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Sunday, August 11th, 2024
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
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Holy Eucharist, Rite II
7:30AM in Emmanuel Chapel
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
10:00AM in the Nave & Livestreamed
Holy Eucharist
5:15PM in Emmanuel Chapel
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Welcome to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke
We are a community of faith with ancient worship and modern thought, catholic traditions and progressive theology. We proclaim a Biblical perspective for thinking people, a respect for reason, science, and a diversity of perspective. This empowers compassion and care for both the wider community and one another. Our commitment to welcome and inclusion is central to our mission modeled on the Kingdom of God and proclaimed by Jesus Christ.
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Sunday Morning Service Participants | |
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Preacher & Celebrant
The Reverend George Stevens, Interim Dean
Music Leader & Organist
Christian M. Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music
Harp Soloist
Barbara Ryland
Vocal Soloist
Judd Hume
Head Verger & Crucifer
Eleanor Roberts
Lector
Peter Carleton
Prayers Leader
Julie Rothrock
Ushers
Bob Parshley, Martha Parshley, Chester Bishop, Stan Kuziel
Live Streaming
Jack Swanton, Sam Allen
Eucharistic Ministers
Philip Hamilton, Maggie Gardner
Contributing Ministries
Acolytes, Vergers, The Flower Guild, The Altar Guild, The Kneeler Guild
Music copyrights granted under OneLicense.net #A-713087. Sources: The Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, Wonder, Love, and Praise, Voices Found, My Heart Sings Out, The Saint Helena Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer,, Enriching our Worship, The Holy Bible (NRSV).
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5:15 PM Holy Eucharist
Celebrant & Reflector: The Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown, Bishop of Maine
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Coffee Hour
Please join us after the service for a time of fellowship in the upper hall through the doors to the left of the altar. All are welcome!
Interested in hosting? It is an important part of our parish life and provides us with a time for connection. Hosting is fun and easy, it requires bringing in a baked good and brewing coffee the Sunday of your choosing.
Please consider signing up, a lot of gratitude comes with the job.
Check the hosting schedule by visiting the link here.
Please email Meredith Cough with your date.
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Luke’s Garden Meeting Today
1:00PM
August 11th, 2024
On Zoom
Join members of Luke’s Garden, St. Luke’s LGBTQIA+ Group for their August Meeting, today at 1:00PM on Zoom. Join by clicking here.
Interested in learning more about Luke’s Garden?
We meet every 2nd Sunday of the month following coffee hour. All are welcome!
For more information contact Orion Williams or visit our page the cathedral website here.
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Season of Creation Banner Painting
Sunday, August 25 after the 10AM Service
Lower Hall
Come help paint our new Season of Creation banner!
No artistic skills are needed beyond the ability to paint within the lines of a simple shape.
Join us after church on Sunday, August 25 in the Lower Hall for a time of fun and fellowship.
Please plan to wear old clothes due to potential paint stains!
For more info, contact Linda Carleton.
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The Cathedral Choir Season
Startup and Potluck
Thursday 5 September 7-9PM
The Cathedral Choir season begins with rehearsal and potluck welcome reception Thursday 5 Sept. 7-9PM.
The choir sings weekly during the academic year, and for periodic Choral Evensong services and various seasonal liturgies.
Previous singing experience is not required.
For more information, contact Christian Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music.
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Summer Finale
Sept. 13 - 15
Camp Bishopswood
Registration is now open for Summer Finale at Camp Bishopswood!
Summer Finale has several offerings:
- There is a day-only option on Saturday, Sept. 14.
- Back this year after a several-year hiatus is a mini retreat especially for those who do formation work in our diocese on Friday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
As in years past, this will be an opportunity to spend a day in conversation with formation folks, to enjoy delicious food, and imagine ways in which we can collaborate and uplift one another in our formation work.
Register for Summer Finale here, including one-day and overnight options.
Register for the Formation Mini-Retreat on Sept. 13 here.
See a full description, including FAQs, here.
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Conflict Transformation Parish-Wide Conversation
Saturday, September 28, 9AM–noon
The Cathedral Nave
Save the date! On Saturday, September 28th, from 9A.M. to noon, all parishioners are invited to participate in the fourth and final phase of our conflict transformation work.
Please note that it is not necessary to have participated in Phases 1-3 of the conflict transformation process to attend. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate!
We will gather in the Nave for a parish-wide conversation about our communal life using a “World Café” format.
Please click here to learn more about this type of conversation style.
Conversations will center on questions developed in conjunction with our consultant Susan Czolgosz and will occur in small groups of 6–8 people.
A group of parishioners will be invited to act as table facilitators, timekeepers, and notetakers.
More details will be provided as the event approaches.
With questions please contact The Reverend George Stevens, Interim Dean
or Sam Allen, Senior Warden.
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Eco Tips from the Public Policy
& Environmental Action Team
This year's General Convention considered many pieces of creation care, climate change and ecojustice legislation, which were submitted by dioceses, committees, task forces, and other bodies. For a curated list of legislation visit the link here.
For an Episcopal News Service article click here.
To receive more information and regular updates on these resolutions, you can subscribe to the Episcopal Church's Creation Care Newsletter. To subscribe, click here.
PPEAT Next Meeting: Tuesday August 13 from 6-7PM
Interested in learning more about the St. Luke's Public Policy and Environmental Action Team? Join us for our next meeting on Tuesday August 13 from 6-7 PM on Zoom. All are welcome!
Please see the link to join here.
For more information email Ruth Roemer.
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Season of Creation Book Group
Meeting Each Monday at 6:45PM
August 26-September 30
Connect Room at St. Alban's Episcopal Church
885 Shore Rd, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
Contact Mary Bingham Paul if Interested
The Season of Creation is fast approaching! In September, parishioners from St. Alban’s, St. Luke’s, and St. Peter’s are joining together to form a book group.
The group will start on August 26 and end on September 30, 2024. Proposed meeting times are each Monday from 6:45PM-8:00PM in the Connect Room at St Alban’s. Spaces are limited to 12 people. While in-person is preferable, a hybrid option will be offered.
The book discussion will be led by Mary Brigham Paul, a member of St. Alban’s.
The group will be reading Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World by Karen Armstrong.
Please contact Mary Brigham Paul sign up, and please indicate whether you would like to meet in person or on zoom.
You can purchase the book through Amazon, Nonesuch Books, or wherever you like to purchase your books.
About the Author: Karen Armstrong has written many books on religious affairs, with a specific focus on the history of world religions. To read more about her please visit the webpage here.
About the book: Sacred Nature is “An urgent manifesto and a practical guide on how to rekindle our spiritual bond with nature, drawing on the wisdom of the world’s religious traditions”.
“Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear to awe to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred…Karen Armstrong re-sacralizes nature for modern times. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the world’s religious traditions, she vividly describes nature’s central plan in spirituality across the centuries: from the Book of Job to St. Thomas Aquinas, from Lao Tzu to Wordsworth, and from the Stoics to Jainism and beyond…explor(ing) the power of silence and solitude, the nature of personal sacrifice and the need to reconnect with sorrow and compassion—and how greater contact and appreciation for nature can help us in unexpected ways”. Penguin Random House Publishing
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RESOURCES FROM THE DIOCESE
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THE WIDER CHURCH
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To read about stories, resources, and events from around the Diocese of Maine, read their newsletter, The DioLog, by clicking the link here, or by clicking on the Episcopal Maine Shield in the bottom of this email. | |
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From the Bishop: A Call to Prayerful Action
The commemoration of the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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"The people in the Holy Land—Israel and Palestine—are heavy laden. And right now, our most faithful prayer is for the burdensome violence to end. I have written to our representatives in Washington to call for a ceasefire. And I urge you to join me in making your voices heard."
—The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown
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Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles Begin Again This Fall
Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine
"Are you interested in joining others from the Episcopal Dioceses of Northern New England (and beyond) in a film-based dialogue series on race and faith? The third round of Tri-Dio Sacred Ground dialogue circles will start this fall, and will include others from the wider Episcopal church and other denominations. There will be at least three circles that will meet at different times and on different days. Register here.
View the Sacred Ground Invitational video “We Bless You” by the Union of Black Episcopalians and Sacred Ground staff, and learn more about Sacred Ground here.
Representatives from each diocese are: Mary Provo of Maine, Betty Lane of New Hampshire, and Franci Vinal Farnsworth of Vermont. "
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The BTS Center Convocation 2024
Hope in Small Places: Becoming People of Refugia Faith
Sept. 26-27
Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center, Hallowell
Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine & The BTS Center
"In a climate-changed world, we are drawn toward places where life persists, hope is nurtured, and courage, gratitude, and wonder are ever-present. These are the spaces Convocation 2024 keynote speaker Debra Rienstra celebrates in her book "Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth,"
Drawing upon the biological concept of refugia—little pockets of safety where life persists in times of disaster— she suggests that this is a moment when people of faith are called to be people of spiritual refugia. In-person registration is limited to 100 participants. Learn more and register here."
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OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES | |
Sunday 5:15PM Service of Holy Eucharist | |
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The 5:15PM Service is a lay-lead worship service of Holy Eucharist and meditation which gathers each Sunday in Emmanuel Chapel. Each week we welcome a member of the clergy to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.
The service invites all in attendance into a space of quiet and stillness, with music, scripture, and reflections.
We look forward to welcoming you to future services. Please join us!
With questions about the service please contact Liz Parsons.
Below is a photo from a service held on July 28 which features parishioner Barbara Ryland offering her musical gifts on harp.
This is accompanied by a reflection offered by The Reverend Dr. Celestin Hategekimana.
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Parishioner Barbara Ryland offers her musical gifts on the harp | |
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Click here to read a reflection
offered by The Reverend Dr. Celestin Hategekimana on July 28
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Contribute to St. Luke’s Summer Music Ministry
The Cathedral Choir is on recess from 9 June through Labor Day, and summer is a great time to make a musical contribution to our worship as a singer or instrumentalist. Help us to keep our music well-supported with your offerings.
Please email Christian Clough, Canon for Liturgy & Music.
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The Biblical Study Group
The Biblical Study Group will begin meeting again on September 1 in the Oratory at 8:30AM focusing on the topic of being made in the image of God.
At the first session, our leader and resource person, Dr. Bob Hanson, will highlight the content of upcoming sessions, and gauge the group to find a preferred time and place to meet.
This class will consider what you know about yourself, your own self image, what you want for yourself, and what God and Jesus are calling for you. Biblical references on the Imago Dei are Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:5, Wisdom 2:23, I Corinthians 15:49, II Corinthians 3:12-18, I Corinthians 11:7, Colossians 3:10.
Questions? Contact Dr. Hanson at (207) 405-8250.
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The Kneeler Guild and
Prayer Shawl Knitters
Tuesday
2:30PM
The Upper Hall.
For additional information contact Jeri Edgar 207-303-8447 or Nancy Mawhinney 207-775-7500
Everyone is welcome, whether you are curious or want to begin. Kneeler kits cost $75, which include directions, yarn, needles & canvas. Novices are welcome; we will teach you as needed. Prayer Shawls: 26-29” by 60”; select your yarn & needles. Coffee & Tea available.
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Volunteer to Serve on the Altar Guild
Volunteering with Altar Guild is fun and rewarding.
Together, the Altar Guild works to enable our congregation to engage in worship that is filled with order, beauty, peace, and tranquility.
For more information, contact Kate Leschey or Rita Siavelis.
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Access Your Realm Profile
The Cathedral’s online database, Realm, is a useful tool for parishioners to manage their contact and pledging information.
Realm helps our community by improving our record keeping in a more streamlined fashion.
When joining Realm you can sign-up to be a part of the online directory in the database.
To activate your Realm profile please contact our financial administrator Nina Andersen.
Nina will assist you with the few steps necessary to access your profile.
We look forward to sharing this exciting new technology with you!
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Parish Notes
- The Reverend Rebecca Grant away August 8-13
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Weekly Ministries
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The Food Pantry is open from 8 am to 11 am every Thursday.
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The Tuesday 12:10 Eucharist is offered every week in Emmanuel Chapel in-person and on Zoom.
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Compline is offered weekly on Friday from 8-8:30pm on Zoom.
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Click on the logo above to learn about all that is happening in the wider Diocese.
https://episcopalmaine.org
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stlukesportland.org
(207)-772-5434
Email
Physical Address:
143 State Street, Portland, ME 04101
Parking Available at:
134 Park Street, Portland, ME 04101
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 4141, Portland, ME 04101
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