Somesville Union Meeting House
United Church of Christ, Mount Desert, Maine
Sunday Morning Worship
Often special musicians also play for Sunday morning worship
Sunday morning worship is at 10:30 AM.
Online worship through Zoom will also be offered. Members are asked to wear name tags & visitors asked to register (in case contact-tracing is needed).
The church bell is rung at the start of in-person services. Worship follows an Order of Service, beginning with a Prelude and ending with a Postlude, provided by Music Director Christina Spurling -either on the grand piano or the organ.
The Sermon is in the middle,
and usually the Scriptures
are based on the "Lectionary"
texts. Unison readings by
the congregation include the
special "Peace Affirmation"
and "The Lord's Prayer."
The Call to Worship is often
a "Responsive" Readings. A "Moment for Mission" is highlighted weekly. The Deacon of the month lifts up a "Friend of the Week" to whom a card is sent. At the end of worship, after recording ends, Prayer Joys & Concerns are shared.
The Somesville Union Meeting House congregation highly values music, and has been blessed with gifted and accomplished Music Directors. The late Jamie Hagedorn was the church's Music Director before Christina Spurling came in May 2017. Hagedorn had also directed the Acadia Choral Society. Church members and friends have not only sung for our Church Choir, but for the Acadia Choral Society and for Evensong (a hospice choral group for Hancock County).
Many of the members of the Acadia Handbell Choir also belong to our church. The Parish House is the location for rehearsals, and the handbells are stored in our facilities.
