Worship this Sunday:

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Pastor Elaine Hewes, presiding

The Rev. Timothy Ensworth, preaching

Love Is the Most Ancient Law (c) Jan Richardson. janrichardson.com

Scripture readings for this Sunday (notes are below)



Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Psalm 90:1-12

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Matthew 22:34-46

The bulletin can be found here.

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

Monday, October 26

8:30 a.m. Simmering Pot

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

Wednesday, October 28

10:00 a.m. In-person Meditation

10:30 a.m. Bible Study - The Rev. Jenny Reece will present "Six Mystical Poets Sing about Creation"

4:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal

Friday, October 30 - Thursday, November 5

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. WindowDressers Community Build

Sunday, November 1

10:00 a.m. All Saints' Day Holy Eucharist with Pastor Elaine Hewes, presiding

Looking Ahead

Thursday, November 12

5:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and discussion on Bishop Mariann Budde's book, How We Learn to Be Brave

Saturday, November 14

3:00 p.m. IHAP fundraiser concert – Frank Gotwals & Kit Loekle

Do you sense some hope, if on this Sunday morning in late October you don’t feel yourself or believe yourself to be imprinted very deeply with the image of God on your heart and face and soul?  Do you sense that there is still the possibility for such a thing to happen if you just lean a bit toward… a bit into the one who leans towards you in bread and wine, in the word of mercy, in the love and care of others, in the beauty of an October day, in the bright half-moon of night?

Sermon given by Pastor Elaine Hewes on October 18th.

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

Blessings from the birds

Our beautiful Agnes feeding a chickadee from her hand!

Ravished by Love

In gratitude for Lucille Clifton’s poem “The Lesson of the Falling Leaves,” which begins with these two lines:

         The leaves believe

         Such letting go is love...

The reds, oranges and yellows of autumn

are so vivid this year

people practically need oxygen tanks

while driving around.

Becoming breathless is the problem…

So much gasping just driving from

point A to point B.

A crimson blueberry field – “Gasp!”

A maple tree a-blaze with orange – “Gasp!”

Flames of yellow leaves spilling and filling the air – Gasp!”

How does one take it all in without

losing one’s self? Without being

swept up, stretched apart, broken open

         and sent flying?



Autumn in Maine ought to come

with a warning this year…

“Stepping outside can be dangerous to your health;

proceed with caution,

or be prepared

to be lavished with beauty

and ravished by love.”

~ Elaine Hewes

For the last six 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 – Simmering Pot soup preparation this Monday, October 26, 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, a meal shared, a letter written, a phone call made, a smile, a kind word, a gesture of forgiveness….

As we approach our national elections on November 3 and wonder how we might respond as Christians to whatever transpires in the aftermath of that day, I think it would be helpful for anyone who is interested to read Mariann Budde’s book How We Learn to Be Brave and to gather with others for a conversation about it.

And so, I am proposing that we gather at St. Brendan for a potluck supper at 5:00 on Thursday, November 12, 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.

Elaine

The Build begins next week!

Next Friday, we begin building inserts to keep our neighbors warm this winter. It is hard to describe how much enjoyment we all have working together at this build. We are so grateful for the help our community provides, which makes this outreach possible.

Please click below to see the days and times when you could come and join the fun. We need full shifts, especially Nov 1 - Nov 5.

Seek ye first the kingdom of God . . .

Matthew 6: 33

Zoom Meditation/Silent Prayer

Monday at 4:30 p.m.

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

10:00 a.m. on Wednesdays

In-Person Meditation/Silent Prayer at St. Brendan

 Bible Study



Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

The Rev. Jenny Reece will present "Six Mystical Poets Sing about Creation"

October Birthdays

Catherine Washburn – 5

Jackie Wilson – 6

Frances Barbour – 13

Kathy Burton – 15

Sandy Lentz – 16

Julia Walkling – 20

Nancy Greene – 20

Regina Christianson – 21

John Haley – 21

KC Morrish – 22

Carolyn Mor – 29

Louis Pickens – 30

News from Near and Far

75th Birthday Party for Linda Shepard

Please join us

Sunday, October 25th at 1:00 pm


Odd Fellows Hall

103 Oceanville Road

RSVP 207-669-0855

We pray for those in special need:

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

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

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 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. John Baptist, Thomaston, St. Andrew's, Winthrop, and for the priests of our diocese.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Church of the Province of Central Africa.

On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for Soul’s Outreach Church, Sedgwick.

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

As we continue to read the Gospel according to Matthew, we hear another of the confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Last week they tried to discredit

him with the people and the government; today they test his orthodoxy. Jesus answers their question in correct Jewish form and then counters with a question to them. This passage is leading toward the Christian belief that Jesus is more than a descendent of King David; he is the Son of God.

Today we hear today the conclusion of Moses’ part of the story of God’s People. God led him to the top of the mountain to see the land that had been the goal of the journey. After Moses’ death in the wilderness, the people he led entered the Land of Promise.

In the second reading, Paul continues his greetings to the Thessalonian church, reminding them of his original visit to them and of his love and affection for them.

In the Eucharist, we experience the dual nature of our own existence: related to God and yet human. We are not simply living at the human level but through baptism are bearers of divinity.

In the mundane elements of common food and drink, we meet God. Likewise, in our lives our human nature is permeated by God’s nature. This is the reason we can pray; this is the reason we are sent into the world to minister to 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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