Hope Haven free Christmas dinner

LEWISTON — A free Christmas dinner for those in need will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, at Hope Haven Gospel Mission, 209 Lincoln St.

For delivery to shut-ins, call 783-6086.

‘White Light’ Memory Tree Ceremony

MONMOUTH — The first “White Lights” Memory Tree Ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, near Monmouth Museum’s Stencil Shop, in downtown Monmouth.

This is a time of remembering for each of us. It is a special time to honor someone you love or, in memory of someone who has passed on.

Bring the name of that special person(s) (cards will be available) and share that person’s name and, perhaps, a memory. There will be a short ceremony, prayer and familiar song.

Afterward, at Packard Center, there will be refreshments hosted by Rise & Shine Bed & Breakfast. A balsam fir, donated by Mr. Auger of Fredrickson’s Tree Farm, will be lit with white lights, in memoriam.

People are invited to bring food for donation to the local food bank. Envelopes will be available for any monetary contribution to a local nonprofit.

Scottish Rite group to meet

AUBURN — The Valley of the Androscoggin Scottish Rite will have a stated meeting and program on Fiday, Jan. 3, at the Masonic Hall on Turner Street.

There will be a 6:30 p.m. supper before the meeting. Charles Plummer, noted historian and teacher, will present a program titled “Abraham Lincoln, Humorist and Storyteller.” He will be in character as Elihu Washburn, one of the famous Washburn’s from the Norlands in Livermore, who was one of Lincoln’s closest friends while serving as President in Washington, D.C.

All Scottish Rite members and guests are encouraged to attend. Call 998-2301 if you plan to attend the supper.