Every Lent, the Parish of SS. Mary & Jude and the Union Church of Northeast Harbor (UCC) have two joint services. This year the first will be on March 12th at 09:30 at St. Mary’s Winter Chapel with the Rev. Mac Bigelow as preacher. The following Sunday, March 19th, will be at the Abbey Chapel in Seal Harbor at 10:00 with Fr. Bill Wood preaching.
KKS
The Parish of SS. Mary & Jude will offer a Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes at 5:30 PM. on Ash Wednesday, March 1st at St. Mary’s Winter Chapel at 5 Kimball Road, Northeast Harbor.
(Ash Wednesday services below)
Church of Our Father
Wednesdays
7:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist
5:30 p.m. - Stations of the Cross
St. Saviour’s, Bar Harbor
Daily
8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer
with Penitential Order
St. Mary and Jude, Northeast Harbor
Wednesdays
8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer
(My apologies - this was posted in error)
St. Andrew & St. John, Southwest Harbor
Wednesdays
6:00 a.m. – Contemplative Prayer
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fridays
12:00 noon12:15 - Organ Music and Noon Prayers
Church of Our Father
7:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
St. Saviour’s, Bar Harbor
8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer
12:00 noon - Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
St. Mary and Jude, Northeast Harbor
5:30 p.m. - Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
St. Andrew & St. John, Southwest Harbor
Other parishes: Please let me know - mshook [at] gmail [dot] com - and I’ll post them here.
KKS is Kathryn Suminsby who answered my call for a person from each parish to directly post to mdiepiscopalians.
Thanks Kathy!
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MS (Michael Shook)
A couple of months ago [before we were online - the editor] I shared with you the sentiments of Silas Marner’s neighbor as she expressed her love for the comforting presence of the church. This month I would like to focus on one of the major differences in the English Church and our American Episcopal Church. That is the selection of clergy for a parish and, in this case, the selection of the Bishop for the See of Barchester.
Anthony Trollope tells us that:
the death of old Dr. Grantly, who had for many
years filled that chair with meek authority, took
place exactly as the ministry of Lord ____ was
going to give place to Lord ____. The illness of
the good old man was long and lingering and it
became a matter of intense interest whether the
new appointment would be made by a
conservative or a liberal government.
The Bishop’s son, Archdeacon Grantly, had long
managed the affairs of the diocese and was the
known choice of the outgoing government. Alas
the old Bishop lingered too long and the choice
fell to the new government. Dr. Proudie was
appointed to the post.
He was a man born to move in high circles: at
least he thought so himself, and circumstances
had certainly sustained him in that view…He
had for years held some clerical office
appertaining to courtly matters, which enabled
him to live in London, and to entrust his parish
to his curate. He had been preacher to the royal
beefeaters, curator of theological manuscripts in
the Ecclesiastical Courts, chaplain to the
Queen’s yeomanry guard and almoner to his
Royal Highness Prince of Rappe-Blankenberg.
Although my enjoyment of Trollope’s
Barchester Towers is extreme, my feelings
suggest that we might celebrate the work of the
founding fathers who separated church and state
– and also celebrate the work of our own search
committee.
Cass Wright
Every Lent, the Parish of SS. Mary & Jude and the Union Church of Northeast Harbor (UCC) have two joint services. This year the first will be on March 12th at 09:30 at St. Mary’s Winter Chapel with the Rev. Mac Bigelow as preacher. The following Sunday, March 19th, will be at the Abbey Chapel in Seal Harbor at 10:00 with Fr. Bill Wood preaching.
KKS
Mark your calendars now! The next Taizé service will be on March 19th at St. Mary’s winter Chapel, 5 Kimball Road, Northeast Harbor, at 5:00 PM. That’s a Sunday evening. If you’ve never attended a Taizé, do give it consideration. It is a quiet meditative service with simple prayers and chants in the monastic tradition-with no sermon and no collection!!
KKS
The next Ultreya will be March 18. It will take place at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Ellsworth from 9:30 to noon. If you’ve never attended in the past, here’s your chance! The schedule follows; however, if you need more information, you may contact Sandy Johnson by e-mail at sandylee1143 [at] adelphia.net or Church of Our Father by telephone at 288-4849.
This Sunday, February 19th, the Parish of St. Mary & St. Jude’s welcomes the Rev. William Wood as our new priest-in-charge. Wife Susan is still behind in Wichita, KS, left with the duty of selling a house! Hopefully she will be joining us soon. Fr. Bill is anxious to meet everyone and ‘get the lay of the land’ in these parts.
This is a test post. I’m testing the ability of mdiepiscopalians.wordpress.com to have multiple contributors. I’m making this post logged in as talkabout, not as I normally do, logged in as mdiepsicopalians.
On the left: Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Manset
In lieu of their usual monthly meeting, the Men’s Group at Church of Our Father will host the annual Shrove Tuesday Supper on February 28 at 5:30 pm. Come enjoy pancakes & sausage, the talent show, & the Last Compline of the Epiphany Season, with the Burial of the Alleluia. Bring a friend!
St. John is also having a Shrove Tuesday Supper.
Of interest to licensed Lay Eucharistic Ministers and those who would like to be: Two training sessions for Lay Eucharistic Minister will be held in February. The first training will be held at St. Thomas’ Church in Winn on Saturday, February 18, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. The second will be held at St. Matthew’s in Hallowell on Saturday, February 25, from 10 am to 3 pm. Both will be led by the Rev. Carolyn Metzler, Vicar of St. Thomas’. This training will offer an introduction to the ministry of visiting a church’s isolated members and bringing the Eucharist. Different aspects of visiting, responding to difficult situations, and conducting the service will be addressed. Participants should bring $5.00 to cover lunch. For more information, contact the Rev. Carolyn Metzler at 732-4614 or e-mail vicar [at] saintthomasmaine.org .
The Parish of SS. Mary & Jude is holding an all parish breakfast (pot luck additions to our cooks’ bacon, sausage, eggs, rolls - and usually beans!) - to follow our 9:30 service this coming Sunday 12 February. Fr. Raymond is our celebrant and I’m sure any brave souls that want to venture this way would be welcomed, especially with an offering for the buffet table!
