ORR’S ISLAND — On Sunday, Sept. 17, Rev. Ellen Shaver will preside over the service Sunday at All Saint’s Chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road/Route 24 on Orr’s Island. Services take place at the church at 9 a.m. Sundays, through Sept. 24. For more information about the church and its services, […]

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 Changing Seasons Change is in the air. Even in the midst of these hot and steamy late summer days the world is slowly changing around […]

PORTLAND Bishop Robert P. Deeley will ordain 11 men to the permanent diaconate on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. The candidates represent parishes from York to Aroostook counties. Although they will not advance to priesthood as a transitional deacon does, a permanent deacon is an ordained minister […]

BRUNSWICK The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick is donating $2,111 each to four area charities. Each year, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick holds several fundraising events to meet the needs of the church’s annual budget. At the end of each fiscal year, the extra money raised is given to charity. This fiscal year, $8,444 […]

I had no idea how tired I was until I made time to rest. Sound like an oxymoron? It did to me. After all, when we are tired, we are supposed to take a break. Only in our 24-hours-open, 365-days-a-year, plugged-in, on-call, electrified world, who has time to rest? I certainly didn’t. “I’m so tired,” […]

BATH Beginning on Sept. 20 and ending at sundown on Sept. 30, Beth Israel Congregation in Bath along with the greater Midcoast Jewish community will join Jewish people all over the world in celebration of the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, also referred to as the High Holidays or the Jewish New Year. […]

ORR’S ISLAND — On Sunday, Sept. 10, Rev. Frank Strasburger will preside over the service Sunday at All Saint’s Chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane on Orr’s Island. Services take place at 9 a.m. Sundays, through Sept. 24. For more information call (207) 833-7745.

.BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick United Methodist Church will begin a new Worship and Sunday School Class schedule effective Sept. 10: 8:30-9 a.m., service of holy communion; 9-9:50 a.m., Sunday School for all ages; 10 a.m., morning worship.

PORTLAND The following is Bishop P. Deeley’s statement in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. “I join my fellow bishops in personally expressing my disappointment with the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Many DACA youth and families are understandably filled […]

Rosh Hashanah Sept. 20 — 7 p.m.: Erev Rosh Hashanah, led by Rabbi Simeon Maslin, followed by Apples & Honey Sept. 21 — 9:30 a.m.: First Day of Rosh Hashanah led by Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor; 1:30 p.m.: Tashlich at the Waterfront; 4 p.m.: Family Service at the Minnie Brown Center led by Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor […]