St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church
Our Mission: "To Love, Praise, Welcome and Serve"
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Time to Fall Back!
Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday at 2 a.m.
Be sure to set your clocks back an hour before going to bed.
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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) | | Friday, October 30 - Thursday, November 5 | | 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. WindowDressers Community Build | | | | 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with The Rev. Andrew Stoessel presiding | | | | 5:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and discussion on Bishop Mariann Budde's book, How We Learn to Be Brave | | | | 3:00 p.m. IHAP fundraiser concert – Frank Gotwals & Kit Loekle (more information below) | | Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost | | |
Sermon given by The Rev. Timothy Ensworth on October 25th.
Click below for the video recording. A text copy is available here.
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We are grateful to those who come on the 4th and 5th Mondays each month to make soup. Nancy Greene sent this wonderful picture of some of this past Monday's
soup-making crew.
| | Agnes Love: So grateful for the help of the St. Brendan angels. | | |
Finding Hope
As we near our national election on November 3, I think many of us may be hosting a myriad of feelings from fear to cynicism to despair to hope. And goodness knows, we have so many political, cultural, and spiritual messages bombarding us from all directions that it’s hard to know which messages and which voices to listen to.
Last week, Kyra Alex, director of the Garden Project, sent out a newsletter about the art, gardening and cooking activities offered for young people and families over the past months at the Stonington Transfer Station. And in that newsletter, she provided a link to a short film called “Kinfolk – a Film about Activism” with Vandana Shiva and Maria Westberg; a film I found so helpful in this moment, in part because it expands the definition of activism to include “turning your back to power and turning toward what you love.”
It is a stunningly beautiful and thought-provoking film, much of it chronicling the work of Swedish artist Maria Westberg. And it made such an impression on me in this time of turmoil that I wanted to encourage others to watch it. It can be found on YouTube.
I am also so pleased to say that Kyra Alex will be our reflector at our next Celtic Eventide at 5:00 on Sunday, November 8. Our theme for this year continues to be “Resilience in a Time of Trouble,” and Kyra will reflect on the many ways the Garden Project offers hope and resilience to many young people and families on the island.
As we move through the complexities and uncertainties of our national elections next week, “Kinfolk” is a strong and beautiful antidote to cynicism and despair. I recommend it to you, along with Celtic Eventide on November 8. We need all the beauty and community we can get right now. So let us turn toward one another and toward the things we love.
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In these last weeks of Ordinary Time before the first Sunday of Advent, you are invited to engage more intensely in your "practice" of faith, your heart's commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and, in particular, to the call to "Love Thy Neighbor."
There are so many opportunities – the WindowDressers Build at St Brendan's October 30-November 5, Island Heating Assistance Fundraiser concert at St Brendan's on Friday, November 14, 3-5 PM, Simmering Pot soup preparation on November 23 and 30, a meal shared, a letter written, a phone call made, a smile, a kind word, a gesture of forgiveness….
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Pop-Up Book Group - How We Learn to Be Brave
with Potluck Dinner & Discussion
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On Thursday, November 12, we will gather for a potluck supper at 5:00 p.m. for the purpose of eating together, praying together, and talking about Mariann’s book. (You can order copies of her book through Blue Hill Books, which would be a fine way of supporting a local bookstore. And I would ask that participants read the book before the gathering on the 12th so the conversation can be as fruitful as possible.)
Please click below to sign up so we know how many are coming. Or sign-up on Sunday after church.
Elaine
| | WindowDressers Community Build | | |
The Build has begun!
Please stop in and see the Build in action.
Click below to see the days and times you can come and join the fun. We need full shifts, especially
November 1-5.
| | Creating Heat and Warmth through Music | | |
On Saturday, November 14, at 3:00 p.m., Frank Gotwals and Kit Loekle will give a concert at St. Brendan to benefit the Island Assistance Heating Fund. Performing their music on the unusual pairing of bass clarinet and classical guitar, the two musicians will strike out in a new direction, playing an eclectic and non-electric assortment of music ranging from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras to ragtime, Latin, and jazz.
With the high cost of fuel this year, these kinds of gatherings are essential for supporting our community. A free-will offering will be taken in support of the Island Assistance Fund, which is administered through the Deer Isle Sunset Congregational Church. A reception will follow the concert. Music and community create warmth for everyone. All are welcome.
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Cindy Beyer wrote this prayer for this week's Vestry meeting. | | | | |
Prayer in October
All-loving, ever-living, endlessly creating God
We join together in your sight this morning
Carrying the burdens that we hold—
Our pain, our grief, our worries
for ourselves and for those we love,
the weight of responsibility
in our own lives and
for the stewardship of this your church.
We need your help and your
guidance in all these things,
but first let us thank you for October.
We bless you for the extravagant, prodigal beauty
of this season
How it takes away our breath
and fills our souls
and stretches our hearts wide—
We bless you for the colors
of its leaves and skies,
the brightness of its moon and stars,
the crispness of its apples
and its air—
And we bless you for the comfort of its lessons
That there is beauty in the letting go,
That in the grace-filled world of your design
there is golden fire in coming to rest,
there is promise in the cycle of the seasons,
there is no dying that does not feed
new life yet to come.
We fold October into our hearts
with joy and thanksgiving,
blessing You who give us more than
we ask or can imagine.
In the name of the Father, Son and Spirit who are one
Amen
~ Cindy Beyer
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Alfred’s Christmas Fund
As many of you know, for a number of years we have supported Alfred’s Christmas Fund, run by Theresa Gove in remembrance of her son, Alfred, who died too soon. We have contributed both gifts and financial donations. The box for gifts is now in the Church. Last year we filled it over three times. Let’s do it again!
Click here for Theresa’s list of requested items. We'll add items as needs evolve. If you want to support this project with a monetary gift, make checks payable to Alfred’s Christmas Fund and send them to Theresa at 224 Sunset Crossroad, Deer Isle, Maine 04627.
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All things are possible with God.
Mark 10:27
Zoom Meditation/Silent Prayer
Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Readings, poems, and prayers are shared before a period of silence.
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10:00 a.m. on Wednesdays
In-Person Meditation/Silent Prayer at St. Brendan
No Wednesday Meditation on November 4th
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Bible Study
There is no Bible Study this week.
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Jonny Wheaton – 3
Pat Roth – 10
Janet Pickens – 15
Kassie Grey – 17
Charlie Putnam – 17
Beth Carter – 18
Peter Tarlton – 20
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Robert Stribling – 23
Andrew Washburn –23
Karen Downs – 25
James Adams – 26
Joan Maxwell – 27
Tom van Buren – 27
Andrew Stoessel – 29
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News from Near and Far
Thanksgiving
Is anyone without Thanksgiving plans interested in helping plan a Thanksgiving gathering? Please email Jackie Wilson. jsewallwilson@gmail.com
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Join Election Night Compline
Tuesday, November 3, 8:00 p.m.
As polling places close on the East Coast on Nov. 3, join other Episcopalians in a prayerful service of Compline, hosted by the church’s Division of Public Policy, Partnership, and Witness in collaboration with the Mission Program team.
The Rev. Sarah Shipman, director of the church’s Migration Ministries, will officiate. Prayers and readings will be offered in a variety of languages, and participants will be invited to share personal prayers in the chat.
Click here to register for this event.
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Janet and Scott
Fran Liberatore
Abby Peters
Barbara Wright
Harry Vickerson
Julie M
Cathy Johnson
Meg Graham
Charlie Putnam
Mike S.
Meredydd Cooper
Henna Torrey Roy
Jerry
Agnes and Billy
Gwyn Murray
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Sally
Beth Kyzer
Tammie Cox
Judith Jerome
Mimi Maslan
Judy Miller
Megan
Bishop Thomas Brown
Naomi
Anne Burton
Hewit
Mary Ann and Terry
Nishah
Corbin
Rebecca
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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 Williams, Stoneburner, and Sherman families.
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. Peter's, Bridgton, Christ Church, Eastport, and for all preparing for our diocesan convention.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central
de America.
On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for Eggemoggin Reach Society of Friends, Sedgwick.
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All Saints' Day
Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints. A central feature of that celebration is Holy Baptism, by which we have become members of the communion of the saints. This is one of the four times during the year when Baptism is most appropriately administered.
The term “saint” means “a holy person.” The doctrine of the saints is not that saints are a few exceptional Christians who were holy in themselves: instead, it reminds us that no one can become holy without the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit. The saints are all those who in baptism received the Spirit of God. Thus, the festival of All Saints is the celebration of all baptized people, for we have all been given the gift of the Spirit.
The readings today describe the result in the lives of God’s people of the holiness that comes from the Spirit. The reading from Revelation sees the redeemed in white robes, dressed as the early Christians dressed newly baptized people, and led to the baptismal streams of living water.
John reminds us that God is restoring us to the fullness of God’s image and likeness.
The call of Jesus to saintliness is a radical call to live lives directed by love toward others, as the Beatitudes remind us. Our liturgical gatherings are meant to be more than a blessing for us who attend; they equip us to live out our baptismal vocation in lives that proclaim the good news of Christ in concrete actions of love and care for others.
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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
Nina Dayton
Kassie Grey
Skip Greenlaw
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