Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-11-17
BUCKLEY s. GOODRICH,
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Items of Interest in Maine Ecclesiasti-
cal Circles.


The new Woodfords Cniyersaiist
church will be dedicated sometime in
January.
The Damariscotta quarterly meeting
will convene with the First Baptist
church in jefferson. Dec. 4th and 5th.
The Free Baptist society of Ellis
worth hopes to soon erect a substantial
church building on the lot where the
present chapel is located.
The quarterly meeting OF the Church
of God will be held NJ the church at
West Winterport. commencing Thurs
day evening, Nov o9th. and continue
over Sunday.
Seven hundred and fifty dollars were
subscribed by members of the congre-
cation of the Baptist church in Calais.
Sunday morning, to free the church
from debt.
The Ladies' Improvement Society OF
Rogue Bluffs. voted 1T n recent meet
ing TO invest what funds they have in
the bank in 4 church. and work viii at
once be commenced on the foundation.
Rev George p. Southwick who has
pulpit in the Free Baptist church at
Kingfield. will preach his farewell SER
mon Nov. ls He will go TO Middle
burg. y. y.
Rev. James Hayes of Portland, who
was ordained last June by Bishop
Healy and who held the pastorate at
South Berwick during the summer, has
been appointed second curate of 81.
Johns Catholic church in Bangor.
Rev. Mr.. Spencer, pastor of the Con-
gregational church. Presque Isle. gave
Il special address to business men on
a recent Sunday evening. which at
tracted 4 large congregation. and was
listened to with much interest.
Nearly 5000 was raised by voluntary
subscription 10 aid in liquidating the
debt incurred by the recent extensive
repairs. AT the rededication services at
the Methodist Episcopal church in
Eastport last week.
4 large new church is being erected
by the members of the Catholic parish
at Kingman. and is now rapidly near
ing completion. 1t is expected that the
editice.. which will cost in the neigh
borhood OF $1,000. win be ready for
occupancy about the last of December.
\ movement is being made for the
purchase of a bell for st. Dennis
Catholic church in F,. Fairfield. II is
good evidence of the popularity of FIR.
j. p Manning who has had the charge
of this church the past four or more
years. that the first fifty dollars of the
business men of the town.
The Woman's Alliance of the Uni
tartan church. Ellsworth, at it's annual
meeting held recently, elected officers
as follows: Mrs. Ann r. Greedy. presi-
dent: Mrs. Alexander Black. first vice
president: Mrs. Sarah Partridge.
second vice president. Mrs. r. II.
Campbell. secretary: Miss Abbie, JOY.
treasurer.
The Free Baptist society of Bidde-
ford has voted to o,extend "A call to Rev.
n. A. Childs of Gray to succeed Rev.
+. II. Prescott. who resigned several
months ago. to accept call to a pas
torate in the West Mr.. Childs is
about so years of age. He was gradu-
ated from Bates and for a time occu-
pied the Free Baptist pulpit at South
Gardiner This was before his ordina-
ton. however, and his first regular
pastorate was at Gray.
Rev Mr.. Boynton, presiding elder Of
Bangor. occupied the Methodist pulpit.
Ft. Fairfield. Sunday morning at
which service six persons We're bap-
tized. and little later one person re-
ceived the ordinance by immersion. In
the evening the candidates were re-
ceived into the church. Rev. Mr..
Boynton went from there to Van
Buren,, Monday. to receive the deed of
the church which was built in that
town by one of it's philanthrOpic citi-
zens for the, Episcopalians. AS SER
vices are not maintained there. the
builder has donated the ediiice to, the
Methodist society, which will now sup
ply regular services there. One Ban
gor man. Congregationalist. who has
large numbering and mill interests in
Van Buren; has pledged to the presid-
ing elder $1o0 per year toward the
salary of pastor.