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Sunday, September 1st, 2024



The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost




Celebrating the Season of Creation


Holy Eucharist, Rite II

7:30AM in Emmanuel Chapel



Holy Eucharist, Rite II 

10:00AM in the Nave & Livestreamed



Holy Eucharist

5:15PM in Emmanuel Chapel

The Altar Flowers for this morning's services

arranged by the St. Luke's Flower Guild

Welcome to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke



We are a community of faith with ancient worship and modern thought, catholic traditions and progressive theology. We proclaim a Biblical perspective for thinking people, a respect for reason, science, and a diversity of perspective. This empowers compassion and care for both the wider community and one another. Our commitment to welcome and inclusion is central to our mission modeled on the Kingdom of God and proclaimed by Jesus Christ. 

Service Bulletins

7:30AM Bulletin

10:00AM Bulletin

Livestreaming

Youtube Live

Facebook Live

Sunday Morning Service Participants

Preacher & Celebrant

The Reverend Pamela Mott, Guest Clergy


Assisting

The Reverend Rebecca Grant, Deacon


Music Leader & Organist

Ray Cornils, Guest Cathedral Musician



Head Verger & Crucifer

Eleanor Roberts


Lector

Elspeth Grant Pruitt


Prayers Leader

Mary Linneman


Ushers

Bob Parshley, Martha Parshley, Deb Marcoux, Anna Messmer



Live Streaming

Jack Swanton, Sam Allen



Eucharistic Ministers

Maggie Gardner, Joseph deKay



Contributing Ministries

Acolytes, Vergers, The Flower Guild, The Altar Guild, The Kneeler Guild


Music copyrights granted under OneLicense.net #A-713087. Sources: The Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, Wonder, Love, and Praise, Voices Found, My Heart Sings Out, The Saint Helena Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer,, Enriching our Worship, The Holy Bible (NRSV)

5:15 Service Bulletin

5:15 Hymns and Readings

5:15 PM Holy Eucharist



Celebrant & Reflector: The Rev. Dr. Celestin Hategekimana


HAPPENING TODAY

Coffee Hour


Please join us after the service for a time of fellowship in the upper hall through the doors to the left of the altar. All are welcome!



Interested in hosting? It is an important part of our parish life and provides us with a time for connection. Hosting is fun and easy, it requires bringing in a baked good and brewing coffee the Sunday of your choosing. 


Please consider signing up, a lot of gratitude comes with the job. 


Check the hosting schedule by visiting the link here.  


Please email Meredith Cough with your date.


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Welcome to this Morning’s Guest Clergy Member

The Reverend Pamela Mott


We are grateful to welcome the Reverend Pamela Mott to worship with our community as she serves as this morning’s celebrant and preacher. She has many years of experience in parish work. She has been Assistant Rector at Grace Church in Millbrook, NY; Rector of St. Eustace Church in Lake Placid, NY; Canon Pastor of Trinity Cathedral in Portland, OR; Rector of St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth, RI; and Priest-in-Charge at Grace Church in Bath, ME. She served for several years as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, where she managed transitions, and assisted and supported parishes in a variety of ways. She is also a trained and certified coach, and coaches clergy around the country, and continues with her training. 

Welcome this Morning’s Guest Musician

Ray Cornils


We welcome Ray Cornils as our Guest Music Leader this weekend. Ray was Portland’s 10th, and longest-tenured, Municipal Organist (1990-2017); Minister of Music at First Parish Church (UCC), Brunswick, ME, for over 30 years; and Interim Cathedral Musician here at St. Luke’s in 2022.

UPCOMING

The Cathedral Choir Season

Startup and Potluck



Thursday 5 September

The Choir Room

7-9PM


The Cathedral Choir season begins with rehearsal and potluck welcome reception Thursday 5 Sept. 7-9PM.


The choir sings weekly during the academic year and for periodic Choral Evensong services and various seasonal liturgies.


Previous singing experience is not required.


For more information, contact Christian Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music.


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5:15 Service Cookout & Potluck


Sunday, September 8

Lower Hall

Following 5:15 Service


Please join us on Sunday September 8 following the 5:15 worship service for a cookout.


We will meet in the lower hall for a time of fellowship and fun.

The gathering will be a potluck.


To learn more about how you can help with a side dish, dessert, drinks, and/or help with set-up and clean-up, please contact Tim Wilkins.


Conflict Transformation Parish-Wide Conversation


Saturday, September 28, 9AM–noon

The Cathedral Nave


Save the date! On Saturday, September 28th, from 9A.M. to noon, all parishioners are invited to participate in the fourth and final phase of our conflict transformation work. 


Please note that it is not necessary to have participated in Phases 1-3 of the conflict transformation process to attend. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate!


We will gather in the Nave for a parish-wide conversation about our communal life using a “World Café” format.


Please click here to learn more about this type of conversation style. 


Conversations will center on questions developed in conjunction with our consultant Susan Czolgosz and will occur in small groups of 6–8 people. 


A group of parishioners will be invited to act as table facilitators, timekeepers, and notetakers.


More details will be provided as the event approaches.


With questions please contact The Reverend George StevensInterim Dean 

or Sam AllenSenior Warden.


The Cathedral Choir Presents: Gabriel Faure's Requiem



Sunday, November 3

10AM & 3PM

The Cathedral Nave


A Presentation on

Charles Fletcher Dole, Liberal Theology, and Reform

by Paul Burlin


Sunday, November 10

Upper Hall

11:30AM


Join us on Sunday, November 10 following the 10AM service, for a presentation by Paul T. Burlin, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New England, and St. Luke's parishioner, on his recently published book titled Charles Fletcher Dole, Liberal Theology, and Reform.


Charles Dole, a long term Unitarian minister and Social Gospel advocate who lived from 1845 to 1927, was born in Maine into what he described as “an ultra-orthodox” Congregational family. As an adult he tacked off to the radical wing of Unitarianism. While his theological perspective was time-bound, Dole might well provide inspiration to any adult who struggled (or struggles) with the religious perspective of their upbring.


To read this text and Paul's other books, please visit the link here.


THE SEASON OF CREATION

About the Season of Creation


The Season of Creation, September 1st through October 4th, is celebrated by Christians around the world as a time for renewing, repairing and restoring our relationship to God, one another, and all of creation.


The Season of Creation Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes is a curated liturgical resource assembled by the Rev. John Elliott Lein (priest in Maine) and the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas (Creation activist and priest in Massachusetts) from prayers, readings, and liturgies created all over the global Anglican Communion and beyond.


Here at St. Luke’s, we will honor creation in liturgy with several events which you can learn about below. To learn more about the Season of Creation visit the webpage here.


PPEAT Hosts Representative Benjamin Collings



September 8

Upper Hall

12:00-1:00PM


Join us following coffee hour on September 8th from 12:00-1:00PM, as PPEAT welcomes Representative Benjamin Collings who will be offering a talk on Faith and Climate Change. Representative Collings will discuss his plans for getting people around Maine together to talk about climate.


Nature Hike at the Fore River Trail


September 15

1601 Congress Street, Portland

12:15PM


Join members of PPEAT after church on September 15 at 12:15PM for a nature hike at the Fore River Trail. We will meet at the trailhead at 1601 Congress Street in Portland. There is a parking lot directly across from the trailhead. If you are interested in participating please contact Dick Farnsworth.


PPEAT Hosts Susanne Lee

September 22

Upper Hall

12:00-1:00PM


Maine Food: Too Good to Waste with Suzanne Lee, Faculty Fellow with Sen. George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine.  


Did you know that 40% of the food we produce is never eaten, wasting the money, energy and other valuable resources used to produce it?


The results are rising food costs, hunger and nutrition issues, and environmental damage.


The good news is that there are simple and effective food waste actions that can be taken to end this problem.


Join Susanne as she shares these solutions to help reduce food waste in your home and community. She will also highlight Food Rescue, Maine’s food waste research project where her team works with community and business partners to implement these solutions.


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Blessing of the Animals



October 6th

The Labyrinth

9:45AM


On October 6 we will observe the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.


Please join us at 9:45AM in the labyrinth to the right of the State Street Entrance for the Blessing of the Animals.


All are encouraged to bring their beloved pets to receive a blessing.


If you have a pet who would not be comfortable out in public, please bring a photo of them, and we will bless the image. We also encourage all of our younger members with stuffed animals to bring them along so that they might also receive a blessing.


All are welcome, even if you do not have a pet!


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thank you to All Summer Music Volunteers


We thank our summer musician volunteers and our supply musicians who enriched and broadened our worship music throughout the summer.


If you have musical talents beyond choral singing that you’d like to share with the congregation during the academic year, please reach out to Christian M. Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music, via email.

The Healing Team


The Healing Team will be offering prayers of healing during and after communion in All Saints’ Chapel (the small chapel to the left of the communion rail), resuming on Sunday, September 8.


Please read below to see which members of our team will be serving during services in September. The remainder of our schedule for September will be published in the coming weeks.


September 8 Peter Carleton, Mary Strnad

September 15 Elise Magnuson


Eco Tips from the Public Policy

& Environmental Action Team


Back To School Recycling!


Did you know that Staples accepts many items for recycling? Besides taking tech products like computers, calculators, and many other things, Staples now recycles the following:


School supplies

-Backpacks & lunch bags NEW

-Binders & zipper binders NEW

-Crayons & colored pencils NEW

-Glue sticks & bottles (empty) NEW

-Pencils & pencil pouches NEW

-Pens, markers & highlighters NEW

-Rulers & drafting tools NEW

 

Even more

-Bags & luggage NEW

-Phone & iPhone cases

-Shredding (cost per pound)

-Smart watch & Apple Watch bands

-SodaStream® CO2 cylinders

-Tablet, iPad & eReader cases


 For a complete listing of what Staples recycles visit their website here.


Camp Bishopswood

Summer Finale


September 13 - 15


Registration is now open for Summer Finale at Camp Bishopswood!


Summer Finale has several offerings:

  • There is a day-only option on Saturday, Sept. 14.
  • Back this year after a several-year hiatus is a mini retreat especially for those who do formation work in our diocese on Friday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.


As in years past, this will be an opportunity to spend a day in conversation with formation folks, to enjoy delicious food, and imagine ways in which we can collaborate and uplift one another in our formation work. 



Register for Summer Finale here, including one-day and overnight options.


Register for the Formation Mini-Retreat on Sept. 13 here.


See a full description, including FAQs, here.


A Presentation and Conversation



Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Healthy Aging


Presented by Steve Belanger, St. Luke's Parishioner


Saturday, September 21

The Community Room on Peaks Island

10:00-11:30AM


RESOURCES FROM THE DIOCESE

&

THE WIDER CHURCH

To read about stories, resources, and events from around the Diocese of Maine, read their newsletter, The DioLog, by clicking the link here, or by clicking on the Episcopal Maine Shield in the bottom of this email.

Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles

Begin Again This Fall


Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine


"Are you interested in joining others from the Episcopal Dioceses of Northern New England (and beyond) in a film-based dialogue series on race and faith? The third round of Tri-Dio Sacred Ground dialogue circles will start this fall, and will include others from the wider Episcopal church and other denominations. There will be at least three circles that will meet at different times and on different days. Register here.



View the Sacred Ground Invitational video “We Bless You” by the Union of Black Episcopalians and Sacred Ground staff, and learn more about Sacred Ground here


Representatives from each diocese are: Mary Provo of Maine, Betty Lane of New Hampshire, and Franci Vinal Farnsworth of Vermont. "

"Song in A Weary Throat": Writing & Reading with the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray

Begins Sept. 12 on Zoom

 

Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine


"Join Canon D. Littlepage and Canon Sarah Woodford of ECCT for a creative writing book study of "Song in A Weary Throat." Every second Thursday from September to December 2024, we will gather over Zoom, 7-8 p.m. ET, and discuss around 90 pages of this Pauli Murray classic. Canon Sarah will also provide you with creative writing prompts before each session to help you more deeply engage with the material. Feel free to share the writing that comes from these prompts during our session, or create a larger essay from them, or just keep them to yourself! You can sign up here or contact Canon Sarah Woodford."


Living Peace, Practicing Nonviolence:

The Lessons of Jesus, Gandhi and King for Today

Saturday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

St. Joseph's College, Standish


Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine


"This day-long workshop with activist Father John Dear is offered by the Maine Council of Churches as part of "a collection of programs designed to help Maine's people of faith lead with love as we prepare for and respond to events as they unfold this election season and beyond." Learn more and register here."


Come Away Together:

Forma and Province I Conference

Jan 27-30, 2025


Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine


"This year the Province I Faith Formation Network is combining its annual formation conference with Forma to offer the best of both worlds! We will gather with colleagues from across New England onsite at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center for four days--time to meet and connect with our provincial colleagues and afternoons to participate in the Forma workshops and content. Gatherings will be held in the evenings to informally share inspiration and learning.


Several grants have been secured to make this conference affordable and accessible to anyone who wants to lean into formation conversations.


Registration is not yet open, but please save the dates and email Emily Keniston with questions."

Retreat in Everyday Life: Ignatian Spiritual Exercises


Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine


You are invited to a Retreat in Everyday Life!  Over a period of 9 months, you will be led through a series of prayers, meditations and reflections known as “the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises.” On your own, you spend time contemplating various aspects of your own life and the life of Jesus.  Together with other pilgrims, you share your journey, encouraging each other along the way. It's an adventure, one which is unique to each person.  


The retreat includes:

· Materials for daily prayer & reflection, the crux of the retreat 

· Group meetings online from 6:30 - 8:30 pm on the first Wednesday of each month from October 2024 through June 2025

· Monthly meetings (either one-on-one or in a small group) with a spiritual guide

Applications are being accepted through early September, or until the retreat is full. Learn more and apply here.

 

The Rev. Susan Krauss and the Rev. Heather Sylvester recently completed this retreat and are available to answer questions, as is the Ignatian Maine retreat team.


Love God; Love God’s World

A Small-group Curriculum for those Interested in Creation Care 


“Love God; Love God’s World” is a nine-session, film-based curriculum from The Episcopal Church designed for Episcopalians anywhere on the journey with creation care and environmental ministry—from newcomers looking to take their first step to seasoned leaders seeking a transformative small-group experience.


Sessions have a similar structure to the popular Sacred Ground curriculum and include films and readings, faith-based reflections, and discussion questions—each written by a different contributor and drawing from personal contexts and experiences. Participants will discover ways to learn, pray, advocate, and conserve.


Find session titles, authors, and a sample session here; register your small group to get access to the full curriculum.


OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES

Sunday 5:15PM Service of Holy Eucharist

The 5:15PM Service is a lay-lead worship service of Holy Eucharist and meditation which gathers each Sunday in Emmanuel Chapel. Each week we welcome a member of the clergy to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.


The service invites all in attendance into a space of quiet and stillness, with music, scripture, and reflections.


We look forward to welcoming you to future services. Please join us!


With questions about the service please contact Liz Parsons.


Below is a photo from a service held on July 28 which features parishioner Barbara Ryland offering her musical gifts on harp.

This is accompanied by a reflection offered by The Reverend Dr. Celestin Hategekimana.


Parishioner Barbara Ryland offers her musical gifts on the harp

Click here to read a reflection

offered by The Reverend Dr. Celestin Hategekimana on July 28

Contribute to St. Luke’s Summer Music Ministry


The Cathedral Choir is on recess from 9 June through Labor Day, and summer is a great time to make a musical contribution to our worship as a singer or instrumentalist. Help us to keep our music well-supported with your offerings.


Please email Christian Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music.

The Biblical Study Group


The Biblical Study Group will begin meeting again on September 1 in the Oratory at 8:30AM focusing on the topic of being made in the image of God.


At the first session, our leader and resource person, Dr. Bob Hanson, will highlight the content of upcoming sessions, and gauge the group to find a preferred time and place to meet.


This class will consider what you know about yourself, your own self image, what you want for yourself, and what God and Jesus are calling for you. Biblical references on the Imago Dei are Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:5, Wisdom 2:23, I Corinthians 15:49, II Corinthians 3:12-18, I Corinthians 11:7, Colossians 3:10.


Questions? Contact Dr. Hanson at (207) 405-8250.

The Kneeler Guild and

Prayer Shawl Knitters


Tuesday

2:30PM

The Upper Hall.



For additional information contact Jeri Edgar 207-303-8447 or Nancy Mawhinney 207-775-7500


Everyone is welcome, whether you are curious or want to begin. Kneeler kits cost $75, which include directions, yarn, needles & canvas. Novices are welcome; we will teach you as needed. Prayer Shawls: 26-29” by 60”; select your yarn & needles. Coffee & Tea available.



Volunteer to Serve on the Altar Guild 


Volunteering with Altar Guild is fun and rewarding.


Together, the Altar Guild works to enable our congregation to engage in worship that is filled with order, beauty, peace, and tranquility.


For more information, contact Kate Leschey or Rita Siavelis.


Access Your Realm Profile


The Cathedral’s online database, Realm, is a useful tool for parishioners to manage their contact and pledging information.


Realm helps our community by improving our record keeping in a more streamlined fashion. 



When joining Realm you can sign-up to be a part of the online directory in the database.


To activate your Realm profile please contact our financial administrator Nina Andersen.


Nina will assist you with the few steps necessary to access your profile.


We look forward to sharing this exciting new technology with you!

Weekly Ministries



  • The Food Pantry is open from 8 am to 11 am every Thursday.


  • The Tuesday 12:10 Eucharist is offered every week in Emmanuel Chapel in-person and on Zoom.


  • Compline is offered weekly on Friday from 8-8:30pm on Zoom.



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Physical Address:

143 State Street, Portland, ME 04101


Parking Available at:

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Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 4141, Portland, ME 04101

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