They have built it and now they want people to come.
The Military Street Baptist Church held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday afternoon with more than 100 individuals in attendance. Tours were given and a special concert performance given.
A collection of folding chairs and a cluster of families looking for a place to worship – that’s how Shiretown Baptist Church got its start 20 years ago this summer.
Having experienced unimaginable pain, broken hearts, financial ruin and imprisonment, Dick and Donna Walls were called to begin “Broken Vessel Ministsries.”
Gospel songwriter/evangelist Gordon Jensen of Nashville, Tenn., will be at the Bethel Pentecostal Church in Oakfield and the County Road Baptist Church in New Limerick. On Friday, May 10, Jensen will be performing in concert at the County Road Baptist Church at 7 p.m.
What do you do with a church when membership is too small to keep the building maintained? It’s not a new problem, as declining church memberships and rising energy and other costs challenge congregations in Maine and the nation.
The Gray Memorial United Methodist Church in Caribou will be holding a National Day of Prayer service at the church on Thursday, May 2, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Have you ever complained about your food or clothes? Lots of people around the world don’t have as much as we do. That’s why I believe we should help end world poverty.
Rev. Bert Marshall has been invited to speak at the third of three Lenten Services of the Aroostook Cluster of United Methodist Churches. This service will be held at the Hodgdon UMC on March 17 at 4 p.m. Rev. Marshall will present the Gospel of Mark in storytelling form with music he has composed included.
If things continue on their current schedule, parishioners of the Military Street Baptist Church could be celebrating Easter Sunday in their new house of worship at the top of Drake’s Hill.
The Presque Isle Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, celebrated the ministries of their longtime pastor, the Rev. Dr. Robert Grove-Markwood, and music director, Susan Grove-Markwood, at events held Sept. 8 and 9.
