LEARNING TO SAY “GOOD-BYE”

Nearly twenty-three years ago, April 1, 1990, I was installed as senior minister in a service where you as members, along with leaders of our congregation, representatives of the Maine Conference, UCC, and the Cumberland Association, joined me in making mutual promises about how to begin and how to live out our ministry together. The [...]

Cycles and Seasons

As you know by now, I’ve announced my plan to retire in June 2013 – one more church program year. But please don’t act as though I’m already gone. We have a message to share, a church to love, plans to make and commitments to keep, and exciting new opportunities to live our faith.   [...]

Worship Reflections

Our Confirmation youth are asked to complete 10 worship reflections along their journey.  This was actually a requirement when I went on this journey years ago. I further admit that I still have my Confirmation folder and stole the exact format and questions for this worship reflection from my experience in Confirmation.  (If it worked for [...]

Death and Dying

As often as we change the prayers and hymns in our Sunday liturgy, I always use the same liturgy when memorializing the dead.  Well, maybe not always.  But almost always.  I turn to some of my favorite Biblical words to recall the things that we don’t understand: For everything there is a season, and a [...]

Without Notes

I’m not sure exactly how it happened — though I never really know how the Holy Spirit moves. I can tell you when it happens. I can tell you when I feel her. I can tell you when She appears. But, like most things in life, I can’t explain the sequence of events. Truthfully, it [...]

Communication is the Key!

Welcome to our new web page. The fresh, contemporary design and the ease of updating it makes this a great resource for us to share important information with church members and the community at large. Communication is the key! What we believe really matters. How we act really matters. But communication is the key. If [...]