St. Paul’s Family Worship Weekly Postcard 8-5-21
| Blessings to St. Paul’s Beloved Family Eucharist Congregation! |
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| Join us for Worship Join us this Sunday, August 8 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost 10:30 Picnic Eucharist in the Garden & on Facebook 1:00 Middle and High Schoolers in the Garden 2:00 Family Picnic Eucharist in the Garden Click here for the Family Worship Booklet 2:30 Family Group in the Garden Please bring your own bread and chair for picnic Eucharist. Ushers will provide both a wafer and chair if it’s not possible for you to bring these.  Family Ministries Sunday Schedule 1:00-2:00 pm on 2nd & 4th Sundays: Middle & High School Youth Group in the Garden 2:00 pm In-person Family Worship Picnic Eucharist the Memorial Garden! BYO chairs and bread!*We will offer a digital connection for Family Worship later in the Fall when we move back into the building for this service. 2:30-3:30 pm: Family Group in the Garden Mask up St. Paul’s!  Mask up St. Paul’s! Please don’t forget to wear your mask while at church. Let’s do all we can to keep one another safe! Dates to Remember Sunday, August 29: You are invited to join Rev. Katie at Camp Bishopswood on August 29th for Summer Finale! See info for registration below. Note: There will be no Family Worship or Family Group 8/29. The Move to Morning Worship and Family Group will be delayed due to renovations. TBA: Family Worship moves back to 9:30am followed by Family Group! Youth Group will move to 12-1pm the 2nd and 4th Sundays Summer Finale Day Sunday, August 29 at Camp Bishopswood  Summer Finale Day for Youth, Individuals and Families Sunday, August 29 at Camp Bishopswood Summer Finale is a program for whole households. Households can gather at Camp Bishopswood for free diocese-wide programming during the day on Sunday, August 29, and optional camping is available on both Friday and Saturday nights. Swim, boat, hike, rest, lunch and worship on scenic Lake Megunticook. We will gather on August 29 in the morning and late afternoon for worship, and in the afternoon for a free Bishopswood lunch. Stations will be set up across camp throughout the day, where individuals and households can experience the liturgy on their own terms, at their own pace. Youth completing grades 5-12 will have Pray, Play, Connect LIVE programming available in the afternoon. Want to camp overnight? Come up on Friday or Saturday, and enjoy Camp Bishopswood’s lodging, food and hospitality. Diocesan programming is only provided on Sunday, but everything Camp has to offer is available all weekend long. Scholarships are available – we want this to be accessible to all families. Click here to register for Summer Finale, and for the optional camping. Questions? Contact Cn. Sara D’Angio White, sdangiowhite@episcopalmaine.org, or The Rev. Katie Holicky, kholicky@gmail.com.  Family Groups  Family Group continues to meet in the Garden at 2:30 – 3:30 pm each Sunday. If you are interested in joining a Family Group please reach out to Rev. Katie. Please wear a mask, practice physical distance All Things Youth  Hello St. Paul’s Middle & High School Youth! 2nd & 4th Sundays from 1-2 p.m. in the Garden. Please wear a mask, practice physical distance, and bring your own water and snack should you need them. Faith at Home  Here are some helpful resources to keep you and your family faithfully connecting. Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints. An illustrated children’s storybook about people of diverse faiths who rocked the religious boat on behalf of love and justice. Common Prayer for Children and Families. Whimsical, simple illustrations and prayers drawn from Episcopal prayer resources Common Prayer for Children and Families is a collection of prayers and liturgies written for kids and the adults or communities who pray with them. Faith at Home, lectionary based family devotions. Enjoy some Bible Stories brought us by Godly Play. Well suited for the youngest among us. Justice Resources  Check out the new children’s book Netflix show: Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices The Center for Racial Justice in Education has some great resources to help families in the work of racial justice. Family Sermon by Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones about the sin of racism. A list of resources from some Episcopal friends in North Carolina. A short family guide to supporting racial justice now. Book Lists: (various social justice topics, including racial justice) Social Justice Books; A Teaching for Change Project Act for Social Justice Embrace Race: “Diverse” Books for Children Anti-Racism Books for Elementary Students Indigo Arts Alliance Book list 21 Anti-Racism Videos To Share With Kids: These helpful videos cover a variety of topics to help us talk together about race and racial justice. They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race: This helpful chart breaks down concepts of race that children can engage with based upon age. Sunday Junior Paper – Click to Read!  New Faces at St. Paul’s We welcome our new part-time Parish Administrator, Karen Tucker and our new Sacred Ground Coordinator, Andrea Lauerman, who joined us on August 3rd. More information was shared in the August Messenger. Office Volunteers Needed Parish Office volunteers needed: If you’d like to help with reception / answering phones on Wednesday or Fridays from 10-12, please contact the Rector. Thank you!! MCHPP Program Support On August 30th Brunswick schools will open for the 2021-2022 school year. The good news is that children will be able to receive free lunches; however, it does not solve the entire problem of food insecurity. MCHPP will again start up their Backpack Program. providing nutritious food to the children to help them get through the weekend when school is not in session. The children can pick up a bag of food anonymously. The food is the type that will not spoil. MCHPP will have to purchase most of the food used in this program. Please consider writing a check in any amount to MCHPP, 12 Tenney Way, Brunswick, ME 04011. Put Backpack Program on the memo line. St. Paul’s Weekly Calendar |
