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
Dear Church Family:
Labor Day is past, and summer is fleeting. As we turn to fall there is a sense of change in the air, and not just the weather. Our church profile team has begun to meet and is processing the results from our recent church survey. Please keep the profile team in your prayers: Anne Bowes, Jean Vadeboncoeur, Karen Hill, Lois Simmons, and Susan Greenlaw. It is their hope to have the profile finished and ready for distribution to the wider church by the beginning of 2027. At that time a search committee is appointed. This is a complicated, prayerful process that involves layers of decisions: type of pastoral position being offered, church budget, parsonage usage, etc.
In several weeks we will start a study on the Bible. We will use as a guide Adam Hamilton’s “Making Sense of the Bible.” Copies will be provided through our church CE fund. Let me know if you would like a copy. Join us Mondays at 1 pm on zoom or in-person. The study will commence on September 28th.
Shout outs and thanks: Thanks to our Deacons who staffed the receptions for the Gotwals and Marston memorial services. Nicely done as always. And a shout out to Rosie and Greg Guy who picked up the food for the Marston reception at Hannaford. On Labor Day weekend at Hannaford that was a job in and of itself! And these special events create the need for additional coverage by our tech team. Andy Bowes, Dave Bayley, Anne and Dana Douglass and Alan Chesney are the current crew, and Pat Dobbs is in training. When you see them, thank them. They are an indispensable part of our church life. As always, we are a small church with a big heart and somehow we always get the job done!
See you in church,
Pastor Kim
Next Sunday we read the passage from Matthew 18:21-35. It continues a vital section of the gospel having to do with Christian community. There is a straight-forward parable on forgiveness and judgment. The passage highlights the practices necessary to build a community of faith. Chief among them is forgiveness, not as a single act but as an ongoing activity of the church. Jesus uses hyperbole in his parable to shake the disciples out of their assumptions and embrace a new way of living
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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