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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1962
Page
3
A detailed church directory lists pastors and service times for multiple congregations in Saco and nearby towns. From Joseph Church and St Mary to First Parish and United Baptist, it records Mass times, worship services, and church schools across parishes including Kennebunkport Wells Beach and Old Orchard Beach, with names of pastors and assistants.
The notice lists sermon times and services for multiple Episcopal parishes including Christ Church in Biddeford Trinity Church in Saco St David Church in Kennebunk St John Church in Old Orchard Beach and York Harbor. Rev T S Knox Rev Harold McElwain and Rev Haroun A Hopkins lead morning services Holy Communion and church schools with nursery care available.
A list of church locations and pastors in Biddeford and nearby: Biddeford Second Congregational with Rev. Davi E. Wigley at Crescent Street, worship and church school at 10 3 a m. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox at 35 Adams Street with Rev. Alex Xanthakis, Sunday school 9 30 a m and Liturgy 10 a m. Matis 10 a m. Seth Biddeford Methodist between downtown and the beach with Rev. C ooseph Ingraham, morning prayer 9 30 a m and nursery for under fours. Fos Street Methodist at Frisind Pool Streets with Rev. C Joseph Ingraham, morning prayer 11 a m and nursery for under four. Fir Universalist at City Square member of Unitarian Universalist Association with Rev. Edmund W Beal. Unitarian Universalist Church services first, third and fifth Sundays September to June with church school on School Street at Pepperell, Saco 9 30 a m. United Baptist on Jefferson Street with Rev. Jasper M. Bean, Sunday school 9 45 a m and morning worship 11 a m. Univ Church Honey Ledge Road Biddeford Pool with Rev. Stanley A Bennett guest pastor, church school 9 45 a m and morning worship 11 a m. Advent Christian at corner of Hill and Chapel Streets with Rev. Lillie Record, Sunday school 9 45 a m and morning worship 10 45 a m.
Goodins Mills Methodist church led by Rev Norman J Langmid holds Sunday worship at 9 30 A M with church school for all ages at 10 30 A M The Dual Christian church led by Rev Lioy Osborne offers morning worship at 11 00 A M Lyman Baptist Church presents Sunday school at 9 45 A M and morning worship at 11 00 A M
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Paul S Hazlett holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m while Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road with Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9 30 a m both services observed in town.
Local church notices list Rev David Smith pastor at Cape Porpoise Methodist Church with morning service at 11. Noth Congregational Church announces Rev Russell J. Peppe and Rev David W. Smith with morning worship at 10 45 and moving worship at 9 30.
Old Orchard Beach Methodist church on Washington s avenue lists Rev. Oakley E. Woodward as pastor with a 11 a.m. morning worship. Advent Christian church on Saco avenue shows Rev. Phylis E. Adams acting pastor with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. First Baptist church on Ocean avenue has Rev. G Stephen Johnston as minister. Sunday school at 1:30 p.m. and worship at 2:30 p.m. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church at Atlantic avenue and Thire street lists Rev. Russell Per pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., junior church at 11:30 a.m., morning worship at 1 a.m. Salvation Army at 91 Union avenue commanded by Lt. Gordon Clark Jr. and wife with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., holiness meeting at 11 a.m., evening salvation at 7:30 p.m., and mid-week service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Kennebunk Advent Christian Church Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village Rev Milford G Butterfield pastor Sunday school 945 worship 1100 nursery available. Unitarian First Parish Dr Harold Scott pastor morning worship and church school 11 Christchurch Rev Frederic Holmberg Robert B Culmer pastors morning services 930 and 1100 Kennebunk Baptist Church Main Street Sunday worship 10am and 7pm Christian Science Society Summer Street Sunday school 11am morning service 11am West Kennebunk Methodist Church Rev Alfred H Ives pastor Sunday worship 900 sermon 1000 Sunday school classes 1000 Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Mrs Gracie Ames pastor Sunday school 1000 and Sunday morning worship 1100
Wells First and Second Congregational churches share 10:30 a.m. services at the Second church near Wells Corner with Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. from October to June. Full Gospel church on Route 9-A holds 3 p.m. worship and 2 p.m. Sunday school. Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road features Sunday school at 1 p.m. and worship at 2 p.m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9-A has 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and morning worship. Wells Moody Church Nazarene on Route 1 lists 10 a.m. service and 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening worship.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban offers a morning worship at 9 45 with nursery and children’s church. First Congregational Church on North street and Arundel road, led by Rev Robert M Howes, holds a 9 30 morning worship service.
Christmas services will be held at the Foss Street and South Biddeford Methodist Churches with morning and Christmas Eve programs. Tomorrow at South Biddeford at 9 30 and Foss Street at 11 the service will include preludes, hymns, processional, litany, creed, sermon, offertory, anthems, benediction and postlude featuring organists Mary Robbins and Robert Clark.
The Rev T S Knox presides at Trinity Episcopal Church with Mrs Harry Horsfield as organist offering a midnight service. The program features Advent carols and nativity anthems led by Kenneth Libby, Willard Foster, and organist Alfred Taylor, concluding with a sermon titled When Christ Is Born in Us and a festive postlude.
First Parish Congregational Church of Saco presents a Christmas Sunday service featuring organ preludes, hymns, anthems, scripture Luke 2, prayers, offertories, and a sermon on The Churches Proclamation by Rev. Harry A Rufiero. A baptism, new member reception, and special Christmas choir selections conclude with postlude.
The United Baptist Church in Saco Lemare holds morning worship at 10:30 a.m. with Mary M. Hill as organist and a Christmas themed service led by Pastor Rev. Stanley A. Bennett and choirs. A Sunday school service follows at 9:15 a.m. under Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. featuring White Gifts.
A Christmas Vesper service is planned at 4 p m Sunday at Wells Second Congregational Church. Combined choirs from First and Second Congregational churches will perform with Jacob Kelley directing. The program includes orchestral and choral selections, congregational hymns, soloists, and a benediction by Rev John Simpson.
Gail E Knapp of Kennebunk has enlisted in the United States Army in Portland. He chose the Choose Your Job Training option to serve in automotive maintenance. After Christmas leave, he will head to Fort Dix for further training or on the job schooling.
A clergyman recalls a Christmas moment in Japan with two injured youths a 13 year old fisherman's son maimed by dynamite and a Western college student both seeking meaning beyond hands and eyes. He contrasts poverty and privilege and finds the heart of Christmas in Christ healing the blind and lame and preaching the Gospel. The piece ends with a blessing of peace.
In Royal Oak Michigan Episcopal parish St John s Church reduces staff visits by launching a lay ministry. Some 1 500 families are called upon at least annually to maintain connection, update church records, and gather support while clergy focus on essential tasks. The program, begun in 1961, aims to witness active faith without tying to fundraising and may spread to other parishes.
The Kennebunk Board of Selectmen authorized Town Manager Robert York to apply as agent for federal matching funds to remodel the first floor of the town hall. A meeting in New York City on December 26 with Frank Trentacosti, deputy regional director, discussed the plan. The town approved transferring 16,000 from excise tax revenue to match federal funds for a communication center, police lockups, new sheathing, fireproof vaults, and hall remodeling.
Confessions will be heard today and Monday at 9:30 a.m. for parish children. Adult confessions at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. No confessions after 8:30 Monday. Doors open 11:20 p.m. Christmas Eve for a special pre mass program before midnight mass. Christmas Day masses at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Lyle Brooks of Ogunquit has been promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain while stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina. An eight year Army veteran and Wells High School graduate, he previously commanded a company in the 7th Infantry Division and spent six months at Laos as an instructor after training at Fort Dix. He is married with two sons Bryant and Tracy and resides with his wife at Fort Bragg.
Parish children of St Margaret CCD School of Religion in Old Orchard Beach gather at 2 p.m. Sunday for blessing of a new crib and statues, with Rev. Royal J. Parent in charge. A Christmas party follows the outdoor ceremony. William J. Mullen leads arrangements with the Boy Scout troop.
Officials urge strict adherence to traffic laws to avert deadly violations that have caused death and suffering. They emphasize accountability for drivers and the lifelong impact on those harmed.
Wells First on Second Congregational churches schedule Christmas events for Sunday. Sun day school youth groups and combined choirs will carol at ill and shut in homes, with a covered dish supper at 6 p.m. and a 7 p.m. caroling tour. A second caroling tour is set for Sunday evening at 7.
A man was killed today when his car collided with an oil tank truck on Bridge Street in Gardiner. The victim was identified as refused.
Jack Donovan of Hovey street is home after surgery at Webber hospital. Reginald Martel of Heidelberg College returns for vacation with his parents on York street. Gracia Seekins, Bates College student, visits New York then stays with her parents on Colonial Drive. Frank Littlefield of Upper High street hospitalized after a fall with suspected hip fracture. Kennebunk Fire Department ambulance takes him to Webber hospital. Hebron Academy students Ted Winston Kenneth Cuneo David Tibbetts and Richard Smith also come home for holidays.
Clifford MacMaster, a Gardiner fireman about 40, was involved in an accident. Other details of the incident were not immediately available.
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