WISCASSET — The Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host Glory Bound Gospel Singers in concert on Sunday, Dec. 7, during the 11 a.m. worship service. Glory Bound has sung extensively from the southeastern states and into Canada. Their music is southern style gospel with a super melody. They have been singing for the Lord […]

TOPSHAM — The Rev. Bob Beringer, author of “Anchors for Life,” will be preaching Sunday, Dec. 7, during the 10:10 a.m. service at Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church. This weekend marks the second Sunday of Advent, and will also include the celebration of the Lord’s supper. On Sunday, Dec. 14, the Rev. Barrie Shepherd, author of “Faces […]

BATH — The Bath United Methodist Church is taking its annual Christmas gift appeal for the upper reaches of the Appalachian Mountains of Western Maine to the Bath City Hall parking lot on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The Bath UM Church annually invites the greater Bath community and area churches to support […]

At Christmas, joy and healing emerge as light in the darkness The older I get the more tempted I am to doubt. Amid the seasonal sales pitches and city streets strung with lights, Christmas songs about a baby born in a manger to take away the sins of the world begin to sound more like […]

BATH As people ring in the Christmas season, many may be doing so without the familiar jingling of the Salvation Army’s bells in the backdrop. A lack of red kettle workers and volunteers throughout the Northern New England Division — including the Bath corps, according to Maj. Kenneth Henderson — is putting the campaign goal […]

BATH — The Salvation Army is taking applications for holiday assistance through Dec. 4. Interviews are done Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon. Individuals should sign up early as time is limited during the Christmas Season. To request assistance, it is important to bring the following items: form of identification for all […]

BATH — Corliss Street Baptist Church will celebrate the season with its Joy of Christmas Fair, Dec. 5 and 6 in the church annex. The fair runs from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, and 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6. Items for sale include themed gift baskets; handmade gifts and ornaments; candies; […]

BATH — Bath United Methodist Church is hosting “Nativity by Candlelight,” on Dec. 12 from 4:30-6 p.m. The public event is free at 340 Oak Grove Drive. There will be beautiful Nativity displays aglow, Christmas caroling, hot chocolate and coffee, a birthday cake for Baby Jesus, and kids crafts.

How a small gift revealed God’s love The week before Thanksgiving I packed my two youngest kids in the car and drove south to visit my mom in Connecticut and prepare for the holiday. But first, she was scheduled for some tests at a Hartford-area hospital. Having taken my children to plenty of doctors over […]

BRUNSWICK — The 22nd annual Festival of Lessons and Carols will be held on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Brunswick. Under the direction of Ray Cornils (minister of music of First Parish Church, UCC, and Portland municipal organist), this popular community program bring choirs from Brunswick’s First Parish […]