Month: March 2014

Volunteer Day at Soup Kitchen

Portland mission at work More than 16 members of our church volunteered at the Preble Street Soup Kitchen on Saturday, helping to prepare and serve lunches to 300-plus men, women and children. Thank you to everyone who took part in this church mission, one that takes place whenever there is […]

Ash Wednesday

Offering our Prayers for Lent In a poignant moment of the Ash Wednesday service at our church, personal prayers were written on small slips of paper, rolled like a tiny scroll, and then lighted with the flame of an incense stick. As the scroll burned down, it lifted off the […]

Jazz Sunday

Spirited worship From “Amazing Grace”  to “When the Saints Go Marching In,” Sunday’s 10 a.m. service mirrored all the traditions of Mardi Gras before we turn our attention to the solemnity of Lent. This was Jazz Sunday, Cape Elizabeth style, at its best. Maintaining one of the church’s favorite traditions, […]