Saint Mary’s Weekly News
January 24, 2016 – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Celebrate Honor Serve
Thank you the 132 parish households which have pledged for 2016. We are VERY close to reaching our pledge goal of $265,000. If you haven't turned in your completed pledge form, PLEASE take a few minutes to do so. Meeting our pledge goal means our programs will have the funding needed to continue. It means our buildings will continue to be warm, inviting and able to support our programs and community. Thank you!
Annual Meeting &Vision Event: Sunday, January 31, 9 AM to 12 Noon.
“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.
January 24 and 31: Sunday mornings at Coffee Hour
Come to the Auditorium to enjoy the several notebooks of Saint Mary’s history in clippings and photographs on exhibit throughout the mornings. There will also be a pile of duplicate photos that are free for the taking. Look for the sign! Thanks to Lee Snow, who continues the good archival work of Marge, Hannah, Jennifer & others.
Time to update the Saint Mary's Member and Friends Directory!
Time to update all of your information. We need it 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. Last day to make changes or corrections!
A Networking Opportunity! TODAY’s the deadline for changes or additions
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.
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.
Serving The World
Souper Supper: 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month – January 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.
Calling all BOOKS! Book, Bake and Soup Sale: March 5 from 9am – 1pm
WE NEED YOU for our Book, Bake, Soup Sale! Please sign up outside the Guild Room for the part you wish to play in our parish-wide Outreach project. It's so much fun in the midst of winter to come together with BOOKS, SOUPS, and BAKED GOODS! Any questions call Babs Bell regarding soups, Elizabeth Heinzman regarding the baked goods, and Becky Pride regarding the books. ALL proceeds go to our mission work here and in the world. DATE: Saturday, March 5th! [Please drop off books now, and contact Becky if you wish to sort now. Sorting is an ongoing project that you can do at your own pace and convenience.] Please leave all book donations downstairs on the HUGE table in the big storage room. Please, NO used textbooks, encyclopedia sets, or magazine sets.
Emergency Fuel Fund
Please consider making a special offering to enable our support of those who need help with their heating bills this winter. Envelopes are available in the Prayer Books and in the Narthex. Thanks from the Outreach Committee and all those who you will help!
Christian Formation
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 Lee 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 “bury” on February 7. This is when we will also burn last year’s palms to create ashes for Ash Wednesday.
The Middlers: in transition
The Middlers program is on hold until two new leaders are found. We are hoping soon to hire two young adults to lead the group every Sunday from now until June. Until then, youth are welcome to hang out in the Youth Room. But they are asked not to stay there during the Eucharist, but rather come and join their families in the liturgy. Thank you!
News & Events
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 Valentine’s Day!!
Also a few bags of Sparkle Blend coffee and two gift baskets. The Honor Box is right there and suggested prices---so please help us to not have to store anything!!
February 10 is Ash Wednesday: The Invitation to a Holy Lent
There will be multiple opportunities for everyone to observe this special day of fasting, prayer and self-denial. In addition, if anyone would like ashes brought to a homebound member, please call the Parish Office right away. Our Ash Wednesday services will be:
· 12noon: Ash Wednesday liturgy – in the Chapel
· 4pm: Ash Wednesday for Children and Youth – in the Chapel
· 6pm: Ash Wednesday liturgy with music – in the Sanctuary.
Now’s the time to bring in your palms from last year to burn for use on Ash Wednesday. There will be a basket by the entrance to the Guild room.
Watch for more information soon on our Lenten Community Project!
New chairs for the Guild Room
Our blue chairs are showing their age and are breaking. Can you help us to select their replacements? If so, please contact Jim Stoddard at jbstod@myfairpoint.net or Hugh Smith at hughsails@gmail.com .
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: Ben Folsom, David Pagenkopf, Angelica Barrett, Michelle Bilodeau, Gardner Bilodeau, Connie Dayton, Janet Dorman, Gay Freeman, Olive Galen, Sarah Gorman, Lynn Hathaway, Cindy Horton, Chandra Lowe, Shelly Maher, Roger Murray and the Gaston family.
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 24 The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00am The 3rd Sunday after Epiphany: Traditional Eucharist
9:00am Coffee Hour
9:30am Family Chapel – in the Fr. James Chapel
9:45am Guiding RAY SCARFMAKING in the Auditorium
10:00am The 3rd Sunday after Epiphany: Contemporary Eucharist
11:00am Coffee Hour continues
Monday 25 12noon Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are
5:30pm All-Parish Ice Skating at Twombly Pond (behind Walmart)
Tuesday 26 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 27 12noon Noonday Prayer – in the Chapel
6:00pm Women’s Choral Group rehearses in Auditorium
Thursday 28 12noon Thursday Healing Eucharist
4:00pm Boy Singer of Maine rehearsal
6:30pm Dowsers meeting the Guild Room
7:00pm Saint Mary’s Choir rehearsal
Friday 29 Parish Office is closed
12noon Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are
5:30pm Al-Anon meeting
Saturday 30 9:00am Saint Bartholomew’s Women’s Retreat
Sunday 31 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
9:00am ONE Contemporary Eucharist: 4th Sunday after Epiphany
(No Guiding RAY classes – all ages worship together!)
10:00am Brunch in the Auditorium - all are invited
10:30am Annual Meeting and Vision Event (Nursery & Childcare available)
Beth Shaw
Parish Administrator
The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary
43 Foreside Road
Falmouth, Maine 04105
207.781.3366
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