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Pope prays for Christians persecuted for their faith

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis is urging people to speak out against persecution of Christians, whom he likened to the Church’s first martyrs. His denunciation of discrimination suffered by Christians came a day after three Christmas day bombings targeted Christians in Iraq. Francis didn’t cite any countries in his remarks to tourists and pilgrims in St. […]

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Church buys, renovates Mich. roller skating rink

MONROE, MICH. Saying they were inspired by their creator, scores of energetic folks at Crosswalk Community Church have turned a former roller skating rink into a new worship center. The 200-member congregation used a bank loan to buy five acres that includes the sprawling 25,000-squarefoot complex for $350,000. The former Great Lakes Skateway has sat […]

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Merrymeeting Winter Concert

BRUNSWICK — Merrymeeting Singers, directed by Larry Lemmel, will present a concert of choral music on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 pm. The concert will benefit the rebuilding of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, which was destroyed by fire in June 2011. A wide variety of choral music, from Schubert to Gershwin, will be […]

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Lessons & Carols service Christmas Eve

HARPSWELL — Faith United Methodist Church, Orr’s Island, is planning a Lessons & Carols service for Christmas Eve at 6:30 p.m. The church also is returning to the Home Church Odyssey, from Epiphany on Jan. 5, 2014, until Palm Sunday on April 13, 2014. For these 14 weekm parishionerswill meet in members’ houses, rather than […]