ORR’S ISLAND — On Sunday, July 24, Rev. H. Roy Partridge, Jr. 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. 25. For more information about the church and […]

HARPSWELL — Stephen T. Lane, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, will be the celebrant at All Saints by the Sea Chapel, Bailey Island, on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the chapel. A special reception will be held after the service. All are welcome to […]

WISCASSET — St. Philip’s Church at 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset will host chowder suppers from 5:30-7 p.m. July 30 and again Aug. 13. On the menu will be haddock chowder, salad bar, corn bread, and desserts. Vegetarian vegetable soup will be available and vegan hot dogs are available upon request. The charge is $10 […]

“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.” Psalm 104:25 The Birdbath One of the joys of the summer season is watching the activity around the birdbath in my back yard. It attracts birds of all sizes and species, each with its […]

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland Pope Francis, visiting a shrine cherished by Poles, praised native son St. John Paul II on Thursday as a “meek and powerful” herald of mercy, and honored the countless “ordinary yet remarkable people” in Poland who held firm to their Catholic faith throughout adversity in the former Communist nation. The Argentine pontiff, who […]

Tonight’s Refugee Relief Dinner and presentation by Liberian refugee and author Marcus Doe begins at 5 p.m., Richmond Church of the Nazarene, 91 Alexander Reed Rd., Richmond. Suggested donation $10 adults, children free. “What’s for dinner?” my husband, Dana, asked after work this week. “Hard boiled eggs,” I said. “And?” He looked at me funny. […]

“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 The Best Teacher It has been said that failure is the best teacher. It seems that we let failure hold us back from doing our best. We beat up on ourselves when we feel we have failed in some way. But we have […]

BATH — Liberian refugee Marcus Doe, author of Catching Ricebirds: A Story of Letting Vengeance Go, will read and sign books at The Mustard Seed Bookstore, 74 Front St., Bath, from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 28. Doe, who was born in Liberia, survived a bloody coupe at age 11 before immigrating to Boston. A […]

HARPSWELL — The weekly summer service at All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel on Washington Avenue, Bailey Island, will be held Sunday, July 24, at 9:30 a.m. The celebrant is the Rev. Ed Greene of Bath. Everyone is welcome.