WALDOBORO — Almost 30 years ago the Waldoboro Word of Life Church started hosting monthly gospel music concerts and suppers from September through June to provide the area with music and the Gospel of Jesus Christ combined with fellowship. For the past few summers, outdoor gospel concerts have been held every Friday evening under a […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host Glory Bound Gospel Singers in concert on Sunday, March 19 at the 11 a.m. worship service. Glory Bound has sung extensively from the Southeastern states and into Canada. Their music is southern style gospel with a super melody. The have been singing for the Lord for […]

PORTLAND Masses and special events at churches across Maine will highlight the diocese’s celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Patrick Friday. The feast day holds special significance in the Diocese of Portland as Saint Patrick, along with Saint Jean Baptiste, are the diocese’s secondary patrons, recalling the proud heritage of the Irish and French […]

When I bought the new book, Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ, by Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale (Faith Words, 2017), I wasn’t thinking about Lent. But more than two weeks into this liturgical season reflecting on Christ, I couldn’t recommend it more. Zacharias, an internationally respected apologist, and Vitale, who taught […]

WISCASSET On April 1, Feed Our Scholars will hold it’s annual fundraising dinner at 5 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of First Congregational Church, UCC, in Wiscasset. The dinner will be a pot luck recipe auction. Bring a favorite main dish, salad, side dish, or dessert along with a printed/ written copy of the recipe […]

BERLIN Pope Francis says the church must study whether it’s possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages. In an interview published Thursday with Germany’s Die Zeit, Francis stressed that removing the celibacy rule is not the answer to the Catholic Church’s priest shortage. But he expressed an openness to […]

“He reached down from on high, he took me; he drew me out of the mighty waters.” Psalm 18: 16 Trusting God Do you remember the words to that old song, “He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze?” Now to us this may look […]

To mark my first season of observing Lent, I sacrificed breakfasts — a small but daily reminder to set this time apart to focus on Jesus. I share this not to congratulate myself (Monday morning I was so hungry, I ate a buttery English muffin anyway). Rather, I aim to join others of the faith. […]

BRUNSWICK — All Saints Parish Youth Ministry will host a St. Patrick’s Day Party from 7-9 p.m. on March 18 at St. Charles Church to benefit the Teen Mission Trip to Washington D.C. Twenty-eight Teenagers and their leaders will travel to D.C. to serve the poor for a week. The Party features live music, a […]