Holy Eucharist, Rite II

7:30AM in Emmanuel Chapel

Holy Eucharist, Rite II 

10:00AM in the Nave & Livestreamed

featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Op. 48

Holy Eucharist, Rite II 

3:00PM in the Nave & Livestreamed

featuring Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Op. 48

The Altar Flowers for today’s services are given to the glory of God

In memory of Mary Jane Northrup

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. 

Sunday Service Bulletins

7:30AM Bulletin

10:00AM Bulletin

3:00PM Bulletin

Livestreaming

Service Participants

Preacher & Celebrant

The Reverend George Stevens, Interim Dean

Assisting

The Reverend Rebecca Grant, Deacon

Music Leader & Organist

Christian Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music

Verger

Randi Hogan (10AM)

Crucifer

Alec Thorne

Lector

Sam Allen (10AM)

Judd Hume (3PM)

Prayers Leader

The Reverend Anne Fowler (10AM)

Ruth Roemer (3PM)

Ushers

Bob Parshley, Martha Parshley, Chester Bishop, Gail Swanton (10AM)

Mary Linneman, Stan Kuziel, Anna Messmer (3PM)

Live Streaming

Jack Swanton, Sam Allen

Eucharistic Ministers

William Hoyt, Joseph deKay (10AM)

Kate Leschey (3PM)

The Healing Team

Mary Strnad, Judd Hume

Contributing Ministries

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

St. Luke’s Fauré Choir 

including members of the Cathedral Choir & visiting singers 

Erin Chenard, soprano solo 

John Adams, bass solo 

Soprano 

° Georgia Bancroft, Phoebe Blume, Krista Brown, * Lucia Brown, † Erin Chenard,

§ Emily d’Urso, § Jessica Eller, Ellise Johnson, § Abbey Kielenen, Jamie Moore,

Suezan Moore, § Roberta Muse, Gay Tucker

Alto

Onnie Benoist, § Elizabeth Berger, Linda Carleton, Lynn Dalheim, § Elizabeth Griffin,

§ Amos Liston, § Eleanor Roberts, Shana Rose, Connie Schmalz, Stacie Webb

Tenor

§ Avery Levesque-Schott, Curtis Maurand, § Louisa Radke, Kathy Watt, § Toby Webb

Bass

† John Adams, Terry Anderson, Bob Brokaw, § Peter Carleton, Joe Colquhoun,

Parker Roberts, Will Salomon, Dan Schmalz

* denotes youth member   † denotes featured soloist   § denotes visitor   ° denotes absent

St. Luke’s Fauré Orchestra

solo violin

Ryu Mitsuhashi

viola

Kirsten Monke, principal; Linda Theriault, Jeanie Webster, Sam Schuth

violoncello

Joel Rosen, Shannon Allen, Tim Garrett, April Reed-Cox

contrabass

Jered Egan

harp

Melody Lindsay

horn

Gray Ferris, Sophie Flood

timpani

Mark Fredericks

organ

Harold Stover

Conductor

Christian M. Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music

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). 

HAPPENING TODAY

The Cathedral Choir Presents: Gabriel Faure's Requiem

10AM & 3PM

The Cathedral Nave

A Requiem “for the pleasure of it”

— Christian M. Clough, Director of Music

So proclaimed Gabriel Fauré in giving cause for writing a Requiem mass.



Odd, since the Requiem mass had come to be known as the genre of magnum opus, the place in which a composer makes his most profound expression of self. Mozart, Cherubini, Verdi, Bruckner, Brahms—their masses for the dead are defining works. But then, perhaps the notion of a Requiem mass being one’s ultimate musical statement is purely a Romantic affectation. Some people have written more than one; Brazilian composer José Maurício Garcia, for example, composed four, the last of them in 1816. This was, however, before that selfsame Romantic notion could have arisen, and commissions of musical settings for actual liturgical use were more common in the 18th century and earlier.

To read the rest of Christian's letter, please click here.

Scan to support the cathedral music program

Reminder About Daylight Savings Time

Daylight savings time will end this morning, November 3, at 2AM.

Please remember to turn your clocks back one hour. We look forward to seeing you for services this morning!

UPCOMING

Cathedral Open for Prayer on Election Day



Tuesday, November 5

9:00AM-5:00PM

The Cathedral Nave

This Tuesday, November 5, the cathedral will open its sanctuary doors from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to all who would like to pray.

Through his action and instruction, Jesus invites us to prayer. When we pray we come before God with humble hearts, offering our thanksgivings and concerns to God or simply listening for God’s voice in our lives and in the world. Whether in thought, word or deed, individually or corporately, when we pray, we invite and dwell in God’s loving presence. 

Come and pray before you vote, come and pray after you vote, come and pray vigil for all who are voting on Tuesday day or will have cast their absentee ballots earlier.

Prayer resources will be available and our usual 12:10 Tuesday Eucharist will be offered with the special intention of the Election. 

If you would like to provide hospitality and welcome throughout the day, please contact the Rev. George Stevens via email.

Christmas Ornament Making Gathering

Tuesday, November 5

9:30-11:30AM

The Upper Hall



Join us for a gathering to make Christmas ornaments on Tuesday, Nov 5th from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at St. Luke's in the upper hall. 

Everyone is invited to join!  

We will have supplies and instructions for specific ornaments so just stop by and give it a try!

The ornaments will be sold at the Holiday Bazaar in the hand craft section. For more information contact Meredith Cough.

St. Luke's Holiday Open House & Bazaar

Saturday, November 9

9AM-1PM

The Cathedral Nave

Please join us on Saturday, November 9, from 9AM-1PM in the Nave for our Holiday Open House and Bazaar as part of the State Street Stroll. 

This festive gathering is fast approaching!

We are looking for donations for handmade items e.g. knitted scarves, hats or toys, as well as baked goods.

We will not be accepting donations of household goods. 

With questions about handmade items, please email Elizabeth Burger

With questions about baked goods, please email Kathy Watt.

With additional questions please contact the co-chairs via email.

Dan McDonald and Catherine Hyde.

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 Public Policy & Environmental Action Team

Next Meeting

November 12

6-7PM

Zoom

The St. Luke's Public Policy and Environmental Action Team will 

meet Tuesday November 12, from 6-7 PM. All are welcome!

Join us via Zoom 

For more information email Ruth Roemer.

St. Luke's To Host Service of Holy Eucharist

for Diocesan Convention

Saturday, November 16

11:30 AM

The cathedral will host a service of Holy Eucharist during the 205th Diocesan convention on Saturday, November 16th at 11:30AM.

All are welcome to attend!

The business portion will be available on the Diocesan youtube page. 

(9-11 a.m. and 2-4:30 p.m.)

Guests are welcome to register to attend in person ($25) using the same link or to watch on YouTube.

Eucharist (11:30 a.m.) will be available to be streamed on the cathedral's youtube page.

For more information about convention, visit the Diocesan webpage here.

Episcopal Youth Service Corps Gathering

Sunday, November 24

11:30AM-2:30PM

Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland

The Next Episcopal Youth Service Corps (YSC) event will take place on Sunday, November 24th from 11:30 to 2:30 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland.

Here are details for you to share with adult and youth volunteers who are interested:

11:30 am - Meet at Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave. Portland

11:30 am - Pack food (dry goods) to supply boxes of meals to End Hunger New England, part of The Outreach Program

1:00 pm - Pizza with Youth Service Corps friends

1:30 pm - Community building games, tour of the church, planning for December's event

2:30 pm - Pick up from Trinity

If you have youth who are interested in attending, but you yourself are not able to join us, please have their families contact Amber Burks directly via email.

If you haven't already filled out a YSC Participation Form, please do so at your earliest convenience and email it to Amber.

Please RSVP, by November 7th, to ensure spots for those who want to participate. This event draws a crowd and spots are limited!

COMMUNITY NOTES

Transition Team Volunteer and Nomination Form Available

In last Thursday’s E-pistle, the Rev. George Stevens discussed the parish-wide discussion with the Rev. Pamela Mott, and outlined the next steps in preparation to call new clergy leadership at the cathedral. In case you missed his reflection, you can read it here.

Next steps will entail populating four teams that will work to bring our next Dean to the Cathedral.

A form identifying the different teams and their job responsibilities will be available each entrance of the Nave on Sunday. It is also available by clicking the button below.

On the back of the form, please find a nomination form and guidelines for how to return it to the office by the deadline of Monday, November 18. 

Lesser Chapter ("Vestry") Meeting Guest Policy

One very clear theme that emerged from our World Café discussions concerns “transparency” in the Cathedral’s governance and decision-making processes. Our main practice to communicate what we do in our Lesser Chapter meetings has been prompt publication of minutes of our meetings.

These are spotlighted with links in the E-Pistle newsletter and archived on the Cathedral’s website. Please see the announcement below for the most recent approved minutes and draft minutes.

The Lesser Chapter’s Bylaws explicitly state that meetings are open to members of St. Luke's, unless otherwise stated by the Bishop, Dean or Wardens.

Most often, our guests attend because they are asked by the Dean or Wardens to help inform items that appear on the Lesser Chapter’s meeting agenda. But any interested member of the Cathedral is welcome to attend and observe our meetings, per our Bylaws.

In addition, the Lesser Chapter is instituting, on a trial basis, the practice of beginning each meeting with a ten-minute period where any member of the Cathedral may attend as a guest and address the group on issues of interest or concern. After being heard, guests are welcome to stay for the remainder of the meeting but will not have speaking privileges.

We encourage parishioners who have ideas or concerns that warrant attention by the Lesser Chapter to speak to the Interim Dean or Wardens ahead of time when possible. 

The Lesser Chapter customarily meets in person on the third Wednesday of each month from 6:00–8:00 p.m., September–June, in the Loring House Conference Room.

We will institute the practice of announcing upcoming meetings in the Sunday Bulletin and E-Pistle so that those interested in attending can plan accordingly.

The Wardens and Interim Dean welcome your participation and will gladly answer questions about the guest policy.

Sam Allen

Senior Warden

Most Recent Minutes from the Lesser Chapter

& Finance Committee

To read the most recent draft minutes from the Lesser Chapter Meeting held on October 16 please click here.

To read the most recent approved minutes of the Lesser Chapter Meeting held on September 18 please click here.

To read past minutes of the Lesser Chapter visit the vestry resource page on our website here.

To read the most recent draft minutes from the Finance Committee Meeting held on October 15 please click here.

Stewardship Campaign 2025

"Walk in Love"

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

-Ephesians 5: 1-2, NRSV

This year, our stewardship theme, 'Walk in Love' invites us to journey together in faith, unity, and purpose.

Inspired by Ephesians 5:1-2, we are called to imitate God's love in our lives and our community.

As we navigate our path forward, including our ongoing process of conflict transformation, walking in love reminds us that our faith journey is not solitary but shared.

It challenges us to align our actions with our values, to support one another in times of need, and to be open to the transformative power of God's love.

Through our stewardship, we have the opportunity to tangibly express this love - whether through our time, talents, or resources. 

As you reflect on the stewardship theme please use the following questions:

• What are examples of walking in love you have experienced at St. Luke’s?
• What ministry of our congregation is most hopeful or most exciting to you?
• When was a time that the community was there for you?
• How do you experience God’s abundance?



If you are interested in sharing your reflections with the wider congregation in the form of testimonial during an upcoming service, participating in a stewardship video, or sharing your thoughts in writing, please contact the parish office via email.

With any questions you may have please contact Stewardship Chair & Treasurer, Randi Hogan.

OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES

The Healing Team

The Healing Team offers confidential prayers of healing, in All Saints Chapel (to the right of the communion rail), throughout communion until the end of the postlude.

The following team members will pray, with you, on the following Sundays:

November 3, 2024   Mary Strnad, Judd Hume

November 10, 2024  Peter Carleton, Sara Schmalz'

November 17, 2024  Gail Kesich, Mary Strnad

November 24, 2024  Elise Magnuson, Peter Carleton"

Soul Talk

Every Fourth Tuesday of the Month

10-11:30AM in the Oratory

Soul Talk is an informal coffee and discussion group exploring our faith and experience of God meeting on fourth Tuesdays, 10-11:30 in the Chapter Room.

Come once a month or once in a while!

If you’d like to receive materials prior to each month’s meeting contact Linda Carleton via email.

The Biblical Study Group

The Biblical Study Group meets in the Chapter Room at 8:30AM.

The topic for our sessions is the search for the one and only God, Elohim or Adonai, within ourselves.  

Join us for our study of the search of becoming “who we were meant to be.” 

We are led by Bob Hanson, retired university professor, Episcopal priest, author, peace activist, and Jungian analyst. With questions, contact Bob at (207)-245-2695. 

Sing With the Cathedral Choir

The Cathedral Choir is welcoming new members! We hope you’ll join us for fun, learning, fellowship, and the joy of music-making in community.

Previous singing experience is not required. Short-term commitments are possible.

Rehearsals most Thursdays 7-9PM, singing most Sunday 10AM liturgies & for several additional services throughout the year.

If you are interested in joining, please contact Christian Clough.

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!

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.

Contemplative Prayer

Contemplative prayer meets every Thursday at 4:30 PM on Zoom. 

Please join us for a half hour of silent meditation followed by a brief conversation about our experience. All are welcome. No experience is necessary.

For more information email Sarah Braik.

Weekly Ministries

• St. Elizabeth's Jubilee Center is offered every Tuesday from 8:30 am to 11 am.



• 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.

• Contemplative prayer meets each week on Zoom on Thursday at 4:30PM

• Noon Zoom meets on Thursday afternoons at 12:00PM on Zoom



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

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