Festive UMW event on St. Patrick’s weekend Our United Methodist Women came together for a public Corned Beef and Cabbage Supper on March 16, spending the full day to blend boiled potatoes, cabbage, turnips, carrots and onions with corned beef. The dinner was true Irish. Thank you to Jean Meyer […]
Message from Mary During the Ash Wednesday service at our church, Jaymie Chamberlin portrayed Mary, the mother of Jesus, looking back on his life on Earth from the wonder of his birth to the devastating sorrow of his death. It left the congregation with many spellbinding moments with which to […]
Reaction to General Conference (This message from the Rev. Casey Collins was originally delivered to the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church congregation on Sunday, March 3) Many of you have expressed great concern regarding the ruling at the United Methodist General Conference last weekend, the ruling body of the global […]
‘The power of music’ Pastor Casey Collins on March 3 preached on the power of music and its “ability to change lives”. The occasion was our church’s annual Jazz Sunday — always on the Sunday before Lent — and Pastor Casey has little trouble convincing all in attendance how […]
Messages of love Our United Methodist Women created original Valentines during its monthly gathering on Feb. 12, using a wide range of decorations, stamps, sparkles and ribbons to assemble messages of love for members of the church and friends. Thank you to Deanne Burr for providing all of the decorations […]
Helping hands in many ways Thank you to all the volunteers from our church, St. Alban’s, and St. Bartholomew’s for helping homeless families with children to feel at home in our church during the week of Feb. 3-10 as part of the Greater Portland Family Promise mission. The group in […]
Complementing Dress a Girl mission Our Sunday School on Feb. 10 decorated the sleeves of T-shirts that will be used to complement sleeveless dresses women from our church have been creating as part of the Dress a Girl Around the World mission. Carol Hubbard’s Sunday School class cut designs out of […]
12 adults and children will be our guests Members of our church and fellow members from the St. Alban’s Episcopal and St. Bartholomew Catholic churches will be working in our church this week to host 12 adults and children as part of the Greater Portland Family Promise mission to help […]
Italian sandwiches to go Our United Methodist Women prepared 40 Italian sandwiches early on Super Bowl Sunday, filling all the orders from members of the church who supported the fund-raising event for providing scholarships to Camp Mechuwana this summer. Preparing the Italian sandwiches has become a tradition for the UMW […]
Evening of fun, games, crafts and a film The church’s First Friday of outreach to the community on Feb. 1 drew 21 people to participate in games, crafts, eating, and watching a family-friendly film. The craft project was using metal stamps to create personalized bracelets and dog tag IDs. There […]
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