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LOCAL DISPATCHES
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Accident on 1-295 disrupts
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northbound traffic. B5
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Cancer survivor biking 192 miles
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UGUSTA — When lawmakers re6(645"‰8IFOMBXNBLFSTSF
turn to the State House on Tuesday,
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they will face at least eight vetoes
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and a bevy of bills, with more votes on
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charter schools, fireworks and gamDIBSUFSTDIPPMTmSFXPSLTBOEHBN
bling.
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Officially, they have four days to com0GmDJBMMZUIFZIBWFGPVSEBZTUPDPN
plete all business. House Speaker RobQMFUFBMMCVTJOFTT)PVTF4QFBLFS3PC
ert Nutting, R-Oakland, hopes to finish
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in "a couple of days at most," according
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to his spokesman, Jim Cyr.
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First, the vetoes.
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After sustaining Gov. Paul LePage's
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first four vetoes, legislators will return
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to find at least eight more bills back on
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their desks. LePage, whose veto total
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stood at 12 as of Friday, could issue
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more today and Tuesday, so the number
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could grow.
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For those keeping score, LePage has
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already vetoed more bills during the
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first regular session than the previous
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three governors. Gov. John Baldacci,
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a Democrat, issued two over the same
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period; independent Angus King had
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one; and Republican John McKernan
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had nine, according to records in the
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legislative law library.
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Recent vetoes have included six
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resolves for reviews, studies or reports,
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and two bills, L.D. 398, "An Act to ReBOEUXPCJMMT-%i"O"DUUP3F
quire Criminal History Record InformaRVJSF$SJNJOBM)JTUPSZ3FDPSE*OGPSNB
tion for the Licensure of Nurses," and
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L.D. 566, "An Act to Encourage Trans-%i"O"DUUP&ODPVSBHF5SBOT
parency in the Department of EducaQBSFODZJOUIF%FQBSUNFOUPG&EVDB
tion."
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LePage spiked the background checks
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for nurses, saying it singles out nurses
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"from all other health care professions
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for this treatment," according to his
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veto letter.
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The transparency bill, which called for
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more detailed reporting of education
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funding, steps "over the line of legislatGVOEJOHTUFQTiPWFSUIFMJOFPGMFHJTMBU
ing and oversight and into the manageJOHBOEPWFSTJHIUBOEJOUPUIFNBOBHF
ment functions of the executive," he
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Please see NOTEBOOK, PageBG
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Winter may
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mark start of
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business park
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The Portland Technology Park,
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aimed at bioscience firms, has
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been planned for three years.
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By JASON SINGER
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StaffWriter
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PORTLAND — The city hopes to begin
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bioscience
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park this
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than
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three years after planning on the project
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began.
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Portland Technology
Park, off
Exit 47
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on *OUFSTUBUF
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have TFWFO
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ings dedicated to bioscience companies,
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city officials said.
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Greater Portland is already home to 80
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there are few places to build state-of-theUIFSFBSFGFXQMBDFTUPCVJMETUBUFPGUIF
art facilities
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companies
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desire and need.
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ally, drawing new companies from out of
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state, said Nelle Hanig, a business develTUBUFTBJE/FMMF)BOJHBCVTJOFTTEFWFM
opment representative with the city.
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very good-paying jobs with a lot of beneWFSZHPPEQBZJOHKPCTXJUIBMPUPGCFOF
fits," she said. "But we need places to put
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companies JG
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the
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emerging cluster we already have here."
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The CVTJOFTT
business park
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Rand Road, near the Fore River Sanctu3BOE3PBEOFBSUIF'PSF3JWFS4BODUV
ary. The 1-95 highway access, the natural
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setting BOE
and UIF
the proximity
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the BJSQPSU
airport
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will all be draws, city officials said.
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Please see PARK,
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Photos by Jill Brady/Staff Photographer
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The Rev. Robert Witham of the Willison-West United Church of Christ, left, and the Rev. Deborah Davis-Johnson, center, of Immanuel
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Baptist Church lead a special service in Portland Sunday, as the two churches became the Williston-lmmanuel United Church.
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Churches 'find each other'
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Forced into action as their
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resources and congregations
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dwindled, a pair of Portland
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churches are newly united.
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"My big mantra is that
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the church is a place
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where
people of all ages
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and stages of life can
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be friends and come
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together to explore
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faith
and do something
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positive for our
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community."
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By GLENN JORDAN
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ORTLAND — They
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gathered on the corner
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of High and Congress
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streets Sunday morning,
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22 adults and seven children.
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They carried bread and a ban5IFZDBSSJFECSFBEBOEBCBO
ner. They pushed a woman in a
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wheelchair. The children carried
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percussion instruments.
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A few blocks behind them, on
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Thomas Street in the West End,
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stood their former place of worTUPPEUIFJSGPSNFSQMBDFPGXPS
ship, the Williston-West United
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Church of Christ.
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A block ahead, to the north, a
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similar group gathered on the
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corner of High and Deering. PerDPSOFSPG)JHIBOE%FFSJOH1FS
haps one kid in that group. Plenty
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of older folks. They held a banner,
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too, the other's mirror image of
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half a house and half a cross.
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"Like Moses, we stand at the
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edge of a new land of promise and
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possibility," the Rev. Robert WithQPTTJCJMJUZwUIF3FW3PCFSU8JUI
am, a retired minister serving for
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the past year as spiritual leader of
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Williston-West, called out over the
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The Rev. Deborah Davis-Johnson
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bers of Williston-West UCC looked
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around and took stock of their
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situation. Their church in the West
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End was both beautiful and old,
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The
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Milton
Ryder,
far
left,
leads
the
litany
Sunday
for
the
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built more than a century ago with
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a parish house designed by John
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merging Immanuel and Williston-West Church into one.
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Calvin Stevens. Upkeep was costly.
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Membership was dwindling. Somehalle, hallelujah!" and shaking and .FNCFSTIJQXBTEXJOEMJOH4PNF
noise of nearby automobile traffic. IBMMFIBMMFMVKBIwBOETIBLJOHBOE
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thing had to be done.
Each group marched forward.
banging those instruments, they
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So they started looking for a
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climbed the steps, entered the
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mate.
of Immanuel Baptist Church,
sanctuary, broke bread together
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"We met with pastors and conacross busy High Street from the
and became something new:
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gregants from other churches,"
Eastland Park Hotel.
the Williston-lmmanuel United
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said Roxanna Brophy, the ModeraThe Rev. Deborah Davis-JohnChurch.
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tor, or lay leader, of Williston-West.
son continued the litany: "Wel"It's a very exciting time,"
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"We met with other (United
come! All are welcome in this
Witham said. "We've really found
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each other."
place."
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Please see CHURCHES,
Moments later, singing "Halle,
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NOW IN SCARBOROUGH
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Popular local baker returns, starting from scratch
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Gari Piscopo closed down his
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Portland bakery seven years
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ago, but he's back in business.
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By TREVOR MAXWELL
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got UIF
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same Scala bread recipe and pastries
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that people used to stand in line for on
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Brighton Avenue in Portland.
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this time around Gari Piscopo has an
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entirely different view.
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Piscopo's
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down version of his bakery inside the
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have
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come in and said hello," Piscopo said.
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"I'm trying to get all of them back."
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inside B
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at UIF
the NBSLFU
market EVSJOH
during UIF
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last year.
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Scala bread and pastries, like this
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raspberry cream, helped Piscopo
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build a loyal following in Portland.
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Highland Avenue Greenhouse and Farm Market in Scarborough.
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the
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small bakery, which opened May 6.
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produce BOE
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mas trees.
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an outdoor
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children of Williston-West was the
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baptistry, a tiled tank large enough
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for full immersion, located behind
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young sons before the litany began.
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the principles are the same."
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philosophies and their theologies and
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their beliefs were so in tune with ours
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ning to try to work together."
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church in Livermore Falls. Now a
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stood how some Williston-West folks
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might be wary of joining a Baptist
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congregation. UCC theology is more
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word 'Baptist,' you don't think social
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don't. And these folks are very, very
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socially minded."
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tributes food and diapers each day the
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church is open, that helping neighbors
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in need is part of its core mission.
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Maine, she said, only Immanuel is a
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member of the Association of WelNFNCFSPGUIF"TTPDJBUJPOPG8FM
coming & Affirming Baptists, which
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embraces the lesbian, gay, bisexual
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and transgender population.
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was much more conservative," DavisXBTNVDINPSFDPOTFSWBUJWFw%BWJT
Johnson said. "So it would be a little
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scary for them to join a church that
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was not as open."
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Last spring began the congregational
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equivalent of dating. Service at our
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place this week, at your place next
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week. When Williston-West's pastor
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resigned, Davis-Johnson assumed a
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lead role for both churches.
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Gibson Fay-Leblanc, on the merger
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committee from Williston-West, said
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some members questioned what it
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be blended. Both forms will be done,
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whatever people want."
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Differences in music and Christian
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education also had to be worked out.
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ist from Immanuel played along with
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the pianist from Williston-West. Two
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choirs became one.
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"Let Us Break Bread Together" and
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"In Christ There Is No East or West."
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Teachers from Williston-West led
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Sunday school because there weren't
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many children at Immanuel, which did
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tion program.
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gation. We just meshed that way"
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tional circle. She sees elementaryUJPOBMDJSDMF4IFTFFTFMFNFOUBSZ
school children becoming friends with
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retirees.
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our society where that happens," she
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said. "My big mantra is that the church
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is a place where people of all ages and
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stages of life can be friends and come
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thing positive for our community."
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Bylaws still need to be addressed.
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The new church is affiliated with both
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the United Church of Christ and the
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American Baptist Churches. The
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name became official last week.
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be put up for sale in the next year.
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called out Peg Cyr in the moments
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