To the Glory of God and for the Common Good, we make God's love known now and for generations to come through worship and service to all.

                                               -- Mission Statement

                                                         adopted June, 2010

Welcome to St. John’s Episcopal Church! Holy Eucharist is celebrated on Sundays at 8:00 am & 10:00 am.  Choral Evensong is offered on the first Sunday of each month at 4:00 pm, during the academic year.  (Nursery care is provided during the 10:00 am service and during Choral Evensong).      

Since 1835, the Parish of St. John’s has been worshiping and serving God, both from within our Church family and within our community of Bangor, Maine.  We conduct traditional Episcopal services in our historic gothic building high atop State Street Hill at 225 French Street.  We have a notable choir who has a reputation for fine music-making in the Anglican choral tradition.  Please join us as we worship in prayer and song!  



Announcements

January 29^th Annual Meeting. All are encouraged to attend the 10am service. The 8am service will be held in the chapel. Following the 10am service will be an All Parish brunch hosted by the Vestry and then the Annual Meeting.

Also at the Annual Meeting we will be voting on changes to our bylaws. The changes would be having the Treasurer become a voting member of the Vestry. The second change will be to create standing and special committees of the Vestry. Proposed changes to the bylaws and Bios for the candidates for office are available in the narthex and will be available at stjohnsbangor.org early next week along with a draft of the annual report.

Bishop Steve will be reading Phyllis Tickle's book, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why,  in January.  He invites members of the diocese to read along with him, follow (and weigh-in your impressions on) his blog posts, and then sign up for one of two one-hour webinar discussions on the book.  The first will be Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. and the second will be on Wednesday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. 

A five-week Lenten Bible study series developed by the Church of Ireland will be held at 11:30 in the Bangor room  starting on February 26.  The topic will focus on economic justice as a basis for further discussions during Eastertide. We hope the outcome will be action steps that members of St. John's might commit to in order to transform the unjust economic structures in Bangor and beyond. For more information: Patricia Keogh, 907-4633.

Anyone considering Confirmation or Reception or wishing to explore parish Membership should speak to the Rector before Ash Wednesday, February 22. Lenten classes will be held on Sundays in preparation for Confirmation and Reception at the Bishop's visitation on April 22.

For decades, Archbishops of Canterbury have commissioned an "Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book" to commend to individuals and groups to study during Lent. This year’s book is Love Unknown, by Ruth Burrows. This Carmelite nun explores the difference between having a "spiritual life" and being a true disciple of Jesus. As an online option, the group’s members will blog about their experience with the book on WordPress. There will be copies of the book available at the book table, it is also available as a Kindle edition. The group is limited to 12, so sign up by calling or emailing the office, at the book table, or by emailing cindy_bcr@yahoo.com Cindy Lufkin.

Feb. 5, 4pm, your prayers and presence are invited for the Installation of our Rector as the Canon Sacristan of the Cathedral of St. Luke, Portland during the Cathedral’s monthly Evensong service.  As Canon, Mo. Rita connects the ministry of the larger Diocese (particularly St. John’s) to the life and ministry of our Cathedral.  In recognition of this, the Cathedral Dean has also invited our choir to sing at Evensong when Mo. Rita is installed. Our choirmaster will be taking the schola choir to sing for this service while members of our parish choir will simultaneously provide our scheduled and beautiful Evensong service here.  Whether in Bangor or Portland, let us together offer praise and thanksgiving.

Feb. 12 11:30 to 1pm in the Bangor Room If you did not give input to the parish summit 2 years ago, please come participate in the same interviewing and sharing experiences process that was employed then.  Your responses will be included with those of 2 years ago and offered to the Vestry as it engages in a Mutual Study of Ministry for our Rector and parish.