NORTH LIVERMORE — At the August 7 North Livermore Baptist Church service, the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung were “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”, “Day by Day” and […]

“Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” (Mary Anne Radmacher) Pain, fatigue, and feeling alone with your chronic illness can make self-pity and crying an effortless thing to do. From the beginning, I had feelings of frustration, but there was one moment of self-pity […]

JAY— New Life Baptist Church opened up their “Summer Celebration” with a fun filled “Super Soaker” success. The 9:30 youth Bible class featured special guests C.J. Grimbilas and Miss Claudia Vara, who worked with the youth group on looking at the things that God cannot do. This includes the fact that God cannot change, and […]

A few weeks ago, before there were more pressing issues, I wrote an introduction to what became the greatest challenge of my life – a health crisis eight years ago that would set me on a completely different path than I had imagined. I ended that column by saying I decided to pursue a holistic […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — At the July 31 First Baptist Church of Livermore Falls service many members are vacationing out of town and pews began to fill slowly as we prepared for worship. Pastor Russ Thayer returned to us after a week spent with family. He was rested and filled with the fire of the Holy […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — The morning sun and the rising temperatures warned of another hot and muggy day. As people showed up for the morning service they were using bulletins as fans and eager to enter the cool sanctuary. We looked forward to the upcoming sermon that would be preached to us by our own Kay […]

When I have something challenging to work through, my “go-to” therapy is playing my piano or baking. As hot as it was in Iowa when we were there on vacation a few weeks ago, I baked up a storm. Coincidentally, it did storm with all kinds of crazy thunder and lightning. As I considered how […]

NORTH LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church July 24 service, the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung were “Love Lifted Me”, “Take Time to Be Holy” and “Revive […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — It’s almost time to solve our marine mystery at Treat Memorial Library! We’ve been giving weekly clues all summer and our final clue will be revealed at the library, on Facebook, and on our Beanstack site on August 4. Want to solve the mystery with others or just catch up? Come to […]

JAY — Summer Celebration will be the theme at New Life Baptist Church for the next several weeks. The church is hosting special celebrations every week from now through Labor Day Sunday. Each Sunday starts at 10:30 a.m. Every Sunday morning features a different theme for the week, followed by a light lunch. Pastor Chris […]