Article: HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH - KENNEBUNK Series: WORSHIP SPOTLIGHT

Anonymous
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
01-24-2009
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH - KENNEBUNK Series: WORSHIP SPOTLIGHT
Byline: Anonymous
Edition: FINAL
Section: Religion & Values
Type: News

ADDRESS: 2 Lord St.

DENOMINATION/AFFILIATION: American Lutheran Church
HISTORY: The church began when a Lutheran newcomer to Kennebunk, Barbara Brittain, placed an ad in the newspaper in 1969 seeking other Lutherans to form a congregation. At the time, the closest Lutheran churches were in Portland and Portsmouth, a 30-mile drive either way.

More than a dozen people responded to the ad, not all Lutheran. With borrowed hymnals and a makeshift altar, they began meeting in each others' homes, and the group ...

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