Anita White is guest speaker

PARIS — – The First Universalist Church on Pine Street will welcome Anita White as guest speaker at the Oct. 13 worship services.

The title of White’s 10 a.m. sermon is “Doing What Does Not Necessarily Come Naturally.”

Music is under the direction of Donna Hurd and Sunday School is under the direction of Renee Wales. Coffee, good conversation and fellowship will follow the service and all are welcome. Childcare is available and The First Universalist Church is wheelchair accessible.

For anyone who may have difficulty walking and wants to attend a service there is an electric wheelchair available at the church. Arrangements can be made to meet the person at the door and help them with the wheelchair.

Jennifer Wixson to conduct service

NORWAY — The Rev. Jennifer Wixson will give a service titled “On the Backside of Sabbathday Lake” at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at The First Universalist Church of Norway, 479 Main St.

Wixson, a Quaker minister, farmer and author from Troy, will lead a pre-All Hallow’s Eve Service. The pastoral message combines real-life spooky stories about her time living across from the Shakers on Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester combined with a religious history of the holiday we know today as Halloween.

Childcare is provided and social hour follows the service.