Thursday, June 11, 2020

Saint Mary's eNEWS for 6.14.20

Saint Mary’s Weekly News

14 June 2020:  The Second Sunday after Pentecost


Picnic Eucharist: Four opportunities to worship together outside  Come out to our beautiful Saint Mary's campus to worship together safely, in groups of less than 50, per state guidelines.

Sunday, June 21 at 10:15 am     
Sunday, June 21 at  5:30 pm  
Sunday, June 28 at 10:15 am
Sunday, June 28 at  5:30 pm

Choose a Sunday (please pick only one so all may have an opportunity at attend.) Beginning this week, you can sign up for your preferred service here: 

OnRealm.org Event Registration

If you cannot reserve your spot(s) online, you may contact Beth with your desired service and how many are in your household (admin@smary.org , 781-3366.  

Serving  Others

Souper Supper To Go has resumed: 2nd & 4th Fridays, 5 – 6 PM  

Souper Supper has returned for take-home distribution of To-Go meals only, returning to the regular schedule of second and fourth Fridays. In addition, if food insecurity is an issue in your home, Saint Mary’s can help you discreetly. Just call the Parish Office at 781-3366.

 

Plant 2020 Victory Gardens! 

The Outreach Committee is joining forces with Guiding RAY to provide fresh food for local families who are nutritionally vulnerable this summer due to the effects of the pandemic.  We invite all parishioners who have a corner or more of available land, or even a container, to grow fresh produce and donate part of their harvest to the Falmouth Food Pantry this growing season. Some already have established vegetable gardens, and we are hoping many others will join in this initiative. We have a couple summer squash, zucchini and tomato plants that needs homes to tend them; any takers?  A share of your harvest will mean the world to those for whom fresh vegetables are a very scarce and treasured commodity. 

Please let us know if you wish to participate in planting, donating and/or helping with transport to the Food Pantry by contacting  Bonny Rodden, brodden1.br@gmail.com or Jennifer Gregg, 

jenniferanngregg@gmail.com 

St. Elizabeth’s Jubilee Center – open again!

St. Elizabeth's Essential Pantry has reopened on Tuesdays.  The plan is to distribute only pre-bagged essential items (soap, detergent, toilet paper, diapers and feminine hygiene products) outside St. Luke's Cathedral.  We will eventually need volunteers from Saint Mary's on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, but not in June – stay tuned for July.  Volunteers can help with pre-bagging on either Monday or Tuesday mornings.  They can help with distribution on Tuesdays.  All volunteers as well as neighbors will wear masks and gloves and maintain 6  foot safe distancing. FMI, contact Betsy Elliman at 207-400-6871 or betsyelliman@msn.com 

Homemade Face Masks

We currently have a few available outside the Parish Office. They are available to anyone who wants or needs one. Thanks to several parishioners who have been quietly making masks for others. We keep working to maintain a supply, as they are popular and in-demand.    

The Book Sale: Saturday, June 20, 9 AM – 1PM, outdoors!

Mark your calendars for a different kind of Saint Mary’s Book Sale – to benefit the Falmouth Food Pantry. This time we’ll be outside!

We are thankful for the responses of parishioners who have said they will work on Friday, June 19, for set up and Saturday, the 20th  for selling and clean up.  We could use a couple of more folks with strong backs to help with bringing up books on Friday morning and on Saturday for clean up at 1:00.

Please send an email to Jan (janmordarski@gamil.com) or Betsy (jbstod@myfairpoint.net

  Three NON-Contact things you can do to help

—save any Hannaford to Go or Trader Joes bags and drop them at the Parish House. We are selling books by the bag and they are the perfect size.

—Use your social media contacts and phone calls to tell your friends that we are going to be having the book sale and encourage them to shop. 

—Say a prayer for NO RAIN on June 19 or 20!  (Rain date is Sunday, June 21.) 

As we get closer to the date, we will be making more announcements as to how we will host the sale with safety precautions for all.

Caring for Others: Facemask Project
For those who have sewing machines, here is an opportunity to help those who are at greater risk during this difficult time by creating washable fabric face masks.  There are many patterns online;  here’s a simple one: 
https://thestitchingscientist.com/2020/03/how-to-sew-a-face-mask.html .

**There is fabric from a Cuddledown grant and donated fabric to make masks outside our parish office, along with aluminum strips for the nose piece. The Outreach Committee (along with gifts from a couple of generous parishioners)  is willing to reimburse sewers for the cost of supplies, as needed. Submit your expenses to Beth here: admin@smary.org    

Here's a DIY face mask with no sewing

https://www.facebook.com/chicstravel/videos/311403599832193/

Falmouth Food Pantry thanks all and hopes for our continued help

The Pantry is asking for donations of new or used reusable shopping bags.  If you can spare a couple, please bring them to the parish house and leave at the door if building not open.  (We are in the office on Mondays and Thursdays.)   
Families in need of food are invited to come to the Falmouth Food Pantry / Town Hall site on the first and third Friday during June, July and August. Food will be distributed to cars from 9:00-10:30.  

Pantry managers will continue packing food cartons for delivery to doorsteps of families in need.  It is because of the compassion and generosity of so many in our community that we are able to provide help to so many.  In the event of a need please call 632-2687 or 781-2996.

And if in need of the Emergency Pantry services, please call 632-2687 or 781-2996

Christian Formation & Youth Notes

All Children and Youth Programs are temporarily suspended

Guiding RAY (Religious Adventures for Youth)      During normal programing, our Guiding RAY programs, for all young people ages 0 to 14, are designed to both appeal to and offer our children an opportunity to learn key bible stories and to develop their relationship with God.   FMI  Please contact Megan GuidingRAY@smary.org

We have set up a Guiding RAY Facebook group as a place for parents to connect. Please like https://www.facebook.com/ChurchofSaintMary/  and join the Guiding RAY Group. It is a great way to share resources, stories and a general check-in with each other.  Please visit our website (smary.org) for more at home resources.

Community Care & Nurture

OnLine worship

NoonDay PrayerMonday – Friday  12noon  on Facebook Live

Sunday WorshipSunday 10:15 am on Facebook Live

These services are also linked on our website (www.smary.org on the banner titled “Community & Worship Online: COVID-19 Resources”)

OnLine Spiritual Formation

Be Still: Sundays at 9:30 AM  online via ZOOM

Be Still: Mondays at 5 PM  online via ZOOM

Merton Group:  Thursdays at 3 pm  online via ZOOM

These three groups will continue to meet online via ZOOM. If you would like to participate, send an email to Jennifer Gregg (jenniferanngregg@gmail.com) to receive the meeting login information. 

Communicating with Nathan+

If you need to connect with someone for encouragement, or if you need advice, guidance or prayer, please text Fr Nathan on his cell phone at 207-310-0268. Share your name and your concern.  You can call or e-mail as well (nathanferrell@smary.org ), but texting is the best way to make contact.

Prayer Concerns this week:  Jean Wilkinson, John Cunningham, Mike Obar, Tom Troeger, Julie Otte, Cindy Horton, Greg Hodgdon, John Fournier, John Lund, Roxann Gregory.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD NAMES TO THIS LIST, contact our Parish Office (781-3366 or smary@smary.org).

No Facebook? No worries!

Anyone can watch our Sunday worship live on Facebook even if you do not have a Facebook account. All you need to do is go to this web address:

Facebook.com/ChurchofSaintMary at the correct time and you will see it.

Also, our webpage ( www.smary.org) has easy links to each Noonday Prayer and the Sunday services after the event with links to the bulletins, the Book of Common Prayer and the Hymnal, plus lots of other online resources for worship and spiritual growth. There is no reason that this time apart cannot still be a time of important spiritual growth for you. 

Follow us for information on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

While we await the restoration of regular activities, connecting to our online presence (including our webpage) is the best way to participate in our parish and to keep up on parish news. Click on these links to follow us! 

 

THIS WEEK at Saint Mary’s

Sunday               14      The Second Sunday after Pentecost

                                    9:30           Be Still ZOOM meeting  

                                    10:15         Liturgy of the Word on Facebook Live  

Monday             15      12:00         Noonday Prayer on Facebook Live

                                    5:00           Be Still ZOOM meeting                           

Tuesday             16      12:00         Noonday Prayer chanted on Facebook Live

Wednesday        17      12:00         Noonday Prayer on Facebook Live

                                    6:00           Vestry meeting

Thursday            18      Parish Office open

                                    12:00         Noonday Prayer chanted on Facebook Live

                                    3:00           Merton Group ZOOM meeting

Friday                19      12:00         Noonday Prayer on Facebook Live

Sunday               21      The Third Sunday after Pentecost / Father’s Day

                                    9:30           Be Still ZOOM meeting  

                                    10:15         Picnic Eucharist and on Facebook Live  

                                    5:00           Picnic Eucharist and on Facebook Live  

 

 

Beth Shaw

Parish Manager

The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary

43 Foreside Rd, Falmouth, ME 04105

207-781-3366    www.smary.org

 

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