Welcome to our website!
One of our former priests, The Rev. Holly Antolini, described us well in her Annual Report when she wrote: “You are
a warm, restless, inquisitive argumentative, highly individual and fascinating group of people …You are a small congregation,
but your lives and your interests cover such a breadth of experience that you have opened many dimensions of life to me and
brought the far corners of the world to my doorstep.”
We are a participatory group, recognizing its responsibility in lay ministry and in the administration of the parish.
Members and visitors, alike, take an active role in the liturgy. Parish life centers around Sunday Eucharist, but our members
fully participate in Island life, responding to opportunities for Ecumenical activities that benefit all members of the communities
of Deer Isle and Stonington.
We hope that what you read here about the membership and activities of St. Brendan’s will cause you to come, visit,
and worship with us on some Sunday morning soon.
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Our Mission
To celebrate our common journey of faith while honoring the diversity of gifts and people that are our essence.
To
allow ourselves to be formed into an inclusive community of worship, sometimes small and sometimes large, of both year round
and summer visitors, warmly open to any who wish to join us.
To extend that community not only to our immediate neighborhood,
but to others in the world who seek our fellowship and support, trying to respond to our neighbor's needs as to our own, and
to extend our belief not only to our human sisters and brothers but to all living things, realizing that all with whom we
share this earth are our neighbors and part of your creation.
To become a community where it is safe to ask questions,
share our doubts, and explore all the gifts and talents you have given us.
To provide a place where people can learn
about you and faith in a variety of ways - through worship, study, community action, and participation in a welcoming congregation.
To
raise the children among us in the knowledge of your love and promises.
To recognize all our gifts as opportunities
to share with others. To act and speak boldly, yet in love, working for justice and exploring liturgy, lay leadership, ecumenical
cooperation, and active involvement in your larger church.
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Sunday Services
Sunday service starts at 11 am.
They are held at the Stonington United Methodist Church.
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| Original art work by Siri Beckman |
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