Saint Mary’s Weekly News
January 10, 2016 – The First Sunday after the Epiphany
Annual Meeting &Vision Event: Sunday, January 31, at 9 AM.
“Any person age fifteen years or older who has attended and supported the Church for six months and accepts its Constitution shall be considered a voting member of the Parish.” So state our Constitution and By-laws. Everyone is invited for this special event, even if you are not voting. Brunch will be supplied, childcare will be available, and the Holy Spirit will be guiding us! Come to learn about what is in store for us in 2016.
Time to update the Saint Mary's Member and Friends Directory!
Time to update, add, and correct all of your information on our database. We need the directory information ready to distribute on January 31!
Please check one of the draft copies at the back narthex of the church or circulating on clipboards during coffee hour. Or call Beth in the parish office (781-3366) with any changes or updates.
A Networking Opportunity!
Are you looking for clients? An electrician? Golf or ski partners? Seeking to learn knitting or other fine skills? I bet there are other parishioners who are interested! Expand your professional and social networks by offering a few words about your vocation and/or avocations for publication in the 2016 Saint Mary’s Members and Friends Directory! Email the information to Beth Shaw at admin@smary.org by January 24.
NEW!! We’d also like to set up our own ‘Angie’s List’ where we can recommend to each other, folks that have done good, trustworthy and recommendable work for us - carpenters, plumbers, nails, restaurants, service companies, bakeries, you name it. No critiques please – just one line endorsements.
Souper Supper: 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month – January 8 & 22
Our free suppers in our Parish House Auditorium open to anyone and everyone continue as usual in the month of December. Please consider dropping in sometime between 5 – 7 PM on either evening for dinner served in a family-style setting and consisting of a hearty soup, salad, bread, homemade desserts and beverages.
E-NEWS Our monthly Classic Cinema will be showing “The Bad Seed” at 7pm on January 8 following Souper Supper.
Annual ALL PARISH Ice Skating: Monday, January 25 at 5:30 PM
Families and children of all ages are invited to join Father Nathan for ice-skating at the Family Ice outdoor rink at Twombly Pond. Guiding RAY will be providing hot coffee, hot chocolate, cookies and conversation in the warm-up room for skaters and their fans! Stay as long as you like. Invite a friend. Hope to see you all there!
Family Chapel “Alleluia” banner & palm burning: Sundays at 9:30 AM
Over the course of the next month in Family Chapel, Fr. Nathan and the children will be preparing an “ALLELUIA” banner which we will put away on February 7, which is when we will also burn last year’s palms to create ashes for Ash Wednesday.
2016 Offering Envelopes are here!
Please pick up your envelopes today! If you forgot to check the box on your pledge form, but would like envelopes, simply sign-up for them on the Table outside the Guild Room.
Sparkles News:
Do your Valentines Day paper shopping!!
In front of the kitchen you will find some lovely cards and paper items for purchase just in time for Valentines Day!!
Also a few bags of Sparkle Blend coffee and three gift baskets.
The Honor Box is right there and suggested prices---so please help us to not have to store anything!!!
Upcoming Memorial Services:
Saturday, January 16, 2 PM: Memorial Service & Reception for Mary Lygo
Thursday, Jan. 21, 12 Noon: Memorial Eucharist in honor of the Rev. Jim Whittemore
Communicating with Father Nathan
Feel free to contact Nathan+ at any time if you wish to speak with him. You can call or text his cell anytime at 207-310-0268 or e-mail him directly at nathanferrell@smary.org.
If you need an immediate response (and on weekends), his cell phone is always the best.
Prayer Concerns for this week: Rick Bartlett, Michelle Bilodeau, Gardner Bilodeau, Connie Dayton, Janet Dorman, Gay Freeman, Olive Galen, Sarah Gorman, Margo Harrington, Lynn Hathaway, Cindy Horton, Chandra Lowe, Shelly Maher, Roger Murray.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD NAMES TO THE PRAYER LIST, write them on the Sunday Prayer List found in the Narthex or contact the Office (781-3366 or smary@smary.org).
This Week at Saint Mary’s
Sunday 10 The First Sunday after the Epiphany: Baptism of our Lord
8:00am The First Sunday after the Epiphany: Traditional Eucharist
9:00am Coffee Hour
9:30am Family Chapel – in the Fr. James Chapel
9:45am Guiding RAY classes begin
10:00am The First Sunday after the Epiphany: Contemporary Eucharist
11:00am Coffee Hour continues
5:00pm Grace/Cleale Adoption meeting & movie
Monday 11 12noon Noonday Prayer – in the Chapel
Tuesday 12 9:30am Art Group in the Auditorium
10:30am Wisdom Seekers in the Guild Room
12noon Noonday Prayer – in the Chapel
1:00pm Staff Meeting
1:00pm Get Stitching group
6:30pm Beginner’s Al-Anon
7:00pm AA in the Auditorium
7:30pm Al-Anon in the Guild Room
Wednesday 13 12noon Noonday Prayer – in the Chapel
6:00pm Women’s Choral Group rehearses in Auditorium
Thursday 14 12 noon Holy Eucharist in the Fr James Chapel
4:00pm Boy Singer of Maine rehearse
7:00pm Saint Mary’s Choir rehearses
Friday 15 Parish Office is closed
12noon Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are
5:30pm Al-Anon meeting
Saturday 16 9:00am Boy Singer of Maine rehearse
2:00pm Memorial Service &Reception for Mary Lygo
Sunday 17 The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00am The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany: Traditional Eucharist
9:00am Coffee Hour
9:30am Family Chapel – in the Fr. James Chapel
9:45am Guiding RAY classes begin
10:00am The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany: Contemporary Eucharist
11:00am Coffee Hour continues
Beth Shaw
Parish Administrator
The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary
43 Foreside Road
Falmouth, Maine 04105
207.781.3366
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