If “Fiddler on the Roof” had been written today, Tevye never would have tried to break up the romance between Chava and Fyedka. Rather, he would have invited his daughter’s non-Jewish boyfriend to join the family for a Sabbath dinner and engaged him in a long and deep… Read More
In the ’80s, teenage girls would crimp their blond side-ponytails, wear fishnets on their arms and draw beauty marks on their upper lips with eyeliner to emulate the revered Material Girl. Christian rock band Jonah 33 wants fans to follow their lead, too, but in… Read More
In a world of high technology and the Internet, I have one advantage over many folks my age and older. I have a 13-year-old son. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
The notion of collecting buttons as a hobby seemed odd to Gail Berry. That is, until a friend invited her to a meeting of the Tri-County Button Club. And actually, it was more than an invitation. An invitation can be turned down. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
I am one of the few people I know who feel good about paying taxes and about taxation in general. A fair system of government and a fair system of taxing citizens provide the makings for a balanced and secure nation. I do not want… Read More
A service for people of all faiths with a focus on prayers for peace will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St. Vespers, from the Latin word meaning evening, traditionally refers to the sixth of the seven canonical hours. Read More
Every day, Thomas Brown of Pittsfield quietly goes about his business of trying to make a difference. The 72-year-old father of two and grandfather of four bakes cookies for his church coffee hour, then stays for dish duty. He sells scarves and calendars for the local historical society. Read More
Laurence Milder is much more than a rabbi, according to one of his congregants. “He’s a human dynamo. He’s here, he’s there, he’s everywhere,” Dr. Edward Harrow, a Bangor physician and founding member of Congregation Beth El, said this week. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a community social. From 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, the church and its grounds at the corner of Court and Elm streets will turn the clock back to May 1915, when ground was broken for a… Read More
Safe Harbor, a spiritually based support group for families who are caring for special needs children, will host a barbecue at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at First Baptist Church, 56 Center St., Bangor. All families with special needs children are invited to attend. For reservations and information,… Read More
Type the name of Jesus into Google’s Internet search engine and you’ll obtain tens of millions of results. Keep in mind that this is the name of one person who died when he was just a young man of 33. If you were born before… Read More
Passover. This Jewish holiday celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. While the title “Passover” commemorates the act of God as he passed over Israelite households during the tenth and final plague that killed the Egyptians’ newborns and broke Pharaoh’s will, this season has other names: zeman… Read More
Seamus Griesbach was sharing a pastry and coffee with friends from Sanford earlier this week when the bells of Rome tolled, announcing a new pope. The cafe where the 26-year-old seminarian and his guests were eating was a 20-minute walk from the Vatican balcony where… Read More
Every Sunday, worshippers in Belfast honor their Creator by plunging their hands into a sink of soapy dishwater. Plastic spoons, paper napkins and foam cups are banned from morning coffee at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Miller Street in hopes of building a faith community that treads more… Read More
Aroostook’s all set,” a conservative lobbyist is quoted as saying in the April 6 edition of the BDN (“Opposing camps gear up for fight over gay rights”), pointing a politically savvy finger at my county’s 73,000 residents, 6,672 square miles, and dozens of churches. With… Read More
“Care of the Soul” author Thomas Moore will speak in Portland later this month. The Roman Catholic writer will be at the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater at the University of Southern Maine at noon Thursday, April 28. Call 228-8284. Read More
Resonance Arts of Rockport is sponsoring two evenings of talks by Norman Scrimshaw of Campton, N.H. He will share from his seven years of study with a teacher named Adyashanti. Scrimshaw will speak at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30, in the Friends Community Room… Read More
Pianist Cynthia Raiem has made her first CD. The veteran musician, who grew up in Cherryfield, uses a powerful keyboard technique. She has performed and led music in churches in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. Call 737-8803 or contact by e-mail: wild.pianoplayer@verizon.net. Read More
The bishop was blunt. At Patricia Phillips’ 1995 installation as the first Roman Catholic parish coordinator in Maine, then-Bishop Joseph Gerry told parishioners in Washington County: “Pat will, for all practical purposes, serve as your pastor.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Even as the world’s attention is focused on the late leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Robert Cleveland believes the church’s future depends on the involvement of those at the local level. So when leaders of his parish in Camden asked Cleveland, 52, to consider… Read More
Lay minister A nonordained person who takes on liturgical duties including those of a reader, altar server, cantor and extraordinary minister of Communion. In some cases, a lay minister’s duties include preaching. Lay participation in roles of leadership and service is rooted in baptism, a sacrament that gives… Read More
BANGOR – As hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and hundreds of world leaders erupted into applause Friday morning in Vatican City after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, about 25 people prayed quietly inside the warmly lit chapel in St. Joseph Hospital on Broadway. Read More
The 3:45 a.m. alarm hit hard Friday, but I was out of bed and downstairs a few minutes later, just in time to watch the start of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. I had thought for several days about whether I could wake… Read More
“Women and Children in Poverty: Is There No Sanctuary For Me?” is a program designed to help people become more aware of the needs and feelings of homeless people. It will be from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 540 Essex St. Participants… Read More
ChristianNetcast.com, the nation’s leading provider of Web streaming services for Christian radio stations, churches and ministries, will be featured on the Christian Broadcast Network program the “700 Club” on April 15. The segment, which focuses on Internet evangelism, can be seen by Maine viewers on cable-based ABC Family… Read More
Pilgrim Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 375 Mount Hope Ave., will be host of six evening forums, beginning with “Real Questions, Real Answers,” from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at the church. Other forums are scheduled at the same time on Wednesdays through May 25. Refreshments will be… Read More
Bangor Theological Seminary will host a panel discussion titled “The Foundations of Peace and Nonviolence in Faith Traditions” from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10, in Wellman Commons on the seminary campus, off Union Street. Seminary President William Imes will be moderator. Among those participating in the… Read More
Jennifer Emrich-Shanks of Bangor, a student at Bangor Theological Seminary, has been appointed student minister at Castine Unitarian Church. Emrich-Shanks will preach approximately two Sundays each month and contribute to community activities in other ways. She has been the intern minister at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Bangor… Read More
The Belfast United Methodist Church says it will launch a “40 Days of Purpose” campaign Sunday. The campaign is inspired by Rick Warren’s best-selling book, “The Purpose Driven Life.” During the campaign, the congregation will receive a weekly message from the pastor, a daily devotional reading, a weekly… Read More
The Union Church of Northeast Harbor and the Union Congregational Church of Seal Harbor have voted to become “open and affirming” congregations of the United Church of Christ to welcome gay, lesbian and transgendered people. There are 536 such congregations nationwide, and in their announcement, these churches said… Read More
“Hear Our Stories, Know Our Names,” a play performed by homeless and formerly homeless women and men, will be performed at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 24, at the United Church of Christ Abby Chapel. The Maine Council of Churches is sponsoring this drama to highlight the lives of… Read More
PORTLAND – Amid speculation about directions Roman Catholics will take under a new pope, Maine’s bishop moved ahead Tuesday with the unveiling of a long-planned realignment of the state’s 135 parishes that is designed to address the state’s shifting demographics and critical shortage of priests. Read More
Fifty years ago, every Catholic church in Maine had at least one resident priest, parish lines were strictly enforced, the Mass was conducted in Latin, and the laity’s place was in the pews, not at the altar. The implementation of Vatican II reforms in the… Read More
BANGOR – Alexandria Jesiolowski was in Auburn on Saturday afternoon when she heard the bells marking the pope’s death ring out. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland had urged pastors to toll church bells when the pontiff’s death was announced. Jesiolowski, 16, of Hampden was… Read More
Pope John Paul II delivered his first sermon on American soil in New England on a rainy day more than 25 years ago. “I greet you, America the beautiful,” he told a cheering throng at Boston Common in the first major address of his first… Read More
Destiny Drama Ministry of Eaton Park, Fla., will return to the Charleston Pentecostal Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 3. The ministry’s appearance Easter weekend drew 1,500 people to the church for the drama “Your Final Destination,” said the Rev. Matthew Ward, the church’s pastor. The ministry, founded… Read More
The Social Action Committee of Congregation Beth El will offer a free seminar, “Socially Responsible Investing,” beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at 183 French St. Dan Porter, co-founder of IW Financial, will be the guest speaker. Call 945-4578. Read More
The Rev. Thomas Richard, executive secretary of the National Association of Congressional Christian Churches, will lead a workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St. The all-day seminar will include the topics “New England Culture: Church Growth and Development,” and “Increasing… Read More
Puppeteers from the Presque Isle Wesleyan Church will present a puppet program during worship services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 10, at the Grace Linn United Methodist Church on the corner of Seekins and Commercial streets. Read More
Calvary Chapel in Orrington in cooperation with Food for the Hungry will host a free outreach concert, “Will Play for Food Tour,” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, at 154 River Road. Christian artists Jonah33, Fusebox and Kainos have teamed for the tour with a mission emphasis. Organizers… Read More
I am a very fortunate man. I am blessed, for the moment at least, with good health, with a healthful, loving partner, with two healthful, awesome sons and with two loving parents. Life is filled with uncertainties. We do what we can and hope for… Read More
The odds are at least 1 in 3 that about a year ago you were sitting in a dark room reading from the Old Testament Book of Isaiah. Can’t recall such an occasion? Well, according to a Barna poll, 33 percent of American adults viewed… Read More
The costume mistresses rummaged through a large Tupperware box filled with jewel-tone choir robes and queen-size knee-high stockings. It was the first rehearsal last week of Columbia Street Baptist Church’s biennial performance in downtown Bangor of a play inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The… Read More
The 190-year-old Bangor Theological Seminary is seriously considering selling off its 10-acre campus on the city’s west side and moving across town to Husson College’s 200-acre campus. That move could take place as early as August. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR – When Bangor Theological Seminary was founded, its students would ride horseback to churches throughout rural Maine for Sunday services and return Sabbath nights for animated discussions on religious issues at the seminary. More recently, the students would go to class and then, busy… Read More
Lent began this past month and will continue until Easter Sunday, March 25. For Christians, Lent is a time of penitence and reflection. It is a time of prayer and renewal, a time to go in toward the core of one’s being and to reach… Read More
It was a few years ago now, but one day I came home for lunch and discovered a message on my answering machine from the Office of the Postal Inspector. I tried to run through my head whether I had reused any uncanceled stamps lately… Read More
St. Francis Anglican Mission, formerly of Augusta, has officially changed its name to Holy Trinity Anglican Church. It has announced that it will become a full parish of the Diocese of the Northeast, Anglican Church in America, which is separate from the larger Episcopal Church. The congregation has… Read More
Tom Ewell, executive director of the Maine Council of Churches, will leave the job he has held for nearly 20 years at the end of 2005. Ewell said this week that he plans to promote nonviolence and peace in his ministry as a member of the Religious Society… Read More
Puppet Productions, providing churches with puppets and programming for use in their ministry to children, will hold a two-day puppetry festival at Presque Isle Wesleyan Church on April 29 and 30. Presque Isle Wesleyan Church, the Easton Wesleyan Church Puppeteers of God puppet ministry and MainePuppets.com, an Easton-based… Read More
The philosopher Franz Kafka wrote that there are many paths that lead to the castle. His idea is an important one, especially in our diverse and multicultural world. I grew up in a culture where questioning was important and encouraged. And I grew up at… Read More
A story in the Feb. 12-13 religion section detailed an Old Town teenager’s plans to aid tsunami victims in India. While it gave the Web site address of the organization through which Eric Porter will work as www.globalexpeditions.com, it did not contain an e-mail address… Read More
A man dies and finds himself at the pearly gates. St. Peter is there to meet him and says, “Listen up. Here’s how this works. You need 100 points to get into this place. You tell me all the good things that you’ve done. I’ll award you a… Read More
THOMASTON – Some folks in nearby Waldoboro are creating a church from scratch. But first, they need to take Dave’s Restaurant apart. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
Thousands of people, including a teen from Old Town, are finding ways to help tsunami victims in Asia. Some are donating money. Others are sending supplies. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
February is National Heart Awareness Month. The human heart beats an average of 103,680 times a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, for every year we are alive. Without holidays, lunch breaks or comp time, our hearts pump life through our veins,… Read More
The congregation of St. Thomas Anglican Mission voted Jan. 30 to become a full parish of the Diocese of the Northeast, Anglican Church of America. The vestry elected the Rev. Canon Granville Henthorne, vicar of the mission, as the parish’s first rector. Henthorne, a resident of Brooksville, is… Read More
The Franciscan brothers who operate the Friars’ Bakehouse in downtown Bangor have asked Christians to begin making a Lenten sacrifice on Ash Wednesday to support the work of the spirit in Haiti. On Jan. 30, they unveiled their sacrificial giving program at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Bangor,… Read More
Sara and Todd Morris have recently been appointed youth directors at Glad Tidings Church on Broadway. The youth group meets at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the Teen Edge Room and is open to ages 13 through 19. For more information, call 947-0324. Read More
John Campbell Elliott, a passionate mathematics professor for 43 years, has changed equations in retirement and turned his passion to gospel music. He has released his first CD, “I Will Pray For You,” with a title song about people who leave their loved ones for… Read More
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will hold special celebrations in four parishes to welcome those who wish to become full members of the Catholic Church. Bishop Richard J. Malone will preside over the Rites of Election at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at St. John’s Catholic Church,… Read More
In the doldrums of the winter, a longing for light is only natural. People living in the Northern Hemisphere have known that longing for millennia. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
Many years ago, following a Christmas holiday, I found myself on Interstate 95 in the pre-dawn darkness, driving back to college. As I drove south from Houlton, past Benedicta and Sherman and the familiar exits of the interstate, I happened to come upon the stretch… Read More
Eighteen chaplains representing 16 agencies participated in the first certification course for law enforcement chaplains at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy under the instruction of the Revs. Gregory S. Vinson and Donald Williams, co-directors of the Maine Law Enforcement Chaplain Corps. The class, which ran last fall, represented… Read More
An evening fund-raiser at Soul’s Harbor Church of God, 59 S. Main St., left the congregation’s youth pastor with a mess to clean up. Youth Pastor Jason Kilcoyne took a pie in the face to help raise money for the church’s youth (ages 12 to 19) to attend… Read More
A program for mentoring and character-building of area teens is getting under way at Presque Isle Wesleyan Church. The first part involves a “lighthouse store” in the church’s youth cafe. It is designed to raise money for a Feb. 12 event that will call on students to show… Read More
A Down East church has launched a Bible academy. Begun the first week of December, Faith Bible Academy is the result of three years of waiting and praying by the members of Faith Bible Fellowship Church, Pastor Ambrose Rolfe says. It started with seven pupils and three mothers. Read More
Christian radio station WHCF-FM 88.5 says it raised pledges of more than $16,000 during a recent 4 1/2-hour “Hope for Sri Lanka” event. The money will go to Mission of Mercy, a global children’s ministry that runs orphanages, schools and holistic health centers. General Manager Wayne Frost says… Read More
Last weekend, I celebrated along with my family the 25th anniversary of two dear family members. They were legally married last May and celebrated their 25th year together last weekend with about 130 of their family and friends. It was a wonderful celebration of the love and care… Read More
We are in the season of Epiphany. In January many Christians around the world celebrate this feast holiday, a celebration older and more holy than Christmas. This is a season and a celebration of discovery and understanding. It commemorates three entirely different events: Jesus’ baptism… Read More
Why are you reading this Religion section column? Are you casually interested in the assorted religious views of a variety of religious writers? Or are you seriously searching for authoritative truth regarding the basic issues of life? If the latter is your motivation, how will… Read More
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Seminarian Shawn W. Cutler, who grew up in Brewer, Maine, was ordained Dec. 18 as transitional deacon and is expected to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest this spring. Cutler, 32, is the son of Sheila and the late Dr. William H. Read More
Stop by ChristianNetcast.com headquarters on Washington Street in Bangor and what you see is what you get: a suite of not-too-fancy offices used by a small, tightknit staff. What you hear is something else: ChristianNetcast.com is currently the nation’s largest provider of radio Web “streaming”… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Rev. Richard Bamforth stood Tuesday before the Maine House of Representatives and asked God to aid lawmakers in their work during the 122nd Legislature as it convened in 2005. “Be with us this day as we begin to grapple with the challenges… Read More
Sister Theresa Therrien was recognized for her extensive and compassionate work on adoption with a congressional Angel in Adoption award during ceremonies recently in Washington. Sen. Susan Collins, who is a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, a bipartisan group of senators and representatives, nominated Therrien for… Read More
Dr. Noah Nesin, a member of Congregation Beth El, 183 French St., Bangor, was elected president of the Union for Reform Judaism Northeast Council at its recent biennial convention. A past president and longtime board member of Beth El, Nesin is also a member of the Union for… Read More
The Rev. Mary Ann Taylor (photo) will celebrate her farewell Holy Eucharist on Jan. 9 before retirement from St. James’ Episcopal Church. The Rev. Canon Ian Bockus, representing Bishop Chilton Knudsen, will deliver the homily at the service. Taylor has been priest in charge at St. James’ Episcopal… Read More
In conjunction with the National Jewish Outreach Program, Congregation Beth Abraham, 145 York St., will offer a free five-week crash course in basic Judaism, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6. The five subjects explored will be belief in God, prayer, the Sabbath, Jewish observance and sexuality. For… Read More
When it comes to ministering to the flock, the pastors at two venerable Belfast churches have found that two voices are better than one. The First Baptist Church, 95 High St., and the First Church in Belfast, 8 Court St., called on ordained husband-and-wife teams… Read More
How will God’s children get to Bethlehem this year? It is, perhaps, the most basic question of Christmas. R. Alan Culpepper, in the New Interpreter’s Bible, suggests that our journeys of faith will be as individual as we are. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Anav Silverman remembers celebrating Hanukkah at her family’s home in Calais, where theirs was the only menorah burning in the small city on the Canadian border. Now, living many borders away, the 19-year-old sees flickers from the branched candelabra in her neighbors’ windows as she… Read More
Christian Ridge Church says it will offer a free limo ride to and from Christmas services on 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19. Pastors Jason and Shannon Bailey and Ralph Rumill, the church’s media director, have been touting the service with signs and banners. They say they and others… Read More
The Lincoln Street Center of Rockland and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast will sponsor “Holy Journey, Holy Night,” a musical meditation performed by Amy Robbins-Wilson, at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 20 and 21, at the Lincoln Street Center, 24 Lincoln St. The hourlong performance features… Read More
The price of admission to “The Christmas Shoes” will be a can of food. Soul’s Harbor Church of God, 59 S. Main St., Rockland, is planning the musical production for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, at the church. Call 594-2043. Read More
Your letters to me make writing this column interesting for me. If you have any questions you would like to ask me, please e-mail me directly or mail them to the Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402, attn: Tom McCord. He will forward them to me. Read More
Twenty years ago this weekend my world changed. I awoke early on the morning of Dec. 12, 1984, with an unusual weakness in my legs. Within an hour that weakness had begun to ascend rapidly. I phoned our family physician, was examined at our regional hospital and immediately… Read More
Advent. Something is coming. At the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor our annual swell of attendance has begun. The wave will crest on Christmas Eve when even the unchurched are touched by the Spirit of the holiday. Less active members, the ones who stay away,… Read More
BANGOR – Congregational churches in Maine are participating in the God is Still Speaking campaign despite two television networks’ refusal to air a 30-second ad as part of the denomination’s new, broad identity campaign. Nearly 50 Maine congregations associated with the United Church of Christ… Read More
PORTLAND – So far, so good is how the Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, assessed his first eight months on the job. However, work released by the evangelization planning committee he appointed has spurred speculation about churches closing. Read More
A committee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has been working since June on suggestions for reconfiguring parishes. The committee’s draft proposal: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
The First Universalist Church says Mark Glovin will serve as a consulting minister, preaching one Sunday a month. Glovin has spent the past four years in Berkeley, Calif., attending the Starr King School for the Ministry. Originally from Norwood, Mass., Glovin graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Mass.,… Read More
Photographs documenting the work of Susan Watkins, a hospice nurse at Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice, are on display at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. The images, “Mind, Body, Spirit: Hospice in Maine,” are by John Clarke Russ, who completed the project as part of his master’s… Read More
A film about South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be shown early next month at the Unitarian Meetinghouse, and a Washington County minister born in South Africa will lead a discussion afterward. “Long Day’s Journey into Day” is a film by Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffman. Read More
In the heated TV news world, where strident talking heads dominate, the First Radio Parish Church of America is an oasis of love and hope. Launched in 1926 on Portland’s WCSH-AM, the church made the transition in the early 1950s to television and in the… Read More
Editor’s Note: The author, Bishop Paul Peter Jesep, is a lawyer and political scientist by training who serves as a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church. A former aide to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, he has studied at Bangor Theological Seminary. Bishop Jesep was the first to suggest… Read More
MACHIAS – The Maine Sea Coast Mission’s annual Christmas gift distribution program to Washington County families in need is finding that receiving help from others increases the giving. The past dozen years people dropped off gifts at the mission’s stately waterfront mansion in Bar Harbor… Read More
Among the most powerful and universal concepts in human culture is “gratitude.” It finds expression in multiple languages, societies, symbolic acts and rituals. It is part of the spiritual “glue” that holds our human family together. It begins perhaps with the wide-eyed stare of the… Read More
Two news stories caught my attention this week. One is about a trial that is going on now concerning a paragraph which is mandated to appear at the beginning of all high school science books which teach the theory of evolution. This paragraph states that… Read More
Congregationalists from all around Washington County will gather Sunday to mark a milestone. Their Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers was founded 175 years ago in Eastport. A service commemorating the event is planned for 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at East Machias Congregational Meetinghouse. Congregational churches are… Read More
A licensed ship’s captain has been ordained as a deacon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Rockland. Jeffrey C. Lewis of Camden is now a transitional deacon, which means he is taking the first step toward ordination to the priesthood. Bishop Chilton Knudson of the Episcopal Diocese of… Read More