AUGUSTA — St. Mark’s Episcopal Church members joined worship, 9 a.m. Sundays, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 209 Eastern Ave. St. Mark’s missions to remain at 9 Summer St.
BANGOR — Program of monologues and hymns presented by Bangor First United Methodist Church in conjunction with Grace United Methodist Church, 6 p.m. Friday, April 3, First United Methodist, 703 Essex St. fumcbangor.org. 945-9567.
BANGOR — Congregation Beth El’s annual community Passover Seder, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, Bangor Masonic Center/Wellman Commons, 294 Union St. Doors open 5 p.m. New menu. Bring dessert to share if you wish. Afikomen Hunt with prizes. $20 for members 13 and older; $15 for members under 12, add $5 for nonmembers. Deadline for reservations is March 27. 945-4578.
BANGOR — Yom Hashoah Program commemorating 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz, 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, Beth Israel Synagogue, 144 York St. Helen Lyon will tell the story of her mother, Marie Edelsbourgh, a Polish resistance fighter who disguised herself as a Christian; and Barbara Schwartz will tell the story of her father, Peter Schwartz, who was rescued by Raoul Wallenberg only to be recaptured and then to escape a second time. There will be video clips of the parents telling some of their own stories.
BANGOR — City Reach Celebration services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, April 5, City Reach Bangor, 127 Hammond St. Celebrate Resurrection Sunday with games, fellowship and worship, including recognition of the church’s one-year anniversary at the evening service, at the church’s new location. 631-8174.
BANGOR — Rummage sale, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 25, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St., behind John Bapst Memorial High School. Proceeds go to the church budget, mission and outreach projects. Donations welcome. 947-0156.
BANGOR — Holy Week: Palm Sunday, 10 a.m. March 29; Maundy Thursday Holy Communion, 7:30 p.m. April 2; Holy Saturday Taize service, 7 p.m. April 4; Easter service, 10 a.m. April 5; All Souls Congregational Church, 10 Broadway. 942-7354.
BANGOR — Palm Sunday, 10 a.m. March 29; Holy Eucharist, 7:30 a.m. Monday-Wednesday, March 30-April 1; children’s Maundy Thursday, 5:30 p.m. April 2, families should contribute to meal and bring plant, flower or natural object for garden, and Easter Bunny expected; regular Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m. April 2; Good Friday, noon-3 p.m. April 3, The Way of the Cross; Holy Saturday prayer, 9 a.m., and music, 7 p.m. April 4; Easter service, 8 and 10 a.m. April 5, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St. 947-0156.
BANGOR — Bangor Community Chorus, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. New members welcome. If you enjoy singing, come.
BANGOR — Betsy Kobayashi, founder of Pineland Suzuki School in Manchester, will bring Hallelujah String Quartet to Bangor for a performance of Joseph Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 3, Columbia Street Baptist Church, 63 Columbia St. Free, but a good-will offering will be taken. 945-6616.
BANGOR — Sermon “Discovering Life’s Sacredness with Rumi” by the Rev. Arthur Vaeni, 10 a.m. Sunday, March 29, Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, 120 Park St. uubangor.org. 947-7009.
BANGOR — Kids Bible Club, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Glad Tidings Church, 1033 Broadway. For kindergarteners through eighth-graders. Choose from sports or crafts, followed by Bible time and light meal. Facebook.com/gtcbangor. 947-0324, ext. 15.
BANGOR — Free community meal, 12:30 p.m. Sundays, Columbia Street Baptist Church, 63 Columbia St. 945-6616.
BANGOR — Easter carnival for children ages 5-12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Bangor Baptist Church, 1476 Broadway. Free games, prizes, food and candy.
BELFAST — Free community supper, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 4, Belfast United Methodist Church, 23 Mill Lane.
BELFAST — Belfast Area Friends Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), silent, unprogrammed Meeting for Worship, 11 a.m. Sundays, The Lounge at First Baptist Church, 95 High St. Take the path through the Peace Garden to enter the Friends’ worship space. Handicapped-accessible. Child care available. 338-3080 or 930-3518.
BLUE HILL — Easter sunrise service, 6 a.m. April 5, First Baptist Church, led by the Rev. Deborah Breault, interim minister of First Congregational Church; Easter family worship, 10 a.m., followed by Easter egg hunt outside, weather permitting, First Congregational Church, 22 Tenney Hill Road. 374-2891 or 374-2892.
BLUE HILL — Simmering Pot free community meals, 2:30-6 p.m. Mondays, First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, 22 Tenney Hill. Eat in or take out. Worship services, 10 a.m. Sundays. Donations accepted. 374-2891.
BLUE HILL — Open Mind: Sacred Scriptures from Around the World, 4:30-6 p.m. Sundays, First Congregational Church, 22 Tenney Hill. Group is reading “Sayings of Jesus.” Bring a Bible, although extra copies available. For information, call Sonia Turanski at 266-9530, email turanski123@gmail.com, call the church at 374-2891, email bhcongo@yahoo.com or visit the group’s Facebook page.
BREWER — The fourth annual Way of the Cross community procession sponsored by St. Paul the Apostle Parish, 1 p.m. Palm Sunday, March 29, departing from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 531 North Main St., and concluding at St. John’s Catholic Church, 217 York St., Bangor. The living re-enactment of the 14 Stations of the Cross, a 1.6-mile route, will be highlighted by prayer, music and dramatization. Shuttle service is available from St. John’s parking lot back to Brewer. www.wayofthecross.info.
BREWER — Palm Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. March 29; Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. April 2; 6 a.m. Easter sunrise service, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Easter services, April 5, First Congregational Church of Brewer, UCC, 35 Church St. 989-7350.
BREWER — Holy Week: Palm Sunday parade, Gospel Passion, 10 a.m. March 29; Maundy Thursday Agape-Passover meal and stripping of the altar, 6 p.m. April 2; Good Friday, candlelight and meditation of the cross, 7 p.m. April 3; Easter Vigil with fire, water and bells (bring one to ring), 7 p.m. April 4; Easter Day Festival Eucharist, 10 a.m. April 5; St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, corner of North Main and Holyoke streets.
BROWNVILLE — Holy Week services, 9 a.m. Palm Sunday, March 29; 6 p.m. Maundy Thursday, April 2; noon-3 p.m. Good Friday Labyrinth, April 3; 9 a.m. Easter Sunday service, April 5; Brownville Community Church, 84 Church St.
BUCKSPORT — Holy Week at Elm Street Congregational Church, 31 Elm St.: 10 a.m. Palm Sunday, March 29; 5:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday supper and service, April 2; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Good Friday silent prayer and meditation, April 3; 6 a.m. Easter sunrise service, April 5, Fort Knox in Prospect; 10 a.m. Easter service, April 5, at Elm Street. 469-3333.
BUCKSPORT — Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2; Stations of the Cross, 5 p.m., and Good Friday service, 6 p.m. April 3; Easter service, April 5; St. Vincent de Paul, 60 Franklin St. 469-3322.
BUCKSPORT — Holy Thursday communion, 6 p.m. April 2; potluck fellowship prayer breakfast, 9 a.m. April 4; and Easter service, 9 a.m. April 5; Franklin Street United Methodist Church. Good Friday “Lovelight” service, 6 p.m. April 3 and 10:30 a.m. April 5, North Bucksport United Methodist Church. Easter service, 10:30 a.m. April 5, East Bucksport United Methodist Church. Easter sunrise service “Celebrate the Light” for the United Methodist Churches of Bucksport, 6 p.m. April 5, outdoors weather permitting at East Bucksport United Methodist Church, Church Road off Route 46. Anyone interested in becoming a member or being baptized on Easter, call the Rev. Peter Remick at 974-6386.
CALAIS — Students and adults from St. Stephen’s University in New Brunswick, St. Stephen and Holy Rosary Churches of New Brunswick, First Congregational Church in Calais, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Calais, and all the churches comprising St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, which are Immaculate Conception Church, Calais; St. Ann Church, Perry; St. Ann Church, Indian Township; St. James the Greater Church, Baileyville; St. John the Evangelist Church, Pembroke; and St. Joseph Church, Eastport, will participate in a presentation of “The Lord’s Passion Journey,” 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29, east end of Main Street, stopping at First Congregational Church, 21 Calais Ave., before concluding at Immaculate Conception Church, 31 Calais Ave. Calais Motor Inn at 663 Main St. has agreed to allow participants to park there. For information, call St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish at 454-0680.
CAMDEN — Maundy Thursday Tenebrae supper and service, 6:30 p.m. April 2; Easter sunrise service, 6 a.m. April 5; Camden Yacht Club, led by the Rev. Kevin Pleas. Traditional Easter service, 9:30 a.m. April 5, followed by children’s Easter egg hunt, First Congregational Church of Camden, 55 Elm St. 236-4821.
CAMDEN — Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. April 2; Easter sunrise service, 6 a.m. April 5, Mount Battie, Camden Hills State Park, followed by breakfast, 7 a.m., Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. and Easter service, 10:45 a.m. April 5, Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St.
CAMDEN — Coffee and Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:45 a.m. Sundays; prayer, 7:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; devotion and prayer gathering, 7 p.m. Wednesdays; men’s group, 7-9 a.m. Saturdays, Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St. 236-2195. For questions on men’s group, call Brian Vanden Brink at 236-3922.
CAMDEN — Testimony meetings, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Sunday service, 10-11 a.m.; Sunday school for up to age 20, 10-11 a.m.; Christian Science Reading Room, 1 Central St., open to listen to chats, lectures and read inspirational magazines, noon-3 p.m Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Men’s group, 7-9 a.m. Saturdays, second-floor high school classroom. cscamden.org. 236-4040.
CASTINE — Liturgy of the Palms and the Holy Eucharist with the Rev. Emily Blair Stribling, celebrant and preacher, 9 a.m. Sunday, March 29, Trinity Episcopal Church, 150 Perkins St. Church school, 9 a.m. Holy Week: 5 p.m. Maundy Thursday with the Rev. Richard Armstrong, April 2; Good Friday with the Rev. Canon Ian L. Bockus and the Rev. Tim Hall, noon April 3; Easter service with the Rev. Emily Blair Stribling, 9 a.m. April 5.
CASTINE — Sermon “A Maple Syrup Communion” on natural resurrection, by the Rev. Charles J. Stephens, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 29, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine Meeting House. Refreshments. For information, call 326-9083 or email minister@uucastine.org or office@uucastine.org.
CASTINE — Sermon “Triumphal Entry” by the Rev. Tim Hall, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 29, Trinitarian Congregational Parish of Castine, 68 Main St. Special offering for the Deacons Fund. Refreshments in the fellowship hall. Holy Week: Maundy Thursday service of communion and Tenebrae, 7 p.m. April 2; Ecumenical Good Friday service, noon April 3, Trinity Episcopal Church; individual meditation on the cross, noon-3 p.m. April 3, Trinitarian Congregational; sunrise Easter service, 5:30 a.m. April 5, Castine waterfront next to Wilson Museum; regular Easter service, 9:30 a.m. April 5, at the church. tcpoc.org. 326-9486.
CASTINE — Easter service, 12:30 p.m. April 5, Our Lady of Holy Hope, 137 Perkins St. 469-3322.
CLIFTON — Lenten services, noon Wednesdays, Clifton United Baptist Church, 742 Airline Road, culminating in Easter Sunday, April 5. For information, call the Rev. John P. Walsh at 843-5441.
CORINTH — Holy Week: 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday and 6 p.m. Evening of Praise, March 29; 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 3; sunrise service, 6:15 a.m. April 5, behind Central Middle School; Resurrection celebration, 10:30 a.m. April 5, at the church; Easter cantata “Easter Song,” 10:30 a.m. April 12, Corinth United Methodist Church, 275 Main St. 285-3557.
DEXTER — Highlands Classical Trio, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 12, Dexter Baptist Church, 5 Main St. 924-7167.
EDDINGTON — Holy Week: Maundy Thursday foot-washing, 7 p.m. April 2; Good Friday, 7 p.m. April 3; Sunrise service, 7:30 a.m. April 5, Salmon Club, Eddington; Easter breakfast, 8:30 a.m. at the church, followed by Easter egg hunt for preschool children through teens; 10 a.m. Easter worship service, April 5, North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church, 31 Main Road. 989-4715.
ELIOT — United Methodist Army available with more than 50 college students, able to use power tools and willing to take on repair or yard projects, May 31-June 6, through Eliot United Methodist Church, 238 Dow Highway, Route 236. Free. Homeowners in Eliot, Kittery or South Berwick eligible. No specific age or financial requirements. Coordinators to make a site visit April 19 to meet clients and prioritize projects. Client referral forms available at the church. For information, email host church coordinators Jon Green at wallagrass@comcast.net or Bill Gilber at wkgilb21@aol.com.
ELLSWORTH — Easter vigil, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 4, St. Joseph Catholic Church, 231 Main St. 667-2342.
ELLSWORTH — Monthly meeting Downeast Humanists and Freethinkers, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, upstairs Maine Grind, Main Street. Discussion topic: “Atheist ‘Churches,’ Humanist Chaplains, and The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.” www.meetup.com/DowneastHumanistsandFreethinkers.
ELLSWORTH — Saturday Sanctuary sessions explore faith, religion and spirituality, 4:30-6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 175 Downeast Highway. Supper is potluck with a theme. Topic and menu posted on standrewme.org and on Facebook usually the Wednesday before. No alcohol or tobacco allowed. For information, call 667-7641.
FRANKFORT — Palm Sunday, 9 a.m. March 29; Maundy Thursday, 6 p.m. April 2; Good Friday silent meditation, noon- 3 p.m. April 3, Frankfort Congregational Church, Main Road; sunrise service, April 5, across from Mount Waldo Park at Freedom Motors on Main Road, followed by breakfast at the church; Easter worship, 9 a.m. April 5, at the church.
GLENBURN — Special healing service, 10-11 a.m Saturday, March 28, Glenburn Evangelical Covenant Church, 911 Hudson Road. For information, call Pastor Jack Dowling at 478-9916.
GUILFORD — Food cupboard, 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesdays, Guilford United Methodist Church, 3 School St., for the communities of Elliotsville, Willimantic, Blanchard, Abbot, Guilford, Sangerville, Parkman, Wellington and Cambridge.
GUILFORD — Holy Week services at Guilford United Methodist Church, 3 School St.: 10 a.m. Palm Sunday, March 29; 6 p.m. Holy Thursday, April 2; 6:30 p.m. Holy Friday, April 3; sunrise Easter service, 6:30 a.m. April 5, at the church parsonage in Abbot across from Wagon Wheel Restaurant on Route 15 followed by breakfast at the church fellowship hall in Guilford; regular Easter service, 10 a.m. April 5, at the church.
HANCOCK — Holy Week: Maundy Thursday with communion, 7 p.m. April 2; Easter sunrise service, 6:30 a.m. April 5, Tidal Falls; Easter fellowship breakfast, 7 a.m., Easter worship, 10 a.m. April 5, Union Congregational Church of Hancock, 1368 Route 1. 422-3100.
HOWLAND — Food and clothing pantry, 7-11 a.m. Thursdays, Howland United Methodist Church, 23 Coffin St. For information, call 862-4281.
HOWLAND — Exodus Bible study, 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays; lunch $4, 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays; worship, 9-10 a.m. Sundays, Howland United Methodist Church, 23 Coffin St. 862-4281.
LIMERICK — Regular services by Pastor John Short Jr., 10 a.m. Sundays, Maine Life Gate Christian Church, 3 Foss Road. Saturday service, 6 p.m. Sermons posted at Facebook.com/MaineLifeGateChristianChurch. For information, call 793-2610 or email info@mlgchurch.com.
LINCOLN — Acts Bible study, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays; free community suppers, 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m., social hour, 10-10:45 a.m., followed by worship, 11 a.m. Sundays; informal contemporary evening worship, 6-7 p.m. Sundays, First United Methodist Church, 8 Lee Road. Barbara Dicker is worship leader. For information, call Pastor Cheryl Stratton at 794-8443.
LINCOLNVILLE — Monthly Sunday Series with the Rev. Kate Braestrup, 9:30 a.m. services, March 29, April 19, May 24, June 21, United Christian Church, 18 Searsmont Road, Route 173. For information, visit KateBraestrup.com or ucclincolnville.com, or call Susan Silverio at 763-4652.
MILFORD — Holy Week: Palm Sunday, 9 a.m. March 29, followed by spring breakfast; Maundy Thursday service beginning with potluck meal, 6 p.m. April 2; Easter service, 9 a.m. April 5, Milford Congregational Church, 126 Main St.
NORTHPORT — Mediums, healers and vendors with spiritual items, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 13, Temple Heights Spiritual Camp, 7 Park St. Free events for children include an egg hunt and face painting. Raffles and refreshments. www.TempleHeightsCamp.Org. TempleHeights@gmail.com.
OLD TOWN — Holy Week Services at St. James’ Episcopal Church, corner of Main and Center streets, 10 a.m. Palm Sunday, March 29; 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday, April 2; 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 3; 10 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 5.
ORRINGTON — East Orrington Congregational Church, 38 Johnson Mill Road, open for Good Friday prayer vigil, 6 a.m.-3 p.m. April 3.
ORONO — Holy Week: Maundy Thursday Gathering Place with potluck supper, 6 p.m. April 2; Good Friday Tenebrae service, 7 p.m. April 3; Easter sunrise service, 6:30 a.m. April 5, Penobscot Valley Country Club; Easter breakfast, 7:15 a.m., worship service, 10:15 a.m. April 5, Church of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main St.
PITTSFIELD — Highlands Classical Trio, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, Pittsfield Baptist Church, 245 Main St. 487-5075.
PORTLAND — Women of the Word intergenerational and interdenominational Christian women’s conference titled “Grace and Truth,” Friday-Sunday, April 10-12, DoubleTree Hotel near the Maine Mall. Dance presentations by Maine-area women. To register, visit www.women-of-the-word.net or call 413-525-1804. Registration $85. Casual dress. No child care.
PORTLAND — Clergy from Catholic and other Christian churches will gather at noon Holy Thursday, April 2, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress St., for an ecumenical washing-of-the-feet ceremony. All are welcome.
ROCKLAND — Free community Easter dinner put on by Adas Yoshuron Synagogue of Rockland and food donated by many area restaurants and businesses, 1 p.m. April 5, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 11 White St. Synagogue looking for volunteers to help with the meal by calling 594-4523 or emailing info@adasyoshuron.org.
SEARSPORT — Lenten quiet reflection and prayer, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, First Congregational Church, 8 Church St. The sanctuary will have candlelight and music, interspersed with words of love and prayer from the Rev. Deb Arnold. For information, call 548-0327, email pastordebarnold@yahoo.com or visit searsportfcchurch.org.
STONINGTON — Good Friday service, noon April 3; Easter service, 8 a.m. April 5, St. Mary Star of the Sea, 8 Granite St. 469-3322.
WINTERPORT — Sunrise service, 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 5, at Oak Hill, near the corner of Boston Road and Route 69, led by Aaron Martin of Winterport Baptist Church. 223-4751.
WINTERPORT — Sunrise service, 6:30 a.m., Blueberry Hill, free breakfast after service; Easter egg hunt, 8 a.m., Easter service, 8:30 a.m., April 5, Ellingwoods Corner Methodist Church, 790 Lebanon Road, Route 69 and Monroe Road.