A full morning of celebrating “Christ Has Risen!” Easter worship began with the Sunrise Service at the end of Two Lights Road and continuing on with our sanctuary service. The Sunrise Service was led by our church, the Thornton Heights UMC, and Cape’s Church of the Nazarene, with contributions from […]
Holy Week services begin this Sunday, March 24, with Palm Sunday worship at 10 a.m. in our sanctuary. You are invited to stay after the service and help to create colorful butterflies to be on display for the Easter morning service. Maundy Thursday worship will be held at Peoples United […]
At Thornton Heights United Methodist Church, 100 Westbrook Street, South Portland We at Thornton Heights are hosting this Protestant version of the Stations of the Cross at noon on March 29 There will be brief prayers and Scripture readings at each of the stations as we remember the events of […]
The United Men in Faith from our church, Thornton Heights and Peoples are collecting items for cleaning kits to be used throughout our state by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for future natural disasters. The items needed are on display in our Fellowship Hall. Pick out a tag […]
“Whatever you do for the least of these . . . you did for me.” The well-known passage from Matthew 25 was the theme for the women of our church, and friends, who took part in this year’s Dress-a-Girl Around the World mission. The passage was on the banner displayed […]
Our church hosted members of the Thornton Heights and Peoples United Methodist churches on February 14 for the Ash Wednesday service and the beginning of Lent. In addition to reflections on repentance and prayers of confession, the service requested members of the three churches to use the Valentines Day date […]
As Pastor Kathleen explained in Saturday’s e-mail to the congregation, “Mardi Gras is a celebration of the richness of creation, the music, movement, food, and friendship created for the pleasure of it”. On February 11 there was all of the above during our annual Jazz Sunday worship, led by Stephen […]
On February 11, our congregation celebrated Jazz Sunday, a Mardi Gras music-filled worship on the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and Lent. But it also was a special celebration for the 100th birthday of long-time church member Lu Peiffer, who surprised everyone by attending the service with her son. After […]
Join us this Sunday, February 11 at 10 a.m. for our church’s Jazz Sunday service, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. There will be Mardi Gras music throughout the service provided by church member Stephen Bither and many of his musical friends. A pancake breakfast […]
Our church’s New Year’s Eve service was special in many ways. With Pastor Kathleen Decker-Szakas on vacation, Mary Jane O’Connor-Ropp led the service. But also in attendance were three other former CEUMC ministers! Joining us were ministers Cliff Ives (1961-68), Ruth Morrison (2004-17), Mary Jane (2019-20), and Priscilla Dreyman (1986, […]
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