Saturday Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Unitarian-Universalist Church, 60 School St., Saco. Items inside and outside. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Raymond Village Community Church, 27 Main St., Route 121, Raymond. “God’s Trombones,” 5 p.m., a tribute to poet and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) with worship and conversation. […]

LONDON – The neophyte holders of two of Christendom’s most venerable posts met for the first time Friday and spoke of fostering unity and understanding between their sometimes rival branches of the faith. Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby exchanged warm words at the Vatican even as they acknowledged that relations between the […]

Our sacrifice — the best we have to offer, And not our worst nor second best, our best, Our very best, our lives laid down like Jonah’s Our lives laid down in war and peace — may not Be found acceptable in Heaven’s sight. And that they may be is the only prayer Worth praying. […]

Saturday Yard sale, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Luke’s Chapel, Saco Avenue, Old Orchard Beach. Rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Annual yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Blue Point Congregational Church, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. Shape note singing, 1 to 4:30 […]

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Saturday through Wednesday Memorial Day yard sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily through May 29 at Alpha and Omega Thrift Shop. Route 26, three miles north of South Paris Square. Sunday “Transforming Water,” 10:30 a.m., interfaith service at Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. Visit chimeofmaine.org for details. Peace and Justice Sunday, 10:30 […]