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This Cumberland church takes pride in its role in LGBTQ+ history
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1007+ words) 25 years ago, the congregation voted to embrace everyone who came through its doors....
Celebrate Maine's own "Holy Woman' this May | Opinion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (19+ words) Frances Perkins' faith in God inspired her longtime public service and was a source of strength throughout her life....
Southern Maine pastor detained by ICE, leaving a hole in his church community
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (961+ words) WINDHAM " In the days since Rufino Beca was detained by immigration agents, congregants have still been flocking to his house. His Windham home is like an extension of the church community he has built, said his daughter, 25-year-old Eliana Beca....
Here's why a 175-year-old Portland chapel was demolished
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (625+ words) Rain poured from dark clouds last Friday as an excavator tore through a Portland chapel that had stood for nearly 175 years. By Easter Sunday, it was a pile of rubble. Camelia Babson-Haley, executive director of the nonprofit Youth and Family…...
Maine's Irish, Jewish communities unite for Shalom & Shamrocks dinner
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (69+ words) The Portland Press Herald You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It…...
Recent op-ed will have resonated with many Christians | Letter
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (295+ words) Maine's top source for news and information. You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles…...
The Rev. John Allen of First Parish Church suggests we take another road | Column
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (557+ words) We are on a certain road right now. A road of escalating confrontation and animus that seems clear to me is leading to nowhere good. A road that is asking us to turn toward our neighbors in suspicion instead of…...
Maine is one of the least religious states in the country. Here's what the data shows
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1083+ words) In 2021, a year after moving back to Maine, Dover-Foxcroft resident Camilla Norsworthy went to get a massage. Norsworthy grew up as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but never felt connected to the Mormon faith....
The preacher who became a Midcoast legend | Column
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (728+ words) He was a minister, author, and much-beloved personality, who soon became one of the best-known American legends of Harpswell. Elijah Kellogg Jr. was born in Portland on May 20, 1813, to Elijah and Eunice Mc Lellan Kellogg. The elder Kellogg was a…...
Maine's first Mormon temple to be built in Portland, church says
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (606+ words) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced plans to build a Portland temple that will be its first in Maine, a milestone for the church's more than 11, 000 members in the state. The church, widely known as the…...