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"Safe Passage" Conversation - Rosie, Anna, Ed, Shirley
CHIP Day 2019 - David + Bob + Zach
Haggett Window Has Returned - Repaired & Rejuvenated!
Haggett Window Has Returned - Repaired & Rejuvenated!
Haiti Youth Choir Dinner
Haiti Youth Choir Dinner
Celebrating the Organ - 8-25-2019
Creation Series 7/21/2019
Basking Ridge Workcampers 2019
Ecumenical Gathering 6/20/19 - Plan assistance for asylum seekers in Portland Maine
Ecumenical Groups Honored by Midcoast United Way
Celebration for LA Grads: Katie Haoran Jemma
Robert Breckenridge 1st Year Class in Luanshya 2Feb2019
175th Anniversary Series - Celebrating Our Pastors 11/25/2018
Sentence Sermon
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” John 8:12
Recent Sermons
- 8/4/2019 Communion With God August 4, 2019
- 5/26/2019 These Times Are Really Something May 26, 2019
- 3/3/2019 Set the World on Fire March 3, 2019
- 2/24/2019 Let God’s Light Shine Through February 24, 2019
Sermon Archives
Worship Service ─ Sundays at 10:00 AM
We hope that you’ll join us for worship at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday Mornings and stay for a social time afterward in our Fellowship Hall.
Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month. All are welcome to participate in this sacrament.
Nursery care is available every Sunday, and Sunday School is offered every Sunday during the school year.
Videos of Church Events
MUSIC FROM EASTER SUNDAY ~ APRIL 21, 2019 : The Tower Ringers handbell choir and the Chancel Choir offered this music during the Easter Sunday worship service at the Second Congregational Church, UCC, in Newcastle, Maine. Jane Wilmot is the Minister of Music at the church and directs both choirs. Rev. Charlene C. Corbett is the pastor. Turn on your speakers. Enjoy.
SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH – CELEBRATING 175 YEARS – 2018 Year-in-Review
Enjoy this slide show of various events that took place during 2018. The slides were shown during worship on February 24, 2019. Thanks go to numerous shutterbugs for capturing the images, and to Hannah McGhee for bringing it all together. Turn on your speakers, sit back and enjoy!
SINGERS AND DINGERS ENJOY A VALENTINES DAY PARTY: Members of the Chancel Choir and the Handbell Choir took time between rehearsals on Thursday for a little Valentine’s Day Fun. Jane Wilmot choreographed the gathering … and was surprised by a Singing Valentine delivered by a quartet from the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus. Not to be outdone, an impromptu “Singers & Dingers Accidental Quartet” also provided some musical entertainment.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Day Community Worship 1/21/2019 – video of service
2017 YEAR IN REVIEW: Here is the slide show that was shown during worship on January 28, 2018 ─ the year 2017 in review. Enjoy!
2016 YEAR IN REVIEW: Here is the slide show that was shown January 29, 2017 ─ the year 2016 in review.
News & Events ─ Coming Up
THIS SUNDAY, 10/13, we will observe the 18th Sunday after Pentecost. We also will have our annual opportunity to support the annual special UCC Offering “Neighbors in Need”. The cover of this Sunday’s Bulletin is a logo “Love Of Children”, which is the focus of the Neighbors in Need offering this year.
Peter Asche will provide our organ and keyboard music support this Sunday, and he also will direct the choir. Janet Wynne will read our Scripture passages: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 & Luke 17:11-19 . Pastor Char will share her sermon, “Between Places”.
Janie Hartman and Nancy Aho will be our greeters in the Sanctuary and John Merrill will greet at the elevator. Paula Christensen and Jack Banta will be our ushers.
THIS YEAR, NEIGHBORS IN NEED is giving special consideration to projects focusing on serving the needs of children in our communities. For more information and/or to donate online, please visit https://www.ucc.org/nin .
NEW PEW BROCHURES: Look for a recently updated brochure (graphics, pictures and contact information) in your pews. And give thanks to Hannah McGhee for her efforts.
JOHN ANDREWS OUTREACH FUND 2019: The application period for grants to be disbursed in 2019 closed as of 7/15/2019. Awards will be announced in the Fall.
Please visit our Outreach page for complete information about the Fund and the application process.