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During Holy Week, St. Paul’s opened the church for Morning Prayer every

morning. There seemed to be a hunger to gather in prayer because each day was

well-attended. In the publicity, I had promised that we would offer coffee after

prayer as a gesture of hospitality. So, I arrived early and brought my coffee maker

that has a timer and pre-set the coffee to be ready when our prayers ended.

Every morning I entered the kitchen to make the coffee. Every morning

there was someone from the Sunrise Serenity AA group setting up for their

meeting. There was a sense of tranquility to setting up each morning as we quietly

prepared for our respective hospitality. I met several of the AA members who

attend the meeting. They invited me to come to the meetings because the Sunrise

Serenity meeting is open.

Back in June, when I came for my interview, on my first night in Brunswick,

I decided to walk around town. There was a house for sale that I had seen online,

and it was close to the Brunswick Inn where I was staying. I set out to take a look

at it. I found it and walked down the driveway to the back yard. There, sitting on a

lawn chair in an overgrown corner of the lot was a man drinking from a can in a

Styrofoam holder. He jumped up to greet me and said, “Hi. I’m Pat. I live in

Tedford.” I told him I was interested in looking at the house, and he ran to get

the owner.

It turns out that both the man with the can and the man who lived in the

house were quite intoxicated. After I left the yard, I walked toward downtown.

I stopped at the Rite Aid drugstore as they were closing. Just inside the front

window I noticed a large shelf full of single-shot bottles of different types of

booze. It was then that I suspected there might be a problem of alcoholism in

this community.

I mentioned this observation in my interview with the Vestry the next

evening and wondered out loud if St. Paul’s hosts AA meetings. To my surprise

and delight, one vestry member said, “AA meets in the Great Hall every morning.

They even have their own key.” I knew instantly that the leadership of St. Paul’s

understood the disease of alcoholism and the need to support sobriety.

I worry sometimes about our practice

of serving wine at Communion. It is

our liturgical and ancient tradition to

offer bread and wine that has been

consecrated because they represent

Christ’s presence with us here and now.

It is the promise of the resurrection

that Christ is with us, and we symbolize

his presence with us in the breaking of

the bread: “On the night before he died

he took the bread, blessed it and gave it

to his disciples…after supper, he took

the cup of wine, blessed it and gave…”

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Inside this issue:

Celebration of New Ministry 2

Christian Formation News 3

Lay Pastoral Visitors “Hospice Chat” 4

What To Do With That Extra Cell Phone 4

Remarks by Patricia E. Ryan 5

Rejoicing Spirits 6

Pricing Climate Change 6

Earthcare 7

Birthdays & Anniversaries 11

2nd Friday Artwalk 12

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You are cordially invited to join us on May 13, 2014, Feast of Frances Per-

kins, at 6:00 pm.

St. Paul's Celebrates the

New Ministry of their Rector

The Rev. Carolyn H. Eklund

Holy Eucharist Presiding

The Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane Bishop of the Diocese of Maine

Preaching Dr. Lucinda Mosher

Hartford Seminary Faculty Associate in Interfaith Studies Director, Multifaith

Chaplaincy Program

Gala Reception to follow

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Celebrating The Feast of Frances Perkins, Daughter of Maine and Secretary of Labor Our Prophetic Witness for the Strength of Lay Leadership

From “Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints”

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve a

President of the United States as a member of the

cabinet. Born in Boston in 1880 and educated at

Mount Holyoke College and Columbia University,

Perkins was passionate about the social problems

occasioned by the continuing effects of industrializa-

tion and urbanization. As a young adult she discov-

ered the Episcopal Church and was confirmed at the

Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, Illinois, on

June 11, 1905, and was a faithful and active Episcopa-

lian for the remainder of her life.

After moving to New York, she became an

advocate for industrial safety and persistent voice for

the reform of what she believed were unjust labor

laws. This work got the attention of two of New York’s

governors, Al Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt, in

whose state administrations she took part. President

Roosevelt appointed her to a cabinet post as Secretary

of Labor, a position she would hold for twelve years.

As Secretary of Labor, Perkins would have a major

role in shaping the “New Deal” legislation signed into

law by President Roosevelt and which had great

impact upon the nation as it emerged from the Great

Depression of the early 1930’s.

During her years of public service, Frances

Perkins depended upon her faith, her life of prayer,

and the guidance of her church for the support she

needed to assist the United States and its leadership to

face the enormous problems of the time. During her

time as Secretary of Labor, she would take time away

from her duties on a monthly basis and make a retreat

with the All Saints’ Sisters of the Poor in nearby

Catonsville, Maryland. Following her public service

she became a professor of industrial and labor

relations at Cornell University. She remained active

in teaching, social justice advocacy, and in

the mission of the Episcopal Church until her

death in 1965.

[Frances Perkins]

Public Servant and Prophetic Witness,

1965

Loving God, we bless your Name for Frances Perkins, who lived out her belief that the special vocation of the laity is to conduct the secular affairs of society that all may be maintained in health and decency. Help us, following her example, to contend tirelessly for justice and for the protection of all in need, that we may be faithful followers of Jesus Christ; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

May 13, 6:00pm, Celebration of New Ministry at St. Paul’s

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A Great, Big “Thank you”

Goes to the Rev. Mary Ann Hoy!

This Easter Season I give thanks to God for the

Rev. Mary Ann Hoy, St. Paul’s Interim Christian

Formation Director. Mary Ann boldly and effec-

tively stepped into this position in December

2013and has steered our Christian Formation

program with care and competence. We are

moving forward because of Mary Ann’s imple-

mentation of an Episcopal-based curriculum

called “Weaving God’s Promises” that our teach-

ers have embraced. It is well-planned and fol-

lows the Episcopal lectionary. Mary Ann has

been a person of calm, caring leadership for our

Christian Formation program after the unex-

pected resignation of Emily Keniston in October.

Her last day with us will be April 30 as we

prepare to greet our new Christian Formation

Director, Jane Burke, on May 1.

With the assistance of the Venerable

Mary Lee Wile, Mary Ann has produced fun and

interesting weekly class content. And she has

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Christian Formation News

St. Paul’s Announces Appointment of

Jane Burke to the Position of Christian

Formation Director

“Let us go forth in the name of Christ, Alleluia!”

This Easter chant of joy resonates with me today

as I announce the appointment of Jane Burke to

be our Christian Formation Director beginning

May 1, 2014. Jane is a native of Maine and has

been a mural artist for over 20 years. She is an

Episcopalian and served as Director of Christian

Education/Formation for four years at St. Mark’s

Episcopal Church, Waterville, Maine.

Jane holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

from Maine College of Art and is a certified

teacher of “Godly Play.” She completed two levels

of mentor training with the Maine Prison Chap-

laincy Corps and is a member of the newly formed

mentoring group based at St. Matthew’s in Hal-

lowell. Jane is also pursuing clinical pastoral cer-

tification through Central Maine Medical Center.

Jane will be immediately engaged in assessing the

needs for our Christian Formation programs and

will help plan the 9:30 a.m. Sunday Eucharist

held in the “Upper Room” at St. Paul’s. She will

continue to plan to implement “Weaving God’s

Promises” for the rest of the Church School year,

the last Sunday of class being Pentecost Sunday,

June 8. Her work will resume in August as we

create the plans for the 2014/2015 Church School

year. She will also be assessing the needs of our

programs for youth.

Jane’s curiosity, spirituality, creativity and

artistry are the gifts that she brings to St. Paul’s. I

want to thank the many people who helped with

the Christian Formation Director Search process

and who helped me interview candidates:

Caroline Nickerson, Ally Collins, Rebecca

Schuman, Anne Sturm, Hugh Savage, Myrna

Koonce, Linda Ashe-Ford and Pat Ryan. We

are excited that Jane will be our next Christian

Formation Director.

A welcoming Eucharist is planned for The

Third Sunday of Easter, May 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the

“Upper Room” at St. Paul’s. Please join us then to

meet Jane as we worship joyfully!

The Rev. Carolyn Eklund

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been a great help to me in planning the weekly

liturgy and music. Most notably, she helped

plan for the All Parish Eucharist and the Com-

munion bread-baking!

For me personally, Mary Ann has been a

deeply supportive colleague and friend who has

helped me transition to Maine and to St. Paul’s.

As an aside, it was Mary Ann who introduced

me to L. L. Bean’s Flagship retail store. She is

the one who took me to find ice skates on two

different excursions!

I want to thank others who have assist-

ed, moving Christian Formation at St. Paul’s

forward: Susan Tyler, Nancy Johnson, Susan

Brown, Emily Levine, Jonathan Wayne, Steve

Thomas, Nancy Pennell, Karen Dyer and Rod-

ney Richard. You have been serving our Lambs,

Lions and Eagles lovingly and joyfully.

My deepest gratitude goes to Mary Ann.

Please help me thank her for her ministry with

children at St. Paul’s.

The Rev. Carolyn Eklund

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What To Do With That Extra Cell Phone

For most of us, cell phones are a part of our every-

day lives. However, for someone living in a home

where the threat of domestic violence is always

lurking about, a cell phone can make the differ-

ence between life and death. Since the first of the

year, members of the Frontline Committee have

met with Family Crisis to identify ways we could

help them fulfill their mission of ending domestic

violence in Cumberland County. If you’ve recently

upgraded your phone or have an extra one lying

around and would like to help, simply place it in a

Ziploc bag, along with the charger, and bring it to

the church office. The cell phones will be turned

over to Family Crisis where a free 911 line will be

activated by the phone company.

If you have any questions or would

like to learn more about how you

can help, Joan Reynolds or Terry

Howell will be happy to answer

any questions.

The Lay Pastoral Visitors have invited fellow

parishioner, Tom Keating MD, to our May

meeting. As many of you know Tom spent

some time in charge of the Hospice Program in

Augusta. He has returned now to medicine,

specifically working in oncology.

We asked Tom to join us at our May

meeting and chat with us about the Hospice

Program as it is today. Many of us feel that there

have been changes recently and some of us have

several questions. We are uncertain about the

reality of what we are hearing, the value/purpose

of these changes and uncertainly about who

makes decisions about if, when and where

Hospice services can and should be delivered.

We would like to invite any parishioners

to join us at this "Hospice Chat" with Tom. We

will be meeting in the church library on:

Wednesday, May 14 1:00 p.m.

Please join us.

Lay Pastoral Visitors Committee

Questions: Jean Mulligan or Susan McCracken

Lay Pastoral Visitors

“Hospice Chat”

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March 15, 2014

It is an honor, and I am humbled, to be here this

evening to be inducted into the Maine Women’s

Hall of Fame. And, I am so pleased that the cere-

mony takes place at the University of Maine in

Augusta where the Hall of Fame is permanently

located – in the Bennett Katz library. For it was

Bennett Katz who started a discussion with me

over 40 years ago that has led me to where I am

standing today.

In 1973 the Maine Legislature was consid-

ering ratification of the Equal Rights Amend-

ment. Bennett, then Senator Katz, wanted to

know more about the ERA and asked a neighbor

and friend if they knew someone he could talk to.

A small group of women had been getting togeth-

er to discuss issues affecting women. I was part

of that group and Bennett’s friend had participat-

ed in several of the discussions. She asked me if I

would talk to Senator Katz. I went to the State

House; we talked; he considered, and became a

supporter of ratification of the ERA. I became

enthralled with the process on the 3rd floor of the

State House and when the Equal Rights Amend-

ment was defeated in a Senate vote later that

year, I joined a meeting among women represent-

ing various women’s groups throughout the State

and we formed a coalition to work on securing

passage of the ERA. I chaired the coalition,

working with a diverse group of over 25 organiza-

tions. At the same time, the Maine Women’s Po-

litical Caucus was formed to encourage more

women to run for public office. We were success-

ful in what turned out to be a full time six month

campaign and Maine became the 31st State to

ratify the Amendment later that year.

Good things happened from that

experience for many women. In the next year 51

women became legislative candidates, and 39

won primaries. The

number of women

serving in the

Legislature

substantially increased

from where it had

been two years before.

And we saw what a

strong, united effort

could produce on the

3rd floor of the State House.

In the early 1970s things were much

different than they are now. There were few

women in state government, or in the legislature,

or in visible management roles in the private sec-

tor. Women had only achieved legal protection

from sex discrimination with passage of the Civil

Rights Act not even 10 years before. Sex

discrimination was not originally included in the

proposed federal civil rights legislation. In a last

ditch attempt to prevent passage of the bill,

opponents to it added sex as a protected class,

with race, religion, age, and national origin ,in an

attempt to assure its defeat. They were wrong,

the Civil Rights Act was passed, and discrimina-

tion in the workplace because of sex became

illegal.

That did not happen in Maine right away,

however. When the state was debating enacting a

similar anti-discrimination law, which would

become the Maine Human Rights Act, sex was

intentionally excluded and was only added two

years after the Human Rights Act became

effective.

But by then issues relating to women were

getting attention. Some of us were working on

workplace, housing, and access to public accom-

modation issues; others, reproductive freedom; (Continued on page 9)

Remarks by Patricia E. Ryan

Maine Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

“The speech Pat Ryan gave at her induction

ceremony to the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame

is interesting and compelling and it speaks

to all of us as citizens and people of God.”

Rev. Carolyn Eklund

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Rejoicing Spirits Launches Joyfully in Brunswick!

On Friday, April 11, the Brunswick ministry of Rejoicing Spirits held its first worship service,

hosted by Pathway Vineyard Church and co-led by its pastor, Pastor Kyle Gabri, and Pastor Rebecca Wegner, of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Broad smiles told the story of how successful the service was, and what a good time was had by all afterwards during friendly fellowship time.

Bob Judd, Music Director at St. Paul's

Episcopal Church, provided joyful music by

leading simple hymns and distributing tambou-

rines and shakers for lively rhythm. Pastor Kyle

used a bag of flip-flops, sneakers, boots and

skates to illustrate the message in 1 Corinthians:

12 that we all have different spiritual gifts. Just

as different footwear allows us to do different

things, we can do many things for God and one

another if we use our different gifts together.

Pastor Rebecca drew us closer to God in prayer

after asking worshipers if there was anyone or

anything we should pray for.

Rejoicing Spirits is an innovative ministry which reaches out to enrich the

spiritual lives of people with intellectual and

developmental disabilities, their families,

friends, and other supporting community

members. It was founded in 2003 by volunteers

inspired by Susan Crawford, a member of St.

Paul's Lutheran Church in Lionville, PA, who

had come to feel that “there should be an

adapted worship service targeted towards [such

individuals].” Now, ten years later, there are RS

ministries in about a dozen different states.

Rejoicing Spirits adopted the following verse: “So that there should be no division in

the body, but that its parts should have equal

concern for each other.” (1 Corinthians 12: 25)

Each person is a vital part of the church and

should be treated with equal concern. A key

belief to everyone involved in this endeavor is to

overlook individual differences and value all

people as one body. A colorful butterfly is their

logo. Like butterflies, we are all different yet

beautiful in the sight of God.

One of the most satisfying aspects of the

ministry has been that it brings together several

different churches in a community to make it

happen. Here in Brunswick, RS has come into

being through the efforts of Churches Working

Together, a group that includes All Saints

Parish, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,

Pathway Vineyard Church, St. Paul's Episcopal

Church, United Baptist Church of Topsham, and

United Methodist Church of Brunswick.

Rejoicing Spirits worship services will continue to be held at 3:00 p.m. on the second

Friday of every month at Pathway Vineyard

Church on Pleasant Street. Everyone is

welcome to experience this unique and

wonderful way of praising God and getting to

know some very special people in our

community. For more information, please

seek out Bunny Fazekas, Bob Judd, or Leslie

Randolph-Brancart.

Leslie Randolph-Brancart

Rejoicing Spirits Worship held on the 2nd Friday

of each month at 3:00 p.m.

Pathway Vineyard Church 94 Pleasant Street

Brunswick, ME 04011 phone: 207-784-9500

Sponsored by

Churches Working Together

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Climate change is a very special economic problem for three

reasons:

First, it results from people all around the world just

going about their everyday activities. Second, the most significant impacts of greenhouse gas

emissions resulting from these routine activities will come sometime in the future. And third,

these future impacts are externalities not incorporated into our present day economic policies

and calculations.

On May 13, Dr. John Hagan, President of Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, will

discuss the macroeconomics of climate change. He will outline projected impacts of future

greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, and explain how leading economists are thinking about

internalizing these future costs into our present global economy.

The choice about what to do today can be summarized simply: How much risk are we willing

to accept today on behalf of future generations?

Please join us on May 13 and explore arguably the biggest economic conundrum humans

have yet faced.

Presented By John M. Hagan, Ph.D.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

7:00-8:30pm

Frontier Café 14 Maine Street

Brunswick, Maine

Advanced Registration Required,

Seating is limited

$5 admission fee

(proceeds will be split among the

4 faith-based hosts)

Pricing Climate Change

Historians have noted that warm periods have

been interrupted by cold periods over many

centuries. There have been wet periods and dry

periods. The reasons for these shifts apparently

remain unknown. On December 21, 1620, the

Pilgrims, blown off their course, landed at Cape

Cod rather than search for their intended north-

ern Virginia. destination, They had no idea that

the winter was to be unusually cold. Is was a

most difficult time to start a colony in a virtually

unknown land. If they had been able to forecast

the weather anywhere near accurately, I’m sure

they would have opted for a much more south-

erly location. The early 19th century when many

Revolutionary soldiers were enjoying carving

out New England homesteads was another cold

period. There was a year when there was at least

one snowstorm during each month and freezing

temperatures. Maine historians call it the year

without summer. The snow and cold has been

documented in history books, but there are no

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Climate Change 2014; Earthcare

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Climate Change 2014 (continued)

records of studies as to the possible cause of

the unusual year. I remember the 1940s as be-

ing very cold with much snow, more so than

this past winter. In those times weather and

climate were not the sciences that they are to-

day. Since early in the second half of the 20th

century a warmer period has been noted. At

first these warmer winters and summers did

not seem out of place. Soon some astute people

realized that the summers continued to get

warmer and the warmer winters had less snow.

Younger people didn’t know what the former

winters were like.

Enhanced weather instruments im-

proved our knowledge of weather, as the

changes were so slight that they were not no-

ticeable to most people. Suddenly one did not

have to be a scientist to notice warmer winters

and summers with the violent storms such con-

ditions produced. Soon climate change became

an everyday term by both scientists and the

general public. Reasons for much of what eve-

ryone saw happening cannot be scientifically

explained. Scientists joined either the group

that recognized the changes while another saw

the changes but concluded they were part of a

normal schedule of variations. Scientists were

expected to be honored and trusted, yet in this

situation there are two equally opposite sides

fighting each other.

The Eskimos could see the warming

temperatures influencing the melting snow

and ice so that the wildlife on which they

depended was moving away. Those living in

the warm African regions also were facing

changing conditions. Vegetable foods they

depended on were dying. Both groups

blamed the industrial nations for the changes

and wanted to return to the normal weather

conditions that they were accustomed to.

Pressure from both Africa and the Arc-

tic put pressure on the UN forcing the UN to

form the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC), The UN-commissioned study

found that climate change was hurting the

growth of plants, affecting the quality of water

supplies, and was forcing terrestrial, fresh wa-

ter, and marine life to shift geographical ranges

and migration patterns.

The non governmental Panel on Climate

Change (NJPCC) of Chicago’s Heartland Insti-

tute has equally opposite findings. Its scientists

are said to be a group of retired scientists sup-

ported by large corporations. They find that the

temperature changes are a natural phenomena

for our good. Their conclusions are based on

what we want to hear. In this situation in

which we must make up our own minds, the

University of Indiana at Urbana Champaign’s

Donald Wuebbells says, “We cant trust peers

writing in the most prestigious journals any-

more.”

It seems that climate change decisions

must be made by our best judgment not by

what we want to hear, as the consequences

could be devastating.

Nicholas Smith

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others, electing women to public office; others,

domestic violence. It was work on a domestic

violence bill that caused the next step to occur.

A group formed to support a bill that provided

funding to begin a domestic violence program.

There was bi-partisan support, and the bill

passed both houses and went to the Appropria-

tions table. As most of you know, bills that carry

fiscal notes are the last decided – and often in

the middle of the night. When we left the legis-

lature on the last day, and had been assured that

the bill would be among those funded, we were

dismayed to find when it was all over that it had

not.

Madeline Kunin, former Governor of

Vermont, recently addressed the Women’s Eco-

nomic Summit in Augusta, a conference spon-

sored by the Maine Women’s Lobby and the

Maine Women’s Policy Center. She said “If

you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

There was no one at the table that night during

deliberations by the Appropriations Committee

– and we were indeed on the table.

We vowed, following that vote, that we

would never again be in the position of not being

at the table. A small group founded the Maine

Women’s Lobby, an organization set up to ad-

dress issues involving Maine women and girls,

and we hired our first lobbyist. The Lobby con-

tinues to flourish today, and employs a full time

lobbyist and policy director, who is always at the

Legislature and at the table.

In the 1970s and 1980s there was

press coverage for almost everything that was

proposed, or debated, or decided that had to do

with sex discrimination. Sex discrimination

complaints became the largest number of

complaints filed with the Maine Human Rights

Commission, and every decision seemed a

“breakthrough.” We had gone from a society in

which inequality had been the norm, and not

prohibited, to one in which equality was en-

sured, but needed to be fought for. And so we

began the litany of litigation – so that women

could be police officers, or firefighters, or prison

guards, and later lawyers, senior managers, and

division heads. Month after month, year after

year, the spotlight shone on the firsts -- those

women brave enough to bring rejection forward

and challenge what had always been the norm.

And then we moved on. Addressing

pregnancy as a form of sex discrimination arose

early, when women who were pregnant and

terminated from their jobs, or forced to take

unpaid leaves, only because of their pregnancy,

brought complaints to state and federal enforce-

ment agencies. Unlawful discrimination was

regularly found, but the courts regularly ruled

that pregnancy was not a form of sex discrimi-

nation, applying the logic that since only women

could get pregnant, there could be no different

treatment between men and women, and there-

fore no sex discrimination. After the U.S. Su-

preme Court upheld the lower court rulings,

both Congress and State legislatures moved

quickly to amend federal and state civil rights

laws to include prohibitions against discrimina-

tion because of pregnancy.

Then, in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s

sexual harassment became the focus of enor-

mously large numbers of complaints filed and

continued to gain the attention and focus of the

media. It took a long time to begin to change

the workplace culture that had allowed sexual

harassment to continue as long as it did.

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Remarks by Patricia E. Ryan (continued)

After the mid-1990s, the newness of sex

discrimination issues had disappeared, and the

attention of the press faded. Complaints contin-

ued to be filed, issues continued to be raised,

guidance continued to be issued, but there had

developed a growing recognition of the worth and

value of women in the workplace overall, and

complaints had grown smaller. Employers recog-

nized the case law that had been established, and

increasingly either insured their workplaces op-

erated without discrimination, or when confront-

ed with it, resolved the issue raised.

So, then, many ask, are we done? Have

we done enough? We have done a lot, but we

have not done enough and we are not done. Is it

harder now to feel the impact of change than it

was 30 or 40 years ago? Perhaps. It’s harder to

have that spotlight on every advance. The train

seems to have slowed down – there is not the im-

age of the rolling train gathering momentum with

lots of people involved. But the issues remain –

some of them the same as they were those dec-

ades ago, some evolving from the early issues,

and some new issues. Economic security for

women, reproductive rights, and discrimination,

still need to be worked for. We need to make

sure the advances we have made do not disap-

pear, as in the case of reproductive rights; we

need to make sure that the advances we have

made in the area of workplace, or educational in-

stitution, or public accommodation discrimina-

tion continue to move forward and continue to

gain strength from glass ceilings being shattered

with a loud roar, rather than a shard at a time,

and we need to be aware of new issues that need

our attention ,such as the disturbing numbers

and tragedies of human trafficking.

We need to work to encourage women not

to become complacent but to join us at the table.

We’ve seen how important that is -- let’s all make

sure we’re there.

Thank you.

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Remarks by Patricia E. Ryan (continued)

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It is our tradition from deep biblical roots to offer

both bread and wine. Christ’s presence shared in

this way strengthens and blesses us as his follow-

ers. It is perfectly appropriate to refuse the cup

and be in communion with all who gather around

the Altar.

However, I struggle with the temptation of

wine at the altar for an alcoholic because I am the

daughter of someone with this addiction. My

father never sought recovery. To my naïve

shame, I derided my father and threw angry barbs

at him. Now, after having spent time in Al-Anon

and in therapy, I understand that detachment and

compassion are far more effective.

Because I worry about the temptation and

craving of alcohol for someone with the disease I

wonder what role we as a parish have at the altar

rail or in the sacristy when there is consecrated

wine left over. We are not to throw it down the

regular sink because we believe that in the

consecrated wine is the presence of Jesus. Some

instruct that it be consumed in a reverent way.

Others create a piscina, a sink in which the

consecrated wine can be poured directly onto the

ground. At St. Paul’s we have a piscina in our

sacristy that we use for this purpose.

I’m in favor of asking the Eucharistic

Ministers to take the wine left over in the chalices

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Note from the Rector (continued)

Happy Birthday! 05/01 Frances Herrick

05/02 William White

05/02 Thomas Schofield

05/02 Lyse Henshaw

05/03 Nina Rochette

05/04 George Kotuby

05/04 Lorelei Hipkins

05/05 Chrystal Gustafson

05/08 Kelly Golek

05/09 Robert Mulligan

05/10 Marianne Ray

05/10 Michael Heinitz

05/11 Wes Nicita

05/12 Anna Ruprecht

05/13 Rich Lindquist

05/14 John Tyler

05/15 Ruth Appleyard

05/16 Travis Nicita

05/16 Ellen Shaver

05/17 Lily Munro

05/18 Philip Sumner

05/18 Kevin Schofield

05/18 Chloe Troy

05/20 Alexandria Collins

05/21 Sara Nicita

05/21 Juliet Nicita

05/21 Alex Ward

05/21 Santiago Agudelo

05/22 Faith Robinson

05/22 Katie Keating

05/23 Terry Townsend

05/26 Sara Townsend

05/29 Ellen Hall

05/29 Nate Wayne

05/30 Andrew Wnek

Happy Anniversary! 05/02 Terry & Sara Townsend

05/11 James & Linda Ashe Ford

05/11 Christopher & Lisa Dempsey

Birthdays and Anniversaries

If we have missed your birthday or anniversary please let the office know so that we may update our files.

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The Messenger is published monthly, excluding January and with a combined

July/August issue. It is emailed to the parish. Paper copies are available at the church

for those who prefer them. It is also mailed to those who do not have email. Please send

submissions for the June issue by May 20th. Articles may be emailed to

stpauls@stpaulsmaine.org or placed in Susan Tyler’s box in the parish office.

to the deacon at the altar. Then, after the

deacon clears the altar, she/he can pour the

wine directly down the piscina in the sacristy

after the dismissal. I’m not in favor of consum-

ing it either at the altar or in the sacristy. This

is too much temptation for some of us who are

struggling to be sober.

The good news in all this is that Christ is

risen. God raises even those who are cast down

by disease and sin…that means every single one

of us. We do not struggle alone. “We love one

another with mutual affection,” as St. Paul

writes in his Letter to the Romans. St. Paul’s

Church clearly has embraced the person who

has the disease of alcoholism, recovering or

not, and we are committed to assisting in

recovery when we can.

In Eugene Peterson’s “The Message,”

the paraphrase of St. Paul in his First Letter to

the Corinthians goes like this, “Because of

God’s immense generosity and grace we don’t

have to dissect and scrutinize every action to

see if it will pass muster. But the point is not to

just get by. We want to live well, but our fore-

most effort should be to help others live well.”

Maybe that’s a tall order for any com-

munity. But we are not just any community.

We are a resurrection community and we

believe that God raises the dead and makes all

things new. God is at the center of all recovery.

And that is a reason for rejoicing. Alleluia!

The Rev. Carolyn Eklund

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ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL

CHURCH

MAY 2014

27 Pleasant St.

P.O. Box 195

Brunswick, Maine 04011

Phone: 207-725-5342

E-mail: stpauls@stpaulsmaine.org

The Rev. Carolyn Eklund, Rector

The Ven. Mary Lee Wile, Archdeacon

The Rev. Chick Carroll, Deacon

Pat Ryan, Senior Warden

Paul Womer, Junior Warden

The Rev. Mary Ann Hoy, Interim Christian

Formation Director

Robert Judd, Music Director

Susan Tyler, Parish Administrator

Melanie Chicoria, Administrative Assistant

Kimmy Edwards, Nursery Caregiver

Lois Kwantz, Junior Choir Director

Aubrey Farmer, Sexton

We’re on the web

www.StPaulsMaine.org

and Facebook

Artists, Musicians, Street Performers, and so much more! St. Paul’s Great Hall is one of the of the pop-up venues for the first

time this year, with multiple artists, including musicians.

All of Downtown Brunswick will sport a festive atmosphere for

all ages as Five Rivers Arts Alliance offers Second Friday ArtWalks

May 9 through October 9, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., featuring artists exhibit-

ing in multiple venues with opening receptions and new exhibits eve-

ry month, along with more than 25 musicians, and a variety of street

entertainers. The Brunswick Explorer will provide free “Hop-On,

Hop-Off” service throughout the exhibit areas during each ArtWalk. The bus loop will

run from Bowdoin College Museum of Art along Park Row, and Maine Street to Fort

Andross, returning to Maine Street then to Gilman, Union and Pleasant (with a stop at

St. Paul’s) and back to Maine.

Second Friday Artwalk May 9