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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1963
Page
3
Church listings across Saco area detail pastors and Mass times for St Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity Old Orchard Beach St Margaret Kennebunkport Kennebunk Wells and local religious organizations. Congregational Baptist Unitarian churches also noted with service times and school plans.
The document lists winter and Sunday schedules for Episcopal churches including Christ Church Biddeford Trinity Church Saco St David York Harbor and St John Old Orchard Beach. Rev T S Knox Rev Harold A Hopkins Rev Harold McElwain lead Holy Communion sermons and church school at various times with nursery care available in parish halls.
Directory style note lists Biddeford churches with addresses and pastors. Biddeford United Church of Christ on Crescent Street with Rev David E Wigley holds morning worship at 10 3, church school at 10 30. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox on Adams Street with Rev Alex Xanthakis schedule includes Matins 10, Liturgy 10 45. South Biddeford Methodist midway between downtown and beach, Rev C Joseph Ingraham, services holy worship and Sunday School at 9 30, first Sunday Holy Communion. First Universalist on Cit Square led by Rev Edmund W Beal with 10 45 service Sundays first, third and fifth months September to June, UU school on School Street Pepperell Park Saco at 9 30. United Baptist on Jefferson Street with Rev Jasper M Beane, Sunday School 9 45, worship 11 and 7 30 pm. Advent Christian at Hill and Chapel with Rev Lottie Record, worship 10 30 and Sunday school 11 45. Foss Street Methodist at Foss and Looil Streets with Rev C Joseph Ingraham, worship and Sunday School 11, Holy Communion first Sunday monthly.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman with Rev Norman J Langmaid holds Sunday worship and sermon at 9 30 am. Church school for all ages begins at 10 30 am. Advent Christian church led by Rev Mathew Farnum schedules morning worship at 10 am with Sunday school at 11 and evening service at 8. Lyman Baptist with Rev Sidney F Whitehouse offers Sunday school at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban offers church school for all ages at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11 with supervised nursery and children's church. First and South Congregational churches on North and Temple streets are led by Robert M Howes with morning worship.
In Kennebunk Lower Village and surrounding areas several churches announce their Sunday schedules. Advent Christian Church lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with a nursery available. First Unitarian Church notes morning worship and church school at 11. Christchurch presents services at 9 30 and 11 with pastors Frederic Holmberg and Robert Culmer. Kennebunk Baptist Church hosts worship at 11 a m and 7 p m led by Rev. Chester M Staples. Christian Science Society holds Sunday school at 9 a m and morning service at 11 a m. West Kennebunk Methodist Church offers worship at 9 a m with Sunday school at 10 a m led by Rev. Alfred H Ives. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society, led by Mrs Gracie Ames, schedules Sunday school at 10 3 a m and worship at 11 a m.
Sunday worship times are listed for Methodist Church on Washington Avenue led by Rev Gilbert W Sirotti with 11 am service and 9:45 am Sunday school. Advent Christian Church on Saco Avenue led by Rev Phylis E Adams with 9:45 am classes and 11 am service. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with 1:30 pm Sunday school and 2:30 pm worship. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street with morning worship and 11:30 am junior church. Salvation Army at 91 Union Avenue commands Holiness meeting at 11 am and Sunday school at 9:45 am alongside salvation meeting.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev John W Dow offers morning worship at 11 am. Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9 30 am.
Buxton hosts two congregations led by Rev David W Smith. The Tory Hill Meeting House at Lower Corner holds morning worship at 11, while the North Congregational Church conducts services at 9 30 with the same pastor.
The Congregational Church of Wells on Route 1 led by Rev. John N. Simpson holds services at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at the same hour in the First Church building near Wells Beach. Full Gospel Church on Route 9-A near Route 109, Wells with Rev Lula Nicholson offers Sunday School at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m. Highpine Baptist Church on Sanford Road, led by Rev Wayne A Porter, has Sunday School at 1 p.m. and worship at 2 p.m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist Church on Route 9A between Kennebunk and Wells, Rev. Raymond B. Starbird, holds Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. The Moody Church of the Nazarene on U.S. Route 1 under Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Kimball offers Sunday School and worship at 10 a.m. with Sunday evening service at 7:30.
Morning worship service at 10 45 am at Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape led by Pepper minister Revy Russelll is announced.
This piece frames Thanksgiving as grace, awareness, vocation, and involvement. It weaves quotes from St Paul, Jesse Stuart, Emily Dickinson, Paul Tillich, and ancient scripture to trace gratitude as a measure of greatness, belonging, social duty, and joy amid difficulties.
Rev. C. W. Parnell, pastor of Johannesburg Baptist Church, reports while in the United States he found little overt anti Negro sentiment. He observed Americans seeking integration and noted segregation protests tended to be principled rather than harsh. He cited Nashville restaurants where Negroes faced no demonstrations, concluding many prefer equal treatment and gradual change. His reflections appeared in the Johannesburg Scar.
Mormon Church services are held at Faith chapel on Cleveland street in Saco with elders residence at 54 School street. Sacrament service begins at 10 a.m. and Sunday school classes at 11 a.m.
A program of music activities was presented by the pupils of Cousens School and accompanied on the piano by Miss Eunice Fitton, music instructor, whose classes teach these activities.
Kennebunkport Athletic Boosters Club meeting at Kennebunk High School drew about 25 attendees. Plans to repair current outdoor bleachers and assess the cost of new ones were discussed with involvement from local businessmen.
John Lloyd recalls Moscow when he was posted in the 1930s and returns to find a city of six million, vast apartment blocks, rapid building, crowded heat and plumbing, drab dress, and a mix of fear that has softened but still lingers. Traffic is tight, two TV channels exist, and Kremlin gates no longer deter visitors.
Dear Abby column features letters about a man fueling a crush after a delivery mix up, a church wedding music debate, a friend with unruly children, and a letter advising a abused spouse to seek help. The page closes with instructions for a personal reply via Abby.
A surprise bridal shower for Miss Reina Picard of 5 Buckley Court Biddeford preceded her November 30 wedding to Edward Kelly at St Josephs Parish Hall Green Street Biddeford. Guests included many Picard relatives and friends. refreshments were provided by Mrs Deprey Montpas Thibodeau and Lemay.
Robert L. Bowie headmaster of Thornton Academy announced a public exhibition of Maine artists on loan from the University of Maine to be viewed at 2 30 Monday in the Thornton library. Included artists Roger Deering William Fisher Kennebunkport Robert Laurent Cape Nedick Edna Perkins Kennebunk Beach Chris Ritter Ogunquit Jessie B Trefethen Port and William Zorach and William Grant Sherry both nationally known.
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