This is a season when candles are being lit with increased regularity. Many religious communities are kindling lights (i.e. on a wreath for Advent and Christmas, a menorah for Hanukkah, a kinara for Kwanzaa, a Unitarian Universalist chalice for, well, everything, etc.). Individuals and families are putting lights on their houses or trees and, in […]
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All Saints Parish hosts annual Christmas carol sing-along
For the 20th year, All Saints Parish will host a Christmas carol sing-along in front of the Brunswick town gazebo located in the park (between Maine Street and Park Row) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24. Those gathered will sing traditional Christmas carols for 15 minutes, and all are welcome to attend. This is a family-friendly […]
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Psalterium Institute hosts Christmas concerts in Brunswick and Lewiston
The Psalterium Institute present “Advent & Christmas: An Evening of Sacred Choral Music” in both Brunswick and Lewiston the weekend before Christmas. Admission to both concerts is free, but a freewill offering of $10 per attendee is appreciated. The performances are under the direction of Leon Griesbach and feature the Psalterium Institute Chamber Choir, Boy […]
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Bath United Methodist Church to celebrate Christmas Eve service Dec. 23
The church scheduled the Christmas Eve service to be a day early in hopes of accommodating Christmas weekend travel.
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Lewiston parish to host Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration
“We are expecting people from all over Maine,” said the Rev. Michael Sevigny of the Office of Hispanic Ministry.
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Bath United Methodist Church hosts Christmas gift appeal Saturday
The Bath United Methodist Church is conducting its annual Christmas Gift Appeal for the Salem Economic Ministry and the Merrymeeting Homeless Youth Project at the Midcoast Youth Center from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Bath City Hall parking lot. The Bath United Methodist Church annually invites the greater Bath community and […]
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Spirit of Life: Thanksgiving and the spirituality of gratitude
Next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. Because of our shameful history of colonialism, this is a complicated holiday to celebrate. There is a reason that some members of the Wampanoag Nation mark Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning. Too many retellings of “the First Thanksgiving” story gloss over the trauma and […]
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Book Notes: Books to keep you going
In need of some encouragement? Me, too. Each morning when I check the news, I’m more and more aghast at what I read. My constant prayer in this time of trouble is, “God help us.” Not as a flippant aside but as a persistent reminder of our unrelenting need for his grace. One way I’ve […]
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Local congregations organize Transgender Day of Remembrance service
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, the Beth Israel Congregation of Bath and the First Universalist Church of Yarmouth join together for a gathering Sunday to honor lives lost to transgender violence.
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The Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos: The spirituality of civic engagement
Despite growing up in a hippy household that “let it all hang out,” I still absorbed the message from the larger culture that it was improper to discuss religion, sex and politics “in polite company.” As an adult, I realize how much I missed out on not having had open, candid discussions about how my […]