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Today, Ellen joined me in going to church in Waldoboro, where we met Phil and Deborah at the Broad Bay UCC Church there for the 10a.m.service. The guest preacher was The Rev. Deborah Flood who is the Conference Minister of the Maine Conference of the UCC. We liked her - her text was the story in Genesis 22 of Jacob wrestling with the angel, and wrestling was the theme, which she related effectively to the church in the world today.  Broad Bay is a relatively new church - 35 years old. It started as a house church and then acquired the Baptist church building in Waldoboro when the Baptists moved to the outskirts and built sort of a megachurch. They have successfully held a capital campaign to raise money to renovate the building, and that is in progress.

After church we drove to Friendship, ME, following Phil and Deborah's car through vivid fall foliage-tinged countryside. In Friendship we bought lobster rolls at Archie's General Store and took them to Cushing where we had lunch on their deck, and ended up talking until 5p.m. A very nice day. We came back to Jim and Mary's, did the Spelling Bee puzzle, had supper and watched an episode of Scott&Bailey, a British series featuring two women detectives, and then watched Country Music. We'll head back to Vermont tomorrow.

Broad Bay UCC Church in Waldeboro, ME.

Rev. Deborah J, Flood, Maine UCC Conference Minister