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Picture of the Week!
Congratulations, CJ and Kelly, on the birth of Lincoln!
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Readings of the Week
8:00 am service
6th Sunday
After Pentecost
July 21th
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Sermon of the Week
The Rev. Holly Hoffmann
Sermon from
5th Sunday After
Pentecost
July 14th
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- 8:00 am Quiet, spoken and traditional
- 9:30 am Holy Communion with choir and children's programs
- 5:30 pm Celtic
Eventide...contemplative, musical and prayerful
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Clergy and Music
This Sunday
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- The Rev. Holly Hoffmann will be celebrating at 8:oo am, 9:30 am and 5:30 pm
- Summer Seminarian, Maryann Younger will be assisting and preaching at 8:00 am, 9:30 am, and assisting at 5:30 pm
- The Rev. Tim Boggs is enjoying a summer break
- Susan Brown is at the organ bench.
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Meetings & Events
7/21 Blood Pressure Clinic
7/21 Family Service
7/24 Yoga
7/29 Bluehill Bach Concert
7/31 Yoga
7/31 Caregiver Meeting
8/6 Essentials Pantry
8/7 Yoga
8/12 2nd Monday Lunch
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Overview of Children and Youth Programs
Children's Chapel
Ages four through sixth grade! A space of welcome, music, and prayer before lessons in our age groups. 9:30am, downstairs in Godly Play.
Nursery
: During 9:30am worship for babies and toddlers.
Godly Play
: ages 4- grade k
Wonder and storytelling with inviting object lessons.
Our Place
: grades 1st- 4th
A rotation based program of Bible exploration.
Connect
: grades 5th -6th
God's story meets our story with games, artwork and fun!
Rite 13
: grades 7th- 8th
Focusing on God at work in our lives through service and formation.
Debbie Fisher, Director of Children and Family's Formation
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High School Youth
Gatherings
Our usual meetings for fun, food, fellowship, and prayer are on the first and third Sundays of each month at 3:30 - 5 pm.
The adults involved with leading the high school youth group are the Rev. Holly Hoffmann, Anne Sedlack, and Peter Durgin.
If you would like to be added to our email list to learn about upcoming high school youth events, please contact the Rev. Holly Hoffmann at
[email protected].
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Summer is here! Please take a St. Alban's Clynk bag for your returnables to your home or camp to support St. Alban's youth. Money collected through the Clynk bags from St. Alban's go to support the High School Youth Pilgrimage in the Summer of 2020.
How it works
When the bags are full, bring them directly to a Hannaford Grocery Store, scan the bag's tag, and know your donation is then credited to our Clynk account.
(Please do not bring full Clynk bags to the church.)
If you have questions, please see our Associate Rector and high school youth group leader The Rev. Holly Hoffmann
[email protected]
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Caring for the
Caregiver Group
The Caregivers' group continues to meet every other
Wednesday in the upstairs room. There has been a
lot of sharing and support for one another.
One of our participants has said that the group
helped her so much one week with very helpful
hints for how to respond to problems with spouse's
confusion and not wanting help, as well as getting lost.
Another emphasis has been self care thoughts
for these wonderful caretakers.
Every other
Wednesday at 10:30 am
St. Alban's will provide an opportunity for those caring for others to come together weekly for support. To learn more about this upcoming opportunity, please contact Liz Davy at
[email protected]
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July 21st after
9:30 am service
A member of the Health Ministry will be on hand to check your blood pressure
All Are Welcome
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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Apply Sunscreen
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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Walk To END Alzheimer's
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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2nd Monday Lunch
Good Food and Fellowship
August 12th
12:00 pm
All Are Welcome
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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Saint Alban's Cares
Needs Help
One facet of the "St. Alban's Cares" ministry is cooking meals for individuals and families who need additional support during a time of illness, recovery from surgery, or after another life event, such as the birth of a child.
We need more people to help bake and prepare these foods. If you are interested in putting your culinary skills to work to provide this kind of care for others in our community, please contact
Linda Card or
the Rev. Holly Hoffmann. We need more people to help with the preparation or purchase of foods for this important ministry.
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July classes
Wednesdays July 3, 24, 31, August 7th, 11th ,
9:30-10:45 am
All Levels Yoga is suitable for continuing and beginning students. Our focus will be on cultivating a clear, intelligent and balanced practice of postures, breathing techniques and relaxation. Class size is small and props are used to individualize student's needs / abilities. The yoga props will be provided. If you own a yoga mat, please bring it with you.
To sign up, email [email protected] and then bring a check payable to St. Alban's for $60 to the office at St. Alban's. Note in the memo line that the check is for yoga class.
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Rev. Holly tells a Godly Play story at Camp Saint Alban's this week.
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What a joy it has been to witness and participate in the laughing, singing, and learning at Camp St. Alban's this week.
The
Director of Children's and Family Formation,
Debbie Fisher,
and parishioner Jen Tarling have done a fabulous job designing and leading the week-long program for more than twenty children. The experience could not have been what it was without the generous contributions of the other adults who volunteered to lead and support the week and also the contributions of our summer seminarian, Maryann Younger. Thank you, all, for your dedication to the formation of our children and youth.!
It has been heart warming to participate in camp and to overhear all the fun happening in Bonoff Hall and in our gardens and grounds. I had the honor of telling the children a "Godly Play" story about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I look forward to future opportunities to share our faith with our young people in this way.
This Sunday's 9:30 am service will share to the wider community the learnings from camp. It will be a joyful and spirited celebration including Bible reading and songs that were a part of the week's experience.
We hope you will join us for worship at any of our three Sunday services (8 am, 9:30 am, and 5:30 pm) and encounter God in new and in familiar ways.
In Peace and Gratitude,
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Thanks to each and everyone of you who contributed to the St. Alban's Clergy Discretionary Fund in these last weeks!
More than $10,000 has been received and is being shared with key agencies, including the Portland Free Clinic, St. Elizabeth's Essentials Pantry and the Preble Street Center, each on the front lines of supporting Mainers new and old who are in need.
Thanks for your support and prayers for the asylum seekers, including families in our community who are housing and loving guests one family at a time!
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The Spirit of Music
Get Your Tickets Now!
Online or by email!
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Get your tickets now!
Online and for sale after 9:30 am service on 7/21
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A Special Service on July 21
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Special Family Service
July 21st
This Sunday at the 9:30 am service we are celebrating a special Family Service, in which our kids and youth participate in many roles. The language of the liturgy is adapted to be accessible for all ages; you'll notice "info blurbs" throughout the bulletin which explain the background of the main elements of the liturgy. The readings and gospel highlight the Bible stories from this past week's Camp St. Alban's, and many of the songs will be familiar, as we learned them in camp, too. We invite you to browse through the Water, Wind and Earth tribe tents in Bonoff Hall after the Family Service to admire the various arts 'n crafts project the children created during camp.
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Camp Saint Alban's
THANK YOU!
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Camp St. Alban's
Camp St. Alban's was
everything
a summer church school camp should be, thanks to 23 wonderful campers AND ALL THE TERRIFIC VOLUNTEERS! We learned God's Top Ten List, learned new songs, walked a labyrinth, watched a puppet show, ate popcorn
and
a birthday cake, and much, much more! Many thanks to Marcia Backman, Susan Brown, Amber Burks, Beth Callaway, Chris Callaway, Ashley Collins, Liz Davy, Joe Delafield, Kim Gibson, Mary Giftos, Chris James, Daphne James, Rev. Holly, Mary Lancey, Mimi McCarley, Lisa Newbold, Mary Beth Nolt, Elise Seavey, Jim Strand, Louise Sullivan, Red Sullivan, Ceili Tennenhouse, Haddie Tennenhouse, Amy Van Dessel, and Maryann Younger. A special thank you to Jen Tarling, Assistant Camp Director Extraordinaire, for all of the time, energy and creative flair she put into making this camp so resplendent and joyful.
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SUMMER FUN DAYS ARE HERE!
With the arrival of summer comes the arrival of Summer Fun Days at the 9:30 am service.
Each Sunday from June 16th-August 25th, we'll delight children ages 4 - rising 6th grade with outdoor fun & games, creative art projects, and perhaps even a friendly soccer match. We're looking for one or two families to host each Sunday - we'll help with ideas (seashell picture frames, sand art, life-size Noah's Ark) or provide your own!
Hosts needed on Sunday, August 11th
Contact Debbie Fisher at
[email protected] to sign up.
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Greater Portland
Family
Promise: Cape Elizabeth Host Week Sign up for August 4-11 and Volunteer Training Tuesday, July 16
Our next date to help host families through Greater Portland Family Promise is August 4-11.
Sign up to volunteer during our host week:
https://signup.com/go/WLjrFqP
In order to volunteer directly with the families when they are staying at the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, you need to have completed a training offered by GPFP.
The next Greater Portland Family Promise training will be offered on Tuesday, July 16 from 5:30-8:30 pm at Falmouth Congregational Church. Please spread the word! No pre-registration required. If you have questions about this life-changing ministry, please speak with David Klimkowski [email protected] or The Rev. Holly Hoffmann [email protected]
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 Lemonade on the Lawn is hosted by us all!
Would you like a turn?
Your help would be most welcome!
Hosts make lemonade (supplied by the church), provide cookies, coffee cake or something similar, cream, and their time on the scheduled Sunday morning.
Detailed information is provided to hosts well in advance.
We now use this
link to schedule coffee hour! Simply click this
link to find an available Sunday that fits your schedule.
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To all our newcomers and our returning summer season folks welcome, we truly are so glad you are here.
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St. Elizabeth's Essentials Pantry: Helping all who come to our doors, including asylum seekers new to Maine
St. Alban's volunteers serve the first Tuesday of the month at St. Elizabeth's. There were 238 people that lined up at the Essentials Pantry our last day in search of basic items that many of us take for granted.
Donations have been flowing in and many hands have been sorting, organizing, and giving them out to those in need. For the summer, volunteers are sorting on Monday mornings 9-11 am at the Cathedral to set up for St. Elizabeth's to open the following day. If you are interested in helping on a Monday, please contact the Rev. Holly Hoffmann directly. St. Elizabeth's has expanded its hours to be open 9-11 am on Tuesdays this summer to help meet the need of the increasing number of people coming to St. Elizabeth's for daily essentials.
A special thanks to those who contributed, on very short notice, to a request from St. Elizabeth's and the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC) for long sleeve tee shirts and sweat pants for children asylum seekers participating in recreational activities at the ice rink at the Portland Expo. MIRC has been assisting and organizing the daily operations for asylum seekers at the Expo. St. Elizabeth's organized a drive to meet this request, and the eight sponsoring parishes responded. Thank you for your contributions! In the last few weeks, St. Elizabeth's has helped provide children's clothing and baby bottles to those at the Expo as well as promoting and supporting a baby food drive by the St. Luke's Food Pantry, all requests through MIRC. The baby food drive collected approximately 2,000 jars of food in just 1.5 hours. This far exceeded the original goal of 300 jars. Thank you to those who responded with such generosity!
St. Elizabeth's will continue to serve all who come through its doors on Tuesdays, which includes many new faces each week.
Household items: large cooking pasta pots, place settings (large and small plates, soup bowls, mugs, spoons, forks, and knives) No kitchen knives or glassware, please. Sheets and blankets (labeled with size) are also needed.
Babies and children: strollers (no car seats), shoes, children's books and dictionaries for children and youth
Everybody: single toothbrushes, toothpaste, bar body soap, deodorant, shampoo and French and Portugese dictionaries.
It would be very helpful to our volunteers if you would label your donations and put them in bags, i.e. "boys summer shirts," "women's shoes," "twin sheet set," etc.
If you have questions about St. Elizabeth's, please speak with Janet Gordon (who coordinates the Tuesday volunteers and the transportation of donations), Laura Tennenhouse (St. Alban's board member), or the Rev. Holly Hoffmann (the Executive Director of St. Elizabeth's).
Obrigado Merci Gracias Shukraan Thanks!
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