Hoy presiding over Orr’s service
ORR’S ISLAND — Rev. Mary Ann Hoy will preside over the service Sunday, Aug. 2, at All Saint’s Chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road/ Route 24 on Orr’s Island. Services take place at the church at 9 a.m. Sundays, through Sept. 27.
Babson presiding over Islands service
BAILEY ISLAND — Rev Kitty Babson will preside over the service Sunday, Aug. 2, at The Islands Community
Church on Bailey Island, Harpswell. The Islands Community Church is a non- denominational church based on the teachings of the Bible. Communion is offered monthly on the first Sunday. All are welcome to attend.
Niese presiding over Episcopal service
BAILEY ISLAND — All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Chapel on Washington Avenue, Bailey Island in Harpswell, will welcome the Rev. Al Niese as celebrant at the 9:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Aug. 2. All are welcome.
South Freeport Blueberry Festival
FREEPORT — South Freeport Congregational Church announces its Summer Blueberry Festival, Aug. 1- 2 at 98 South Freeport Road. Activities for kids and adutls include hula hooping, face painting, games, a bouncy house, attic treasures, a books and jewelery sale, arts and crafts, blueberry baked goods and other food items, a barbecue cookout dinner, music and more. For times and additional information, call (207) 865-4012.
Settlement over discrimination suit
DENVER ( AP) — A southern Colorado school district accused of promoting evangelical Christian ideals has reached a settlement with a teacher who filed a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination.
Robert Basevitz, who is Jewish, filed a suit in May saying that the Fremont RE- 2 School District endorsed religion by allowing a church to operate in Florence High School for Sunday services, morning prayer and Bible study and serve pizza in a classroom.
The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1MVyLxm ) reports that as part of the settlement the district has agreed to implement a district wide ban on prayers at school-sponsored events, to no longer allow the Cowboy Church at Crossroads to use the district facilities and to enforce a policy requiring student-led religious groups to be employee free.
Bazevitz’s attorney Paul Maxon says neither party admitted wrongdoing in the settlement.
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