BELFAST — The public is welcome to attend Ash Wednesday services and a brown bag lunch speaker series at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, in Belfast.

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Belfast, will observe the start of Lent with two services on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22.  The service at 9:30 a.m. with Eucharist and the imposition of ashes will be without music.  The second service at 5:30 p.m. will be the same, with music.  All are welcome at the church, 95 Court St., Belfast.

LENTEN LUNCH SERIES

All members of the diverse Belfast-area faith community are invited to join in a series of brown bag lunches every Wednesday in March that will be hosted by St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 95 Court St., Belfast. The gatherings, from noon to 1 p.m. in the parish house, are presented by the Greater Bay Area Ministerium (GBAM).

Each week will focus on a different aspect of “Encountering God, the Spirit, the Holy, the Divine, the Sacred in the Arts and in the World Around Us.” 

Bring a brown bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.

Following is the schedule of speakers:

March 1: The Rev. Barbara Briggs, Rector of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church and the Rev. Vicki Sirota,

“Encountering God through Music”

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March 8: The Rev. Julie Daley, retired United Methodist Deacon,

“Encountering the Spirit through Practices of Silence”

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March 15: The Rev. Amy Fiorilli, Minister,

the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast,

“Encountering the Spirit through Poetry”

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March 22: The Rev. Jean Ashland, Chaplain,

Waldo County General Hospital,

“Holding Love and Loss”

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March 29: The Rev.Ted Chaffee, Pastor,

First Baptist Church of Belfast,

“Encountering the Divine through Art”

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For more information contact Bob Johansen: robertjohansen2790@gmail.com