BRUNSWICK — A caregivers seminar, “Don’t Just Survive, But Thrive!,” will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Berean Baptist Church, 15 Cumberland St. The seminar will be presented by Robin J. Walls, who has more than 30 years of experience as her husband’s caregiver. Topics will include relationships, finding […]

BRUNSWICK — As part of its seventh annual winter education series, “Windows on Water,” First Parish Church, UCC, will host a mini-film festival this weekend. Three documentaries on world and local water issues will be presented at fellowship hall, 9 Cleaveland St., Brunswick. On Friday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m., “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” […]

BRUNSWICK — St. Charles Borromeo Church will continue its benefit Lenten Haddock Supper series this year, beginning on Feb. 15. Each week the meal — served from 5 to 7 p.m. — benefits a different local nonprofit organization. Local organizations to receive proceeds are Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (Feb. 15), Tedford Shelter (Feb. 22). […]

HARPSWELL — The Rev. Wilfred Haley will be the guest speaker Tuesday at 6 p.m. during a Men’s Fellowship supper. The meal will be held at 2 Oakhurst Island Road in Cundy’s Harbor, formerly the Nazarene church parsonage. All men are welcome to enjoy a meal and a time of fellowship together after which Haley […]

BATH — Bath United Methodist Church, 340 Oak Grove Ave., will be hosting a roast pork supper on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The menu includes roast pork, potatoes, carrots, rolls and homemade gingerbread for dessert. Adult meals are $7.50 and meals for children younger than 12 are $3.50. Take out meals […]

HARPSWELL — The Islands Community Church has invited the Rev. Nancy White as its guest speaker on Sunday. Morning worship begins at 9:30 a.m. Islands Community Church on Bailey Island is a nondenominational church based on the teachings of the Bible. The church is led by a board that invites ordained ministers, lay people and […]

TOPSHAM — Grace Community Chapel will sponsor a Christian Skate Night on Feb. 18 at Topsham Roller World, 20 Atwood Drive. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. and skating will be from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost is $5, which includes skates. In-line skate rentals are $2 more. For more information, call Tracey at 268-9153 […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The organizers of Christian Fashion Week have a message: modest does not equal frumpy. “A lot of the designers we talked with looked at the challenge as a creative challenge,” said Jose Gomez, who, along with his wife and another couple, is organizing the event. “How do we push the boundaries […]

BRUNSWICK — The Lenten season begins Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, with the distribution of ashes during all Masses at All Saints Parish. Symbolically, the centuries old tradition of marking the foreheads of penitents with blessed ashes is intended to help them develop a spirit of humility and contrition, remind them of their own mortality and […]

BRUNSWICK Steven Bridge, professor of theology at St. Joseph’s College in Maine, will add his special touch to the Lenten season with three lectures at St. Mary’s Church in Bath. Bridge, an author, teaches courses on the New and Old Testaments, Judeo-Christian tradition and contemporary Christian morality at St. Joseph’s. Discussions and refreshments will follow […]