BAILEY ISLAND — The Reverent Canon Richard Hall of Brunswick will be the celebrant on Sunday, July 23, at All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel on Bailey Island. The service is at 9:30 a.m. and the chapel is located on Washington Avenue. All are welcome.

ORR’S ISLAND — On Sunday, July 23, Rev. James Birney 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 9 a.m. Sundays, through Sept. 24.

JERUSALEM A dispute over metal detectors is escalating into a new showdown between Israel and the Muslim world over a Jerusalem shrine that has triggered major Israeli-Palestinian confrontations in the past. Israel says installing the devices at the gates to the walled compound after Palestinians launched an attack there last week is a routine security […]

Within religious circles, there is a common mythology that as long as you are good enough or have enough faith, God will give you whatever you want. But what about when he doesn’t? That’s the question author Ann Swindell asks in her recently released memoir, Still Waiting: Hope for When God Doesn’t Give You What […]

BRUNSWICK Pope Francis has announced that a Synod of Bishops with the theme “Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment” will be held in October of 2018. A synod is an assembly of bishops from around the world who assist the Holy Father by providing counsel on important questions facing the Church. To involve them in preparations […]

BRUNSWICK — Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 336 Maine St., Brunswick, will host their third annual yard sale to benefit the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Alzheimer’s Disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. The yard sale is a major portion of […]

ORR’S ISLAND — On Sunday, July 16, Rev. Linda Peyton 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 call (207) 833-7745.

HARPSWELL — All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel on Bailey Island will hold its third service of the summer season on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The celebrant will be The Rev. Samuel Hartman of North East, Maryland, and a longtime Orr’s Island summer resident. The chapel is located on Washington Avenue on Bailey Island.

“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity.” Psalm 133:1 Living in Harmony Summer is in full swing and the birds and animals in my backyard have been laying claims to the limited space. A male robin staked out my backyard, while mother robin built a nest on top of […]

Fear is a terrible adviser. So I realized when the producers of Canada’s longest-running daily television show invited me to their studio to talk about my just released memoir. I once loved traveling. But the more complicated life became and the more heartache I experienced, the more I feared venturing far from my home and […]