Worship & Services
Our Services
Friends Meeting for Worship is a gathering of worshipers who sit quietly together, each seeking a sense of the Divine presence and guidance. The reverent silence affords the opportunity for each to quiet the turmoil of thoughts and to center on the search for truth. Group silence enhances each individual’s awareness of being in a company united in a common search and a shared willingness to be obedient to Divine guidance.
We look forward to seeing you and your family this weekend.
Sunday Mornings: 10:00 AM
Pastoral Care
Many Friends offer pastoral care within the meeting community and the Pastoral Care Committee serves as a hub for these efforts. It reaches out to members and attenders dealing with sickness/surgery, loss, old age, or various other stresses.
Through special meetings for worship with individual Friends who are unable to travel, Pastoral Care provides opportunities for worship with shut-ins, their families and friends. The committee sponsors monthly Listening Sessions for members and attendees, and in general, tries to be aware of the concerns of all members and attenders. When appropriate it sends cards, flowers and books as gifts from the Meeting. It arranges celebrations of Friends’ special birthdays.
Social and Educational Activities
Midcoast Meeting is active in peace and social concerns, questions of health and aging, community services, and environmental issues. Periodic programs, discussion groups, and forums are organized to explore topics of interest.
- Study groups are formed periodically to discuss subjects of interest to the Meeting community they encourage intellectual and spiritual growth and sharing.
- Sunday Potlucks. The Meeting community gathers on the first Sunday of the month for a simple soup and bread lunch following Meeting for Worship.
- Ecumenical Food Pantry. Volunteers from our Meeting work with people from five other churches in the community to feed over 1500 people in a year. We also make contributions of food and money as a Meeting and as individuals.
- Workshops, Programs, and Retreats. From time to time the Meeting holds special sessions to focus on a particular subject. These may be single sessions, 1 weekend, or a series spanning several months. They may be primarily for the purpose of educating the Meeting community or may involve the wider community. Events of this type are often, though not always, initiated by Ministry and Counsel.
Contact
77 Belvedere Rd
P.O. Box 714
Damariscotta, ME 04543