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St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church
Our Mission: "To Love, Praise, Welcome and Serve"

Palm Sunday

April 13, 2025

Worship this Sunday:


10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

The Rev. Donna Downs, presiding

Palm Sunday (c) Jan Richardson. janrichardson.com


Scripture readings for this Sunday (notes are below)


The Liturgy of the Palms

Luke 19:28-40


The Liturgy of the Word

Isaiah 50:4-11

Philippians 2:5-11

Luke 22:14-23:56

Psalm 31


The bulletin can be found here.


Join us in-person or online. Click below for the Zoom link.

Link to the service

5:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday

Pastor Elaine Hewes, presiding


The bulletin will be available on the website.


Join us in-person or online. Click below for the Zoom link.

Link to Maundy Thursday service

Weekly Calendar

All services and meetings will be held both in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise designated.

Monday, April 14

4:30 p.m. Meditation/Silent Prayer (Zoom)

Wednesday, April 16

10:00 a.m. Meditation/Silent Prayer (in-person)

10:30 a.m. Kindness Rock Painting - everyone welcome

4:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal

Thursday, April 17

5:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service with Pastor Elaine Hewes presiding

Friday, April 18

5:00 p.m. Good Friday Service with The Rev. Tim Ensworth as presider and reflector

Saturday, April 19

8:30 a.m. Men's Breakfast in the Parish Hall

7:00 p.m. Easter Vigil at St. Francis

Easter Sunday, April 20

6:00 a.m. Sunrise Service - Commercial Pier Stonington

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Pastor Elaine Hewes presiding

Looking Ahead

Tuesday, April 22

A Journey of Peace begins at the Penobscot Nation boat landing

4:00 p.m. A Gathering for these Difficult Times

Sunday, April 27

11:30 a.m. Two Ukrainian students at George Stevens Academy will share their thoughts about the current situation in Ukraine.

May 7th and 14th

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Creating Mandalas Workshop

with Sensei Frederica Marshall (more Information below)

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Extravagance (c) Jan Richardson. janrichardson.com


Sermon given by Pastor Elaine Hewes on April 6th.

Click below for the recording. A text copy is available here.

Pastor Elaine's sermon 

Lenten Vespers


The Rev. Timothy Ensworth was our reflector this past Wednesday.

Click below for the recording. A text copy is available here.

Rev. Ensworth's reflection 

The Gratitude Corner

We are grateful for our collaboration with the Mariners Soar! After-School program on their Empty Bowl Supper. The event, held on March 28 in our Parish Hall, was a big success, raising over $3,000 for the Deer Isle Stonington Elementary School's After-School Program.

For what are you grateful?

Giving our Priorities Shape (GPS) Action Item

SAVE THE DATE


In April and into May, GPS focuses on actions and activities that prioritize Care for

Creation. While Earth Day is officially on Tuesday, April 22, please save the date for

Deer Isle Spring Roadside Cleanup, our own Earth Day. The town cleanup dates are

April 25, 26, and 27. We had a great time doing this last year, and we’d like to have a great team to do this again this year. Last year, we covered from INH to Hardy Hill Rd, but another individual has signed up to do from Reach Rd north. So, the town has asked if we would cover Rt 15 from the Lowe Road to Reach Road. Easy peasy! See the map here.


Because we will be hosting a couple of Ukrainian students at coffee hour after the

service on April 27, a Sunday team would need to plan a slightly later start time. We will have sign-up sheets for periods both on Saturday and Sunday for your convenience. If you can’t get enough of this great work, you can join John to work on the first chunk of the Reach Road!!! Bring your reflective wear and gloves! We will have trash bags.



THANKS!

Easter Flowers

Would you like to give Easter flowers in memory of or in thanksgiving for someone?


You can make a donation for flowers to adorn the altar by placing a check in the offertory basket or sending a check to the church (please put "Easter Flowers" on the memo line). You can also donate using the button below. Please scroll down to "Note or Designation" and write in "Easter Flowers."


If you are making a donation, please email Pete Dane by Sunday, April 13 with the name(s) you want to be listed in the Easter Sunday bulletin. 

Donate for Easter flowers

A Gathering for these Difficult Times

We will gather at St. Brendan once again at 4:00 on Tuesday, April 22, for music, poetry, and conversation about things that matter in these difficult times. These gatherings are intended to offer opportunities for creating relationships, sharing hopes and fears, nourishing ourselves with music and poetry, and dancing. Yes, dancing! All are welcome.  

Education & Spiritual Development Ministry

Creating Mandalas Workshop

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. May 7th and 14th


Explore the beauty and insight of creating personal mandalas with Sensei Frederica Marshall. Mandala is the Tibetan word for sacred circle. They are used for meditation in Buddhism and personal insight in Jungian psychology. We will make Tibetan-style sand paintings and drawings using varied art materials and learn some of our personal symbols. We may share our discoveries.


Frederica Marshall will guide our art creations. She has been trained by the Mandala Assessment and Research Institute of America. She presented her cross-cultural research on Japanese and American children’s mandala drawings at Johns Hopkins in 1995.


All art materials are provided.  Donations will be accepted to cover costs.  Sign up early as space is limited.

Sign up here



"He revives my soul and guides me along

right pathways ."

Psalm 23:3



Meditation/Silent Prayer

every Monday at 4:30 p.m. by Zoom



Readings, poems, and prayers are shared before a period of silence.



Link to Meditation/Silent Prayer

Bible Study


There is no Bible Study this week.

Pastoral Care Ministry

April Birthdays

Elizabeth Compton – 23

Judy Curtis – 15

Barbara Wright – 30

Elaine Taggert – 30

News from Near and Far 

The Hancock County Food Drive invites you to sign up for Movement for Meals, a month-long movement challenge that is raising funds for local food pantries, soup kitchens, and school food assistance programs. Register online anytime before the end of April and recruit donations for every intentional minute of physical activity between April 1 and April 30. Join us in building food security in Hancock County! If you would like to make a donation, click here.

Share a photo or news with us

In Our Prayers

We pray for those in special need:

Preston Henderson

Mollie Ann Meserve

Heidi (Jonny's mother)

Tammie and Jason Cox

Tyler Goss

Joyce Dunn

Kate Hallen & Bob Blum

Judith Jerome

Judy C.

Isabelle Valencia

Mimi Maslan

Susan Manne

Semantha and Lee

Emily Gibson

Judy

Megan

Bishop Thomas Brown

Naomi

Robert B. Tobin

Anne Burton

Hewit

Mary Ann and Terry

Nishah

David Morrish

Corbin

Rebecca

Pam B.

Jaxson

Heather Corey

Stephen Gill

Brent Was

Bill Scaife

Gary and Wellesley

Mary Lawrence Hicks and family

Nancy Greene

Peter Brown

Seth

Linda Shepard and family

Mary Ann Shaw

Lindsay Bowker

Marcia Scott

Tony Stoneburner

Carol Stoneburner

We pray, also, for those who love and care for them.

We continue to hold in prayer those in our community who have recently lost loved ones; among them are the Wright, Clauson/Hewes, Pierson, Wade/Scaife, Dahlen, Stoessel, and Miller/Budd families.


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 relocated residents of the Island Nursing Home and their families.

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 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.

 

We pray for Justin Welby and his family; Hosam, Bishop of Jerusalem; Sean, our Presiding Bishop; and Thomas, our Bishop.

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for Trinity, Castine, Church of Our Father, Hulls Cove, and for the Commission on Ministry.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Church of England.

On the Island and Peninsula, we pray for Deer Isle/Sunset Congregational Church, Deer Isle.

Do you have a Prayer Request or an Update on the Prayer List?

Scripture Notes

Palm Sunday



Today’s liturgy is in two parts. The Liturgy of the Palms celebrates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of the week of his Passion. After we hear Luke’s account of that event, we give thanks over the branches that we carry. A procession then moves into the church building with festive songs of “Hosanna in the highest!”


The second part of today’s liturgy changes from triumph to tragedy as it focuses on the suffering and death of Jesus. The account of the Lord’s Passion from Luke’s gospel often is read with individuals and congregation taking various parts so that we may have a fuller sense of sharing with him in his redemptive acts of dying and rising for our salvation.


The Old Testament reading is one of Isaiah’s poems about the suffering servant of God whose suffering atones for the sin of the people. This passage and others like it are understood by Christians to foretell the suffering and death of Jesus.


The reading from Philippians is an early Christian hymn which announces that Jesus’ Lordship is revealed not in the power of his divinity but in self-giving love to the point of dying for us, his beloved. This is the ultimate restoration from exile brought about by Jesus.


Today we enter into the celebration of the mighty acts of God which brought about that restoration. During this week, we will rediscover what God has done for us, rediscover the meaning of baptism, and rediscover the meaning of our sharing in Eucharist.


Notes on the Sunday Readings and Seasons of the Church Year. Copyright © 2009 by Michael W. Merriman. Church Publishing Incorporated, New York

Links

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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:

Warden - John Arrison, 207-505-2474 arrison17@gmail.com

Warden - Lis Ingoldsby, 207-348-2586 lisingo@msn.com

Vestry Members:

Dan Reardon-Treasurer

Emily Hawkins-Clerk

Beth Carter

Woody Osborne

George Pazuniak

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