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St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church
Our Mission: "To Love, Praise, Welcome and Serve"
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
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August 12, 2018
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Please welcome The Reverend Karen Egerton who will preside
at our service this Sunday.
A Brief Bio:
I began seminary when the youngest of my four daughters
was finishing high school. I graduated from Sewanee Seminary
in 2003 and joined the staff of a large church in Winter Park,
Florida where I supervised the school, the pastoral care
department, assisted in worship and had the opportunity to
regularly preach and celebrate. All Saints had an active healing
ministry and I became regularly involved with it. After my time
at All Saints I became an interim rector, did supply around the
diocese of Central Florida, and began to occasionally write for
Bible Reading Fellowship.
I am officially retired but help with
my Orlando parish when
I'm home. Summers, Charlie and I
enjoy the island and have
made many new friends. When here
we attend St. Brendan's.
It is an honor to be asked to supply.
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All are Welcome!
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Readings for the Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
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(Please see scripture notes below)
The Mission of St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church is to
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ove, praise, welcome, and serve:
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o love one another as Christ loves us,
· to praise God in all things,
· to welcome and affirm all persons,
· to serve the needs of one another and of those on the island, the peninsula, and throughout the world.
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Sunday, August 12 - 10am Holy Eucharist with The Rev. Karen Egerton
Monday, August 13 - 10am Timely Traders
- 3:00pm Bible Study
- 4:30pm Meditation/ Silent Prayer
Wednesday, Aug 15 - 4:30pm
Choir Rehearsal
- 6pm Third Thursday Music Gathering
Sunday, Aug 19 - 10am Holy Eucharist with The Rev. Vesta Kowalski
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Window Dresser Build August 23-25
St Brendan's Outreach and other volunteers will build Window Inserts at St. Brendan's Hall in August for members of the Deer isle community.
Please sign up to help!
Please click link below to
Sign Up Now! Build starts in less than two weeks!!
Thank you to everyone who has braved the Sign-Up website to volunteer for
shifts at the Window Dresser Workshop. Technically
the workshop spans
August 22 to August 29. Though we are trying
to focus the work in the first
few days, there are some tasks related
to the build that can be accomplished outside the assembly line structure. Talk to Jo ([email protected]) about possibilities if your availability doesn't
fall in the time slots designated in Sign-Up.
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Annual Lobster Picnic Saturday, August 11th
St. Brendan's Annual Lobster Picnic will be held
Saturday, August 11 at noon
at the Tarlton's on Pressey Village Road (look for signs).
Contact Judy Miller for information or to sign -up.
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Third Thursday Music Gathering August 16th
The monthly music gatherings featuring local and visiting musicians continues August 16th and each Thursday of the month through the fall from 6-8pm at Saint Brendan's Hall. Organized by Deer Isle residents Tom van Buren and Hank Whitsett (Mountainville Music), the monthly sessions provide a stage for creative musicians and singers in multiple genres to come together to share a tune - folk, blues, jazz and beyond. The gatherings continue through the fall on the third Thursdays of the month, August 16th, September 20th October 18th, and November 15th.
All are welcome to come listen and enjoy! Donations are encouraged.
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Flowers Please!
We are looking for volunteers who would like to bring flowers for
Sunday from your garden, field, or along the road. Anything Nature provides
is beautiful. Call Jo Jacob at 348-6997 if you are able to
help any Sunday.
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Volunteers Needed for Refreshments!
Volunteers are needed for Sunday August 19th! Please let Miriam know if you can help ( [email protected]) on the 19th. Look for the sign-up sheet for refreshments on the bulletin board and volunteer for an upcoming Sunday....we all enjoy the fellowship and conversation at coffee hour and your involvement and help will be greatly appreciated!
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost:
We continue to hear Jesus' discourse on the bread of life today. Continuing last week's theme of Jesus himself as the source of nourishment for our new life in him, a further level of meaning is introduced. This was astounding to Jesus' hearers (and would be to us if we were not already so used to it), for he is not simply speaking of a "spiritual" communion with him. He is speaking of his own flesh, his own life. He is the food of eternal life.
The first reading tells of Elijah the prophet fleeing through the wilderness. He is starving and begs God to let him die. But God instead provides food for him in the wilderness and Elijah is able to complete his pilgrimage to the mount of God.
Today's reading from the Letter to the Ephesians continues from last week's discussion of our unity in the Spirit, to the new way of living which is the result of that unity, and to its deepest and most profound implication: namely, our new life is one identity, both as individuals and as a people, with Jesus himself. What he is, we are becoming.
In the Eucharist we take the material things of this world and, in giving thanks over them, we offer them to be taken up into the life of God. And this is true also of our selves who are represented by the bread and wine. We are part of a people whose story goes back to the ancient Hebrews: a people who have at the center of our existence God calling us to be bearers of the divine presence in the world.
From The Rite Light: Reflections 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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In Our Prayers
We pray for those on our prayer list in special need of our prayers: Kevin Zorski, Jesse Zorski, Ben Elkington, Craig Harriman, Roger Ingoldsby, Barbara Branum, Jerry Shepard and Linda, Sidney Peck, Linda,
Rev. Edward Dufresne, Margaret Ann Crumlish, Reed and Micki Henderson, William Rice Sr., Gray Pierson and the entire Stewart Pierson Jr. family
, Ross Gagnon, Nancy Boothby, Reed and Micki Henderson Cody Roberts, Elaine Graham, Pat & Tony Stoneburner, Kathy Gray, Holly Zack, Carolyn Angel, Nancy Stearns, Andrew Harriman, Tom Davenport, Hannah Scaife, Marcia Scott, Sen. John McCain, George A. Smith, Gladys Smith, Sam and Isobelle Hulsey, Jennifer Hulsey and her family Byron, Ben, and Clair. We pray, also, for those who love and care for them.
We pray for those struggling with addiction and mental illness.
We pray for all those receiving care through Neighbor Care and for all the residents of the Island Nursing Home, the Northern Bay Residential Facility,
and their families.
We pray for the dying, and those who have died. We remember also those who mourn.
We pray for the victims of gun violence-in our cities and towns, in our schools, in our places of worship, and in our homes.
We pray for the victims of the violence of armed conflicts around the world. We pray for those made refugees by the violence of armed conflicts. We pray for the victims of terrorist attacks everywhere.
We pray for all who suffer the effects of domestic violence and the violence
of bullying in our schools.
We pray for all peacemakers, and all those who work for justice.
We pray for all those serving in the armed forces of our country, remembering, especially, Craig, Chris, Graham, and Caleb.
We pray for all who govern, and we pray for the concerns of our local community, remembering, especially, our children, our young people, and our isolated elderly.
We pray for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Suheil, Bishop of Jerusalem; Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Steve, our Bishop; for the members of our vestry; and for all our members, whose ministries are varied and far-reaching.
In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for
the summer chapel congregation of St. George's, Tenants Harbor and for Summer Services, North Haven. For those participating in Summer Finale Camp at Bishopswood.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for Church of the Province of South East Asia.
On the Island and Peninsula,
we pray for Saunders Memorial Congregational Church, LDI
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Icon of St. Brendan by Siri Beckman
Lord, we will trust you.
Help us to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown.
Give us the faith to leave old ways and break new ground with you.
Christ of the mysteries, we trust you to be stronger than each storm
within us.
We will trust in the darkness and know that our times are in your hand.
Tune our spirit to the music of heaven, and somehow, make our obedience count for you.
-Prayer attributed to St. Brendan
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Contact Information
St. Brendan the Navigator
627 North Deer Isle Road
Deer Isle, ME 04627
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 305, Deer Isle, ME 04627
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 12-5pm
Emergency Contacts:
Vestry Members:
Elisabeth Ingoldsby, Senior Warden
Tel: Home: 207-348-2586 / Cell: 207-266-4541
Josephine Jacob, Junior Warden
Tel: 207-348-6997 / Cell: 207-664-4884
josephinejacob30
@gmail.com
Pete Dane-Treasurer 348-5245
Barbara Kourajian-Clerk 326-9153
Meg Graham 348-2639
Miriam Antich 972-849-7907
Tom van Buren 348-6471
Pastoral Care:
Carolyn Mor 374-2179
Diane Greenlaw 460-7230
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