207 348-6602 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m. Zoom available.
207 348-6602 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m. Zoom available.
What is happening at DISCC this week
Worship Recording from October 25
Dear Church Family:
We had a great start to our fall season of community suppers on October 18. This update is from Sue Bayley.
We served close to 80 people, and 5 folks took food home. A grand success! It was a full FH, lots of new people, good food, lots of conversations, and thanks to Rosie’s trivia many got to know each other! Many stayed to talk after the meal which is one of the best signs that people enjoyed being there; and that is the whole idea anyway.
We raised $1219 for the Island Food Pantry. They were so appreciative of the supper, fundraiser and just enjoying eating out and being together. Many of them have been working for IFP for decades…all good friends. There were 8 members of their Board in attendance. That is fabulous.
Many thanks to the following:
Rosie and Vaughn for cooking, slicing and plating the hams, Rosie for bringing all the gourds for the tables, fall napkins, bowls and creating, distributing the trivia sheets and handing out prizes!!! And thanks Rose for inviting Minn and her family, too…good to have Boston gals around!!! The Scotts, Sue B., Carol Walsh, Vickie H. and Lynne made the macaroni and cheese…all gone!. Great variety and served hot! Lanny brought all the green beans and they were all gone, too! Rosie steamed them…worked out well. Thanks, Lanny, for bringing your friends! Karen created all the flyers, made sure supper was advertised in the paper and brought all the Hawaiian rolls…all gone! And she lent a hand in the kitchen all night. AND she took pictures for us!!!
Susan Greenlaw set the tables, helped out in the kitchen…generally does it all. AND she brought 4 gallons of vanilla ice cream…that was all gone! Janet Rice, the Scotts, Anne Douglass, Jean V., and Dave Bayley made apple crisps… were all different, delish and so good with the ice cream. Lynne, Tim and Jack did the cleanup, washed and dried dishes, loaded and unloaded the dishwasher, etc. Lynne washed a LOT of dishes!!! Many helped them put away dishes, and cleared tables. Mitike and Gavin were our seasoned young helpers and did pretty much everything, when, where, whatever was needed. We were very tired afterwards but it is soooo fun to see so many having a good time and makes it all worth it!
In other news, this Thursday will be our last (for a while) stand out for peace. However, we will gather at 11 am on Tuesday November 3 to bear witness for a peaceful election. We will not be advocating for any particular candidates, but sharing a message of love and community.
The Island Heating Assistance Program has begun its 2026/2027 season. In its first 10 days we have filled over 30 requests for fuel assistance. Donations are coming in, and many are giving more than they gave last year. On that important topic, The Maine Monitor recently reported that more money was spent for 23 negative ads in the Maine senate race than is available for heating assistance in the state. There will be roughly $46 million in federal funds available for heating aid in Maine this winter spread across various forms of support, such as direct home fuel assistance, weatherization and efficiency investments, and emergency response funds.
This $46 million has already been eclipsed by the amount of negative ad spending in the race targeting either Collins or Jackson — with two weeks left before Election Day. A Maine Monitor analysis of campaign ads in the Senate race, available through ad-tracking firm Ad Impact, found that more than $54 million had already been spent or committed toward negative advertising against Collins or Jackson as of Oct. 20. Almost all of it is from outside groups and not directly from the candidates’ campaigns.
See you in church,
Pastor Kim
Sunday November 1st will be our traditional All Saints observance. We will share in Holy Communion, read the names of saints of this church who died in the last year, and read from Revelation 7:9-17. “I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count…standing before the throne and before the lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.” We believe that we are part of a living river of saints: those who have gone before us, those of us present now, and those who will continue long after we are gone. At the communion table all are present with the Christ who has died, who has risen, and who will come again. Halleluyah! Feel free to bring in photos of loved ones who have died, at any time or in any place. Then we will truly commune among all the saints.
Thanks to Marnie Reed Crowell for this image. Such an important message and a potent reminder that beauty is all around us, even when our hearts are troubled.
Her website is https://www.songsofseeing.com/
Check it out!
We here at DISCC have been gathering outside the church Thursdays as a Stand-Out for peace. Right now it is all the more important to promote peaceful dialogue as an alternative to armed conflict. Our time together on Thursdays also represents a prayer for safety for all who are in harm’s way during the time of war. That includes civilians in jeopardy in the Middle East, and certainly our military members. In a week where three U.S. Generals are being fired for ostensibly no reason, during a time of war, there is grave concern for a politicization of our military. This cannot be. Write to your elected officials and demand an explanation.
The time for the gathering is at 3 pm every Thursday.
Addresses for our elected officials at the Federal level, for this region.
Senator Susan Collins
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2523
Senator Angus King
133 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5344
Representative Jared Golden
1107 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6306
Fax: (202) 225-2943
Bangor District Office
6 State Street
Suite 101
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: (207) 249-7400
Fax: (771) 200-5805
Photo credit: Marnie Reed Crowell
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