Entries by Joan Carney

What’s Happening at St Paul’s 9-18-20

       This week marks the transfer of digital worship from my dining room “chapel” and Sunday Morning Prayer to the St. Paul’s Nave where we will begin to offer a digital version of Holy Eucharist. Taking our cue from Washington National Cathedral and our own Diocese of Maine, our worship together online this […]

St. Paul’s Family Worship Weekly Postcard 9-17-20

Blessings to St. Paul’s Beloved Family Eucharist Congregation! Join us for Worship Join us this Sunday, September 20, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost9:30 a.m. Rev. Katie Holicky and musician Susan Brown will lead us in a time of song, prayer, story and sharing with our friends! Here is the link for the Zoom gathering. Click here for the 9:30 Family Worship […]

May 28, 2020: St. Paul’s Family Worship Weekly Postcard

Blessings to St. Paul’s Beloved Family Eucharist Congregation!  God Sightings Where have you noticed God this week? Introducing…God Sightings. The new “where have you seen/noticed God?” section of our weekly family postcard. You are invited to share the moments you notice God in your daily life. Snap a picture or create a piece of art, like […]

Greetings from St. Paul’s 5.22.20

The Rev. Dr. John Koenig was an expert on the Letters of Paul and was one of the New Testament professors when I was a student at The General Seminary of the Episcopal Church. Dr. John Koenig helped his students immerse into the new life of Christ in the communities Paul founded. As one of […]

May 21, 2020: St. Paul’s Family Worship Weekly Postcard

Blessings to St. Paul’s Beloved Family Eucharist Congregation!  God Sightings Where have you noticed God this week? Introducing…God Sightings. The new “where have you seen/noticed God?” section of our weekly family postcard. You are invited to share the moments you notice God in your daily life. Snap a picture or create a piece of art, like […]

May 1, 2020: This Week’s News

The May issue of The Messenger is here!Click here to view or download.You can also view it on our website:http://stpaulsmaine.org/wpblog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-2020-5-compressed-the-messenger.pdf  Also for your review:February Vestry MinutesMarch Vestry Minutes The Fourth Sunday of EasterMay 3, 202010:30 Morning Prayer, on Facebook Live  Bulletin                  AnnouncementsClick here to join the Zoom Coffee […]

Blessings to St. Paul’s Beloved Easter 2020

Gather with us for prayer and worship opportunities daily on Facebook live. Everything is loaded on our St. Paul’s website: booklets, links for direct access and sermon manuscripts.  We are also using Zoom video conferencing links are provided below. SATURDAY7:30 p.m. ZOOM Light the New Fire of the Resurrection and the Pascal Candle and the Saying of the ExultetUse this link […]

Christmas Message

In the December section of my daily Dietrich Bonhoeffer reader, I found this Christmas poem. It is not a “champagne-filled, warm-fuzzy, feel-good” poem. Rather, it is one that stopped me, sobered me up as a Christian and set me to really meditating on the meaning of the birth of Christ, Emmanuel, God With Us. “Who […]

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Horsehair Soap and Elbow Grease

Cleaning of the stained glass is underway; should be done shortly. The solution used to clean the glass is a pH neutral soap, similar to that used to wash down a horse. As the cleaner noted, “That’s all it takes: horsehair soap and elbow grease.” The floors in the east transept and vestibule have been […]