Celebration service set

LOCKE MILLS — A celebration and dedication service, with special music, for sculptures created by Gilman B. Whitman and given to Locke Mills Union Church, UCC, in memory of his dear wife, Elizabeth Noyes Whitman, will be presented on Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m., at Locke Mills Union Church, UCC.

An open House with pictures and other sculptures which Gil has created and light refreshments will follow the service. Come one, come all.

Historic chapel resumes services

EAST RAYMOND — The East Raymond Chapel UCC, a historic little summertime congregation on Route 85 across from the Raymond Town Hall, will be opening on June 3, for Sunday morning services.

The Chapel, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, holds services at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday during the summer months. Built in 1890, it has been a Raymond landmark for 122 years.

Rev. Elizabeth Miller

INTERIM PRIEST — Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Miller, who grew up in Maine, and has served as rector and interim in several parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, is the Interim Priest at Christ Church in Norway. She is also a member of a number of Diocesan committees. She received her Master of Divinity Degree in 2002 and Doctor of Ministry Degree in 2010 from the Bangor Theological Seminary. She is a wife, mother of three children, and both a grandmother and great grandmother. In 1992, she began the discernment process that led to her ordination as a priest.

Rhubarb Festival set for May 26

WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris will hold its second annual Rhubarb Festival and yard sale on Saturday, May 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at the church on Main Street. An addition to this year’s event will be games for children.

The theme is Everything Rhubarb. In addition to the church’s famous rhubarb pies, everything from rhubarb muffins to rhubarb spring tonic will be offered.