Welcome To St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
The third oldest Episcopal Church in Maine, we are a strong mix of tradition and new vitality. We have welcomed people since 1844 and are happy to count you among them. We invite you to explore this website to get a sense of who we are, all that we offer spiritually and do with and for each other, and for people in the local, state, and international communities of which we are a part. We invite you to get a sense of who we are and why we choose to be a part of this vital and energized worshiping community.
We hope that you will try us out as well.
Sunday Worship Schedule
8:00 Quiet Eucharist In The Nave & Live Streamed
9:00 Non-Traditional Eucharist in the Great Hall & on Zoom
9:30 Family Group following the service
10:30 Choral Eucharist in the Nave & Live Streamed
Noon Middle & High School gathering (meets 2nd & 4th Sundays)
On the first Sundays of the month, we join together for a single worship service at 10:30 am in the Nave, and Live Streamed called First Sundays Life Together.
On the first Sunday of the month, we offer Celtic Morning Prayer at 8:00 a.m.
Spiritual
Reverent
Joyous
Blessed Advent to all … December Messenger and Video here
November 27, 2022, First Sunday of Advent, Sermon preached by Rev. Carolyn H. Eklund
Year A; Advent 1FB; 11.27.2022 Isaiah 2:1-5; Matthew 24:36-44 In the 1979 Viet Nam War movie, “Apocalypse Now,” the character that Robert Duval played was a loose-cannon type Army Cavalry officer supervising a helicopter gunship fly-over of a coastal village. The approach to the village was designed to intimidate and destroy the village supposedly […]
November 24, 2022, Homily by Rev. Carolyn H. Eklund
Year C; Thanksgiving DayFB; 11.24.2022 First Nations Version Lord’s Prayer; Deuteronomy 26:1-11 The Old Testament lesson from Deuteronomy designated for Thanksgiving Day reminds us of the lushness of the land. It reminds us of God’s saving power to free the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. It reminds us that the land in its lushness, belongs […]