Living History

This Sunday, July 2nd, services at St. Mary’s by- the- Sea (08:00 and 10:30) will be conducted from the prayer book in use at the time of our Founding Fathers. Appointments and vesting will attempt to recreate the service as it would have been in 1776. As always, visitors are welcome. The church is located in Northeast Harbor at the junction of Kimball and South Shore Roads.

The restoration of this Historic Register church continues. The bell is back and pealing again and the Transfiguration window is promised by the middle of July, well before the August 6th date!
KKS

Next Taizé Service: Saturday, July 22

Next Taizé Ecumenical Prayer Service: Saturday, July 22, at St. Saviour’s Church, Bar Harbor, at 7:00 p.m

The Bishop Search Committee Wants to Hear from YOU!

At Diocesan Convention in October of 2007, we will elect the 9th bishop of Maine, to succeed Chilton Knudsen. The first step in the process that will culminate in that election is to “take a snapshot” of the diocese as it is at present, so that a diocesan profile that accurately reflects who we are can be given to potential candidates.

To make this “snapshot” as detailed and accurate as possible, the Bishop Search Committee is holding a series of meetings around the diocese during the month of July. One such meeting will be held at St. John's, Southwest Harbor, on Saturday, July 8, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

The committee would like to hear from every member of the diocese, and you are strongly encouraged to attend the meeting at St. John's – or one of the others (a complete schedule will be available by the beginning of July). Some thoughts to ponder before the meeting: what are the special gifts that your congregation contributes to the life of the diocese as a whole? What do you treasure about the diocese, that you would not like to see changed when the new bishop comes? What might be changed to make the diocese “perfect”?

If you cannot attend a meeting, perhaps you could share your thoughts with someone who can. The more information the committee has, the more accurate the profile will be.

Vesta Kowalski
For the Bishop Search Committee

Ultreya 5:30 Saturday, June 24 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Ellsworth

Two Weeks To Go for the Ultreya planned for Saturday, June 24, at 5:30 pm at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Ellsworth: Showcasing great singing by Bob Theriault and Tony Sousa, along with Tim Searchfield and some of the musicians from St. Andrew; and including a witness speaker along with Eucharist given by the Rev. Yvonne Wesley-Rohrbach and the Rev. Chuck Bradshaw. Please join us and bring friends and family. If you are able, potluck contributions (to feed approximately six people) will be most welcome. Be a part of this great night of worship and praise to end no later than 8:30 pm.

Help with Bar Harbor Food Pantry garden

Greetings to All from the Bar Harbor Food Pantry:  A request has been made for some help roto-tilling our new garden spot, so I am writing to you all in hope that one of you or someone you know may be able to help us get this project underway.  The garden plot is located just off the Crooked Road.  Drive 2 miles up from Hulls Cove and Porter Settlement Way will be on your left.  Down that drive is a nice big piece of land that is waiting to be planted.  The work day that has been arranged is going to be Sundays from 9am-noonish.  Please let Beth Swazey know if you’ll be able to help her, as she has been so kind to volunteer her Sundays this summer to work on and oversee this garden for the food pantry.  You may contact her at bwrootworks@yahoo.com .