St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church
Our Mission: "To Love, Praise, Welcome and Serve"
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10 a.m. Morning Prayer
Pastor Elaine Hewes, preaching
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Scripture Readings for this Sunday (Notes are below)
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Join via Zoom by clicking the link below.
The bulletin can be found here.
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All services and meetings will be held via Zoom videoconferencing. |
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8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Simmering Pot soup preparation
4:30 p.m. Meditation/Silent Prayer
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2:00 p.m. Finance Ministry meeting |
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8:30 a.m. Vestry meeting
Lenten Book Study -- Will not meet this week
5:00 p.m. Lenten Vespers -- Ann van Buren, speaker
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10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer with the Rev. Lev Sherman preaching |
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Sermon given by Pastor Elaine Hewes on February 17th.
If you would like a printed copy, please email Pastor Elaine.
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Sacred Ground Presentation on February 14th |
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During Coffee Hour last Sunday, the Sacred Ground group shared a PowerPoint presentation on their insights gained during this ten-session study. Click below to view their presentation. |
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Lent: What’s more ordinary than dust?
It seems wonderfully liberating to me that the most “holy” time of the Church year, the season of Lent, begins with dust and ashes and then continues with things like alms-giving, servant love, foot washing, bare feet, towels, basins, bread, wine, and supper… Things so ordinary and down-to-earth, as if to suggest that God’s holy presence is to be found in the everyday stuff and events of our lives; which of course, is the deepest mystery of the Christian faith as we come to see the vast and inaccessible presence of God made incarnate and tangible, visceral and accessible in the person of Jesus.
In recognition and celebration of the many ways in which we come to sense God’s presence in the everyday moments of our lives, we will be offering a Vespers service at 5:00 on the Wednesdays of Lent called “Lenten Meditations on Ordinary Things.” These Vespers services will be simple and meditative and will feature a reflection each week that speaks of the way an “ordinary thing” has revealed God’s presence and love to someone in the St. Brendan community. Our speakers for the Wednesdays in Lent will be:
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February 24 – Ann van Buren
March 3 – Dan Reardon
March 10 – Jane LaChance
March 17 – Meg Graham
March 24 – Peter Antich
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A Lenten Meditation on an Ordinary Thing:
Ann van Buren will read several of her poems.
The bulletin for this service can be found here.
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Julie and Stewart Pierson: We are so very grateful for the Ash Wednesday ashes we just received today from St. Brendan's! We will solemnly and thankfully join all of you on that sacred day and give thanks to God - and to St. Brendan's Church!
Behind the Scenes
Among the saints at St. Brendan's, and we are saints all, there are a few whose presence is noteworthy.
We all wait on Ash Wednesday for Carolyn Mor to say the words of imposition as we are signed with
ashes, or to offer words of comfort in a Healing service. However, it is not just at these chosen times that Carolyn is serving us. We are reminded of her consistent “behind the scenes” work when we receive our quarterly statement from the church, or our tax return information. It is she who keeps our financial records, accounts, income, and expenses week to week, month to month. She assists with the yearly audit and all essential financial reports. Above all else, “she keeps us honest.” And when not serving St. Brendan's, her work with the jail, prison, rehabilitation, and restorative justice programs within Maine's judicial/criminal system is as she says, “her special calling.” To Carolyn, “a special saint,” our blessings and thanks.
~Mickey Jacoba
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Keeping a Holy Lent
There are a number of resources for this holy season of Lent. Click here for a comprehensive listing from the diocese. We are highlighting two that we have used:
Living Well Through Lent 2021
Listening with All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind
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2021 Lenten Meditations
Episcopal Relief & Development
This year's book of Lenten Meditations will focus on lament. We are invited to meditate on these reflections daily and to engage the “Four Steps of Lament,” by resting, reflecting, repenting, and ultimately being restored to God and to one another. Click here to sign up to receive the meditations as a daily email or to download a PDF copy.
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Education & Spiritual Development Ministry |
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The next meeting of the Lenten Book Study will be on March 3rd
We will not be meeting for Bible study on Wednesday, February 24th as the Episcopal Diocese is offering a day of retreat for clergy which Elaine will be attending. Our next Bible Study will be on March 3rd at 10:30, and we will be discussing Chapter 3 in Borg and Crossan’s book The Last Week. We are sorry we have to miss a week, but it seems like important events tend to converge on the same day; why is this so often the case?!
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O Lord, you have searched me and known me. (Psalm 139:1 NASB)
Join us for Meditation/Silent Prayer every Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Readings, poems and prayers are shared before a period of sitting together in silence. All are welcome.
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An update on the Needle Exchange Program
The Needle Exchange Program has finally been given the green light and will be offering its services on a weekly basis beginning on Thursday, February 25th. Ashley Pesek, who will be operating the needle exchange out of St. Brendan, has expressed an eagerness to share with the St. Brendan community information related to drug addiction, the importance of clean needles, and ways in which St. Brendan can become better educated and more involved in this issue of critical importance on our island.
It is our intention to invite Ashley to a Sunday coffee hour after worship for an introduction to the work she will be doing through the Needle Exchange Program, and then to invite her to do a more substantial program a bit later in the spring that would provide a deeper understanding of the drug crisis in our area. We look forward to welcoming Ashley and to supporting her in her work.
Cooking for Crowds in Covid Times
Healthy Island Project is sponsoring food safety training for volunteer cooks and food service workers, including up-to-date methods for safely preparing, handling, and serving food in COVID-19 conditions. It will be offered at St Brendan's beginning on February 23rd and also via Zoom. Please click here for complete information. |
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Judy Miller's birthday cake was a King Cake sent from New Orleans.
A King Cake is associated in many countries with Epiphany.
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David Morrish – 4
Ruth Robinson – 4
Judy Miller – 10
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Marcia Scott - 16
Jane LaChance – 24
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Penny Plumb lost her beautiful mini horse Chipotle last Friday. Her niece wrote this beautiful poem. The final line refers to Rena's ( Penny's sister) gingersnap cookies that she brought over. Chipotle was eating these as she passed, having been denied sugar since her diagnosis.
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Poem for Chipotle
No more sore hooves, beautiful old girl —
In the snow only the dark weight of body remains,
The black horse’s spirit gallops free
Towards God’s pastures,
The spark and dazzle
of her younger days returned.
She grazing quietly in the fog at cross over,
feasting and then lifting her head in a whinny,
Catching the scent of her past familiars—
Two pale horses, her sisters come to greet
Her matronly shape as black as coffee,
as weightless and painless
as a silhouette.
Piles of sweet hay, green grass and clover-
Paths dappled with endless apples,
just the slightest lingering of gingersnap.
Heather Day
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We hope you will stay connected.
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We pray for those in special need:
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Skip Greenlaw
Bob Budd (Judy's nephew)
Laurie
Heather Corey
Peter Brown
Ken Clauson
Pär Kettis
Persis Williams
Tracey Hair
Nick
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Seth
Stewart
Marian Dobbs
The family of Linda Shepard
Phoibe DeJesus
Heather Callister
Mary Ann Shaw
Lindsay Bowker
Pastor Edward Dufresne
Pat & Tony Stoneburner
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Al Chapman
Geoff Place
Nancy Boothby
Ana
Nancy Stearns
Marcia Scott
Isabelle Hulsey
Jennifer Hulsey
Michelle Price
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We pray, also, for those who love and care for them. |
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We pray for those struggling with addiction and mental illness and their caregivers.
We pray for all those receiving care through Neighbor Care and for all the residents of the Island Nursing Home and their families.
We pray for the dying, and those who have died, especially Pam Neff. We remember Martha's family at this time. We pray for the family and friends of Tim Roser.
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 and workplaces.
We pray for our nation, our new president and vice-president, and all elected and appointed leaders.
We pray for all peacemakers, and all those who work for justice, may we be found in their ranks.
We pray for all those serving in the armed forces of our country, remembering especially, Chris, Graham, and Caleb.
We pray for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Suheil, Bishop of Jerusalem; Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Thomas, 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 St. Michael’s, Auburn, and for the spouses, companions, and families of clergy in the diocese.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Church of the Province of Central Africa.
On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for the Saunders Memorial Congregational Church, Little Deer Isle.
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First Sunday in Lent
On this first Sunday in Lent, our attention is focused on those who will be baptized at Easter. The final preparation of the candidates is the primary purpose of this season. The involvement of all members of the Church in the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, as well as the intensified study of Holy Scripture, is our way of sharing with these candidates in their time of preparation.
In the Old Testament reading today we have a prefiguring of Baptism. Noah and his family are saved from death in the flood and God makes a Covenant with them. In Baptism we are saved through water and made a part of the new Covenant established in Jesus’ death and resurrection.
The Gospel reading today describes Jesus’ response to his own baptism and anointing by the Spirit. He spent forty days in the wilderness where his vocation was tested. We too spend these forty days in prayer and fasting as God leads us to discover anew the call he gives us in Baptism.
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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Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pastor Elaine Hewes
Tel: 207-479-5651
elaine.hewes@gmail.com
Emergency Contacts:
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Nathan Dane, Warden
Tel: 207-348-5245
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George Pazuniak, Warden
Tel: 207-359-8576
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Bill Scaife-Treasurer
Curtis Flowers-Clerk
Meg Graham
Tom van Buren
Jane LaChance
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ST. BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR EPISCOPAL CHURCH, P.O. Box 305, 627 NORTH DEER ISLE ROAD, DEER ISLE, ME 04627
www.stbrendans-me.org
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