Octavia is back in town - you enjoyed them !
Almost 20 years ago, a group of singers lead by Deborah Gordan (founder of the Whalers) recorded a Christmas Album with her group Octavia.
Some singers from island. Some off island, No fancy equipment - in my living room with a couple of quilts suspended for sound absorption.
Singers included
Sue Burgess
John Howard
Jim Millinger
Notice of a Special Membership Meeting
Sunday, October 1st at 10 o'clock
in the sanctuary and via Zoom
Dear Members and Friends,
We are pleased to announce that on September 7th, the Church Council
approved the Pastor Search Committee's recommendation of Victor
Diaz as our new pastor / chaplain.
Victor will preach during the worship service on October 1st. The
Church Council will present the candidate to the congregation at the
Membership Meeting immediately following the worship service.
The decision to hire the pastor shall be by consent,
(without objection) or a majority vote of members present in
person or virtually.
Everyone is encouraged to attend; everyone may ask questions and
make comments.
We hope you will come meet Victor and be a part of this historic
occasion.
Name: Rochelle Rice
Email: rochelle@rochellerice.com
We will miss Marlene who was such an important part of the island - in so many ways. Singing was just one of them.
For over half a century - The Wagoneers made people dance. Brother Ross, Gary Ross, Med and Marlene Bowen.
Marlene sings Johnnie Ray’s 1951 Number One Hit -Cry.
This is the original mix which will be remastered.
In 2002, at the dawn of digital music recording, the Wagoneers and I recorded a bunch of songs. We are finding some new ones and having others remastered for a new tribute album. The version of Crazy (below) has just been updated and you can hear the sparkle.
If you’re not familiar with them, for over half a century - The Wagoneers made people dance. Brother Ross, Gary Ross, Med and Marlene Bowen.
HISTORY- listen to them talk about their early days
CRAZY - my understanding is this was recorded by Malcom Rice in 1970. Technology was a little wobbly back then but you can hear the nuances in Marlene’s wonderful delivery. She told me she that when she met Willie Nelson (who wrote it) she told him “I sing it better than you do” - she was right !
Chebeague Yacht Club invites everyone in the Chebeague community to join CIYC and help support the island's sailing school. More info at chebeagueyachtclub.com. This summer's events for sailors, powerboaters and non-boat owners include:
July 6 - Commodore’s Commissioning Party
July 15 - Sailboat race and picnic
July 19 - Power Lunch at the Dolphin
July 29 - Round Island Race
August 12 - Ocean sailboat race
August 24 - Blessing of the Fleet
Name: Kim Venkataraman
Email: kim@venkataraman.net
Chebeague Climate Action Team
Join us on Zoom for the Community Kick-Off virtual meeting.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at 7:00 pm
A Zoom link to the meeting will be provided on Town website and Chebweb prior to the meeting.
Learn more about what CCAT has been working on
Learn about our new partnership with ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) and the Team’s work on a Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Questions? Email us at ChebeagueCAT@gmail.com
Title: CCC 2023 Community Feedback Survey RESULTS
Listing: The Chebeague Community Church 2023 Community Survey was initiated by the CCC Pastoral Search Committee. The purpose was to understand the church’s role in the community and how the church can better serve and engage the community. The Council is committed to creating future programming based on the results of the survey. Our sincere thanks for your participation in the survey.
http://www.chebeaguechurch.org/uploads/6/4/2/1/64218689/2023_ccc_community_survey-posted.pdf
Title: Indigenous Midden Project Discussion March 19
If you have wondered about the people who inhabited Chebeague for 4000 years before the Europeans come to the Hall on Sunday March 19 at 1 pm. The CIHS has partnered with USM and other interested parties to learn more about the Indigenous people who lived here before the Europeans arrived. The first meeting took place last summer. This meeting will feature a USM archeologist and will focus on a project that will take place next fall. All are welcome!
Name: Donna Damon
Email: chebeaguehistory@gmail.com
Casco Bay Islands Transit District is working with CBL staff to review the Down Bay summer schedule. The current schedule was instituted last year, to be reviewed after one year. There will be a second public hearing set for March 7th (public notice to follow) at CBL to discuss input from the public, the shore staff, Captains, and management. We looking to receive input from all the DB users.
The initial meeting last month received some great input and it was agreed in general that the schedule may require some tweaks versus a major overhaul. The general consensus was that the staff gained some insight and they will work those ideas into a new proposed schedule, if doable. The major areas discussed focused on; efficient use of boats and crews, freight handling on shore and islands, inter-island transport plus the convenience of commuters and island business staffs. We became well versed that any tweaks can have unintended consequences to other areas of the operation.
If you have any input you would like to share, please send it along to your DB island representatives. Any and all input will be appreciated but try to limit to summer schedule issues.
Long Island-joed@cascobaylines.com
Cliff Island-davec@cascobaylines.com ordavecrowley030@gmail.com
Chebeague Island-pollywentworth@cascobaylines.com
Great Diamond Island-jamesl@cascobaylines.com
Little Diamond Island-maxp@cascobaylines.com
Have a wonderful day!
Polly Wentworth
The Chebeague Community Church invites you to participate in CCC's 2023 Community Survey. All people are welcome to take the survey. You do not need to be a member of the church to participate. The information will inform the Pastoral Search Committee and the Church Council in our plans for the future. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Church Office at 846-6987 or church.chebeague@gmail.com.
Thank you! SURVEY LINK: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZKYXDSN
Email: Rochelle@RochelleRice.com
Phone: (917) 678-1137
A reader asked to post this as they noticed some Chebeague Residents had unclaimed property.
For military members deployed during World War II, familiar entertainment from beloved musicians was hard to find.
Enter V-Disc, a record label created by the American military during World War II to boost soldier morale while abroad. From 1943 to 1949, many popular artists recorded with friends and acquaintances at rival record labels. By the end of the decade, however, the masters had been destroyed and any existing V-Discs at military bases discarded.
Luckily, the Internet Archive’s Great 78 Project features a large number of these V-Disc recordings, which range from military marching songs to love ballads, and big band to swing. Below are just a handful of the V-Discs available to browse–but you can see the full collection here!
(That’s a Hofner bass like Paul McCartney plays)
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I have just a few copies of A Way with Words, my Christmas 2021 poetry collection, left on the shelves, and five days to go before the book becomes out of date.
You have probably already purchased a copy, or copies, in good time for your Xmas list. But might someone have been forgotten? Or have you just remembered a friend who would appreciate a small selection of verse to add depth and height, plus an occasional smile, to these rare and holy days?
Help me clear off my shelves. Order another copy - or two - and increase the checks to the food pantries. They are not exactly pricey at $10 per copy (plus $2 postage) and $7 of that price goes to help feed the hungry. And by the way, poetry will never go out of date.
Barrie
P.S. To order email barrieshep@aol.com, call 207 510 1637, or drop a note to 15 Piper Road - K325, Scarborough, ME 0004074. Teaser below.
Barrie
Nativity Play
Amid humble shepherds,
majestic kings, awkward angels
with their bent-coat-hanger halos,
my most unforgettable character
is the tender-hearted lad
assigned to play inn keeper
who undid the whole production
when he assured the wandering couple,
“You folks are so, so lucky.
We just had a cancellation.”
barrieshep@aol.com
Non-Apple people have a reason to celebrate: The days when you needed an iPhone, iPad or Mac to join a FaceTime video call are all but over. In a move widely seen as Apple's answer to Zoom video calls, the software giant has made it possible for people who have Android phones and Windows laptops to hop on FaceTime calls -- no iPhone required.
“This evening, I consulted with leaders in the Chebeague Community Church over Zoom, and we talked about the rising number of COVID cases here on the island. The church’s priority throughout the pandemic has been to do our part in keeping people safe. In light of this, I have decided that worship for tomorrow (Sunday, September 12th) will be held via Zoom (link below) and that we will postpone our community-wide celebration until Sunday, October 10th (over Indigenous People’s Day weekend).
My heart is heavy as I make this decision, as I know it would have been lovely to celebrate together as an in-person community as we take this step forward in being a community church. I am comforted, however, by the fact that the church is more than a building or a physical gathering space; it is a people, working in various places throughout our community to bring God’s light, hope, and peace to all we encounter.
I will continue to monitor COVID cases and the situation as it evolves, and will pray that we can reconnect with one another again soon. I hope to have you join us virtually at 10 AM as we worship our God together.
”
On Wednesday, September 1st, we became fully the Chebeague Community Church!
Please take the time to update your contact info for the church - our email address is now:
church.chebeague@gmail.com. Our website is www.chebeaguechurch.org (the old one will work to forward for a few months). Facebook and Instagram have new addresses as well: find us at www.facebook.com/chebeaguechurch and at www.instagram.com/chebeaguechurch.
We will also be formally accepting new members, so if you haven't had the time to check out how you can become a member of the Chebeague Community Church, visit our Membership Page to learn more about how you can be a full member, associate member, or friend of the CCC. You can also contact Pastor Melissa for more information or questions.
Let us move forward together in building the Chebeague Community Church - giving thanks for the work that has gone before and asking God's blessing on the work ahead!
Name: Rochelle Rice
Email: Rochelle@RochelleRice.com
Phone: (917) 678-1137
