Pastor Elaine Hewes, preaching

The bulletin can be found here.

All services and meetings will be held both in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise designated.

4:30 p.m. Meditation/Silent Prayer (Zoom)

8:30 a.m. Vestry meeting (Zoom)

4:00 p.m. Annual Lobster Picnic

3:00 p.m. Cynthia Bourgeault program on her new book

                  (register below)

40th Anniversary celebration of our church

5:00 p.m. Celtic Eventide

3:00 p.m. "The Voyages of St. Brendan" -- Talk by Hugh Curran

Women's Wilderness Retreat

"The Price of Mercy"

Sermon given by The Rev. Lev Sherman on July 10th.

Click below for the video recording. A text copy is available here.

We are grateful for the beautiful Celtic Eventide service held in our hall last Sunday evening. We had thirty attendees all of whom enjoyed Peter Tarlton's reflection and the beautiful music played by Elaine and Connie. Thank you to everyone who had a part in making this happen.

Camp Kooky serves island children many of whom can not afford the tuition of $150 per five-day session. The camp has six five-day sessions which run from July 11 through August 19.

Scholarships for the first four sessions are taken care of but the last two sessions could use some financial support. I might add that the programs have the support of the SDI school system which encourages young students to participate. Camp Kooky has been supported by our Outreach Committee.

Pursuant of Article IV, Section 1 of the Bylaws, notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Members of St. Brendan the Navigator will be held on Sunday, July 17, 2022, at 11:15 a.m. to conduct the following business:

Sign up for Ministries!

This is the occasion when we ask all of you to commit to serve on one or more of the Ministries for the new year. The active engagement of those Ministries is the key to this congregation functioning well and requires broad involvement. Being a member of St. Brendan’s is not a spectator sport. There will be sign-up sheets this Sunday at coffee hour or you can email Pete Dane.  

Despite a one-year postponement and a reduced schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 1,000 bishops, deputies, and staff gathered in Baltimore from July 8-11 for the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry put the gathering in context: perhaps not the grand, joyous reunion the church had craved, but a moment of orientation in “strange and difficult days.” Curry delivered the sermon at the opening Eucharist via a pre-recorded video message.

Over 400 resolutions were acted on. Following heart-wrenching testimony, the House of Deputies overwhelmingly approved resolutions to establish a voluntary coalition for racial equity and justice and to reckon with The Episcopal Church’s involvement in Indigenous boarding schools. Read more about this here.

For a summary of the convention, click here.

Our annual lobster picnic will be Saturday, July 23 at 4 pm.  We hope everyone will join us at the church and bring your summer visitors! We’ll have a sign-up sheet at church Sunday or you can sign up by clicking below.

 Register now for Cynthia Bourgeault's talk on July 24th

The Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Ph. D., will speak on her newest book, The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, on Sunday, July 24 at 3 pm at St. Brendan’s. Copies of Bourgeault’s book will be available for purchase and signing. Seating and parking are limited, and reservations are strongly recommended. Non-registered persons will be admitted on a first-come basis until the maximum-allowed capacity is reached. This event is free and open to the public.

Bible Study

Practicing Holy Reading (Lectio Divina) with Joan Maxwell.

10:30 a.m. - Noon (at the church and on Zoom)

There will be 3 Sessions on July 20, 27, and August 3 (attend 1, 2, or all 3). Encounter the Word in community with your mind and your heart using a powerful, time-tested, easily understood approach. No experience is necessary. Have a Bible with you.

Final session Thursday, July 21st at 4:00 p.m. (ZOOM only)

This Zoom seminar, led by Peter Antich, uses philosophy to gain a deeper understanding of the role of racism in our society and to think about what stances we can and should adopt in opposition to racism. Click here for this week's reading from Good White People by Shannon Sullivan. Click here for the reading guide.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit . . .

period of sitting together in silence. All are welcome.

Among the many problems highlighted in this student study is the destructive presence of plastic in our environment. Pease spoke to a group of parishioners about her project and noted that the average American now consumes the equivalent of one plastic credit card per week-- just by breathing the air, drinking the water, and eating the food that we eat. James Rutter, who runs community programming as part of Haystack's Fab Lab, was also present for the talk. He collaborated with DISHS students to create frames for their artwork, made out of recycled plastic. Rutter invites ideas for other products that might be made in the Fab Lab as well. 

While it is encouraging to learn about creative ways to process the existing plastic that pollutes the planet, all agree that the ultimate goal is to eliminate it from our ecosystem. Stay tuned for more innovations and hopeful ways to reuse and cut back on plastic as we care for our children, each other, and the abundance of God's creation. And check out the art show. It is an example of how the young people around us care, too!

Are you having a baby visit in the future? Carolyn Mor has some equipment she is willing to lend: a crib, Joovy jogging stroller, umbrella stroller, wide baby gate, a baby seat that clamps to a table, and a little wading pool. Contact Carolyn at 207-374-2179 or cmor222@gmail.com

We pray for those in special need:

Bill Scaife-Treasurer

Curtis Flowers-Clerk