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PIUCC Pride Activities
Saturday, June 17 — The Pride Aroostook Festival will be at the Riverside Park Pavilion - 19 Riverside Drive, Presque Isle. The festival grounds open at 3:00 pm. As one of the sponsors of the event, our church will host a table to share information about our Open and Affirming congregation. We’d love to see lots of our members and friends there to show how our welcoming message is more than words! See you there!
Sunday, June 18 — Worship (10:00 am) will be led by Meg Hegemann and others. It will be a Pride-themed service, and will include a service of communion.
Area-Wide Yard Sale Success
While we worried about the weather, the sale was both fun and profitable for us, with proceeds exceeding $1,150.00. Many thanks go to the Welcome and Care Ministry, chaired by Carolyn Woodman, for organizing the sale; Sara Harvey for coordinating the Food Sale and Coffee Bar; Claude Brissette, Bill and Diane Deschesne, Peggy Woodman, and Susie James for organizing and pricing; Ginette Rivard for acting as cashier. And thank you to many others who shared in the work of the day. Items not sold were donated to the Hope and Justice Project and to Catholic Charities. Proceeds from the sale will benefit our local missions.
Community Yard Sale (updated)
Led by the Welcome and Care Ministry team members, our church will participate in the City of Presque Isle Area-Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, June 3, from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. We’re adding a Bake Sale table as well! So, we need your yard sale items, and baked goods, too!
Proceeds from the sale will benefit our church's local mission partners (GIFT, Pride Aroostook, Hope and Justice Project, Homeless Services, and the Home Heating Telethon).
Follow the “Read More” link to get all the details for how you can help! And, thank you!
Community Yard Sale
Presque Isle Area-Wide Yard Sale
Saturday, June 3, starting at 9:00 am
Our church will participate in the City of Presque Isle Area-Wide Yard Sale. Proceeds from the sale will benefit funding for the church's local mission partners.
Please note: no television or computer hardware will be accepted.
If you need items picked up, please notify the church office. Thanks in advance for your generous donations!
Plan Your Own Life Celebration
How do you want your life to be celebrated?
RESCHEDULED (from April) Meg Hegemann will hold a workshop on Thursday, May 25 at 6:00 pm, to help us through the process of planning our own funeral or memorial service. Consider this an ideal gift to your loved ones.
This will be an in person event at the church with a Zoom option for online participation. RSVP to the church office if attending in person. RSVP here for Zoom link to participate online.
Lent at Our Church
As Lent begins, we’ve got a few events and activities coming up for both fellowship and faith formation. All are welcome!
Soup Suppers: … Monday, March 6, and Monday, March 27. Meals will begin at 5:30 pm. …
Book Discussion Group: an in-person group [reading] The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days. … at the church starting Friday, Feb 24 at 11:00 am. …
Lenten Book Discussion
You’re invited to join an in-person book group during Lent, to read and talk about the new book by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie: The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days.
We’ll be meeting at the church at 11:00 am, starting Friday, February 24. Lenten Devotional Guides to accompany the book will be available for participants. …
Food for Thought
This Sunday, January 8, we give thanks and dedicate commitments of financial support for our church in the coming year. There will also be a potluck lunch following worship.
Coincidence? Not really. …
One is essentially about food and fellowship, the other financial and organizational. But both are about what we choose to give that we might nourish …