Directory of churches and services in Biddeford and area
A list of church communities in Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Kennebunkport Wells and surrounding towns with pastors and Sunday Mass and service times. Included are St Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity St Monica Martha Wells First Parish United Church of Christ United Baptist Second Parish Unitarian Universalist School Street Methodist First Assembly of God Bible Baptist South Congregational North Saco Congregational Christian Christian Science Society and others with address hints and service hours.
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SACO Notre Dame de _ Lourdes
Arthur J. Dube
Most Holy Trinity
Main Street
Saco
Maurice Boland
Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret Church
Edward C. O'Leary
Royal Parent
Kennebunk St. Monica Church
Kennebunk
William J Kelly
Kennebunkport St. Martha Church
Wells St. Mary Church
Wells Beach
William J. Kelly
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Main and
Beach Streets
Hammond I. Peterson
United Baptist Church
Cross Streets
Stanley A. Bennett
Janet R. Betcher
Second Parish Unitarian Church
School Street
Unitarian Universalist Association
Edmund W. Beal
Unitarian- Universalist Church
School Street Methodist Church
Norman J. Langmaid
Assembly of God
Pleasant Street
S. P. Bova
Bible Baptist Church
Vent Road
Carli J. Grathwoh
South Congregational Church
Temple Street
Robert M. Howes
North Saco
Episcopal Church Services Across Biddeford and Saco
Local Episcopal parishes list Sunday schedules with Holy Communion at 8 a m and 10:30 a m or 11:15 a m varying by church. Christ Church Biddeford cancels 9 a m service. Saco Trinity and Christchurch joint service at 10:30 a m. St David Kennebunk holds devotions and classes 11:15 a m. St John Old Orchard Beach Winter schedule includes 8 a m Holy Communion and 10:30 a m church school with 11:15 a m Eucharist first Sunday only.
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Christ Episcopal Church
South
Crescent Streets
Biddeford
T. S. Knox
Trinity Episcopal Church
Main
Cleveland Street
Saco
T. Knox
Christchurch
St. David (Episcopal) Church
Portland Road
Kennebunk
Harold A Hopkins
Ose
York Harbor
St. John Episcopal Church
St. John Street
Old Orchard Beach
Harold McElwain
Church Services List in Biddeford and Saco Area
A condensed schedule lists multiple churches in Biddeford and nearby areas with pastors and service times. Second Congregational White church on Crescent Street hosts 10:30 a.m. worship. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox on Adams Street offers 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10 a.m. Matins. South Biddeford Methodist and Foss Street Methodist share morning prayers. First Universalist on City Square holds 10:45 a.m. service with UU school 9:30 a.m. Also listed are United Baptist on Jefferson Street, Union Church at Biddeford Pool, and Advent Christian Church at Hill and Chapel streets.
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Second Congregational Church
White
Crescent Street
David E. Wigley
Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Adams Stret
Biddeford
Alex Xanthakis
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Beach
rian-Universalist Church
Unitarian Church
School Street
Pepperell Park
Saco
United Baptist Church
Jefferson Street
Jasper M. Beane
Union Church
Honey Ledge
Biddeford Pool
Stanley A Bennett
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Lottie Record
Local church services listed for Sunday across city parishes
Methodist church on Washington avenue led by Rev. Oakley FE Wood ward holds morning worship at 11 with Sunday school at 9 45. Advent Christian church on Saco avenue led by acting pastor Rev Phylis E Adams has Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston offers Sunday school at 1 30 and worship at 2 30. Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic avenue and Third street led by Rev Russell Pier conducts Sunday school at 4 and morning worship. Salvation Army at 91 Union avenue commanded by Lt Gordon Clark Jr holds Sunday school at 9 45 and Holy Holiness meeting at 11.
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Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Mormon Church Services in Saco at Faith Chapel
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds sacraments at Faith Chapel on Cleveland Street with elders residence at 54 School Street. Sacrament service is at 10 a.m. and Sunday school follows at 11 a.m.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Faith Chapel
Cleveland Street
Saco
School Street
Local churches list Sunday services in Kennebunk area
A compilation of area church notices includes Advent Christian Church Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village led by Rev Milford G Butterfield with Sunday school at 945 am and worship at 11 am plus nursery. First Unitarian Parish, Charis church, Kennebunk Baptist Church Main Street with services at 11 am and 7 pm. Christian Unity Society at 25 Summer Street offers Sunday school at 1 am and morning service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist Church led by Rev Alfred H Ives with 9 am worship and 10 am Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society Full Gospel Church with pastor Mrs Gracie Ames and Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship.
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Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Milford G. Butterfield
Unitarian Church
First
Harold Scott
Charis
Frederi Holmberg
Robert B Culmer
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Main Street
Christian Onion Society
Summer Street
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Alfred H_ Ives
Kennebunk Landing
Wells area church schedules consolidate Sunday services
Union services at First church Wells begin 10:30 a m with Sunday school. Gospel church on Route 9 A offers 2 p m Sunday school and 3 p m worship. Highpine Baptist on Sanford road hosts 1 p m Sunday school and 2 p m worship headed by Rev Wayne A Porter. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9A led by Rev Coleman York holds 9:30 a m Sunday school and 1:20 p m worship. Wells Moody Church Nazarene on S Route 1 features 10 a m Sunday school and worship with 7:30 p m evening service led by Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball.
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First and Second Congregational Churches
Wells
U. S
John N. Simpson
IGA
Lula Nicholson
Highpine Baptist Church
Sanford Road
Wayne A Porter
North Berwick
Wels
Freewill Baptist Church
Coleman York
South Berwick
Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene
S. Route 1
Nelson Kimball
Goodwins Mills church notices and schedules
Goodwins Mills Methodist church in Lyman led by Rev Norman J Langmaid holds Sunday worship and sermon at 9 30 a m with church school for all ages at 10 30 a m Advem Christian church lists Rey nord Osborne as pastor with morning worship at 11 am and Sunday school at 4 0 pm Lyman Baptist church in Goodwins Mills under Rev Sidney F Whitehouse offers Sunday school classes at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 am
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Goodwins Mills
Buxton Meeting Houses Share Clergy Morning Worship Times
Rev David W. Smith serves at two churches, with morning worship at 11 at Buxton Tory Hill Meeting House and at 9:30 at North Congregational Church in Buxton Lower Corner. The services reflect concurrent parish duties.
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Tory Hill
Buxton Lower
Old Peabody Pew Church
David W. ‘Smith
North Congregational Church
David W Smith
Village Baptist Church Service and Programs
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring hosts morning worship at 345 a.m with a supervised nursery and children's church. The church school is open to all ages led by Rev George P Urban. First Congregational Church on North Street with Robert M Howes, pastor, also listed for reference.
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Village Baptist Church
Maine
Spring Streets
George P Urban
First Congregational Church
North Street
Arundel
Robert M. Howes
Finding the Way The Spiritual Hike
The piece argues 50 mile hikes symbolize ongoing spiritual fitness rather than a one time effort Lent invites daily prayer and thoughtful practice Trueblood’s inverted hypocrisy warns against hidden virtue We are social beings who benefit from praying together and pursuing faith as a community The call is to quit talking and start walking together in pursuit of faith and patience and to avoid ungodly counsel and sin
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Elton Trueblood
Peace Corps
America
Esus
Millennium on Mount Athos Celebrations Mark 1000 Years
The Eastern Orthodox community of Mount Athos marks a millennium with a Istanbul meeting led by Patriarch Athanagoras and May events in Athens and Salonika. The Athos monastic complex, founded by Saint Athanassius in 963, now hosts about 2 000 monks across 20 monasteries with strict fasting, continuous prayer, and Greek nationality among most residents.
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Philip Dopoulos
Mount Athos
Greece
Mount, Athos
Istanbul
Athanagoras
Athens
Salonika
Mount +mang
Athos
Earth
Cape Porpoise Church Service Notice
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church in the Cape hosts morning worship led by Rev Russell J. Peppe at 10 45 am. The devotion includes hymns prayer and a sermon.
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Cape Porpoise Methodist Church
The
Cape
Russell J. Peppe
Ogunquit church services listed with pastors
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. Ogunquit Methodist church on Shore Road led by Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9 30 a m. State Police urge courtesy and obedience of the law as insurance against accidents.
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Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Paul S. Hazlett
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Shore’ Road
Thomas R. Merrill
Wells Board of Selectmen Names Officials
The Wells Board of Selectmen appointed Ellsworth Bridges as road foreman Lionel Amirault as building inspector Elaine Hotte as town health officer and Ernest Hilton to a five year Planning board term. Chamber leaders Dr Oney P Smith and Robert Wentworth reported Ronald Hanson will return to run the information booth with plans for a hired assistant later. A follow up meeting is set for March 28 at 7 30 p.m. at the town office.
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Wells Board of Selectmen
Ellsworth Bridges
Lionel Amirault
Elaine Hotte
Ernest Hilton
Wells Chamber of Commerce
Oney P. Smith
Robert Wentworth
Ronald Hanson
Eldredge Road
Route One
Selectmen
Albeo G.lapierre
Kennebunk School Menu for Park Street School Week
Monday features a hamburger patty with mashed potatoes, bread and butter, spinach, chocolate pudding and milk. Tuesday offers oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, bread and butter, cookies and milk. Wednesday serves grapefruit sections, American chop suey, rolls with butter, cheese and ice cream with milk. Thursday presents baked kidney or pea beans, coleslaw, frankfurter and roll, apricots and milk. Friday includes stuffed eggs, potato chips, carrots, bread and peanut butter, pineapple and milk.
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Park Street
Federal and High School
Beach and Elementary School Weekly Lunch Menu
Monday through Friday menus list varied meals for FEDERAL AND HIGH SCHOOL and Elementary School. Dishes include ravioli, chicken, chili con carne, soups, sandwiches, and sides with milk, fruit, and desserts. notes warn subject to change.
Classified Ads are Growing Daily
Classified ads are expanding rapidly as more readers seek community notices and small listings. The page highlights the increasing demand for affordable advertising options and local exchanges.
Engagement of Miss Blow to William Oaks Announced
Miss Katherleen A Blow daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Blow Ocean Park road Old Orchard Beach ready to wed William Oaks son of Mr and Mrs Roland Oaks 9 Hazel street Biddeford The couple plan a future date Oaks is a 1962 Biddeford High School graduate now serving in the U S Air Force at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas Blow is an Old Orchard Beach High School and Comptometer and IBM school graduate employed by Hood Ice Cream Portland Her fiancé is a 1961 Old Orchard Beach graduate currently in the Air Force at Lackland AFB Texas
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Katherleen A. Blow
Frank Blow
Ocean Park Road
Old Orchard Beach
William Oaks
Roland Oaks
Hazel Street
Biddeford
Miss Blow
Comptometer
IBM School
Portland
Hood Ice Cream Company
Biddeford High School
U. S. Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Abbott-Verville AMV Auxiliary Elects New Officers
Leona Travers is elected president of the Abbott-Verville AMV auxiliary at the Post home on Walnut street. Officers include Toni Bill senior vice president Irene McGlauflin junior vice president Joan Tenan treasurer Ellen Clark secretary Sue Brousseau sergeant at arms Irene Griffin chaplain Irene Guarino public relations and historian Claire Lariviere liaison Mary Emery parliamentarian. A Good Fellowship fund donation was approved for the convention. Plans discussed for a beauty contest for girls 17 to 26. Entries due at AMVETS hall April 18 at 8 p.m. Marie Jacques to chair March 24 card party and Jan Simpson March 31. Mystery prize won by Joan Tenan.
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Leona Travers
Abbott-Verville Amv
Post Home
Walnut Street
Toni Bill
Irene McGlauflin
Joan Tenan
Ellen Clark
Sue Brousseau
Irene Griffin
P.R.O
Irene Guarino
Claire Lariviere
Mary Emery
Good Fellowship Fund
Amvets Hall
Marie Jacques
Jan Simpson
Wells High minstrel show moved to avoid finals clash
The Senior class at Wells High School has changed the minstrel show date to Thursday March 28 at 8 p.m. in the Wells Junior High gym to avoid conflicting with the Regional State One Act Play finals in Lewiston on March 29. A dress rehearsal is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. Also noted: Highpine Chapter Order of De Molay meets Monday at 7 30 p.m. in Highpine Masonic Hall. A DeMolay Mothers circle meeting follows that evening. The American Legion post and unit will mark its 44th founding anniversary on Tuesday March 26 at 8 p.m. at the post home Eldredge Road Wells with refreshments and cake.
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Wells High School
Wells Junior High School
Lewiston
Highpine
Order of DeMolay
Highpine Masonic Hall
Aford Road
Wells
DeMolay
Masonic Hall
American Legion
Maesige
Leroy Hanson
American Legion and Auxiliary
Post
Eldredge Road
County Democrats To Meet Monday in Alfree Court House
York County Democratic Committee meets Monday night at 7 30 at the court house in Alfree. Chairman Jerome G Plante of Old Orchard Beach announces the gathering today.
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York County
Democrat Committee
Alfree
Jerome G .Plante
Old Orchard Beach
Mrs. Bergeron Hosts Stork Shower At Kennebunk Home
Raymond Bergeron was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by her mother Mrs. Beryl Garrett in Kennebunk. Co hosts included Mrs. Bonnie Garrett Mrs. Elinor Bergeron and Mrs. Charlene Doucette. Attendees listed among many friends and relatives surrounding a pink stork centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bergeron
Sharon Garrett
Beryl Garrett
Sayward Street
Kennebunk
Bonnie Garrett
Elinor Bergeron
Charlene Doucette
Berwick
Charlene Elinor Bergeron
Beryl Gar- Doucette
Wells High To Compete In Play Contest
Wells High School is among three Southern Maine schools chosen for the regional state play contest at Bates College Lewiston on March 29 after a Thursday Wells Junior High contest. Kennebunk High, Thornton Academy and Falmouth High joined Wells in regional competition. Maine finals set for Bowdoin April 13 and New England Festival at Warren Rhode Island April 26 27.
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Wells High School
Maine
Wells Junior High
Bates College
Lewiston
Scarborough High School
Falmouth
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Warren
R.I
Wells
Kennebunk High School
Thornton Academy
Saco
Bonny Eagle High School
Buxton
Wells High
Portland Lyric Theater
Southern Maine
Marina
Anton Tchekoff
Uel French
Fisher
Iss Elizabeth Snow
WHS
Robert Saunders
Barbara Pisaruk
Kenney Bassett
Carol Hanson
Kennebunk High
J.M. Barrie
Samuel French
John Anagnostis
Paula Genthner
Sue Brooks
Ellen Warfe
Challis
Mike Condon
Od Dudley Swetland
Walter Hackett
Baker's Plays
Paul W. Staples
Jeff, Foster
Joanne Karronides
John Soucy
Mary Reilly
Dennis McNabb
Paula Benoit
Robert Skidgel
Kermit Lane
Benny Eaglehigh
Spider's Web
Arnold Helsby
Baker
Lillian Jackson
Harry Hanscom
Marie Ward
Peter Wigley
Thomas Schofield
Katherine Dyer
Tips For Teens By Elinor Williams
Advice column covers teen dating limits and party etiquette. Readers seek guidance on finances for outings and hosting parties. Answers emphasize paying when possible, arranging solo dates, and inviting known peers with parental awareness to ensure safe gatherings.
BOV Class At Kennebunk Plans Rummage Sale
The BOV class of the Kennebunk Baptist Church met with President Miss Martha Bragdon presiding. Members voted to buy a plant for Easter and will meet April 18 to prepare for a rummage sale the next day at the church.
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Ken‘nebunk Baptist Church
Martha Bragdon
Louise Marsh
Ruth Chappell
Clythro Staples
Marion Cousens
Gladys Anderson
Lillian Clark
Harriet Freeman
Anderson
Myrtle’ Benson
Chappell
Bragdon
Lilliam Clark
Cousens
Genevieve Currier
Fannie Furbish
Alice Hancock
Marsh
Louise Nichols
Agnes Simpson
Alan Tomlinson
Park Street School Spring Program and Kennebunk High Fashion Show
Park Street School hosts an annual Spring program on Thursday March 28 at 7 30 p m in Kennebunk High gym featuring the school band majorettes glee club tumbling team and a lighting effect number Proceeds support library music and athletic needs The Tri Hi Y at Kennebunk High plans a World Service fashion show at 730 p m on Wednesday March 27 in the high school auditorium led by Mrs Mary Huff and Miss Carol Taylor with committee chairs and a slate of models Includes Miss Sue Perry Ellen Groneng Margaret Challis and others An Independent Service Club meeting was held at Cape Porpoise hosted by Mrs Gordon Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street School
Kennebunk High School
Alexander Economos
Glee Club
Eunice Fitton
Joseph Bragitano
Leo Martin
Charles Wormwood
Tri-Hi-Y
Weseeaney
Mary Huff
Carol Taylor
Ellen Pfeiffer
Sue Perry
Diana Shaw
Ellen Groneng
Margaret Challis
Susan Pitman
Andrea Jennison
Margaret Bouchard
Andrea Peterson
Ellen Warren
Independent Service Club
Gordon Hutchins
Cape Porpoise
Dis
Square Dances Rule New England Social Scene
In Massachusetts square dance culture thrives with an estimated 400 000 dancers, led by Bridgewater’s Square Acres the world’s largest barn housing 600 dancers weekly. Dozens of clubs multiply as callers adapt to modern lingo and the region shows strong activity across New England.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Bay State
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Bridgewater
Mass
Massachuetts
Maine University Receives 1800 Dollar Summer Grant
The University of Maine earned a summer research grant of 1800 dollars from E I DuPont de Nemours and Company announced by President Lloyd Elliott. Funds support a chemical engineering faculty member during summer 1963, partly as salary and partly for supplies. applicants must be early in their careers with high research and teaching promise, and 12 month appointees are ineligible.
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