<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>"Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, Maine"</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="keywords" content="Orono, Fellowship, Universal, Church, Lent, Advent, Christmas, Easter"> <meta name="description" content="Orono's Church of Universal Fellowship is a faith community in the Christian tradition..."> <style type="text/css"> <!-- P {color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} BODY {color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} a {text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} --> </style> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" alink="red" link="#000099" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" vlink="#000099"> <!-- -- THIS WHOLE-PAGE OUTER TABLE SETS THE BACKGROUND COLOR FOR THE PAGE --> <table bgcolor="#000066" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td><!-- -- THIS IS THE HEADER TABLE --> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#330033" size="6">Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, Maine </font><img src="thinpine.jpg"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><!--------THIS LITTLE TABLE INSIDE THE HEADER TABLE HOUSES THE SITE LINKS-------> <table align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" cellpadding="2" width="786"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="worship.html">Gathering for Worship</a></td> <td><a href="talking.html">Talking Things Over</a></td> <td><a href="paths.html">Paths to Wholeness</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="music.html">Making Music</a></td> <td><a href="kids.html">Children &amp; Youth</a></td> <td><a href="year.html">A Year in Pictures</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="serving.html">Serving Others</a></td> <td><a href="fun.html">Fun &amp; Fellowship</a></td> <td><a href="room.html">Reading Room</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="calendar.html">CALENDAR</a></td> <td><a href="contact.html">Staff &amp; Contact Information</a> </td> <td><a href="index.html">Home Page</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-----THIS CLOSES THE LINKS TABLE----></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- -- THIS CLOSES THE HEADER TABLE --><!-- -- THIS INNER TABLE IS ONE CELL WIDE --> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="500" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><font color="#330033" size="5">A Year in Pictures at CUF<br> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><img style="width: 374px; height: 280px;" alt="" src="church-fair2007.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img style="width: 211px; height: 282px;" alt="" src="Ted-and-Thelma.jpg"><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; annual church fair &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Valentine's Day Chocolate Buffet <div align="center"> <p><img style="width: 334px; height: 232px;" alt="" src="Green-thumb-sale.jpg"><img style="width: 302px; height: 238px;" alt="" src="green-thumb-sale2.jpg"></p> <p>annual Green Thumb plant sale</p> </div> <div align="center"> <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img style="width: 313px; height: 181px;" src="dafflunch.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<img style="width: 300px; height: 181px;" alt="" src="daffodil_lunch2007.jpg"> <p><font color="#330033" size="4">The Daffodil Lunch</font> </p> </div> &nbsp; <img style="width: 299px; height: 225px;" src="RogationA.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img style="width: 301px; height: 226px;" alt="" src="100_6333.jpg"> <p></p> <p><font color="#330033" size="4">Blessing animals on Rogation Sunday &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Children's spring musical</font></p> <br> <font color="#330033" size="4">HOLY WEEK <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;<img style="width: 146px; height: 195px;" alt="" src="MT13.jpg"><img style="width: 257px; height: 194px;" alt="" src="bread.jpg"></font><img style="width: 260px; height: 196px;" alt="" src="MT10.jpg"> <p><big><strong>Maundy Thursday Meditation and Supper: </strong> One of our lovelier traditions is the quiet supper held on the eve of Good Friday. As did the Christ and the disciples, we break bread together and contemplate the meaning of his life and death. </big></p> <p><big><strong>Good Friday Tenebrae Service: </strong> Held for the first time in our church in 2005, this service continues an ancient tradition using candles to represent the abandonment of Jesus by his friends and the encroaching threat of death.</big></p> <p><big>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img style="width: 236px; height: 178px;" alt="" src="100_6078.jpg"><img style="width: 232px; height: 177px;" alt="" src="100_6082.jpg"><img style="width: 235px; height: 178px;" alt="" src="100_6089.jpg"> </big></p> <p><big><strong>Easter Sunrise Service: </strong> The Church of Universal Fellowship and the Orono United Methodist Church have held a combined Sunrise Service for many years on the grounds of the Penobscot Valley Country Club. This beautiful setting, with its view of the distant hills, is a perfect place to celebrate the joy of the Resurrection. The Sunrise Service is followed by a breakfast; the two churches alternate hosting each year. </big></p> <div align="center"><big><img style="width: 300px; height: 254px;" alt="" src="Rory_website.jpg"><img style="width: 362px; height: 253px;" alt="" src="Ann,VK_website.jpg"></big></div> <p><big><font color="#330033" size="4">The Advent Workshop</font> </big></p> <p><big> The Advent workshop is an annual event held on the first Sunday of December. It is a chance for our church family to get together for food, fun, and fellowship. After a picnic lunch following the service, all ages gather to make wreaths, decorate cookies, sing carols and create various Christmas crafts. We finish up by decorating the tree in our Gathering Place.</big></p> <p><big><font color="#330033" size="4">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" alt="" src="creche.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<img style="width: 299px; height: 224px;" alt="" src="winter_church2_website.jpg"></font></big></p> <p><big><font color="#330033" size="4">Christmas Eve Service</font></big></p> <p><big> This joyful event is a favorite of children and grownups alike. The program varies each year, depending on the talent available, but one can always expect familiar carols, as well as the familiar faces of sons and daughters returning home for the holiday. Wassail and cookies follow in the Gathering Place.</big></p> <p><big> </big></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- INNER TABLE NOW CLOSED---><!-- -- THIS ADDRESS TABLE SITS UNDER THE INNER TABLE --> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <!---old bgcolor is ffff33---><td align="center" bgcolor="#cccc99" height="30"> <b><font color="#000099">Church of Universal Fellowship - 82 Main Street, Orono ME 04473<br> Office Phone: 1.207.866-3655 - Office email: <a href="mailto:%20office@churchofuniversalfellowship.org">Cuf82@verizon.net</a></font></b> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- -- ADDRESS TABLE IS NOW CLOSED--></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-----BACKGROUND COLOR CONTROL TABLE IS NOW CLOSED----><!-- -- NEXT LINE CLOSES THE WHOLE-PAGE OUTER TABLE -- --></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </body></html>