Restoring a musical tradition at an Alaskan cathedral requires rebuilding and learning.
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Today Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Road, Falmouth. Care ‘n Share song circle, summer coffee house featuring Betsy Duane, 7 p.m., Blue Point Congregational Church, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. Donation of $4 at the door. Refreshments will be available. Holy Grounds Coffee House, 6:30 p.m., with African […]
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New text will alter Catholics’ words
Parishes will start using the new English missal in November 2011, and some predict Mass confusion.
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Reflections:In beauty, flaws can be accepted
Here’s where I am: It is Sunday afternoon on the Isle of Iona in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. I am sitting on a grassy bank at an incomparably beautiful bay called the Mhachair. Soon I will have to head back to the Iona Abbey, where I am spending my summer in […]
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Worship Spotlight:First Congregational Church of Gray
ADDRESS: 11 Yarmouth Road, Gray DENOMINATION/AFFILIATION: United Church of Christ HISTORY: The church dates back to 1736, when Maine was part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the town was the Settlement at New Boston and the church was known as the First Parish. 1774, the Congregational Society was organized and in June 1774, the […]
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NY mosque imam: Extremism is global threat
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is on a 15-day Mideast tour, says radical religious views pose a security threat in both the West and the Muslim world.
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September holiday draws concerns
Muslims worry that the festive end of Ramadan may be seen as a salute to the 2001 terrorist attacks .
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Today Grandma’s Attic Sale, 8 a.m. to noon, People’s United Methodist Church Depot Street, Union. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Unity Church of Greater Portland, 54 River Road, Windham. Yard sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with annual Blueberry Gala and silent auction, West Gorham Union Church, Route 25, Gorham. Preservation Auction to […]
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Reflections:Enlightenment abounds in the words not spoken
This week I have laryngitis. When I called my mother with my raspy voice, she figured, “It must be caused by the heat and humidity.” I told her, “I think it’s God sending a message that I talk too much and it would be good to be quiet for a few days.” She laughed, “He […]
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Today Yard and bake sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., North Sebago Methodist Church. Organ and choral reading session, 8:30 a.m., designed for church musicians. There is a $25 fee. Call Beryl Samia at 967-5787. Church on the Cape, 3 Langsford Road, Cape Porpoise. Yard sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, […]