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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1963
Page
3
A directory of church congregations with pastors and Sunday Mass times across Biddeford Pool Old Orchard Beach Kennebunkport Wells Ogunquit and nearby areas. Includes St Joseph St Andre St Mary St Brendan Notre Dame de Lourdes St Jude St Martha St Monica All Saints and Unitarian Universalist services with confession schedules and noted pastors.
The bulletin lists multiple Episcopal parishes including Christ Church Crescent Biddeford Trinity Church Saco and St David Kennebunk with Rev T S Knox and Rev Harold A Hopkins details Holy Communion and sermons scheduled from 8 to 10 30 am plus morning prayers and church school devotions Nursery care available St John Old Orchard Beach winter schedule notes 11 15 am Eucharist first Sundays and 10 30 am church school
Local congregations including Biddeford United Church of Christ St Demetrios Greek Orthodox South Biddeford Methodist and United Baptist outline summer arrangements. Details include shared morning prayers at 9 30 with Foss Street Methodist and South Biddeford Methodist closures and guest pastors Rev David E Wigley Rev Alex Xanthakis Rev C Joseph Ingraham and Rev Lottie Record among others with services and Sunday schools scheduled across multiple streets and venues.
A compilation of Saco church notices with service times for First Parish United Baptist Second Parish Unitarian School Street Methodist Assembly of God Bible Baptist South Congregational North Saco Congregational Christian Christian Science Society and the ministers or pastors including Rev Paul K Weimer Rev Stanley A Bennett Rev Edmund W Beal Rev Norman J Langmaid Rev S P Bova Rev Carlie Grathwohl Rev Robert M Howes and Mrs G Stephen Johnston. Morning worship times range from 9:00 to 11:00 a m with variations through September 1 and additional church activities such as Sunday school and church schools noted.
A list of local churches including Advent Christian on Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village with Rev Milford G Butterfield and services at 9 45 a m Sunday school and 11 00 a m worship plus nursery. Also Unitarian First Parish with Dr Harold Scott 11 00 a m worship and church school. Christ Church with Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer 9 30 and 11 00 a m. Kennebunk Baptist Main Street 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m. Christian Science Society 25 Summer Street Sunday school 11 00 a m and morning service 11 00 a m. West Kennebunk Methodist Rev Alfred H Ives 9 00 a m worship and 10 00 a m Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Mrs Gracie Ames pastor Sunday school 10 00 a m and Sunday morning worship.
The First and Second Congregational Churches on U S Route 1 share July and August worships at 9 am and 11 am at respective churches near Wells Beach and Wells Corner. Other churches include full Gospel on Route 9-A with 2 pm Sunday school and 3 pm seneny worship, Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road with 1 pm Sunday school and 2 pm service, Wels Branch Freewill on Route 1 A with 9:30 am Sunday school and 10:30 am worship, and The Nells Moody Church of the Nazarene on Route 1 with 10 am Sunday school and worship, plus 7:30 pm Sunday evening service.
Buxton Tory Hill Meetinghouse at the Old Peabody Pew site hosts morning worship at 11 led by Rev. David W Smith. North Congregational Church also led by Rev. David W Smith offers 9 30 morning service.
Methodist Church on Washington Avenue led by Rev. Gilbert W. Sirotti holds 10 30 am worship. Advent Christian on Saco Avenue with Rev. Phylis E. Adams acts as pastor. Sunday school 9 45 am and worship 11 am. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev. G Stephen Johnston. Sunday school 1 30 pm and worship 2 30 pm. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street. Rev. Russell A Pier, Sunday school 9 4 am, junior church 11 30 am, morning worship. Salvation Army, 91 Union Avenue, Capt. and Mrs. Gordon Clark Jr.. holiness meeting 11 am, Sunday school 9 45 am, salvation meeting at…
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church at Lyman led by Rev Norman J Langmaid shifts Sunday worship to 1045 during vacation through August 4 with Church School recess and resumes September 8 at 1030. Advent Christian church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne holds morning worship and 11 Sunday School with 8 p m service. Lyman Baptist Church with Rev Sidney F Whitehouse lists Sunday school at 945 and morning worship at 11. Church closed for minister’s vacation August 11 to September 1.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road hosts two Sunday morning services in summer at 9:30 and 11:00 with Rev. Thomas R. Merrill of Ogunquit Methodist Church delivering the sermon at the first service. Holy Communion and meditation occur each Sunday evening from 6:15 to 8:45.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets offers church school for all ages at 9:45 a m and morning worship at 11 with supervised nursery and children's church Rev George P Urban pastor. First Congregational Church at North street and Arundel road is led by Rev Robert M Howes pastor.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape announces Rev. Russell J. Peppe as minister.
Religion columns report clergymen resigning or being pressured from pulpits over racial segregation. At Linden Alabama a Baptist minister resigned after facing questions about Negro membership. Leaders say more than a score have left since spring, with some attacked or harassed while others simply left or spoke for reconciliation.
The Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds services at Faith Chapel Cleveland Street Saco with elder presence at 54 School Street Saco Sacrament service at 10 a m and Sunday school classes at 11 a m
Mrs. J. Donald Simmons former state president will be guest speaker as the Catholic Women's Club of Most Holy Trinity Church Saco hosts the district meeting of York County Maine.
Maine poultrymen will attend Poultry Day at the University of Maine in Portland on Wednesday August 28. Poultry specialist Harry C Whelden notes talks by William Johnson on getting the most for insurance and by Roger Olcott and Philip Hopkins on small feed mills costs. Investment needs for farm operations rise over 10 to 15 years, affecting Maine poultry farms. Diocesan Council of Catholic Women session follows at Notre Dame School Hall led by Mrs August Parent with church club leaders providing announcements.
A reader asks how to end a risky love affair while another voices marital trust concerns. Abby advises leaving the affair and keeping the husband as a friend, plus a playful quip about a Hungarian groom. An annoyed reader seeks boundaries and another response suggests a light career shift.
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