Blessings to St. Paul’s Beloved Family Eucharist Congregation!
Join us for Worship
February 13th, The Sixth Sunday After The Epiphany
Feast Day for Absalom Jones
9:00 am Family Modified Eucharist in the Great Hall and on Zoom
( Click here to join via Zoom ID: 96617111762, Passcode: church)
Worship Booklet here.
Family Group following worship, ending by 10:30
12-1 pm, 2nd & 4th Sundays Middle & High School Youth Group
This week the church celebrates the life and Ministry of Absalom Jones, the first black man ordained as an Episcopal Priest.
Set us free, heavenly God, from every bond of prejudice and fear: that, honoring the steadfast courage of your servant Absalom Jones, we may show forth in our lives the reconciling love and true freedom of the children of God, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Family Ministries Sunday Schedule
9am Family Worship
9:30am Family Group
12-1pm, 2nd & 4th Sundays Middle
& High School Youth Group
St. Paul’s Nursery is Open! Families with small children are invited to utilize this ministry for care of young ones during worship. Care will be provided by our trained and vaccinated nursery staff.
The room and toys will be sanitized regularly. Children two and up should wear a mask.
St. Paul’s Guidance for Indoor, In-Person Worship and Gatherings
(Guidelines subject to change as pandemic unfolds.)
INDOOR IN-PERSON WORSHIP (Digital worship offered as well!)
Based on the most recent CDC instructions,
please follow our guidelines for safer in-person indoor worship:
Based on the most recent CDC instructions,
please follow our guidelines for safer in-person indoor worship:
- We will require that you wear a mask. (sanitizer & masks will be at each entrance)
- Double masking is recommended by the Maine CDC and the Diocese of Maine. Feel free to take one of our masks for double masking
- We will encourage three feet of physical distancing. (Seating will be clearly marked and ushers will help us keep our distance. Please only pass the peace to those near you to limit movement around the Hall and Nave)
- We will say the responses, but no congregational singing. (The choir will sing)
- We will not come forward to receive the bread or wine; communion of one kind from pews.
- We will limit two people or family units in each restroom, masked.
- We will not require a limit on the number of people in attendance, and will use the Vestibule for overflow seating.
- We will not offer in person fellowship after worship.
Forum on Restoring Sovereignty to the Wabanaki
The Racial Justice Council and Committee on Indian Relations of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine invite you, on February 20 at 2:00 pm, to a public forum in support of “An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act” (LD 1626).
Maulian Dana, Ambassador of the Penobscot Nation, will be the keynote speaker. Bishop Thomas Brown will offer the opening prayer. The forum will take place via a Zoom Webinar, hosted by Christ Church, Gardiner. Click here to register.
If passed, the bill will restore to the Wabanaki tribes their inherent sovereignty over the territories in which they reside. Maine is the only state in the nation which blocks such sovereignty. (Learn more about sovereignty here in this document from the Committee on Indian Relations.)
We hope you will join us to become better informed about this act, and to learn what you can do to promote passage of LD 1626!
Read these recently published messages of support from members throughout the diocese:
- Maine Voices: People of faith urge legislators, Gov. Mills to support tribal sovereignty by Evelyn Johnson Moore and John Hennessy, Diocesan Director of Public Advocacy
- Times Record Guest Column: Stand with the Wabanaki, pass LD 1626 by Nicholas Smith of St. Paul’s, Brunswick
- Letter to the Editor: “ERA for Women and Equal Rights for Maine Native Tribes” by June & Roy Smoot of St. David’s Episcopal Church, Kennebunk (scroll to the 4th letter to the editor on the page to read)
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!
All Things Youth
9:30am Sundays
Family Group follows 9am worship on Sundays.
Join as we pray, play, and spend time in story!
Please note: Wear a mask and practice physical distance
Hello St. Paul’s Middle & High School Youth! 2nd & 4th Sundays 12-1pm.
Please wear a mask, practice physical distance, and bring your own water and snack should you need them.
