LEEDS — Rural Community Action Ministry, a nonprofit agency in Leeds, is seeking individuals who want to make a short- or long-term commitment to become a volunteer for RCAM. Volunteering opportunities are available in all of the RCAM’s service areas, which include the following towns: Buckfield, Canton, Greene, Hartford, Leeds, Litchfield, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Monmouth, […]
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Financial freedom to be discussed at Lifetree Café
LEWISTON — Practical strategies for overcoming debt and achieving financial independence will be discussed at Lifetree Café at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, titled “Financial Freedom: Practical Advice From a Man Who Had It All — and Lost It,” features a filmed interview with Matt Bell, a financial adviser who […]
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Wilton church welcoming speaker
Wilton church welcoming speaker WILTON — The First Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ in Wilton is welcoming a guest speaker on Sunday, March 12. The Rev. Deborah Blood, who is Minister of the Maine U.C.C. Conference, will be speaking. Church services start at 9:30 a.m. FMI: 207-645-2535. Catholic parishes to receive grants PORTLAND […]
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The nature of God to be explored at Lifetree Café
LEWISTON — Exclusive footage from the Lionsgate Films movie “The Shack,” premiering on March 3, will be shown at Lifetree Café at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at South Lewiston Baptist Church, 1919 Lisbon Road The footage will be used to spark a conversation about the characteristics of God. “Recent surveys show that 90 percent of […]
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Donald Trump vows to ‘totally destroy’ political limits on churches
WASHINGTON — Warning that religious freedom is “under threat,” President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal the Johnson Amendment, an IRS rule barring pastors from endorsing candidates from the pulpit.” “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution,” […]
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Feds, Catholic Diocese host security workshops
PORTLAND — Churches in Maine are partnering with a federal agency to increase security. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will host workshops this month led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to address potential violent situations. Michael Magalski, an executive in the Portland Diocese, requested the federal organization help with the exercises. Officials […]
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Vatican releases guidelines on scattering a Catholic’s ashes
For much of the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year-long existence, bodies of the faithful were destined for cemetery plots or mausoleum tombs. There you rested, unless you became a saint, in which case select remains ended up in more exotic destinations. St. Catherine’s mummified head and ampules of St. Januarius’s blood were displayed in Italian churches as […]
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Brunswick board supports adding religious holidays to school calendar
BRUNSWICK — A proposed school calendar noting all major religious holidays received nearly unanimous support from the school board and members of the public Wednesday night. Superintendent Paul Perzanoski created the draft in response to a request in January from a group of residents to add major Jewish holidays to the calendar. The request drew […]
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J. Mitchell: Selling to LGBT persons
In response to Thomas Shields’ letter (May 10), I will point out that no one can buy a pork tray in a kosher deli. They don’t sell them. The big grocery stores do, however, and they will sell them to whomever wishes to buy them. If a Christian were to go to the kosher deli […]
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Indiana controversy looms as Maine senator floats ‘religious freedom’ bill
AUGUSTA, Maine — Civil liberties watchdogs, gay rights advocates and some lawmakers were already rattling sabers Thursday at the specter of a “religious freedom” bill similar to the one passed last week in Indiana, which has stoked fears that Maine could open the door to legalized discrimination. Sen. David Burns, R-Whiting, said Thursday that he’s […]