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Picture of the Week!
This Sunday, August 18th at the 9:30 am service. Our Parish Nurse Liz Davy will be on hand to check your blood pressure.
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Homily of the Week
9th Sunday
After Pentecost
August 11th
Maryann Younger
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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. Tim Boggs will be celebrating and preaching at 8 am, 9:30 amand 5:30 pm
- The Rev. Holly Hoffmann will be assisting at 9:30 am
- Joel Pierce is at the organ bench.
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8/18 Blood Pressure Check
8/20 Book Club meets
8/25 Sermon Talkback
9/2 Office Closed
9/5 Choir rehearsal start
9/5 Children's Formation Starts
9/8 Homecoming
9/8 Parish Breakfast Returns
9/9 2nd Monday Lunch
9/15 Blood Pressure Check
9/15 Youth Group Starts
9/17 Book Club meets
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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
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Focusing on God at work in our lives through service and formation.
Meeting the first and third Sundays of the month.
Contact the Rev. Holly Hoffmann for more information about Rite 13:
[email protected]
Contact Debbie Fisher, Director of Children and Family's Formation, for all other programs listed above:
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High School Youth
Gatherings
September 15 is our first meeting of the high school youth group for the new program year.
We meet on the first and third Sundays of each month
from
3:30-5 pm
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Our gatherings make space for getting to know one another and to explore our faith through times of fun and games, food and fellowship, and conversation and prayer. The High School Youth Group goes on retreats, spends extended time together in overnights at the church, and participates in mission trips.
The Rev. Holly Hoffmann, Anne Sedlack, and Peter Durin are the adults primarily involved with our high school youth group.
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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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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Living and Caregiving Community Forum
Join us for this
free
forum on
Thursday, September 5, 2019
at
5:30 pm
at the
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Caring for the
Caregiver Group
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Meeting change
August 24th at 8:45 am
Look for an updated schedule starting in September for
Mondays at 9 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]
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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A Professional from the Health Ministry will be available on
August 18th for Blood Pressure check after the 9:30 am service.
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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Join the team to help fight Alzheimer's.
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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How would you like to read some of the Bible with me in a new way this fall? Please help me by taking the 2 question survey below.
Here's my thinking: as Anglicans and Episcopalians, we rely on scripture, tradition and reason...with a little experience thrown in...to know God and ourselves as children of God. Our worship is practiced in this framework, too.
We mostly read scripture in short passages each Sunday, asking our clergy to guide and inspire us in their sermons, illuminating meaning and hope.
Often this good method to learn scripture.
But...I'm wondering if you'd like to join me in digging a little deeper, just one hour a week this fall. I imagine we'll be a good-side "class," but have plenty of room for conversation. We'll start and end on time and jump right in! You could come any work that works for you.
My plan is to focus on just one of each Sunday's four readings, by using a much-admired, thought-provoking, one-page commentary prepared by the wise folks at
Feasting on the Word.
I like their writers and have subscribed to
next season's commentaries
All I need is you! There will be 15 minutes homework each week.
So here are the 2 survey questions.
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Would you like to read a bit of Bible with me this in way this fall?
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When would be best for you? a. Sunday afternoons at 3:00PM. b. Monday or Wednesday evening at 6:30?
Looking forward to your responses!
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SUMMER FUN DAYS ARE STILL HERE!
All summer we have 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!
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This Sunday!! A 20s/30s Gathering on Sunday, August 18 after the 9:30 service
The 20s/30s group (or those near to!) will gather for a potluck picnic at Fort Williams Park after the 9:30 am service on Sunday, August 18. We will meet at the picnic tables near the children's playground past the pavilion, and children are invited.
If its a rainy day, we will stay at St. Alban's. Share ideas for what you will bring
here.
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The St. Alban's book group meets next Tuesday (August 20) at the church at 7p.m. to discuss "Little Fires Everywhere," by Celeste Ng.
The September 17th book discussion will be, "The Song of Achilles," by Madeline Miller.
Everyone is welcome.
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Save The Date!
Everyone is welcome.
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Safe Church training technical support: August 21 at 1 pm at St. Alban's.
Being Safe Church Trained is required by the Diocese of Maine for all clergy, paid church staff, regular pastoral visitors, Eucharistic Ministers and Visitors, Worship Leaders, and adults who supervise children and youth on and off church premises.
Safe Church certification remains current for 4 years and can be completed fully online and at home.
Safe Church certification remains current for 4 years and can be completed fully online and at home. Click here for directions for both Part A and Part B.
Send completed certificates to [email protected] or drop hard copies to the church office.
If you would like technical support with the online training modules, Debbie Fisher will be available August 21 at 1 pm for support. The training takes about 3 hours to complete, if done in one sitting. It is recommended, though, that you complete the training over several sessions. Please see the Rev. Holly Hoffmann or Debbie Fisher if you have questions.
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Saint Alban's Cares
Needs Care
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.
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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St. Elizabeth's Essentials Pantry: Helping all who come to our doors
Help our neighbors in need! You can help support the work of St. Elizabeth's Essentials Pantry by direct donations of these items that they purchase to distribute to those living in need in Greater Portland. You can find their Amazon Wishlist
here
St. Elizabeth's top four needs for donated items are:
1) big pasta cook pots (6 qt or larger)
2) large bath towels / beach towels
3) sheets and blankets (label with size)
4) suitcases (rolling preferred)
Donations are left in coat closet from now on.
If you would like to help with the Monday set up of St. Elizabeth's from 9-11 am, please contact the Rev. Holly Hoffmann
[email protected]. Thank you!
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Dear Friends of Family Promise,
Our host week was fabulous! Would you like a peek inside? Read about our host week, by clicking
here
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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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