Saint David's Kennebunk

05/31/2026

05/31/2026

Happy Sunday!
Let me tell you something important: God loves you. I know, we say it a lot, but it’s the truest thing I know. God created you, just as you are, and called you Very Good. Not “sinner,” not “unworthy,” not “needs a little something,” but Very Good. And that’s not all. Many years ago, but also right now and every moment in between, God became human like us in Jesus, simply to show us and tell us in person how much we are loved; and even when we refused to hear that and killed him, God would not let that be the end of the story. Jesus came back, only to show us that love doesn’t die, and that more is possible. And that’s still not all. God is present with and among us right now, moving and loving and empowering as only the Holy Spirit can. God sends you, God strengthens you, God moves through and in you like a wind moving gently but irresistibly through the world. We say a lot more about God, but in the end, it all boils down to the simple and life changing fact that the God who made you loves you, the God we know in Jesus loves you, and God the Holy Spirit loves you. It’s the best and truest thing I know, and it’s worth it to spend a lifetime learning and sharing.
And you are welcome, beloved one, to gather with us in prayer and song, in Bread and Wine and Water.

8:00 Holy Communion, traditional language
10:30 Holy Communion and Baptism, contemporary language, live-streamed here.

05/24/2026

05/24/2026

Happy Pentecost!
In everyday language, a prophet is usually someone who predicts the future. In the Bible, though, it is more nuanced than that. A prophet is someone who tells us what God is up to; sometimes that is a reminder of what will happen if we don’t change, but most of the time it’s a way of telling us what we already know. That’s the power of the Holy Spirit; not so much to give us amazing knowledge or gifts, but to give us the strength to talk about what’s already true. And that’s what we celebrate today, on the feast of Pentecost- not that the Holy Spirit came into existence on this day all those years ago, but that a frightened and faithful group of people found the strength to talk about what was already true- to tell the stories of God’s power at work in their lives, to talk boldly about how they had been saved from whatever hurt them. And, and this is the most astounding part, their story is our story. That Spirit is still available to us, hidden behind commonplace acts like speaking, sharing, and giving hope. The most astounding thing about prophecy is how close to each of us it is, and how, in a moment, each one of us can tap into the Spirit of God and say what needs to be said.

And you are welcome, friend, to gather with us in that same Spirit; to do and say what needs to be said, in prayer and song, in Bread and Wine.

8:00 Holy Communion, traditional language
10:30 Holy Communion, contemporary language, live-streamed here.

05/17/2026

05/17/2026

Happy Easter!
For all of the outlandish, miraculous happenings of the Bible, the point is almost never to believe the impossible for its own sake; it is to point to a truth that is, in its own way, even harder to believe than a man rising from the dead, or being taken bodily into Heaven. We tell these stories of resurrection and ascension because they remind us of who Jesus is and what he does, of how the world actually works. The Resurrection starts the story of the Good News; that death is real but not final; the Ascension- the story of how the risen Jesus was taken back to Heaven- completes it. It is the story of how this matters for us; of where Jesus is now. And a part of the answer to that is in the presence of God, bringing our whole lives with him. The conclusion of the story of Easter is the revelation that the whole point has been to make sure we know how deeply loved we are, right now. Not just that God did a great thing a long time ago, but that Jesus is still doing that great thing now. Our lives, our stories, are whispered into the ear of God, so that each and every one of us might know how precious and beloved we are.

And you are welcome, dear one, to join us as we gather in prayer and song, in Bread and Wine and Water!

8:00 Holy Communion, traditional language
10:30 Holy Communion and Baptism, contemporary language (live-streamed here)

05/14/2026

Happy Ascension Day, everyone!

Thursday, May 14, 2026, is Ascension Day on the Episcopal Church calendar.

05/10/2026

05/10/2026

Happy Easter!
One of the most important things we can offer each other is hope. Now, hope isn’t blind optimism, nor is it a wishy-washy Christian way of saying that “everything happens for a reason.” Hope is the not-quite-knowledge that, in the end, all will be well. It is less about the likelihood of a certain outcome than it is about the assurance that, in the end, what is good and loving will remain despite all of the brokenness and evil in the world. What matters, though, if we want to share hope, is that we’re able to speak of it. Paradoxically, in order to share this nebulous, nonspecific hope, we have to know how it’s been true in our own lives. The earliest Christians knew this; they spoke of their hope in Jesus in the face of persecution and fear, because that was all they had. Whether or not we know the same kind of fear (and there are many who do), we have access to the same hope. That’s the story of Jesus, after all- a story of Love that endures death and despair, and rises to ensure our hope. The hope we cling to in Jesus has lasted us these two thousand years, and we trust that is can endure even now.

And you are welcome to know and share this hope with us, as we gather in prayer and song, in Bread and Wine.

8:00 Holy Communion, traditional language
10:30 Holy Communion, contemporary language, live streamed here.

05/03/2026