Mission of loving stitches
For nine hours on Saturday, Feb. 25, seven women from our church and another from the Hope Gate Way congregation in Portland united for the single mission of providing warmth to recent immigrants from Burundi.
Led by organizer Judith Hill, the women created seven quilts from scratch, stitch by stitch, painstakingly focusing on [...]

Church project for people of Burundi
Judith Hill has volunteered to lead a quilting workshop this Saturday, Feb. 25, with the goal of creating quilts from our church to the people of Burundi who recently have settled in the Greater Portland area.
The Quilting Day at CEUMC will begin at 8 a.m. and as Judith explained, “I [...]

New class begins this Sunday, Feb. 26
Rev. Jim Young will start a new series of Adult Education classes this Sunday, Feb. 26, at 9 a.m. in the Sunshine Room.
This series of classes will focus on Judy Pace Christie’s book “Goodbye, Murphy’s Law: Whatever Can Go Wrong, God Can Make Right.”
Each of the Sunday morning classes [...]

Heavenly tones, high spirits
By the time the 10 a.m. service ended on Feb. 19, members of the congregation were on their feet, clapping their hands and, in some cases, even dancing in the aisles.
This was no ordinary service — this was Jazz Sunday providing a Mardi Gras-like atmosphere on the final Sunday before Lent.

Stephen Bither [...]

A monumental task well done
Thank you to everyone who spent a good part of their Saturday on Feb. 18 taking apart and cleaning every corner of the church kitchen.
The Church Trustees organized this house-cleaning event, led by Gail Parker and Lisa Bowman.
EVERYTHING was taken out of the kitchen before the countertops, cupboards, refrigerator, stove, ovens, [...]

 
Messages from the heart
On the occasion World Marriage Day was celebrated in homes, churches and communities throughout the world, our congregation had a firsthand experience with two experts on the subject, Bob and Linda Webster.
Bob and Linda have been involved in Marriage Enrichment, Celebrating Marriage, and are currently a Presenting Couple for Marriage Encounter, United Methodist. [...]

 
Cape Elizabeth cupid
To recognize and appreciate St. Valentine’s Day two days early, Stephen Bither was the Ambassador of Hearts before the 10 a.m. service on Feb. 12, handing out hearts to everyone who walked into the sanctuary.

 
Super Bowl fund-raising
The United Methodist Women once again prepared Italian Sandwiches on Sunday, Feb. 5 for members of the congregation to enjoy during their Super Bowl celebrations.
Mary Anne Champeon, Kathie Hackett, Gloria Kierstead and Joanne Scontras had an assembly line of sandwiches going, long before the 8 a.m. service even began.
Kathie reported that the UMW [...]

 
Forty years of ministry work
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, Rev. Ruth Morrison will likely look back to Jan. 31, 1972 and reflect, reminisce, and remember.
The date marks 40 years of Ruth having served thousands through ministries in Baptist and United Methodist churches, including the past eight years with the Cape Elizabeth UMC. It all began as [...]

 
Diversity on Sunday morning
Celebration of the Chinese New Year found its way into our Sunday service  on Jan. 29, thanks to Jo and Tim Stewart and their family.
As part of fellowship time following the 10 a.m. service, the Stewart family intoduced the 15-day celebration of the Year of the Black Water Dragon to our congregation with traditional holiday food [...]