KINGFIELD – The Kingfield United Methodist Church has announced sponsorship of a baccalaureate service for the 2008 graduating class of Mt. Abram High School. The service will be held in the evening of June 1 at the Kingfield church with the Rev. Marriott Churchill officiating. The church’s Administrative Council voted unanimously to sponsor the service.

Churchill, in making the announcement, said, “The baccalaureate service was a traditional part of the graduation experience that has been eliminated in recent years. We at the Kingfield United Methodist Church believe it to be an essential part of the experience for our young people.”

Additionally, Churchill said, “It is important, we believe, for these young people to share the spiritual experience of this very important time in their lives.”

The Administrative Council, in lending its approval to the service, indicated the church has an “obligation of service to the community” and that a baccalaureate service is an event for which the “Kingfield United Methodist Church should assume responsibility.”