What's New at Old South?
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Vacation Bible School | Monday, August 20th–Thursday, August 23rd | 9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Join us Monday, August 20–Thursday, August 23, 9:00 am to 11:30 am, for children in grades K–5. Get ready for four days of fun—games, crafts, Bible stories, snacks and more. Together, we'll learn to F.R.O.G. ("Fully Rely On God"). We may set up the Slip-n-Slide for amphibian-like fun. Plus, we'll don costumes to create the newest installment of the Old South Storybook Series. Watch your mailbox for more information!olunteers and donations of baked goods, fruit, cheese and crackers, veggies and dip are needed for our fall kick off concert featuring the world class The Outside Track on Thursday, September 6th. Please sign up Sunday morning at the Fundraising table, or call Debbie Davis-Robinson at 207-491-5919 or email oldsouthchurchconcerts@gmail.com
Vacation Bible School | Monday, August 20th–Thursday, August 23rd | 9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Join us Monday, August 20–Thursday, August 23, 9:00 am to 11:30 am, for children in grades K–5. Get ready for four days of fun—games, crafts, Bible stories, snacks and more. Together, we'll learn to F.R.O.G. ("Fully Rely On God"). We may set up the Slip-n-Slide for amphibian-like fun. Plus, we'll don costumes to create the newest installment of the Old South Storybook Series. Watch your mailbox for more information!olunteers and donations of baked goods, fruit, cheese and crackers, veggies and dip are needed for our fall kick off concert featuring the world class The Outside Track on Thursday, September 6th. Please sign up Sunday morning at the Fundraising table, or call Debbie Davis-Robinson at 207-491-5919 or email oldsouthchurchconcerts@gmail.com
Women's Retreat 2018 | August 25–27 | Biddeford
We have reserved the Marie Joseph Spiritual Retreat Center in Biddeford Pool for the 2018 Women's Retreat Saturday, August 25 – Monday, August 27 (Saturday afternoon through Monday mid-day). The retreaters in 2017 loved this beautiful, seaside facility, and we look forward to being there again. You can check it out at www.mariejosephspiritual.org. The cost for the retreat is $240. Reserve your space today with a deposit of $35.
Confidential scholarship assistance and payment plans are available now through the church office. Payments may be made on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis in varying amounts. Please contact Phyllis (Phyllis@FarmingtonUCC.org or 778-0424) as soon as possible to make arrangements.
If you are interested in working on the retreat committee, please let Rev. Linda Hatch know.
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The Outside Track | Thursday, September 6th | 6:15 p.m. Jam Session, 7:00 p.m Concert
The Old South Concert Series has schedule world class Celtic bands to kick of the fall beginning on Thursday, September 6th with “The Outside Track”. The five member band creates a musical fusion of the Scots, Ireland and Cape Breton musical styles and traditions.
“Winner of ‘Best Group’ in both the Live Ireland awards and the Tradition In Review awards, and the German Radio Critics Prize (Flash Company album), The Outside Track is one of the top Celtic acts in the world. Live Ireland called them “Among the top bands in the world-stunning on every cut!”
The Outside Track’s fusion of Celtic music, song and dance has been rapturously received around the world. The band’s five members hail from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton, and are united by a love of traditional music and a commitment to creating new music based on their cultural foundation. They bring to the stage fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute, whistle, step-dance and vocals with incredible energy. Their blend of breathtaking vitality and unmistakable joie de vivre has won them a large, and continually growing, following around the globe. For more information about the band visit www.TheOutsideTrack.com.
Band Members:
The Outside Track | Thursday, September 6th | 6:15 p.m. Jam Session, 7:00 p.m Concert
The Old South Concert Series has schedule world class Celtic bands to kick of the fall beginning on Thursday, September 6th with “The Outside Track”. The five member band creates a musical fusion of the Scots, Ireland and Cape Breton musical styles and traditions.
“Winner of ‘Best Group’ in both the Live Ireland awards and the Tradition In Review awards, and the German Radio Critics Prize (Flash Company album), The Outside Track is one of the top Celtic acts in the world. Live Ireland called them “Among the top bands in the world-stunning on every cut!”
The Outside Track’s fusion of Celtic music, song and dance has been rapturously received around the world. The band’s five members hail from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton, and are united by a love of traditional music and a commitment to creating new music based on their cultural foundation. They bring to the stage fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute, whistle, step-dance and vocals with incredible energy. Their blend of breathtaking vitality and unmistakable joie de vivre has won them a large, and continually growing, following around the globe. For more information about the band visit www.TheOutsideTrack.com.
Band Members:
- Mairi Rankin is from Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
- Teresa Horgan has her roots in County Cork, Ireland
- Ailie Robertson hails from Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Fiona Black calls the Scottish Highland village of Evanton home.
- Michael Ferrie joins the ladies from Callander, Scotland .
Imar Concert | Tuesday, September 25th | Old South Sanctuary
The next must see performance features the explosive all male band, Imar, on Tuesday, September 25th. There are many reasons to be excited about new Glasgow-based five-piece Ímar – not least a line-up featuring current and former members of Mànran, RURA, Talisk, Barrule, Cara, Mabon, Mec Lir and The Lowground, who collectively have a crammed trophy-cabinet. By far the best and biggest reason, however, is how excited the band are themselves. “As soon as we all sat down to play together properly, it just worked,” says bodhrán player Adam Brown (RURA), originally from Suffolk. “We were a bit stunned, to be honest; all looking round at everyone else, thinking, ‘Is it just me, or was that really good?’”
“It’s definitely more of a pure-drop trad sound than most of the other bands we’re involved in,” adds Cork-born uilleann piper, flautist and whistle player Ryan Murphy (Mànran), “but I think that’s partly why it feels so natural. We’re going back to the music we started out playing – which is ultimately the reason why we’re all here as musicians.”
Ímar’s formation also embodies a more personal reconnection with its members’ formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow’s justly celebrated session scene. All five of them originally met as teenagers through Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the Irish traditional music network that tutors budding players throughout the British Isles and beyond, and stages the annual schedule of Fleadh competitions.
“We all have a really strong shared background in Irish music – even though we all live in Glasgow, and only Ryan’s actually from Ireland,” Brown says. These foundations underpin many of Ímar’s distinctive qualities, in both instrumentation and material, while also highlighting the cyclical evolution of Scotland’s wider folk scene. Go back a couple of decades or so, and Irish repertoire still predominated at many Scottish sessions and gigs, whereas today Ímar’s sound stands out boldly from the crowd.
Following their musical apprenticeships, the five went their separate ways for a spell. It’s this combined commonality and diversity of background and influences that fuels Ímar’s unmistakable synergy, centered on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. All three places once shared the same Gaelic language – the name Ímar comes from a 9th-century king who reigned across this combined territory – and a similar kinship endures between their musical traditions.
“Tomás and Adam [Rhodes] have done a lot of research into the Isle of Man’s music, and some of the tunes they’ve unearthed are really quite similar in style to the music from my area in Cork,” Murphy says. ”So we’re blending these elements to sound like one, even though these tunes might not have been played together for hundreds of years. At the same time, we do want to reflect all the different backgrounds, including Scotland, and we also have tunes from Cork that haven’t been widely played further afield. To begin with, we’ve been leaning mainly toward traditional material, but we’ll probably bring in some of our own compositions too, as well as other contemporary tunes. For now, though, it’s great having no fixed parameters – we’re just seeing what happens.”
For more information about Imar go to www.imarband.com/
Band Members:
- Mohsen Amini (concertina) from Glasgow;
- Ryan Murphy (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle) from Cork, Ireland
- Tomás Callister (fiddle) and Adam Rhodes (bouzouki) from the Isle of Man
- Adam Brown (bodhrán, guitar) from Suffolk.
Doors open at 6 pm. Jam session kicks off at 6:15 pm and concert follows at 7 pm. Adults $20 and Students $10/$5. Refreshments by donation. Tickets reservations are highly recommended for both of the September concerts by call Debbie at 207-491-5919. If you are interested in volunteering or providing refreshments for our concert please let us know.
Old South’s proceeds benefit the Capital Campaign Fund.
Ongoing
Coat and Cupboard | 1st Sunday of winter months | 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Our coat re-homing mission provided by our youth. We welcome members of the community to select warm coats, blankets, and more, starting Sunday, October 1st.
If you have gently-used outerwear that you'd like to donate, please contact Jodie, or drop off the items at the church (there are drop-off bins in the Vestry and by the Newman Wing door).
Women's Retreat 2018 | August 25–27 | Biddeford
We have reserved the Marie Joseph Spiritual Retreat Center in Biddeford Pool for the 2018 Women's Retreat Saturday, August 25 – Monday, August 27 (Saturday afternoon through Monday mid-day). The retreaters in 2017 loved this beautiful, seaside facility, and we look forward to being there again. You can check it out at www.mariejosephspiritual.org. The cost for the retreat is $240. Reserve your space today with a deposit of $35.
Confidential scholarship assistance and payment plans are available now through the church office. Payments may be made on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis in varying amounts. Please contact Phyllis (Phyllis@FarmingtonUCC.org or 778-0424) as soon as possible to make arrangements.
If you are interested in working on the retreat committee, please let Rev. Linda Hatch know.
The Pancakery | 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month | 11:30 am–12:30 pm | Old South side parking lot
UMF students are warmly invited to a free brunch, hosted by the Jr. Youth Group. We have a selection of "grab-and-go" fare, as well as hearty sit-down favorites. This "pop-up cafe" appears on the second and fourth Sunday of each month in the Vestry-side parking lot.
We will not have the Pancakery on Sunday, December 24th.
UMF students are warmly invited to a free brunch, hosted by the Jr. Youth Group. We have a selection of "grab-and-go" fare, as well as hearty sit-down favorites. This "pop-up cafe" appears on the second and fourth Sunday of each month in the Vestry-side parking lot.
We will not have the Pancakery on Sunday, December 24th.
Retirees Lunch | First Monday of every month | 12:00 p.m.
Join us for a meal and fellowship on the first Monday of every month.
Old South Community Lunch | 2nd Saturday of the month | 12:00 noon
Prepare or serve lunch to our neighbors the second Saturday of each month (September through June). If you can't come Saturday mornings, join the peeling-and-prep party the day before! Please contact Stan Wheeler for more information.
Annie's Bean Pole
Annie's Bean Pole reopens at Old South! Old South's Outreach, Justice and Witness Program has taken over the operation of Annie's Beanpole, a medical equipment lending library. All equipment is free of charge and with no due dates, to those who cannot afford it. Items include wheelchairs, shower seats, toilet extenders, bedside commodes, bed rails, OT devices, walkers, crutches, and exercise equipment. Hospital beds are not available. Donations of good quality medical equipment are gratefully accepted. Please contact the church at 778-0424 for more information.
Clynk bags
Have you picked up your Clynk bag at the fundraising table in the Vestry? Each green bag is labeled with Old South's registration number. Filled bags can be scanned and turned in at any Hannaford Store or the church. A portion of bottle deposit funds will be donated to the Franklin Association Honduras Partnership, with the remaining funds designated for the church.
Have you picked up your Clynk bag at the fundraising table in the Vestry? Each green bag is labeled with Old South's registration number. Filled bags can be scanned and turned in at any Hannaford Store or the church. A portion of bottle deposit funds will be donated to the Franklin Association Honduras Partnership, with the remaining funds designated for the church.
