Musical finale for our organist Just a few months short of when she played a church organ for the first time 50 years ago, Gail Parker played the organ at our church for the last time for a Sunday service on Jan. 27. Gail is stepping down as our […]
Round 4 for Dress a Girl mission Women from our church and friends on Feb. 26 began five Saturdays of creating dresses for the Dress a Girl Around the World mission. Ten women worked on the first Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon. Work continued every Saturday through Feb. 23. This is […]
Joel Barlow Marsden, 1940-2019 Our church’s Joel Marsden passed away on Jan. 1 at the Maine Veterans’ Home. He was 78. Joel began attending our church in the late 1970s when Ed Fenderson was the minister and he was an usher for 39 years while also being part of […]
Join us to celebrate Jesus’ birth Our church will celebrate the birth of Jesus with a Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m. The family service will include the telling of the Christmas Story, traditional hymns and carols, special music presentations, and the singing of “Silent Night” by candlelight. Included in […]
Spreading Christmas Spirit A group of 17 members of our church and friends continued the church’s tradition of going Christmas caroling the week before Christmas, going to the Maine Veterans’ Home, The Landing at Cape Elizabeth, and to the home of a church member who is recovering from hip surgery. […]
‘Christmas Is Coming’ in full splendor The “Christmas Is Coming” Interfaith Christmas Concert at our church on Dec. 9 brought together faith communities from Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and Scarborough. In its sixth year, it keeps getting better! Organized by Gail Parker from our church and Carol Sobczak from the […]
New life for Christmas tradition Less than two months ago, the long-running tradition of our church holding a Christmas Fair on the first Saturday of December was a dead issue. For months, no one was willing to take charge of organizing a fair, fearing the task was to great to […]
Join us this Saturday Christmas Fair Noon – 3 p.m. Saturday December 1 •Crafts • Jewelry • Holly • Fudge • Wreaths • Baked Goods • Catnip • White Elephant •Candy • Needlework • Novelty Gifts • Linens • Silent Auction Lunch 12-1:30 p.m.pm – Hot Dogs & Chips Silent Auction with […]
Early Thanksgiving at the Pantry Judy’s Pantry and a food drive throughout Cape Elizabeth brought ingredients for a full Thanksgiving dinner to 50 families who often have trouble making ends meet. On Nov. 14, the church’s Fellowship Hall was filled with bags of fresh produce and bins stacked with pies, […]
Hosting 4 adults, 6 children this week Our church is hosting homeless families with children this week as part of the Greater Portland Family Promise mission. The three families who are eating dinners and spending the nights with us are from the United States, Angola and Rwanda, including four adults […]
Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church 