Community Calendar

Do you have questions about the Christian faith? Join us for dinner and conversation to answer those questions along with Lutheran theology in a small group environment. Open to the public, we request that you RSVP to hopelutheran1517@gmail.com (for a buffet headcount).

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Join us Sunday, August 3rd at 2pm for the 99th annual Pilgrimage Service of the Elder Grey Meeting House and explore a piece of the North Waterboro's history. Visit https://eldergrey.org to learn more about this historical landmark.
Every year on the first Sunday in August, neighbors, extended families, individuals with historic ties and/or a special interest in the North Waterboro community, or just plain local history buffs, gather for what has traditionally been called a Pilgrimage Service at the Elder Grey Meeting House. Except for the dress of those in attendance and the cars parked along both sides of the lovely old country road, this scene could have occurred one or two hundred years ago
In the early 1900s, after years of only sporadic use of the Elder Grey Meeting House for Christmas events and evangelical Sundays, a group of neighbors and descendants of those who attended services there in the last century were concerned about the possible deterioration of the meeting house and cemetery from neglect. They decided to hold a "Pilgrimage Service" on August 29, 1926, "to commemorate the restoration of the Old Meeting House to its original condition as our fathers worshiped in it."
Ever since that notable occasion, a Pilgrimage Service has been held each year, now always on the first Sunday afternoon in August.

Do you have questions about the Christian faith? Join us for dinner and conversation to answer those questions along with Lutheran theology in a small group environment. Open to the public, we request that you RSVP to hopelutheran1517@gmail.com (for a buffet headcount).

Sponsored by The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Christian Music Share Nights will start up again on January 6, 2022 and will continue to be held the 1st Thursday of each month. We will gather on the 1st Floor of the Cherryfield Academy Community Center, located at 53 Main Street, Cherryfield. Time is 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. A sound system is provided. Thank you to Cherryfield Feed & Seed for sponsoring this event. Donations are welcome and will go into the CACC Program Fund. For information call Cheryl at 546-6053.

Do you have questions about the Christian faith? Join us for dinner and conversation to answer those questions along with Lutheran theology in a small group environment. Open to the public, we request that you RSVP to hopelutheran1517@gmail.com (for a buffet headcount).

Sponsored by The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Christian Music Share Nights will start up again on January 6, 2022 and will continue to be held the 1st Thursday of each month. We will gather on the 1st Floor of the Cherryfield Academy Community Center, located at 53 Main Street, Cherryfield. Time is 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. A sound system is provided. Thank you to Cherryfield Feed & Seed for sponsoring this event. Donations are welcome and will go into the CACC Program Fund. For information call Cheryl at 546-6053.

Free and open to the public. There will be a welcome reception at 5 P.M. with good food and drinks... all free!

5-6 pm Parker Pavilion, Welcome Reception
6-7 pm WCHP Lecture Hall, Film Screening
7-7:30 pm Conversation with filmmaker David Washburn

This extraordinary documentary tells the story of courageous faith leaders fighting for equality and religious freedom in the U.S. military. As Muslim chaplains, Rafael Lantigua, Khallid Shabazz, and Saleha Jabeen swear an oath to the Constitution, vowing to protect the right of every service member to practice their faith freely. Despite decades of military service, some still view them as the enemy and unfit to serve because of their beliefs. Rather than blend in, they accept the challenges and inherent dangers of being the public face of Islam for the U.S. military. Three Chaplains goes inside the armed forces to reveal how these chaplains practice, teach, and share their faith with troops around the country. Rafael, Khallid, and Saleha each face resistance—from accusations of terror to disapproval from their own families and community—while ascending to the highest ranks of the military. Like generations of minority service members before them, they call on the Department of Defense to support equality for all. (55 minutes)

David Washburn, director/producer
For more than a decade, David Washburn has made independent documentaries that bridge religious and cultural divides in the post-9/11 era. He has collaborated with American Muslim storytellers on three film projects, starting with An American Mosque (2013), which tells the story of the first mosque in the United States to be destroyed by a hate-crime. The film won multiple awards from Muslim advocacy groups and was broadcast on public television nationwide. His first feature film, Three Chaplains, premiered on PBS’s Independend Lens in 2023. For his work on the documentary, Washburn was honored with awards by the Religion News Association, American Academy of Religion, and Religion Communicators Council.

Christian Music Share Nights will start up again on January 6, 2022 and will continue to be held the 1st Thursday of each month. We will gather on the 1st Floor of the Cherryfield Academy Community Center, located at 53 Main Street, Cherryfield. Time is 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. A sound system is provided. Thank you to Cherryfield Feed & Seed for sponsoring this event. Donations are welcome and will go into the CACC Program Fund. For information call Cheryl at 546-6053.

Christian Music Share Nights will start up again on January 6, 2022 and will continue to be held the 1st Thursday of each month. We will gather on the 1st Floor of the Cherryfield Academy Community Center, located at 53 Main Street, Cherryfield. Time is 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. A sound system is provided. Thank you to Cherryfield Feed & Seed for sponsoring this event. Donations are welcome and will go into the CACC Program Fund. For information call Cheryl at 546-6053.

Do you have questions about the Christian faith? Join us for dinner and conversation to answer those questions along with Lutheran theology in a small group environment. Open to the public, we request that you RSVP to hopelutheran1517@gmail.com (for a buffet headcount).

Sponsored by The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod