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Picture of the Week!
This past Sunday we w
elcomed, Pam Coggins, to our worship in the morning and we thank her for sharing your gifts! Pam visits us from Green Valley, Arizona where she plays handbells, oboe, and english horn at a local church.
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Music of the Week!
We are Marching in the Light of God
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Homily of the Week!
October 6th
17th Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev. Tim Boggs
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Readings of the Week!
October 13th
18th Sunday after Pentecost
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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 preaching at 8 am, 9:30 am and celebrating at 5:30 pm
- The Rev. Holly Hoffmann will be celebrating at 8 am, 9:30 am
- Joel Pierce is at the organ bench.
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Meetings & Events
10/13 Celtic Supper
10/14 Office closed
10/20 Blood Pressure
10/23 Joel Pierce Concert
11/3 Parish Breakfast
11/3 Dedication Sunday
11/3 Music In The Morning
11/5 Essential Pantry
11/11 0ffice Closed
11/17 Blood Bressure
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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
Meeting the first and third Sundays of the month
at the 9:30 am service
Rite 13 is the name of the formation program for youth in Grades 7 and 8. Rite 13 will be offered on the first and third Sundays of each month during the 9:30 am worship service.
The Rev. Holly Hoffmann is the staff member coordinating this program. Chris Callaway, Jason Burks, and Amber Burks are the teachers. Please speak to any of us about Rite 13.
Parents, please email Holly+ to make sure she has an accurate email address for your family so that communications about this youth offering can be sent directly to you. Thank you!
The Rev. Holly C. Hoffmann
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
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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Self Care for All
at Saint Alban's morning YOGA
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A Perfect Way To Start Your Day!
Yoga at St. Alban's
(all levels)
"A perfect way to start your day, Holly is so kind and gentle in her direction and understands each persons' needs. " - Karen, a participant
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.
The next session will meet 10/30 and beyond. The cost for each 4-week session is $60.
To sign up, register at Click here and then bring a check payable to St. Alban's for $60 to the office at St. Alban's by Sunday, September 22. Note in the memo line that the check is for yoga class.
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Have your Blood Pressure reviewed by a Health Ministry Professional
October 20th after the 9:30 am service
A reminder from your
Health Ministry
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Caring for the
Caregiver Group
Next meeting is
10/21
We will be meeting every other Monday 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
A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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A reminder from the
Health Ministry
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Calling all knitters!
Do you love to knit, and want to be a part of our Parish Health Ministry?
Prayer Shawls are created, blessed, and then available for us to give to others who are in need of comfort, whether due to sickness, bereavement, recovery from illness or surgery, or any number of reasons.
The Prayer Shawls are then available to our parish to be taken and given away to other parishioners, family members, or friends in need.
Imagine the joy of sharing a beautifully knitted Prayer Shawl with a loved one in need; wrapping someone in a prayer when they need it most. If you are interested in being part of this effort, please contact Liz Davy at
[email protected]
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Contemplative
Knit/stitch
will meet on the 2nd &4th THURSDAYS in the upper room at
St. Alban's from 9-10:30 am.
We welcome any level and any projects.
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We had a terrific Vestry meeting on Tuesday evening. Everyone was there and we heard creative and stimulating reports from committee chairs, your officers and clergy, and together we made with joy constructive choices that will be good for the parish. We even applauded aloud our work and that of our committees. All that was good, but...
I realized on Wednesday morning, the
best
thing about our October Vestry meeting was that we began and ended in thanks.
...first, with our grateful prayers to God for all that we've been given, and then at the end, we volunteered to call those of St. Alban's whom we thank each month for their special efforts in this good place.
Gratitude.
The writer of the Gospel of Luke has been telling us this season about the connection between thanks-giving and faith. It seems that the sort of faith Jesus invites his disciplines (and us!) to know and live into, starts and ends in gratitude. Those who wake into each day with an appreciation of the grace found in all that we've been given, somehow begin the day with a genuine connection to God. By reaching out in gratitude first, we're invited to lay a foundation for the faith that sustains.
For some of you, this may seem obvious, but I've been reminded of it anew...I'm seeing it freshly in our Gospel, and I'm watching for it my life. I wanted to let you know!
Before each dinner my young grand nieces and nephews are asked by their parents, "What are you thankful for today?" It may seem a simple, even juvenile, question, but it is also a empowering posture toward all the challenges of life and faith. A posture that is life-altering.
I thank your Vestry for modeling this good news...and I hope to keep it up myself. Join me?
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Our short Stewardship Season!
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This past Sunday your Stewardship Committee will begin distributing personalized pledge packets for our 2020 commitments to the life of this good place. Please pick up yours!
This year we ask, how can each of us honor the saints of our lives as we pledge our gifts of time, talent, and treasure to St. Alban's for 2020?
You can pledge
online here. It's easy and confidential!
We are grateful for the ongoing and generous contributions to our parish family in support of all the good works of St. Alban's ministries.
Faithfully yours,
Your Stewardship Committee
Connie Babcock Frank Governali Philip Hamilton Joan Hankinson
Peg Keyser Michael Moore Lisa Newbold Nancy Pezzullo
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This Sunday! All are Welcome!
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You are invited!
Celtic Eventide Supper!
Soup, Salad, Bread
Conversation and dreaming together.
October 13th
after 5:30 pm Service.
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Be Prepared with CPR Training
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Heartsavers and CPR Courses at St. Alban's -
an invitation for all to feel prepared to respond at home or in the community.
You are invited to sign up for one of the classes below. The Heartsavers class is free. Certification is not necessary; if you'd like to be certified, please choose the "BCLS" course and, upon completion, you will receive an official American Heart Association certification card. Everyone is welcome at either course, but please RSVP to
[email protected]. The "BCLS" is a bit more in depth and has practicum videos. The "BCLS" course is 30 minutes longer that the Heartsavers course in order to provide time for testing.
CLASS DATES AND TIMES:
Sunday, October 20th 10:45 am - 12:45 pm BCLS certification
Sunday, October 20th 3:30 - 5:15 pm Heartsavers
Sunday, November 3rd 10:45 am - 12:45 pm BCLS certification
Sunday, November 3rd 3:30 - 5:15 pm Heartsavers
The courses are brought to you by the Cape Elizabeth Public Safety/Rescue and the St. Alban's Health Ministry. Please sign up on October 6th after church services, or via e-mail at
[email protected]
. Please indicate the course you wish to attend.
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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.
If you would like technical support with the online training modules, contact Debbie Fisher or the Rev. Holly Hoffmann. 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.
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Joel Pierce, our new music director, will present a concert on organ and piano at
St. Alban's on October 23rd at 7:00 pm. The program will feature electrifying organ toccatas, meditative piano nocturnes, new music from living composers, and more.
You are warmly invited to this free event! Please join Joel before the concert for refreshments in Bonhoff Hall.
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An invitation from Reverend Holly
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An Invitation from Holly+ to read and discuss
The Hundred Story Home by
Kathy Izard
I invite you to join me this fall in reading her book and for a discussion
at St. Alban's on
Wednesday, November 6
at 6:30 - 8 pm.
Dessert will be provided.
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Our PLACE Rotation #2: Wilderness Escape!
October's rotation for the 1st-4th graders is titled "Wilderness Escape!" The Exodus is important to teach children because it begins the great story: the redemption of all humanity. It is a story that lays the groundwork of the rest of the Old and New Testaments, of God's call for us to follow. We will focus on the lesser taught but still vitally important "rest of the story" that occurs between the parting of the Red Sea and the giving of the Ten Commandments: the Bitter Waters of Marah, Manna and Quail, and Water from the Rock. Fun activities include creating a Sinai Wanderings Sand Art Bottle in Thou Art, Marching through the Wilderness in Bible Skills & Games, and a puppet presentation using an innovative Square Stage format in St. Alban's Playhouse.
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Keep Warm and
Help the Pilgrims
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Get Your Cracklin' Christian Kindling.
Recycled Dried Red Cedar Shingles from Church renovation. $10 Suggested.
Help the 2020 Pilgrims.
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St. Alban's Gives Back
Can You Help?
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St. Elizabeth's Essentials Pantry: Helping all who come to our doors
1.
Amazon "Wishlist"
Select items from the list of essentials on Amazon and order directly
here.
2.
Donations
Please bag and label your donations (type of item and size) and leave them in the coat closet.
-winter coats and jackets
-winter boots and warm new socks for boots
-large bath and beach towels
-bed sheets, blankets, and comforters - label with size
-large cooking pots, 6 quarts and up
-suitcases with wheels
Tempting as it is when cleaning out closets and cupboards to donate everything, there is limited storage space at St. Luke's, and items have to be hand carried away, so please only donate clean seasonal clothing and items that are essential for a household.
3.
Working
Help sort donations and set up for the Essentials Pantry at St. Luke's on Monday mornings from 9-11 am; for more information, contact the Rev. Holly Hoffmann,
[email protected].
Obrigado Merci Gracias Shukraan Thanks!
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Greater Portland Family Promise (GPFP) is one of our Outreach ministries, which helps support families as they are experiencing a time of homelessness. GPFP has helped just under 30 families find permanent housing in its first two years of
existence
in our area.
Our next Family Promise Host Week is October 13-20. To sign uo go to
this link
In order to serve directly with families, you need to have completed a training led by GPFP.
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