South Congregational Church
2 North Street
Kennebunkport, Maine
(207) 967-2793

Sunday Schedule

Worship Time
10:30 am

Church School
10:30 am (Sept - June)

Informal Hymn Sing
10:15 am on the last Sunday
of each month

Our mission is to be
an inclusive community of faith
that preaches the word of God,
teaches the love of Jesus Christ
and reaches out to all
through the Holy Spirit.

We are an
Open and Affirming Congregation
of the United Church of Christ

We welcome you to South Church and
invite you to worship with us.

If you are visiting, we hope you will enjoy the grace and
of the Sanctuary and join us for Sunday morning worship,
followed by refreshments and fellowship.

Mark Your Calendar

February Events

Wednesday, February 15 - All-Committee Night

A meeting of all comittees will begin in the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m. for an orientation session to help all committees get the new year started off well.

Wednesday, February 22 - Ash Wednesday

To mark the beginning of Lent we will join with other Kennebunkport churches for worship at Church on the Cape at 7:00pm.

Wednesday, February 29 - Lenten Study

On Wednesdays durinjg Lent at 6:30pm, there will be an opprotunity to readh and discuss the book Love Wins by Rob Bell.

Words from the Minister

Lent – from the German root for ‘long’ –‘lenz’ and the Dutch ‘lente’ recognizing for those of us in the northern hemisphere, the days are becoming longer. Lent is a time set aside by the early church, six weeks in length, to prepare ourselves spiritual for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Such is at the very core of our faith and thus calls for an adequate time of preparation. While often the practice is to ‘give something up’, in recent years Christians have been ‘taking something on’ as part of their spiritual rebirth as spring makes it way to our land. For some, keeping a journal becomes a place of reflection and for others it takes the form of volunteering with a food program, classroom setting, the church or other endeavor. The form in which it may take is not crucial, the fact that we do something that feeds our hearts is compelling.

This year, we will offer a book group for five Wednesdays at 6:30pm; Love Wins by Rob Bell. Our first session will be on February 29 at the church. If this might speak to you, come and join this time of faith exploration.

Ash Wednesday to mark the beginning of Lent is February 22. We will join with other Kennebunkport churches for worship together; this year at Church on the Cape at 7:00pm.

Charle

Greetings from Biloxi

A group of twenty-one youth and adults from South Church spent a week in January working to rebuild houses in Bioloxi, Mississippi which were destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2005. For a complete summary of their week, click here.