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St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church

Our Mission: "To Love, Praise, Welcome and Serve"

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

June 28, 2026

Worship this Sunday:

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

The Rev. Steve Hayward, presiding

A Place for the Prophet (c) Jan Richardson. janrichardson.com

...and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name

of a disciple-- truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.

Scripture readings for this Sunday (notes are below)

The bulletin can be found here.

Join us in-person or online. Click below for the Zoom link.

Link to the service

Weekly Calendar

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

Monday, June 29

8:30 a.m. Simmering Pot

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

Wednesday, July 1

10:00 a.m. In-person Meditation

10:30 a.m. NO Bible Study this week

4:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal

Sunday, July 5

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Pastor Elaine Hewes presiding

Looking Ahead

Wednesdays,

July 8, 15, 22, and 29

10:30 a.m. A study of the Phenomenology of Illness with Dr. Peter Antich

Sunday, July 19

11:30 a.m. Annual Meeting

Saturday, July 25

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Annual Lobster Picnic

September 8-11

17th annual St. Brendan Women's Retreat

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon given by The Rt. Rev. Thomas Brown on June 21st.

Click below for the video recording.

Bishop Brown's sermon

The Gratitude Corner

Yes, that's our Bishop, full of good humor and wisdom!

The parish of St. Brendan was delighted to welcome The Rt. Rev. Thomas Brown for Sunday's worship service, followed by a lively Q&A discussion during coffee hour.

We are grateful for the time spent with him. Bishop Brown started his well-earned sabbatical this week. We wish him a restful and restorative time away.

Click on the image below to view his short message of farewell.

For what are you grateful?

From our Pastor

Blessings at both ends of the day

On Wednesday morning of this past week, Miriam Antich invited the Bible Study group to experience the gift of silence and to talk about the gifts to be found there. And in the afternoon, the St. Brendan band rehearsed the music we will play this Sunday during worship. Later that evening, while thinking about the silence which Miriam offered and the music the St. Brendan band offered, I wrote this as a kind of thank-you note to the day.

Music above me,

Music below me,

Music to the left

and the right of me,

Music within me

Waiting for me to hear it,

to recognize its presence,

to take it in through my skin,

(my old lady skin!)

Until I know it to be love…

Until my body becomes the fiddle,

my heart the bow,

And the music,

While not silent,

is silence.

Giving our Priorities Shape (GPS) Action Item

Primary done! More work ahead! In this year of local and national elections, we need to be well-informed about issues of justice and racial and gender equity in our state of Maine, so that we can listen to political campaigns and decide which candidates will best advance these issues.

GPS Action for this week!

Choose one of these organizations and learn what they are doing to advocate for racial, gender, and tribal justice in the state of Maine.

Maineequaljustice.org

Antigone Reading

ANTIGONE

A Drama for Today

Wednesday, August 5th at St. Brendan's

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Play Reading - We ALL get to be Actors

5:30 p.m. Pot Luck Supper and Discussion

(Participants should be able to attend BOTH.)

Play and Questions to be distributed

Email Pete at nathandane3deerisle@gmail.com

Annual Women's Retreat

Save the Date

The 17th annual St. Brendan Women's Retreat will be from Tuesday, September 8 -

Friday, September 11, at the Diocese of Maine's Camp Bishopswood near Camden.

All interested women are invited to come and relax in the beauty of a quiet lake, swim, paddle kayaks, engage in creative art activities, and connect with nature and each other without an organized program. Generally, we have use of the entire facility, which includes cabins, bathrooms with hot showers, a lovely big hall, and a dining room where good food is prepared and served by the camp chef. Hiking trails and lakeside chairs are available for relaxation and conversation. Please consider joining us this year. The inclusive cost is $300.00. Scholarship assistance is available.

For more information or if you plan to attend, sign up at church this Sunday or contact Martha Dane at mndane-114@hotmail.com or 207-947-8043.

Education & Spiritual Development Ministry

"God lives in us . ."

1 John 4:12

Zoom Meditation/Silent Prayer at 4:30 p.m.

Readings, poems, and prayers are shared before a period of silence.

Link to Meditation/Silent Prayer

10:00 a.m. Wednesdays

In-Person Meditation/Silent Prayer at St. Brendan

Bible Study

Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

July 1 - No Bible Study

July 8, 15, 22, and 29 - A Study of the Phenomenology of Illness

with Dr. Peter Antich

June & July Birthdays

June

Bill Reardon – 26

Damon Beyer – 26

Chick White – 26

Julie Pierson – 26

July

Del Bright – 2

Emily Hawkins – 9

Lynne Ensworth – 10

John Arrison – 13

Sophie Webb – 14

Scott Cleveland – 18

Luke Williams – 21

Tallulah Pickens – 21

Heather Corey – 25

Ann Williams – 28

Cindy Beyer – 29

News from Near and Far

Bangor Pride Parade

Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Bangor Waterfront

In fellowship with its sister churches in Orono and Brewer, St. John's in Bangor will once again march in the Bangor Pride parade and share an Episcopal Pride booth. All ages are invited to march in the parade and staff the booth. Sign up here to volunteer and get the assembly point for the parade. Learn more about Bangor Pride here.

Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m.

Live Music at Working Loose

49 Main Street, Blue Hill

This concert features Jack and Fay Beaudoin's daughter, Geneviève.

More Information

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In Our Prayers

We pray for those in special need:

Susan Stitham

Harry Vickerson

Julie M.

Danny Judkins

Cathy Johnson

Meg Graham

Charlie Putnam

Judson Brown

Mike S.

Jennifer Hutchinson

Meredydd Cooper

Henna Torrey Roy

Jerry

Agnes and Billy

Julie and Tom

Gwyn Murray

Sally

Beth Kyser

David

Preston Henderson

Tammie and Jason Cox

Tyler Goss

Kate Hallen & Bob Blum

Mimi Maslan

Semantha

Judy Miller

Megan

Bishop Thomas Brown

Naomi

Anne Burton

Hewit

Mary Ann and Terry

Nishah

Corbin

Rebecca

Pam B

Jaxson

Heather Corey

Stephen Gill

Bill Scaife

Brent Was

Gary and Wellesley

Mary Lawrence Hicks and family

Nancy Greene

Peter Brown

Seth

Linda Shepard and family

Marcia Scott

Carol Stoneburner

We pray, also, for those who love and care for them.

We continue to hold in prayer those in our community who have recently lost loved ones; among them are the Stoneburner, Sherman, Hewes, Putnam, Wright, and Clauson/Hewes families.

We pray for those struggling with addiction and mental illness and their caregivers.

We pray for all those receiving care through Neighbor Care and for all the relocated residents of the Island Nursing Home and their families.

We pray for the victims of gun violence -- in our cities and towns, in our schools, in our places of worship, and in our homes.

We pray for the victims of the violence of armed conflicts around the world. We pray for those made refugees by the violence of armed conflicts. We pray for the victims of terrorist attacks everywhere.

We pray for all who suffer the effects of domestic violence and the violence of bullying in our schools and workplaces.

We pray for our nation, our president and vice-president, and all elected and appointed leaders.

We pray for all peacemakers and all those who work for justice; may we be found in their ranks.

We pray for all those serving in the armed forces of our country.

We pray for Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury; Hosam, Bishop of Jerusalem; Sean, our Presiding Bishop; and Thomas, our Bishop.

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for All Saints by the Sea, Bailey Island, St. Martin's in the Field, Biddeford Pool, and for the deacons of the Diocese of Maine.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Church of South India (United).

On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for Sargentville Chapel Circle, Sedgwick.

Do you have a Prayer Request or an Update on the Prayer List?

Scripture Notes

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Today we continue reading from the Gospel according to Matthew. This passage follows Jesus’ commissioning the disciples to go out and preach and his

warning of the opposition they will encounter. Today he concludes this section describing those who accept their message. Matthew is speaking here of us and of all who have accepted the message and who have received the reward of our faith.

Abraham’s greatest test of faith now comes as God tells him to sacrifice the child he and his wife had awaited for so long. Abraham sets out to obey but God intervenes, spares the child, and renews the promise to Abraham’s descendants, including us.

The reading from Romans today carries on Paul’s discussion of the result of baptism. We are dead to sin but we still have the choice between sin and grace. The choice is to be controlled by sin or by God. One receives only death from sin, but from God comes sanctification, growing into the image of God in which we were created.

We gather as people who find our life in Christ rather than in the conventions of the world. Our action in worship is a contradiction of the world’s standards. Our life as we go forth from worship is to show forth our new way of existing by ministry to the poor and neglected that God saves all who turn to God in faith. We are to live in accordance with God’s Kingdom, even when that reality is hard to find in the world around us.