On Sunday, June 21 and Sunday, June 28, All Saints by-the-Sea welcomes The Rev. Blake Sawicky, senior associate rector at the Church of St. Michael & St. George in St. Louis, Missouri.

On June 21 Holy Communion will be celebrated at the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. services. On June 28 the 8 a.m. service will be Holy Communion, followed at 10 a.m. by the service of Morning Prayer. A social hour with refreshments follows the 10 a.m. service. At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 30, Sawicky will lead a discussion group on the church porch. All are invited to attend.

Sawicky began his ministry in St. Louis at the beginning of June this year. He comes to this new position from Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as curate of Saint Stephen’s Church and Episcopal Minister at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. Before coming to Rhode Island, he was the curate of Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver, Colorado. Sawicky was ordained deacon in the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York on June 4, 2011 and ordained priest at Saint John’s on Jan. 21, 2012, the feast of St. Agnes.  

Sawicky has a 2011 Master of Divinity from Yale. His undergraduate and graduate training was in the archaeology of the ancient, Eastern Mediterranean world. He has a BA from Wheaton College in History and Ancient Near Eastern Archeology, and a master’s degree in maritime archeology from University College, London. He has been involved with several field projects in this region, both on land and underwater. As a priest, he continues to be enamored with the richness of this subject, though now he notes, from the perspective of “another shore, (towards) a greater light.”

Sawicky’s sermons can be found on his blog: www.frbsawicky.org.

All Saints by-the-Sea is on Southport Island on All Saints Road about 2 miles on your left as you drive south on Route 238 (look for the Episcopal Church sign by the side of the road). Parking is available along Route 238, or if necessary, in the limited number of handicapped parking spaces off All Saints Road. A golf cart will ferry persons from the handicapped lot to the church steps. You may also come to church by private boat or by the tour boat Novelty, which leaves Boothbay Harbor from Pier 8 at 9 a.m. Novelty picks up passengers from the church dock at 11:40am for return to Boothbay. The very beautiful and simple wood chapel is open for quiet prayer and meditation during the week. More information about the church and its history can be found at http://allsaintssouthport.org.