Today Yard sale, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., to benefit a mission trip to Kenya. Lebanon-North Berwick Baptist Church, Little River Road, Lebanon. Generational Healing, 10 a.m., teaching with the Rev. John Bacevicius in preparation for a Mass the following weekend. Franciscan Monastery, side chapel, 20 Beach Ave., Kennebunk. The Skyline Boys, Southern gospel quartet, […]

Joe’s prospects were grim. The cancer had recurred. The new chemo would be unlikely to produce a long remission, and the side effects would be severe. He would not be able to work to support his wife and daughter. Because of a complication of the chemotherapy, he would not be able to have more children. […]

Today David & Diane Benson of Andover, N.H., in concert, 6:30 p.m., White Rock Free Baptist Church, 300 Sebago Lake Road, Gorham. Free. Donations accepted. Call 893-1919 or visit www.wrfbc.org “Rhythms of Grace,” free workshop on ministering to children with special needs, led by the Rev. Audrey Scanlan and Linda Synder, 9 a.m. to 4 […]

Today Full Gospel Fellowship Breakfast, 8:30 a.m., guest speaker Thomas Travers, American Legion Hall, 17 Dunn St., Westbrook. Adults and teenagers welcome. For reservations, call 774-6416, 772-5744, 727-3252 or 799-7140 before Wednesday. $8, $6 for seniors. Kids Carnival, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., celebrating the church’s grand opening with music, games, prizes, refreshments, EastPoint Christian […]

Never did I expect that my entrance upon any scene ever warranted an off-stage playing of the William Tell Overture. It may have happened, though, when I was sitting knee-to-knee with a 64-year-old woman in her Boston apartment. She had courageously confessed her life-long bout with alcoholism, and had elected to face that demon down […]