Friday, January 27, 2017

Saint Mary's eNEWS for 1.29.17

Saint Mary’s Weekly News

January 29, 2017 – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany


Annual Meeting & Vision Talk: Sunday, January 29, 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.”  From our Constitution and By-laws. Everyone is invited for this special event, even if you are not voting. Brunch will be supplied; to help out please consider bringing fruit or baked goodies;  childcare will be available, and the Holy Spirit will be guiding us! Come to learn about what is in store for us in 2017.  Annual Report booklets are available now in the Narthex and throughout the Parish House.

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. We know that everyone is busy, but pledging allows us to meet our obligations and to plan our ministries. Thank you!

 

The Presentation (Candlemas):  Thursday, February 2 at 12noon

At our Chapel Eucharist, we will celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and as Candlemas, AND as Groundhog Day! All are welcome to join us.

Serving the World

Save the Date: February 12 is our Winter Mission Morning

ALL are invited to gather on Sunday morning in the Sanctuary for our regular 8 AM liturgy, and/or gather in the Auditorium to begin our Mission Morning at 9 AM with plans to return to Saint Mary's at 11:30 for fellowship and lunch. 

We once again offer opportunities and hands-on projects for all ages and capabilities to spread God’s goodness, love and joy in our community. 

Join us for one of the following projects that will be shared in more detail in the coming weeks:  A project at Milestone Foundation;  Scarf Distribution in downtown Portland;  Helping FFP Neighbors in Need;  Visit and bring music at The Cedars Nursing Facility; an In-House Art Project creating pot-holders. 

Most activities are great for all ages.

NURSERY CARE will be provided. SIGN-UP today in the Parish House!

 

Calling all BOOKS! Book, Bake and Soup Sale:  March 4 at 9 AM

WE NEED YOU for our Book, Bake, Soup Sale! The Sooner the Better!  

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.  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 floor in front of the HUGE table in the big storage room or at the storage room door if it is locked.  Please, NO used textbooks, encyclopedia sets, or magazine sets. But Bring books in NOW

Help Out at the Scarborough Habitat Build!

Friday 2/3, and Saturday 2/11 (hours will be 8:30-3:30). These days are scheduled to be indoor work in Scarborough, so it shouldn’t be too cold. With any questions or if you’d like to sign up, contact  laura@habitatme.org

Youth Ministry

Young Life Club: on break a few more weeks. Stay cool!

FMI: visit www.younglifecb.com

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.

Community Care & Nurture

Wisdom Seekers: every Tuesday at 10:30 AM  

This Bible study group meets on Tuesdays in the Guild Rm. All welcome!

Chapel Eucharist: every Thursday in the Chapel at 12 noon

This is an informal time to gather at the Lord’s Table with a meditation on the scripture or the saint of the day and prayers for healing.

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: Christina Hammond, Bob Armitage, Carla Birt, Larry Bennett, Kathryn Kuehn, David Bates, Sarah Gorman, Susan & David Grimaldi, Talie Harris, Allie Matthews, Roger Murray, Emily Otte, Stewart Stalnecker, 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         29  Annual Meeting & Vision TalkThe 4th Sunday after Epiphany

                                  9:00am     ONE Contemporary Eucharist

                                          (No Guiding RAY classes – all ages worship together!)

                           10:00am    Brunch in the Auditorium - all are invited

                           10:30am    Annual Meeting and Vision Talk 

                                          (Nursery is available and a kids movie!)

                           2:00pm   Zach Zaitlin Piano recital in auditorium

Monday         30  11:00am   Winter Blues Book Group

                           12noon     Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are

                           5:30pm    All-Parish Ice Skating at Twombly Pond

                           6:00pm    T’ai Chi class in the auditorium – all welcome!

Tuesday        31  9:30am     Art Group

                           10:30am      Wisdom Seekers

                                  12 noon      Noonday Prayer in the Chapel

                           1:00pm    Staff meeting

                           1:00pm    Get Stitching group

                           7:00pm    AA in the Auditorium

                           7:30pm    Al-Anon in the Guild Room (6:30pm Beginner’s Al-Anon)

Wednesday  1 9:00am                BNI group in auditorium 

                                  10a-2p          Mainely Weavers in the Guild Room

                           12noon      Noonday Prayer in the Chapel

                           6:00pm      SinG in the auditorium

                           6:00pm    ORI meeting in Guild Room

Thursday       2    12noon     Chapel Eucharist

Friday            3      Parish Office is closed on Fridays 

                             12noon     Noonday Prayer – wherever you are

                             7a-4pm     Pine Grove School workshop

                             5:30pm     Al-Anon meeting

Saturday       4      11:00am   Horton Anniversary Celebration followed by reception     

Sunday   Feb 5      The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

                             8:00am     Contemplative Eucharist:

                             9:00am     Coffee hour

                             9:30am     Family Chapel and Nursery opens

                             10:00am     Choral Eucharist

                             11:00am   Coffee hour

 

 

 

Beth Shaw

Parish Manager

The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary

43 Foreside Road

Falmouth, Maine  04105

207.781.3366

 

Friday, January 13, 2017

Saint Mary's eNEWS for 1.15.17

Holy Land Travelogue: Sunday, January 15, at 11:15 AM

Special Coffee Hour Travelogue! Come hear first-hand about the Holy Land.

Meg and Charlie Hurdman will present a travelogue about their recent visit to Israel. Grab a cup of coffee and then join us in the Guild Room for tales from their exciting journey.

 

Sharing our love of music and traditions – Royal School of Church Music

On Sundays, staring January 15, after the coffee hour following the 10 o clock service,, the leader of this new school to Falmouth, Bruce Fithian, will meet with anyone interested in learning more about this program in the choir room, situated in the lower level of the parish house. We eagerly look forward to meeting all who might be interested in this worthy enterprise, and look forward to hearing the dulcet tones of our choristers next fall. 

Annual Meeting & Vision Talk: Sunday, January 29, at 9 AM

Mark your calendar!    Annual reports are being printed and will be distributed attached to the eNEWS.  There are a limited number of hardcopies in the narthex of the church and at the doors to the Parish House.  Be sure to update your cell phone and addresses with the office

Vestry and Parish Council joint meeting: Wed., Jan. 18, 6 PM

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.  

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 ( behind Walmart). 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!

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 packets – no need to change them all. 

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.

2017 Offering Envelopes are HERE and in the Parish House!

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

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).

 

Intergenerational Coffee Hour:  January 22, 2017 - Workshop

Join us for intergenerational coffee hours at 9am and /or 11am on Sunday, January 22  for our workshop to benefit our local homeless community.  We will be making scarves from fleece material to be distributed during our Winter Mission Morning on February 12 at 9am when ‘going to church is putting our words into action by doing good in our community as Jesus did and taught us to do.  Be a part...be the church.

 

Calling ALL BOOKS!! Book, Bake and Soup Sale on March 4

In support of our 2017 Outreach projects, Saint Mary's is holding its Book, Bake & Soup Sale on Sat., March 4, from 9 AM to 1 PM.  WE NEED YOU to:  donate books, videos, games & puzzles; sort books; sell books; BAKE for the bake sale; clean-up. Please sign up to help in whatever way you are able and willing.  There will soon be sign-up sheets outside the Guild Room.  Regarding books, games or puzzles:  Please leave all donations downstairs on the HUGE table in the big storage room.  Please, NO used textbooks, encyclopedia sets, or magazine sets.

Youth Ministry

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 a few more weeks. Stay cool!

FMI: visit www.younglifecb.com

Community Care & Nurture

Wisdom Seekers: every Tuesday at 10:30 AM  

This Bible study group meets on Tuesdays in the Guild Rm. All welcome!

Thursday Eucharist: every Thursday in the Chapel at 12 noon

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: Carla Birt, Larry Bennett, Kathryn Kuehn, David Bates, John Fournier, Sarah Gorman, Susan & David Grimaldi, Talie Harris, Allie Matthews, Roger Murray, Emily Otte, 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              15   The Second Sunday after Epiphany

                                    8:00am         Contemplative Eucharist:

                                    9:00am         Coffee hour begins

                                    9:30am         Family Chapel and Nursery opens

                                    10:00am         Choral Eucharist

                                    11:00am       Coffee hour continues

                                    11:15am       Holy Land Travelogue  Have a Blessed Christmas Day

Monday             16   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Office closed for the holiday

                                  12noon         Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are

                                  6:00pm         T’ai Chi class in the auditorium – all welcome!

Tuesday             17   9:30am         Art Group

                                  10:30am           Wisdom Seekers

                                             12 noon            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 18       9:00am                         BNI group in auditorium 

                                  12noon          Noonday Prayer in the Chapel

                                  6:00pm          Vestry and Parish Council joint meeting (5:30 pizza)

                                  6:00pm          SinG in the auditorium

Thursday            19   12noon         Chapel Eucharist

Friday                20      Parish Office is closed on Fridays 

                                    12noon         Noonday Prayer – wherever you are

                                    5:30pm         Al-Anon meeting

Saturday            21                          

Sunday              22      The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

                                    8:00am         Contemplative Eucharist:

                                    9:00am         Coffee hour & All ages Scarf-making

                                    9:30am         Family Chapel and Nursery opens

                                    10:00am         Choral Eucharist

                                    11:00am       Coffee hour & All ages Scarf-making

                                    11:15am       Royal School of Church Music parent meeting

 

 

 

 

Beth Shaw

Parish Manager

The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary

43 Foreside Road

Falmouth, Maine  04105

207.781.3366

 

Monday, January 9, 2017

Saint Mary's eNEWS for 1.8.17

Saint Mary’s Weekly News

January 8, 2017 – The Baptism of our Lord


Holy Land Travelogue: Sunday, January 15, at 11:15 AM

Special Coffee Hour Travelogue! Come hear first-hand about the Holy Land.

Meg and Charlie Hurdman will present a travelogue about their recent visit to Israel. Grab a cup of coffee and then join us in the Guild Room for tales from their exciting journey

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 ( behind Walmart). 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 Talk: 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 packets – no need to change them all. 

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.

Vestry and Parish Council joint meeting: Wed., Jan. 18, 6 PM

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 HERE … 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. 

 

T’ai Chi Ch’uan Classes in the Parish House: Mondays beginning January 9

Tung Family Style :  For Beginners: Teens – Adults.  Weekly practice Mondays 6:00 pm

Beginning Monday January 9, 2017 in the Saint Mary’s auditorium

 $12 per class ($10 senior citizens from 65 years)  First class on the 9th includes demonstration of slow set

Stress Reduction ~ Balance ~ Strength ~ Focus ~ Coordination  Moving Meditation ~ Blood Pressure ~ Self-Awareness

 

Serving the World

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).

 

Don’t buy your coffee anywhere else!  Support Souper Supper at S. Mary's

Fair Traded  “Coffee by Design” Coffee on Sale Now!

If 50 families bought just 1 bag a month, we could support our Souper Supper community fellowship effort! …. and support fair trade practices by local owners…..and get GREAT organic coffee!     Win!  Win!  Win!

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!

Intergenerational Coffee Hour:  January 22, 2017 - Workshop

Join us  for either intergenerational coffee hour at 9am and /or 11am on Sunday, January 22  for our workshop to fill a few gaps in our local homeless community.  We will be making scarves from fleece material to be handed out as one of the Outreach projects for our Winter Mission Morning on February 12 at 9am when ‘going to church is putting our words into action by doing good in our community as Jesus did and taught us to do.  Be a part...be the church.

 

Calling ALL BOOKS!! Book, Bake and Soup Sale

In support of our Outreach mission projects: March 4

As part of our 2017 Outreach Project, S. Mary's is holding its Book, Bake & Soup Sale on Sat., March 4 , from 9 AM to 1 PM.  WE NEED YOU to:  donate books, videos, games & puzzles; sort books; sell books; BAKE for the bake sale; clean-up. Please sign up to help in whatever way you are able and willing.  There will soon be sign-up sheets outside the Guild Room.  Regarding books, games or puzzles:  Please leave all donations downstairs on the HUGE table in the big storage room.  Please, NO used textbooks, encyclopedia sets, or magazine sets.

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  near 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

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 a few more weeks. Stay cool!

FMI: visit www.younglifecb.com

Community Care & Nurture

Wisdom Seekers: every Tuesday at 10:30 AM  

This Bible study group meets on Tuesdays in the Guild Rm. All welcome!

Thursday Eucharist: every Thursday in the Chapel at 12 noon

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:   Kathryn Kuehn, David Bates, Sarah Gorman, Susan & David Grimaldi, Talie Harris, Betty Hessemer, Allie Matthews, Roger Murray, Emily Otte, 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              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          Choral Eucharist

                                    11:00am       Coffee hour continues

Monday             9     12noon        Noonday Prayer – stop and pray wherever you are

                                  6:00pm        T’ai Chi class in the auditorium – all welcome!

Tuesday             10   9:30am        Art Group

                                  10:30am            Wisdom Seekers

                                             12 noon            Noonday Prayer in the Chapel

                                  1:00pm        Staff meeting

                                  1:00pm        Get Stitching group

                                  4:30pm        Outreach Committee meeting

                                  6:30pm        Beginner’s Al-Anon

                                  7:00pm        AA in the Auditorium

                                  7:30pm        Al-Anon in the Guild Room

Wednesday       11   12noon          Noonday Prayer in the Chapel

                                  6:00pm          SinG in the auditorium

Thursday           12   12noon        Chapel Eucharist

                                  4:00pm        Boy Singers of Maine rehearse

Friday                13      Parish Office is closed on Fridays 

                                    12noon         Noonday Prayer – wherever you are

                                    5-7 pm          Souper Supper – all welcome!

                                    5:30pm         Al-Anon meeting

                                    7:00pm         Classic Cinema presents: A River Runs Through It

Saturday           14      9:00am         Boy Singers of Maine rehearse

Sunday              15      The Second Sunday after Epiphany

                                    8:00am         Contemplative Eucharist:

                                    9:00am         Coffee hour begins

                                    9:30am         Family Chapel and Nursery opens

                                    10:00am          Choral Eucharist

                                    11:00am       Coffee hour continues

                                    11:15am       Holy Land Travelogue

 

 

Beth Shaw

Parish Administrator

The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary

43 Foreside Road

Falmouth, Maine  04105

207.781.3366