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DUNSTANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

TID BITS FROM THE TABLE ~ JANUARY 29, 2016
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Sunday, January 31 Annual Meeting, 9 am service with meeting to follow
Sunday, February 7 = Guild of Sacristans Meeting, after the 10am service and coffee hour
Tuesday, February 9 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, 5 PM 6:30 PM
Sunday, February 14, Vestry Meeting, after 10 AM service
Friday, February 19 Movie Night, 5:30 PM, pizza and film A Walk in the Woods
Sunday, February 21, ECW Meeting, after 10 AM service
UPCOMING WORSHIP SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, January 27 - Mid-Week Eucharist, 6 pm, Mother Johanna presiding
Sunday, January 31 Morning Prayer, 9 am, Dianne Kelley presiding, Annual Meeting to follow
Wednesday, February 3- Mid-Week Eucharist, 6 pm, Mother Johanna presiding
Sunday, February 7 Holy Eucharist, 8 am and 10 am, Mother Johanna presiding
Wednesday, February 10 - Ash Wednesday, 6 pm, Mother Johanna presiding
Sunday, February 14 Litany and Holy Eucharist, 8 and 10 am, Mother Johanna; Liz Graves, Litanist
Mid-Week Eucharist Update
The 6pm Mid-Week Eucharists have begun in earnest now. Five people attended the first Wednesday Eucharist on
January 20th. This week, January 27th, attendance increased to eight as we celebrated Sts. Lydia, Dorcas and Phoebe.
This coming week, February 3rd, we remember the relatively unknown Chaplains of Dorchester, four British Navy
chaplains who gave up their life vests to other sailors and loss their lives.
ANNUAL MEETING BRUNCH Slated for January 31
Please sign up on the bulletin board by the door in the undercroft if you would like to bring in a hot or cold item for the
annual meeting brunch. The brunch will be part of our annual meeting commencing after the 9 AM service on Jan. 31.
SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE DINNER, 9 February 5PM
Again this year the St. Dunstan's men will host, prepare and cook a Pancake Dinner for members of our church,
neighbors and friends for "Fat Tuesday." This dinner is one of our traditions of Lent. Please join us.
BOWL OF BURDENS
Beginning with Ash Wednesday, February 10th, we go from ordinary time in the church calendar to the beginning of
Lent. This is traditionally a time of prayer in preparation for Easter. Lent is a time to think about one's life choices and
mortality, as well as to reflect on one's life direction. There are no altar flowers, signifying the solemnity of the season as
well as reflecting this cold and quiet time of year when we anticipate Spring and Jesus' Resurrection from the dead.
Also, the big ceramic bowl filled with rock salt will again be next to the font. We can write our burdens on a slip of
paper and then bury them in the salt as a way of releasing them to God. Immediately following the Good Friday liturgy,
all of these burdens will be burned and thus being transformed into the light of the Resurrection.
Movie and Pizza night! Join us for fun, food, fellowship and a great movie! Friday, February 19 starting at 5:30 pm we
will gather in the Lottie Horn Room. Various delicious pizzas will be provided from Angelo's and beverages as well.
Salads and desserts will be welcome. The movie is A Walk In The Woods with Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma
Thompson. Sign up in the parish hall so we know how many pizzas to get and come, join the fun!
A note from our treasurers:
We are now in contribution year 2016. If you have a box of envelopes from 2015, please THROW THEM OUT. If you
would like a box for 2016 and have not picked them up yet, you may get them any Sunday from Mary DeLong or Muffet
Stewart. If your children would like a box of envelopes for their donations, we are happy to provide them as well. That
way they will get a notice at the end of the year thanking them for their donations, just like their parents!

Lets Keep the Coffee Perking

Thanks to all of you who made our 2015 coffee hours a success. A sign up sheet for 2016 coffee hours is posted
downstairs by the door on the bulletin board. Please sign up or sign up with a buddy to host a Sunday. Funds are
available from ECW to help with the cost and help is always on hand for clean up. If your schedule cant accommodate
hosting or co-hosting, but you could bring in an item to share, that would be appreciated as well. Please see Tracy
Shaffer for details.
Would you please pass on our comment that St. Dunstan's is a special place and
Martha and I are so appreciative of the welcome and inclusion we have
received from the parish. We are counting the days to our return.
Regards.
Bill Thomas

IN OUR COMMUNITY:
A note from Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry:
With the sudden dip in temperatures we would like to ask for contributions of warm winter hats for adults and
children. These could be hand knit or new, purchased hats and may be left at the pantry any Monday, Wednesday or
Friday morning until 11 AM. A full tummy and a cozy warm hat can do so much for one's sense of well being as we face
the colder months. Thanks for your help.
Please continue bringing plastic grocery bags and food for the Little Red Wagon. Thanks!
Relay For Life of Hancock County Kickoff Event!
Kickoff is a fun get-together to learn more about Relay For Life, and how YOU can get involved!
Friday, January 29, 2016 6:00-7:30pm
Elks Lodge, 317 High St. Ellsworth
Sign up your team today! www.relayforlife.org/hancockme
Find us on Facebook: Relay For Life of Hancock County, ME
Questions? Contact Margo.Stevens@cancer.org
Did you know? Ellsworths Home Depot and Healthy Acadia are partnering to offer an indoor walking group at Home
Depot beginning January 28th, 2016 at 6:15 AM. The walking group will meet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 6:15
AM throughout the winter months. The YMCA is also available for indoor walking; Tuesday and Thursday from 11-12.

Remember to wear your nametags each Sunday!

~WORSHIP and MINISTRY SCHEDULE~
Lay Ministers:
01/31
02/07
Morning Prayer
Holy Eucharist
Sacristan
Sarah Whalen
8:00 Service
Officiant
Mother Johanna
Lay Reader
Jean Rohrer
9:00 Service
10:00 Service
Officiant
Dianne Kelley
Mother Johanna
Chalice Bearer
Dan DeLong
Lay Readers
Sarah Whalen, Harvey Kelley, Diana Gazis
Andrew Chattin, Jim Newett, Marian Wells
Crucifer
Jim Newett
Server
Andrew Chattin
Ushers
Fred and Leslie Beyer
Harvey Kelley and Mary DeLong
Coffee Hour
Annual Meeting Potluck
If you should have an emergency, you may contact: Reverend Johanna-Karen Johannson, Priest 902-1013; Senior
Warden Dave Wells at 667-6206 (h), 610-3709 (c); Junior Warden Harvey Kelley at 422-3115 (h) or 266-5148 (c)
For pastoral needs: Deacon Rev. Joan Preble at 667-4068. Ann is in the office Thursdays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Our email address is: stdunstansellsworth@gmail.com.