Worship on Sunday:

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

The Rev. Jennifer Reece, presiding

Love and Revelation (c) Jan Richardson. janrichardson.com

...those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and

reveal myself to them. (John 14:21)

Scripture readings for this Sunday (notes are below)

Acts 17:22-31

1 Peter 3:13-22

John 14:15-21

Psalm 66

The bulletin can be found here.

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

Saturday, May 9

9:00 a.m. Women's Breakfast at Stonecutters Kitchen

Monday, May 11

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

Tuesday, May 12

1:00 p.m. Worship & Music Ministry meeting (Zoom)

Wednesday, May 13

10:00 a.m. In-person Meditation

10:30 a.m. Bible Study with The Rev. Tim Ensworth

12:30 p.m. Outreach Ministry meeting

4:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal

Saturday, May 16

8:30 a.m. Men's Breakfast

Sunday, May 17

9:30 a.m. Gathering at the Meditation Garden

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

And even now, this Jesus is offering himself to us as a cairn,

as a cairn of living stones for us to follow, one Jesus-step at a time…

so we too might live in the Jesus-way… 

When Jesus said he was the way, the truth and the life, and that the only way to God was through him, his words were not a 1st century version of “My way or the highway”… They were words of pastoral care, spoken to the terrified disciples, assuring them that they would be not alone as they continued to follow the way they had learned from Jesus… 

Sermon given by Pastor Elaine Hewes on May 3rd.

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

Barbara K.: Elaine's sermon came to mind as I started passing these Bates cairns as I headed towards the summit of Penobscot Mountain this past Monday. I am grateful for these graceful markers (developed by Waldron Bates, Acadia National Park pathmaker) that point the way across the barren granite summits of Acadia.

From May 3-5, the Episcopal clergy of the Maine Diocese met at the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor for the annual clergy retreat. Truly, there couldn’t be a more beautiful spot in all the world, as Schoodic Point is just a short walk from the Institute campus, which means we could begin our mornings looking out at the ocean as waves crashed on the rocks and seagulls swooped up and down in the air around us.  

The theme of our clergy retreat was “Wolakota, Being in Right Relationship,” and our time together was led by the Rev. Isaiah Shaneequa Brokenleg, an Episcopal priest and a member of the Lakota Nation in South Dakota. Shaneequa is also part of the LGBTQ community, and over the course of our three days together, she challenged us to think about how we, both as individuals and as congregations, might work to create and sustain deeper relationships with our Indigenous neighbors in Maine and with folks in the LGBTQ community.  

The retreat was inspiring and edifying, and gave me much to think about. In the weeks ahead, I will try to pass on to you some of the insights Rev. Isaiah Shaneequa Brokneleg shared with us. But for now, I just want you all to know how very grateful I am to be part of the Maine Diocese of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Brown, the staff at Loring House, my clergy colleagues, all of them are deeply dedicated to bearing witness to the Gospel, to caring for one another, and to working together for the sake of nurturing the Christian presence in Maine. It is a blessing for me, a Lutheran pastor, to be part of the Episcopal community in Maine, as it is also a blessing for me to be part of the St. Brendan community.  

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t give thanks for my “job” in the little church that is St. Brendan, on the beautiful little island of Deer Isle, in the little Episcopal Diocese of Maine (on the margins of the US, right next to the sea). Truly, despite our remote location and our smallness in size, I think we are “the little Church that Could” as we seek to bear witness to the Kin-dom of God in our little part of the world. Small in stature, perhaps, but mighty in spirit, spunk, creativity and resolve. (Read the children’s classic The Little Engine that Could if you’re not sure what this means.) 

In the Spirit of “I think we can, I think we can, I think we can,”

And in Deepest gratitude,

Elaine

As we continue our focus on caring for creation during the month of May, please consider joining the Island Heritage Trust Wings, Waves & Woods Festival, Wednesday, May 13 - Sunday, May 17. The Festival offers a mix of activities surrounding birding, boating, nature, history, and creativity.

This is a volunteer-run, non-profit annual event to bring all of us to a greater appreciation of the beauty and diversity of nature on Deer Isle and the waters surrounding it.

For more information and to sign up, click below.

 "You will show me the path of life;

in your presence there is fullness of joy, . . ."

Psalm 16:11



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

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

10:00 a.m. Wednesdays

In-Person Meditation/Silent Prayer at St. Brendan

Bible Study

Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.



Our study of “Sowing Tears, Reaping Joy: The Bible and Brahms' Requiem"

continues on Wednesday.  

May Birthdays

Bill Scaife – 1

Ann Tarlton – 4

Jennifer Reece – 5

Rich Paget – 5

Cynthia Pease – 8

Meg Graham – 12

Neil Haley – 13

Kaz Pickens – 15

Tom Yaroschuk – 17

Anne Burton – 22

Bunny Reardon – 27

News from Near and Far

Mariann Budde is the first woman elected to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., and the National Cathedral. Before that, she served for 18 years as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis.

This past January, she returned to Minneapolis and spoke at rallies denouncing the ICE raids and killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. “There was a sense of resolve, horror, exhaustion, fear and defiance. I’ve never been part of anything like it.”



This week on Fr. John Dear's "The Nonviolent Jesus" podcast, he speaks with Bishop Budde. You can listen to that interview here.

Story Sharing Potluck Supper: When Everyone's At The Table

Saturday, May 30, 5:30 - 8 p.m.

You are invited to join your neighbors at The Halcyon Grange in Blue Hill on May 30 for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. A Story Sharing Potluck Supper is an opportunity to engage with new and old friends and to connect with our neighbors. Bring a dish (with a story!) to share, an open mind and an open heart. During the dinner, we'll share stories around the table. After dessert, you’ll be treated to live storytelling performances from a lineup of pre-selected storytellers — some may even be your neighbors!

For more information and to reserve a spot, click here.

We hold in prayer the family and friends of Jeff Eaton, Sandy Lentz's nephew,

who died this past Monday.

We hold in prayer the family and friends of Tom Cone, Bunny Reardon's

brother-in-law, who passed away last week.

May God's strong love hold the Eaton and Cone families at this time.

Stephen Whiteley

Julie M.

Danny Judkins

Cathy Johnson

Meg Graham

Charlie Putnam

Judson Brown

Caroline Dane

Mike S.

Jennifer Hutchinson

Meredydd Cooper

 Henna Torrey Roy

Liz Leuthner 

Jerry

Agnes and Billy

Julie and Tom

Gwyn Murray

Sally

Beth Kyser

David

Preston Henderson

Mollie Ann Meserve

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

David Morrish

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

Lindsay Bowker

Marcia Scott

Carol Stoneburner

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 St. John's, Brownville Junction, for members of the Commission on Ministry, and for children in foster care.

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

On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for the Saunders Memorial Congregational Church, Deer Isle.

Sixth Sunday of Easter

As we continue the Great Fifty Days of celebrating our redemption through the death and resurrection of Jesus, today’s Gospel reading continues Jesus’ words on the night before he died. The sign of our love of him is to follow his commandments

and, above all, to love one another as he loves us. He promises not to leave his people alone but will send to them the Holy Spirit, the source of our unity with God and of Jesus’ revelation of himself to us.

Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles finds Paul preaching not to Jews and Greek converts to Judaism (as he usually did), but to the Greek philosophers in Athens. He proclaims that their unknown god is the God of the entire universe and the creator of all things. This God has been made known in the dying and rising of Jesus.

Peter’s epistle about baptism continues in our second reading, calling on all the baptized to understand the difficulties of living in this world as our own sharing in the dying and rising of Jesus.

Our sharing in his redemptive death and in his resurrection was not completed in baptism; it was only begun. We are to live out that passage from death to life with his living presence through the Holy Spirit in our daily living.

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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