ORR’S ISLAND All Saints’ Chapel has announced its schedule of clergy that will lead its services through September. Services take place at 9 a.m. each Sunday; the chapel is located at 9 Cooper Lane. Rev. Harold Hallock will officiate this week’s service. The schedule for the rest of summer is as follows:  July 29 […]

Summer is for visiting family. And since the church is supposed to be one big family — albeit with many different personalities and a few crazy cousins — this summer my family has made a goal of visiting a different church every week. That’s how we were invited to Richmond Corner Baptist Church’s Police Appreciation […]

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. It’s 7:30 in the morning, and Tanner Smedley has already been up for an hour. He’s eaten, prayed twice and exercised. He belts on his black slacks, one of six nearly identical pairs in his closet. He irons a white button-down — one of 12 — and then he gets to choose […]

“He leads me beside the still waters; he restores my soul.” Psalm 23:3 Fresh Water Sometimes fresh, clean water is hard for birds to find, and you can make a bird’s day simply by offering a drink and a bath. Water will often attract more species of birds than feeders will, and my backyard is […]

ORR’S ISLAND All Saints’ Chapel has announced its schedule of clergy that will lead its services through September. Services take place at 9 a.m. each Sunday; the chapel is located at 9 Cooper Lane. Rev. Katharine Babson will officiate this week’s service. The schedule for the rest of summer is as follows:  July 22 […]

WISCASSET — There are three chances to let others do the cooking while supporting the Help Yourself Shelf food pantry, the Feed Our Scholars backpack program, as well as the Bargain Basement which helps outfit those who have suffered catastrophic events for no charge. St. Philip’s Church kicks off its summer series of three suppers […]

BAILEY ISLAND — The Rev. Samuel Hartman, of North East, Maryland, and Orrs Island will again serve as celebrant at All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel on Bailey Island on Sunday. The service begins at 9:30. The chapel is located on Washington Avenue, and all are welcome.

NEWCASTLE Throughout July St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle will be hosting a series of special services and events exploring Celtic Christianity. Its Sunday liturgies will be drawing from its sister church, the Scottish Episcopal Church and from the Northumbria Community, with readings taken from the Gaelic oral tradition. There will be a walking pilgrimage, […]

Like many around the world, I watched the news and prayed this week as 12 soccer players and their coach were saved from a flooded Thailand cave after nearly three weeks underground. The scope of the rescue was staggering: Thousands of volunteers, more than one hundred of the world’s top cave divers, Thai Navy sea […]

EDGECOMB A prominent local landmark, the Edgecomb Community Church has made an impact on its community. Now the church, which has been located at 15 Crosspoint Road since 1881, is looking for help from that community. The historic church, on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987, is seeking donations to help repair its […]