HARPSWELL — The Rev. Brad Mitchell will minister on Sunday during the 9:30 a.m. service at Islands Community Church on Bailey Island. Also scheduled to preach this month is the Rev. Bennett Barnes on July 28. The Islands Community Church is a nondenominational church based on the teachings of the Bible. The church is led […]

BOWDOINHAM When Bowdoinham Church of the Nazarene opened its doors for a first-ever Wednesday evening worship on July 10, the Rev. Christina Couch saw three people she doesn’t see on Sundays. For a church that draws a congregation of 20 worshippers or less on a given Sunday, that’s a hopeful sign. “I think of it […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is letting baptized Catholics join the new church structure created to receive Anglican converts. The “ordinariate,” which functions like a diocese, was designed to enable Anglicans upset over liberalizing trends of their church to join the Catholic Church while retaining some of their Anglican heritage. Francis modified the norms […]

HARPSWELL — The Rev. Elizabeth Peterson will minister on Sunday during the 9:30 a.m. service at Islands Community Church on Bailey Island. Also scheduled to preach this month are the Rev. Brad Mitchell on July 21 and the Rev. Bennett Barnes on July 28. The Islands Community Church is a nondenominational church based on the […]

LISBON — Lisbon United Methodist Church is partnering with Ruby Tuesday for a fundraiser July 17 to 19. Anyone participating should let their server know, and 20 percent of the total receipts will go toward the church’s local and world missions efforts. Ruby Tuesday is located in the Topsham Fair Mall. For more information and […]

BRUNSWICK — First Parish Church, United Church of Christ, continues its 28th summer concert series on Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. This week’s concert features Ann Hartler. All concerts begin at 12:10 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes. Other performers include Canadian organist Jacques Boucher and violinist Anne Robert on July 23; perennial favorite Harold Stover […]

HARPSWELL — All Saints’ Chapel on Orr’s Island welcomes special guest the Rev. Linda Peyton on Sunday. The Episcopal chapel is located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24. Holy Eucharist and sermon begin at 9 a.m. Services are held from June through September. Speakers for the rest of the month are: […]

AUBURN — First Universalist Church invites the community to meet the Climate Riders at a potluck supper on Monday, July 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Climate Riders are six young adults who have “committed their summer to living their values, traveling exclusively by bicycle with no support vehicles, and learning from/working with communities […]

HARPSWELL — All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel has invited the Rev. Ed Greene of Bath as guest celebrant for Sunday’s 9:30 a.m. service. The chapel is located on Washington Avenue on Bailey Island.