St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church
Our Mission: "To Love, Praise, Welcome and Serve"
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Worship this Sunday:
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Pastor Elaine Hewes, presiding
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All services and meetings will be held both in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise designated.
| | | | 4:30 p.m. Meditation/Silent Prayer (Zoom) | | | | 1:30 p.m. Worship & Music Ministry meeting (Zoom) | | | | |
9:00 a.m. Pastoral Care Ministry meeting
10:00 a.m. In-person Meditation
10:30 a.m. Lenten Bible Study
3:45 p.m. Choir rehearsal
5:00 p.m. Lenten Vespers - Linda Nelson, reflector
| | | | 4:00 p.m. Education and Spiritual Development Ministry meeting (Zoom) | | | | 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with The Rev. Jennifer Reece, presiding | | |
Wednesdays,
March 11 - March 25
| | 5:00 p.m. Lenten Vespers - Reflectors are Cathy Washburn, Carl Woodard, and Dwight Staples | | |
Sermon given by The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling on February 22nd.
Click below for the video recording. A text copy is available here.
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In thanksgiving for the life of Tony Stoneburner, who died at age 99 on Sunday morning in the hospital with his daughter holding his hand. A memorial service will be planned later in Minneapolis and at St. Brendan.
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On behalf of the Welcome and Hospitality Ministry, I’d like to thank all of you who happily helped and generously supported our 4th Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper last week.
A special thanks to co-chair Jonny Wheaton, who can multitask like no other, attending to every detail in a timely manner with good humor, ever patient and encouraging.
A multitude of thanks to our wonderful leader in the kitchen who orchestrates it all…Lynne Witham, whose enthusiasm, patience, and skill at keeping us on pancake track is remarkable!
Midway through our dinner, I glanced at the brightly decorated tables and saw happy, engaged diners enjoying the sweetness of pancakes and of fellowship. The scene sparkled! I smiled…gladness and gratitude.
Jane LaChance
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What if?
What if a pastor sits down to write something for her church newsletter
that has something to do with her congregation’s Lenten theme for the year,
that theme being “A Spring in the Desert,”
only to find that she herself is in an internal desert (dry as a bone),
and cannot for the life of her sense a spring anywhere,
not even the slightest scent of one?
And what if, instead of trying to “write herself into a different space” –
(one that might have a drip or a trickle of water somewhere)
she just practices what she so often preaches,
which means allowing herself to sit in the parched
and barren landscape in which she finds herself,
and there, just lets herself be?
What if?
What if?
And what if, in that place of no water
(much less an entire spring of it, for God’s sake),
there comes to her, in the midst of her desert,
the memory of the fox
that ran across her yard at 6:15 that very morning,
his coat a startling “gasp!” of orange
in the wild white wilderness of snow?
What if she lifts her head to the fierce beauty
of such a thing, and sniffs the air?
What if?
~ Elaine Hewes
| | Giving our Priorities Shape (GPS) Action Item | | |
February is Black History Month
You are invited to explore the documentary film, “Now and Forever: A Story on the Move,” released in 2023 by the Washington National Cathedral. This 22-minute film chronicles the decision in 2017 to remove two stained-glass windows honoring Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as a recommitment of the Cathedral to “confront systemic racism, to foster racial reconciliation, and to be repairers of the breach, in the past, the present, and in our future.” The documentary also details the commission of world-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall to replace the Confederate Generals’ windows with new “Now and Forever” windows that “capture the resilience, faith, and endurance of African Americans and our nation’s struggle with the original sins of racism and slavery.”
Click here to view the film.
For more information on "The Now and Forever Windows," click here.
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Vespers continues on Wednesday, March 4, at
5:00 p.m. in-person and over Zoom. Join us for prayer, music, and a reflection. This week's reflector is
Linda Nelson.
The bulletin will be posted on the website.
| | Education & Spiritual Development Ministry | | |
"God so loved the world. . . "
John 3:16
Zoom Meditation/Silent Prayer at 4:30 p.m.
Readings, poems, and prayers are shared before a period of silence.
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10:00 a.m. Wednesdays
In-Person Meditation/Silent Prayer at St. Brendan
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Bible Study
Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
We will read Sunday's scripture readings and discuss some of Wendell Berry's "sabbath poems."
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Colleen Spangler – 3
Pete Dane – 11
Stephen Hayward –11
Marge Anderson – 12
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Billy Love – 14
Seth Wrightington – 14
Marjorie Haley – 20
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A Different Kind of Red Hat
Thursday, February 26, 1942
84 years ago on this date, the Nazi occupiers of Norway outlawed the knitting and wearing of red “nisselue” hats. These simple homemade knitted red caps with a braided tassel had become a silent symbol of resistance among the Norwegians. Wearing your nisselue was a way to signal to your neighbors that you opposed the occupation and supported resistance movements. This infuriated the Nazis, who then made it illegal for anyone in Norway to make or wear a red hat.
This form of protest emerged, according to the head of Norway’s Resistance Museum, as one way “to keep up morale, keep up hope, and not descend into hopelessness and apathy during a very dark time.” The hats have become an enduring symbol of opposition to tyranny.
Recently, amid the horrific ICE occupation in their state, knitters in Minnesota (many of Norwegian heritage) resurrected the practice of making and wearing nisselue hats. It’s now spreading across the United States. Yarn stores everywhere are sold out of red yarn, including here in Maine. A shop in Minneapolis began selling a nisselue "Melt the Ice" hat pattern online for $5 and giving 100% of the proceeds to mutual aid efforts in their city. They’ve made over $650,000 so far.
The central values of the Norwegian resistance movement in WW II included:
· Democracy - the antithesis of authoritarianism
· Unity – a rejection of propaganda that divides people into imagined groups
· Menneskeverd – “humanworth,” the intrinsic value of all human beings, the red of the nisselue hats is a symbol that we all bleed the same
A website called “The Red Hat Factory” that’s devoted to this chapter in Norwegian history says:
Resistance is…
speaking freely and without fear, whether in public demonstration or to your inner group of friends
refusing simplistic language that pits groups against each other
taking a break from media when it stokes your fear and anger
getting to know your neighbor, especially those unlike yourself
not losing hope that there is some good in this world and it’s worth fighting for
This Lent, consider adapting that list into your own Lenten discipline or spiritual practice—pick just one form of resistance to practice throughout Lent, or try a different one each week.
On this 84th anniversary of the nisselue law, wear a red hat as a sign of solidarity with all those, past and present, who resist tyranny, authoritarianism, and fascism.
Because there is indeed some good in this world. And it is worth fighting for.
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An invitation from the Deer Isle Sunset Congregational Church
Friends:
A small group gathered at the church last week to share concern over current events in Minneapolis and a perceived sliding away from the founding values of our country. That is: government of the people, by the people, for the people; enacted with tolerance and forbearance. We decided to gather in a peaceful vigil outside our church on Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. Appropriate signs are welcome, and we want to emphasize loving kindness and a peaceful point of view. All are welcome to join us on Thursdays.
Pastor Kim
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We hold in prayer the family of Tony Stoneburner, who died on February 22nd.
May God's strong love hold Carol and her family at this time.
| | We pray for those in special need: | | |
Martha Dane
Peter McKee
Caroline Dane
Mike S.
Jennifer Hutchinson
Meredydd Cooper
Henna Torrey Roy
Liz Leuthner
Jerry
Helen and Gibbie Nauman
Agnes and Billy
Julie and Tom
Gwyn Murray
Sally
Beth Kyzer
David
Preston Henderson
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Mollie Ann Meserve
Tammie and Jason Cox
Tyler Goss
Kate Hallen & Bob Blum
Judith Jerome
Mimi Maslan
Semantha
Judy Miller
Megan
Bishop Thomas Brown
Naomi
Anne Burton
Hewit
Mary Ann and Terry
Nishah
David Morrish
Corbin
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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
Lindsay Bowker
Marcia Scott
Carol Stoneburner
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We continue to hold in prayer those in our community who have recently lost loved ones; among them are the 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 St. Martin's, Palmyra, and for the staff and volunteers who attend to the administrative needs of our churches.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Nippon Sei Ko Kai.
On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for the Church of Jesus Christ Restoration Branch, Deer Isle.
| | | Second Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings focus on the theme of journey. Whenever we travel, we undergo the pain of leaving behind familiar things and the uncertainty of a new future. In Lent, Christians remember that they are life-long “pilgrims in a strange land,” people on a
journey into the future that God has prepared for us.
The Old Testament reading tells of the story of Abraham’s calling by God, and the beginning of his journey into the Promised Land. In this new and unknown place, God opened up new rivers of grace for Abraham and Sarah.
In the second reading, Paul expounds on Abraham as the father of faith and as our ancestor in the faith. The journey begun by Abraham and Sarah is a journey that continues in our lives and a journey begun this Lent by all those among us who seek baptism at Easter.
Nicodemus is also interested in a journey -- the journey into God’s Kingdom. Here a leading rabbi comes to discuss God’s Word with Jesus, whom he recognizes as a fellow rabbi. John tells us this was Passover season and it was accounted specially blessed for rabbis to discuss God’s Word through the night during that season. Jesus reveals the way into God’s Kingdom to be a new birth, a birth from heaven (the original text means both) through water and the Holy Spirit.
We gather to support each other in our journey, to pray for those who will be baptized, and to be nourished by Christ in his Word and Sacraments -- they are our food for the journey.
Notes on the Sunday Readings and Seasons of the Church Year. Copyright © 2009 by Michael W. Merriman. Church Publishing Incorporated, New York
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Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pastor Elaine Hewes
Tel: 207-479-5651
elaine.hewes@gmail.com
Emergency Contacts:
| | Warden - John Arrison, 207-505-2474 arrison17@gmail.com | | Warden - Allen Downs 207-348-2560 agdowns53@gmail.com | | |
Emily Hawkins - Treasurer
Cindy Beyer - Clerk
Beth Carter
Kassie Grey
George Pazuniak
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