HARPSWELL — All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel on Bailey Island will hold a service at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. The Rev. Bennett Barnes of Brunswick will be guest celebrant. The chapel is located on Washington Street.

PHIPPSBURG — The Phippsburg Congregational Church, UCC, will host a Bowdoin International Music Festival student concert on Tuesday at 2 p.m. The church is located at 10 Church Lane, off Parker Head Road. The concert is free, though donations to support the student program will be accepted at the door. For more information, call the […]

BRUNSWICK — The next Ultreya in Brunswick will be held on Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen St. Organizers “welcome anyone who has been to a Catholic or Episcopal Cursillo, or Tres Dias Weekend, and anyone who would just like to know more about Cursillo,” states a news release. “It […]

EDGECOMB — The Saturday summer supper series continues at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on July 21, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Guests start arriving as early at 4 p.m. for the supper that starts at 5 p.m. People can browse the thrift shop, check out the items on the free table, pick up a book […]

HARPSWELL — The Rev. Andy Stinson will be the guest preacher on Sunday at Islands Community Church on Bailey Island. The morning service begins at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Carol Visser will preach on July 22. Sunday School is offered on the first and third Sundays of the month. For more information, call Mary Robinson […]

BRUNSWICK — First Parish Church’s 27th annual Summer Organ Concert Series runs Tuesdays through Aug. 14. This weekly series of noontime concerts will feature local and national organists. All concerts will be on the church’s 1883 Hutchings, Plaisted & Co. pipe organ, which was restored by the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Mass. All concerts […]

BRUNSWICK — On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the 22 voice French boy’s choir, Maîtrise des Hautes de France, will appear in concert at First Parish Church, UCC. Founded in 1972, Maîtrise des Hautes de France comprises about two dozen boys and young men from schools, colleges and universities in and around Lambersart, near Lille in […]

HARPSWELL — The Rev. Katharine Babson is the guest speaker scheduled this Sunday at All Saints Chapel. The services of Holy Eucharist and sermon begin at 9 a.m. at the chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24. The Rev. Katharine Babson will be followed this month by the Rev. Janice […]

BRUNSWICK — “New Seas of Adventures” is on tap during the United Methodist Church’s adult Vacation Bible School summer club. The club meets July 23 to 27 from 6 to 8 p.m., the same time as the children’s VBS program. From 6 to 6:30 p.m., there will be snacks and schmoozing time. At 6:30 p.m., […]

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested four people in connection with the theft of a priceless collection of 12thcentury religious manuscripts. A ministry spokeswoman said an electrician who worked at a cathedral in the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela from where the Calixtinus Codex was stolen a year ago was […]