‘Helping Hands and Singing Hearts’
 
Singing for our neighbors concludes VBS
The familiar hymn “Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place” carried a deeper meaning for participants in the Cape Elizabeth UMC’s Vacation Bible School on Wednesday, July 27 — a neighborly presence.
To conclude its three-night Vacation Bible School, a caravan of cars carried church [...]

Photo essay by Mark Braun
During this year’s Vacation Bible School, participants were asked to find evidence of God in Cape Elizabeth. Mark Braun wrote the following poem and used accompanying photos as one of the outcomes of his search:
Random clouds suggest
Imaginary windows
Into God’s clear mind

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Searching for God: The Reality
God is clearly alive in Cape Elizabeth!
It didn’t take much of an effort nor stretch of the imagination to reach that conclusion.
After two nights of exploring the beaches, farms, woods, backyards, gathering places, camps and even one’s inner self and each other, search teams from the Cape Elizabeth UMC presented their [...]

 
Searching for God in Cape Elizabeth
We talk about it to our family and friends, to each other, and sometimes even to strangers during our walks around this marvelous corner of the country we call home — we are blessed to live by the sea and its magnificient coastline.
During this summer’s Vacation Bible School, we want to [...]

From broken pieces to beauty
(Updated Aug. 16, 2009)
Three nights of Vacation Bible School at the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church was a time to hear stories about inspirational successes emerging from broken lives — both from the Bible and from daily events in modern times.
Lessons learned from those stories and discussions within the congregation resulted in [...]