Third, fourth and fifth graders in the faith formation program at St. Charles Borromeo Church hope to fill boxes and boxes of socks on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 8 and 9, to help hundreds of local people in need. “We’ll be collecting new, warm socks for babies, toddlers, and adults,” said Amy Ford, faith formation […]
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New Year’s message from Bishop Deeley
Happy New Year! This has been a very different and difficult year. Last year at this time, we were reflecting upon 2020 and the many people who sustained us through a tragic and divisive time and set us on a path to recovery. That path is longer than we first imagined. It has been over […]
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Faith Notes: Why we are all here
I was late, rushing home from a local store after doing a little Christmas shopping, when I stashed my bags in the back of my clunky minivan and pulled into traffic. Ahead, an SUV was turning in the same direction I was at a four-way intersection. As the vehicle pulled down the brick-lined street, I […]
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Christmas Eve candlelight service at Edgecomb Community Church
Edgecomb Community Church will host a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24. During this service, the Christmas story is told. All are welcome to join us on this holiest of nights. To help keep everyone safe, masks are required regardless of vaccination status. Edgecomb Community Church, UCC, is located at […]
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Bivocational church leader says both jobs help people see God’s world more clearly
The Rev. Michael Cartwright will lead Christmas celebrations this year at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Brunswick. Cartwright, 50, of Topsham, is the optician at Berries Hearing and Optical Center in Brunswick and a board member of the Brunswick Downtown Association. Good Shepherd Lutheran was established nearly 60 years ago, with the original goal of serving Lutherans stationed […]
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Students host drive-thru living nativity in Brunswick
About 150 vehicles drove through the hourlong performance.
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The Conversation: Money, schools and religion — a controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court
THE CONVERSATION — Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion. That year, in Everson v. Board of Education, the justices upheld a New Jersey law allowing school boards to reimburse parents for transportation costs to and from schools, including religious ones. […]
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Faith Notes: What child is this?
If you really want to discover how much (or how little) you understand a subject, try teaching it to middle-schoolers. Like the three different ways verbals can be used in a sentence. Or first-person, second-person and third-person point of view. Or the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. In addition to teaching 7th-10th grade English at […]
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Winter solstice candlelight labyrinth walk set for Dec. 21
Edgecomb Community Church will celebrate the winter solstice from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, by walking a special evergreen spiral labyrinth to be created especially for this event. The spiral labyrinth will be made with fragrant evergreen branches and lighted with candles. The path will be in the lower parking area next […]
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Advent Festivals of Lessons and Carols set for area churches
Celebrate the hope, joy, and spirituality of the Advent season at Festivals of Lessons and Carols set to be presented at multiple churches in Maine in the coming weeks. The Festival of Lessons and Carols is an Advent tradition that dates back to the late 19th century. It is a blend of Scripture, prayers and […]