Alban's community!
Serve LEMONADE ON THE LAWN
Lemonade on the lawn has started
the
weekly coffee hour will be re placed by Lemonade on the Lawn. Lemonade on the Lawn is an easy and fun way to get involved at Saint Alban's. All you need to do is provide lemonade and cookies or other light summer refreshments.
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Here are the upcoming
books and dates:
The Girl with Seven Names
Hyeonseo Lee
July 17 at 7:30 pm
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
August. No date yet
The July date is a change. There were too many conflicts on the
On the original date.
The August book Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Is now in at Nonesuch Books. And the meeting will
On
August 21.
Also, there are several copies of The Girl With Seven Names
at Nonesuch Books.
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