“You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter.” Psalm 74:17 Solemn November Already we are halfway through November. The trees are mostly stripped of their leaves and the fall flowers have been tossed into the compost heap. The birds have begun their annual migration south, although some choose to […]

BRUNSWICK — First Parish Church UCC is sponsoring its annual Halls of Holly Church Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pilgrim House on 9 Cleaveland St. in Brunswick. Tables will be filled with Christmas items, there will be a cookie walk, baked goods and candy table, greenery, American Girl doll items, […]

LISBON — St. Matthew’s Church in Lisbon will host a Kids Only Shop that features gifts $1 and under that children can give to someone they love. The shop will be open on Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10 from 1-4 p.m. Outside the shop, each child will make a list with a St. […]

BRUNSWICK All Saints Parish has a contractor to build its new multipurpose facility. The Diocese of Portland has chosen Ouellet Construction as the general contractor for the facility to be built on the campus of St. John the Baptist Church and St. John’s Catholic School on Pleasant Street in Brunswick. The new multipurpose facility will […]

BY MEADOW RUE MERRILL It was the simplest of feasts. My family gathered around my mom’s table in Connecticut to celebrate Thanksgiving. Sitting at the head, Mom reached for her camera in the flickering candlelight and snapped our picture. Satisfied, she was. So pleased to be sharing this banquet of gratitude together, despite her being […]

“He said to them, ‘Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Luke 20:25 Serving God Looking at the newly paved street in front of my house certainly took the sting out of paying my property taxes this year, and it made me realize […]

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas he most recent sermon posted on YouTube by the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, shows him explaining why he had parked a motorcycle in front of his lectern. As he walked side to side on stage, Frank Pomeroy explained in the video posted Oct. 29 that he […]

The holidays are before us. The electricity is back on after last week’s powerful storm. And yet my heart is grieving. Saturday night, my family stood outside clapping and shouting “ Thank you!” to the line and tree workers who reconnected us with the world. But the next day that same connection brought news of […]

BRUNSWICK From telling the students about how long he’s been a priest (“44 years and I love what I do!”) to describing his stint as a paperboy when he was a child (“my legs sometimes looked appetizing to dogs!”), Bishop Robert Deeley fielded questions from each grade during a special visit to St. John’s Catholic […]