Saint Mary’s News
January 1, 2017: The Holy Name of our Lord
Celebrate Honor Serve in 2017
Please take time to prayerfully consider your 2017 pledge to Saint Mary’s. We’ve been blessed with many wonderful pledges, but we are still a ways from our goal of $285,000. It’s a busy time of year but pledging helps us meet our obligations and plan to grow our ministries. Thank you!
All-Parish Ice Skating: Monday, January 23, 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Mark your calendars now to join your parish family for outdoor ice skating at the Lee Twombly Pond in Falmouth. There will be hot chocolate, hot teas, cookies and snacks by the fireplace. Bring your own skates or rent them from Family Ice Center. All are welcome!
Annual Meeting &Vision Event: Sunday, January 29, at 9 AM.
Mark your calendar!
Guild, Committees & Ministry reports are due in the office now. Thank you!
Time to update the Saint Mary's Member and Friends Directory!
Update all of your information on the sheets provided on the table outside the Guild Room, and in the narthex of the church building. Do you still have a landline? New cell phone #? Changed your email? We need it ready to print by January 23! Please check on one of the sheets – no need to change them all. J
A Networking Opportunity!
Are you looking for clients? An electrician? Golf or ski partners? Dentist? 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 2017 Saint Mary’s Members and Friends Directory! Email Beth Shaw at admin@smary.org or drop the information to the parish office by January 23.
Saint Mary’s Lay Leaders joint meeting
All committees, ministries & guilds to invited to send leaders or representatives to join the Vestry for a planning meeting at its January 18 meeting at 6pm with a pizza and salad dinner beginning at 5:30pm. Come with visionary eyes and open hearts and minds to discuss the ways we can serve God and each other in 2017 and beyond.
2017 Offering Envelopes are on their way … and will be in back of the church or on the Sign-up table outside the Guild Room!
If you forgot to check the box on your pledge form, but would like envelopes, simply sign up for them on the sign-up table outside the Guild Room.
Serving the World
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 Sanctuary Prayer Books and in the Narthex. Thank you for all those who you will help!
Souper Supper: 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month – Jan 13 and 27
Our free suppers in our Parish House Auditorium open to anyone and everyone. 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. And we are always looking for more servers to join the Souper Supper Team. FMI, contact Jennifer Gregg (jenniferanngregg@gmail.com or 781-2665).
St. Elizabeth’s has cold hands to warm up!
As cold weather approaches, one of the biggest needs at St. E's is winter gloves (and mittens) for children, women and men. However, the biggest need is for large and extra-large gloves for men. If you are shopping and see gloves on sale...consider buying them and sending them in as your contribution. Thanks in advance! Please drop them off in our St. Elizabeth’s box next to the sign-up table outside the Guild Room.
VANAPALOOZA: January 6, Falmouth Congregational Church, 7 PM
Want to help a local quadriplegic remain independent? Peter’s been in a wheelchair for more than 40 years – since he was 19 years old.
Enjoy music of many types? Come to this benefit concert with music varying from a smoky, blues guitarist to classical violin and pianist to a tuba and ukulele group. $10 suggested donation or visit this Go Fund Me site for Peter Leeman to simply help a neighbor.
Youth Ministry
Holy Baptism
If you know of a child of a Christian family, or of an adult who feels the call to be baptized, please make note of the following dates in 2017 when baptism will be administered here at Saint Mary’s:
- January 8 • April 15 and 16 • June 4 and various times throughout the summer • November 5
Please contact our Parish Office to inquire about the process of being baptized.
Guiding RAY (Religious Adventures for Youth)
Our children’s programs will be on break until January 8. FMI on our Guiding RAY or Godly Play programs, please visit our website www.smary.org. The Nursery remains open for our youngest disciples in the lower level of the Parish House beginning at 9:30 AM every Sunday.
Young Life Club: on break until January. Stay cool!
FMI: visit www.younglifecb.com
For older Guiding RAY youth: The Bible and Legos
Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to a special series of Bible lessons using Legos. Building Faith Brick by Brick, a book by Emily Given, offers a hands-on way to explore faith stories. On break now, but this class will return in the winter.
Community Care & Nurture
Wisdom Seekers: every Tuesday at 10:30 AM (EXCEPT FOR 12/27)
This Bible study group meets on Tuesdays in the Guild Rm. All welcome!
Thursday Eucharist: every Thursday in the Chapel at 12 noon
(EXCEPT FOR 12/29) This is an informal time to gather at the Lord’s Table with a meditation on the scripture or the saint of the day.
Noonday Prayer: every other weekday in the Chapel
Pause for 10 minutes of prayer together. You are also invited, wherever you may be, to STOP and PRAY with us in the Spirit at 12 noon for those in need, for our parish family, for our bishop, and for your own daily life with God.
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 but know that email is checked rarely during the weekends or when he’s away.
Prayer Concerns for this week: David Bates, Lynda Conner, John Delaney, Sarah Gorman, Talie Harris, Betty Hessemer, Joyce Maranville, Allie Matthews, Roger Murray, Emily Otte, David & Grace Robinson, Stewart Stalnecker, Phoebe Wysor, Bucky and Tri Nguyen.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD NAMES TO THE PRAYER LIST, write them on the Sunday Prayer List in the Narthex or contact the Parish Office.
This Week at Saint Mary’s
Sunday, Jan. 1 The Feast of the Holy Name
10:00am Holy Name Contemporary Eucharist
Monday 2 Parish Office is closed for the New Year Holiday
12noon Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are
Tuesday 3 9:30am Art Group
10:30am Wisdom Seekers
12 noon Noonday Prayer in the Chapel
1:00pm Staff meeting
1:00pm Get Stitching group
3:30pm Executive Committee meeting
6:30pm Beginner’s Al-Anon
7:00pm AA in the Auditorium
7:30pm Al-Anon in the Guild Room
Wednesday 4 12noon Noonday Prayer in the Chapel
6:00pm ORI in the Guild Room
6:00pm SinG in the auditorium
Thursday 5 12noon Chapel Eucharist: Our Celebration of The Epiphany
1:00pm CARE Circle meeting
4:00pm Boy Singers of Maine rehearse
Friday 6 The Epiphany
Parish Office is closed on Fridays
12noon Noonday Prayer – wherever you are
5:30pm Al-Anon meeting
Saturday 7 9:00am Boy Singers of Maine rehearse
Garland & decoration take-down
Sunday 8 The First Sunday after Epiphany: The Baptism of our Lord
8:00am Contemplative Eucharist:
9:00am Coffee hour begins
9:30am Family Chapel and Nursery opens
10:00am Our Choral 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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