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St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church

Blue Hill Maine

January 4, 2023

(photo with thanks to Peter Ralston)

"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘it will be happier.'

-Alfred Lord Tennyson

From our Senior Warden and The Vestry

"As we look forward to 2023 we pray that God will guide us along the path of kindness, tolerance, openness to all that is best in humankind. May our relationships and decisions be guided by love. 

Happy, healthy new year to each and every one"

Milissa and the Vestry

Our Prayers

Amelia, Andrea, Art, Arthur, Fr. Brent, Mary Boyd, Marie Bissell, Bill Casale, Christina, Cynthia, Newt Curtis, Diane Dumond, Edward Dufresne, Charles Farinelli, Giffy Full, Brinley Hall, Catherine Husted, Jill, Kayla, Kira and John Klinger, Keagan, Alix Kirkpatrick, JoAnn Krestan, Michelle Liberty, Lisa Looke, Fred Marston, McKayla, Lorelei McKinnon, Merry Newton, Sophia Partridge, Greg Payne, Susan Reddy, Tom Rodes, Ronan, Rya, Donny Smith, Marshall Smith, Peggy Smith, Fred Stine, Carolyn Taylor, Judy Thomas, Tom, Holly Whelan and Persis Williams

A Happy New Year to all!

Outreach

St. Francis by the Sea

-a report from our Chair, Sarah Everdell

"We received a lovely thank you note from Tracey Hair, Executive Director of H.O.M.E., that read in part, “We would like to extend our deepest appreciation for your recent support providing Thanksgiving Food Boxes to families in our midst. We reached 190 household across Orland and Ellsworth sites and the food boxes you provide continue to be the most popular!”

And, because of the generosity of St. Francis members, we took 3 large loads of Christmas toys to the Emmaus Center along with comforters and gift bags, provided $2000 for heating needs in the area, and provided to H.O.M.E., 60 $25.00 gift cards to Hannafords for those with food insecurity. Special thanks go to Judy Rountree, Prudy and Fred Heilner, Dick Doane, and Marty Hamblen who was instrumental in securing a $500 donation from Hammond Lumber, as well as so many others who participated in these activities.

Outreach also sent out Christmas cards to everyone in the Church community. This presents only the last two months of 2022.

We are now looking at 2023, and our first responsibility is to Simmering Pot. We will be making the “Specialty Soups” – gluten-free, vegetarian, special diet – twice a month beginning Monday morning, January 9th. We could use a few more choppers and ladlers and please contact me by phone (359-8562) or email (sjeverdell@me.com) if you want to be involved. Special thanks to chefs Brooke Dojny and Fred Heilner for all their efforts.

The Outreach Committee welcomes anyone who wants to be involved in the greater community. Our meetings are once a month, the 2nd Wednesday, at 4:45 p.m...currently on ZOOM. Please consider becoming part of this exceptional committee.

Best wishes and thanks, Sarah

"You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” Dr Seuss