PORTLAND — Cheryl Poulopoulos, director of Seaside Pavilion Ministries in Old Orchard Beach, will be the featured speaker Tuesday during the Christian Leaders in Maine Business meeting. CLIMB’s theme will be “The Five Brothers Leadership Academy.” The meeting will be from 7:15 to 9 a.m. at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave. According to […]

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PERRYSBURG, Ohio T old that his unborn son had only half a heart and little chance to survive, the lead singer of the Christian rock band Sanctus Real began pouring his fears and doubts into music. The songs were meant to comfort his family while they searched for answers and sought to understand God’s role […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The newly elected president of North Carolina’s largest religious denomination said he hopes for a civil debate over a proposal to ban samesex marriage in the state constitution. The Rev. Mark Harris, president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, said he understands the question is an emotional one. But […]

PORTLAND — The New Church will host a free session of Shape Note Singing on New Year’s Day, from 1 to 4 p.m. The church is located at 302 Stevens Ave. This four-part singing tradition, also known as Sacred Harp Singing, is loud, exciting and raises the spirits, according to a news release. “ Begun […]

WEST BATH — Dzogchen Meditation Center has announced a Sunday meditation and Dharma discourse for Jan. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon. The meditation will be “The Practice of Being and the Fiction of Ego.” A news release from the center describes Buddhist meditation as “simply looking directly at our conscious awareness and how we […]

BATH — The United Church of Christ, “ The Neighborhood Faith Community,” offers its free Neighborhood Café every Tuesday at the 150 Congress Ave., from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. “It is a community event that includes a warm, delicious meal, and an open mic for people to share music, thoughts, poetry and stories,” states a […]

Several area congregations are planning special activities to usher in the new year. Among them: Brunswick United Methodist Church BRUNSWICK — On Sunday, New Year’s Day, there will only be a 9:30 a.m. service at Brunswick United Methodist Church. This simple service of Lessons and Carols and a hymn sing will help celebrate 2012. Dresden-Richmond […]

BRUNSWICK — Aspiring and experienced meditators are invited to attend events offered at the Shambhala Meditation Centers in the month of January that “will guide participants to commence or reinvigorate a meditation practice,” according to a news release. There will be an open house at the Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center on Jan. 4 from 7 […]

Those scoundrels. Plotting. Sneaking. Trying to take my throne. But it’s not going to happen. No, I’ll fix them. They show up in Jerusalem. Come to the palace looking for the new king. I am here. I am king. I, Herod the Great, am King of the Jews! But these men are not looking for […]