CLICK HERE for the May edition of the Happenings

The school nurse at Bennet 5th & 6th Grade Academy has reached out to us and asked if we can help replenish their school snack supply for the remaining 6 weeks of school (the last day of school is June 23rd).

We will do an emergency collection of individually packaged snacks beginning this Sunday and ending June 5th. There will be baskets in the Narthex over the next 4 weeks and each Monday the donated items will be brought over to Bennet so they can be shared during the week.

Need ideas?? Think granola bars, Cheese-Itz, pretzels, goldfish, popcorn. They ask to stay away from sugary snacks and cannot accept snacks that contain peanuts. The items needs to be in individually packaged.

Monetary donations can be placed in the offertory plate or sent to the office and marked with school snacks in the memo line.

Let's step up for our partner school and feed some hungry students!

Questions? See Sarah Tierinni - sarah.i.brown23@gmail.com

MACC's onsite thrift store, Community Threads is in need of children’s clothing from newborn to size 10/12 in both girls and boys. If you have clothes to donate please drop them in the drop box on the ramp at 466 Main St or during open hours Mon through Fri 10:00am – 1:40pm and Sat 10:00am – 12:40pm

Due to a COVID exposure, the Meet & Greets with the Nominees for our XVI Bishop Diocesan have been moved online only via Zoom. Registration is still required to join the Zoom meeting and space is limited. Registration is available for the upcoming Zoom Meet & Greets via the Bishop Search & Transition website. The Northeast Regions Meet & Greet will take place on Saturday, May 14th from 10a-12p.

The meetings will also be live streamed on the ECCT YouTube channel. The recordings will be available after each livestream is over.

CLICK HERE to register for the ZOOM event

Please note: if you have previously registered for an upcoming in person Meet & Greet, please go to the Bishop Search & Transition website and re-register via the Zoom registration link.

For the June issue of St. Mary’s monthly “Happenings” newsletter, you’re invited to share a photo of something that gave you joy this spring. It may be an Easter celebration, a wedding, a christening -- or anything that made you happy. Send your photo and a brief description to Noreen Kirk (nskirk50@gmail.com) by Friday, May 20 so others at St. Mary’s can share your joy.

May 26th there will be a Zoom Open House to get to know the 20’s and 30’s Ministry Network. This is not only for people in that age range, but also for people who care about people in that age range. Information and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/young-adult-open-housepanel-tickets-330038342567

An anti-racism training is being brought to us from Rev. Canon Ranjit Mathews, our Canon for Mission Advocacy, Racial Justice, & Reconciliation and the Kaleidoscope Institute. This is a FOUR DAY training schedule, June 4 & 5, and June 11 & 12. Attendees must attend all four sessions to get credit for doing an anti-racism training. You may recall that the Convention voted to support people in leadership roles within our parishes to go through anti-racism training. This is a pilot program, and hopefully more will be available in the Fall. This training is free and will not be recorded. More information and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kaleidoscope-institute-becoming-beloved-community-registration-317243563037

This short service from The Book of Common Prayer can be found in the BCP on page 127 or you may access the prayer book online at www.bcponline.org.

If you would like to make a pledge for 2022 to the mission of St. Mary's Church please CLICK HERE for the form and return it to the office at any point in the year.

NOTE: Prayer List Update 

We will be updating the St. Mary's parish prayer list in July. Please send prayer requests you want added or continued to: p.georgeady@cox.net.

Baby Drue-Anne Stanley's preemie granddaughter

Please send any prayer requests to Pat Georgeady either at p.georgeady@cox.net or via phone 860-432-0098. Pat will relay the prayer need to the prayer team and will update the Prayers of the People list weekly.