People are invited to bring a piece of their Christmas Nativity scene, or the entire creche, to be blessed during the Sunday, December 3, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. John the Baptist Church in Winslow.

The Peaks Island Young Players will present a 30-minute musical retelling of the story of Jonah on Saturday, November 18, at 6 p.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception's Guild Hall, located at 307 Congress Street in Portland.

St. Catherine of Sienna Church, 32 Paris Street in Norway, will host a free community Thanksgiving dinner for Oxford Hills residents on Thursday, November 27, at noon.

The Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons can be difficult times of year for those who have lost loved ones. To help people work their way through the challenging moments that may lie ahead, Good Shepherd Parish will offer a presentation entitled “Surviving the Holidays.”