Message:
“Before we were ever known as Christians, we were known as Followers of The Way of Life. Before the cross, the central symbol of our people was the Anchor. At our church, we are inviting all people—no matter who you are, no matter where you’ve been, no matter what body you were born with or what you believe—to connect with the Way of Life, to be anchored together through love and service of our neighbors. We look forward to serving alongside you.”
Staff
Ministers / Everyone in the Church
As Congregationalists, we believe that every member of our community is equally called by God to do God’s work in the world. We are many different people with many different gifts, all of us learning to work together to love and serve our neighbors as ourselves. All are called, all are gifted, all are needed. Thank you for your service.
Interim ministers / Rev. Marc Stewart and Rev. Cheryl Stewart
About Pastor Marc:
Marc Stewart returns to Maine as the place where he lived for longer than anywhere else, having grown in Bangor and Gray, and serving as pastor at First Church in Belfast in the past. Marc and Cheryl most recently lived in Montana, where Marc served as Conference Minister with the Montana – N.Wyoming Conference United Church of Christ for 11 years. CLICK HERE to read more.
About Pastor CheryI:
Cheryl grew up in Michigan, but during college began seeing the world: Philadelphia, NYC, Madrid, Cali, Colombia. In her second year of seminary at Andover Newton near Boston, she met her husband, Marc. Marc and Cheryl spent a semester of seminary in India, and together have three grown sons. CLICK HERE for more of Cheryl’s story.
church coordinator / jennifer gray
A Kittery Point native, Jennifer graduated from R.W. Traip Academy and later attended Granite State College where she earned degrees in Behavioral Science with a focus on Youth and the Elderly. Jennifer joined the Staff in 2018, and feels blessed to be able to combine her professional experience in non-profit work and communications with her love of people and her hometown of Kittery Point. Jennifer lives here in Kittery with her family who have been a part of our church community since 2013.
Jennifer’s Working Days: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays
music director/ Billie Bell
We were delighted to welcome Billie Bell on as our part-time Music Director in 2020. More about Billie, in her own words:
“Music has been a significant part of my life since childhood. Playing hymns for congregational singing at church starting at age 10 provided the stimulus for a lifelong interest in church music. At age 18 during my first year of college, I became fascinated with classical organ repertoire, particularly J.S. Bach, organ music of the Renaissance, and 19th century music from the great French cathedrals.
Although I was already on a career path in Business, the organ was my first love and by a stroke of luck, I was able to study organ for a year at Eastern Kentucky University with a very young organ teacher who later attained the acclaim she was due as a recitalist and renowned organist at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul Minnesota, Nancy Davis Lancaster…. READ MORE