On four mornings over three weeks, members of the church’s Eco Team and other volunteers built new benches for the Outdoor Chapel, replacing aging ones originally constructed during four Eagle Scout projects dating back to 1994. The new benches are modeled after ones at the United Methodist’s Camp Mechuwana in […]
Don’t miss an evening of Boadway music performed by Faith York and the Peaks Island Musicians at our church on Sunday, August 17 at 7 p.m. The group performed last summer at our church (photos from last year) and it was amazing! There is a suggested donation of $15 per […]
Steve Hill, our lay leader and head of the Administrative Council, recently applied for, and ultimately received, a $2,000 grant to provide Greater Portland Family Promise clients with monthly supplies of diapers. The grant was a Mustard Seed Migration Grant awarded by Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on […]
On Thursday, July 24, the Thornton Heights United Methodist Church hosted an Ice Cream Social for the newly formed Lighthouse Cooperative Parish. Members of the Peoples UMC, our church, and Thornton Heights attended the event on a perfect summer evening and the first time the three churches came together to […]
The Rev. Gwyneth Arrison spent a busy Sunday morning on July 6 preaching at three churches and pulling together what is now the Lighthouse Cooperative Parish. She opened with the service at Peoples United Methodist Church at 8:30 a.m., moved on to the Thornton Heights UMC at 9:30, and finished […]
Transitions in life can be difficult, filled with uncertainities, paths we might not want to follow, but also a time to decide on priorities and determine if a transition is one in which we hope to find comfort and peace. Over the past few months, this is what members of […]
On June 29, Bishop S. Clifton Ives delivered a message during our Sunday worship that told of transitions during his ministerial career and offered heartfelt advice on how our congregation should make its own transition to a full-time minister serving three churches as part of the new Lighthouse Cooperative Parish. […]
During a service of cherished memories, heartfelt tributes, and more than a few tears of gratitude, Pastor Kathleen Decker Szakas led her final service at our church on June 15. She is leaving to become the full-time minister at the Union United Methodist Church in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. In her […]
Sunday, June 15 at 10 a.m., will be the final service we will share with Pastor Kathleen Deck-Szakas. She will be leaving us to become the full-time pastor at the Union United Methodist Church in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. Join us to bid Kathleen farewell. Our new pastor, the Rev. Gwyneth […]
During our May 11 Sunday service, it was announced by Lay Leader Steve Hill that Gwyneth Arrison will be the full-time pastor of the newly formed Lighthouse Cooperative Parish, serving our church, the Thornton Heights UMC in South Portland, and Peoples UMC, also in South Portland. The appointment will tke […]
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