Congregation looks into selling historic Woodfords parish house

A decade ago, a vote by the congregation of Woodfords Congregational Church to sell the church’s historic parish house ended in a deadlocked tie. Members of a church task force are hoping for a change of heart as they again look into selling the building, which has become too expensive for the church to maintain.

A church task force, which formed in 2019, has recommended that the nearly 100-year-old, three-story parish house be sold to Community Housing of Maine, which would convert the space and a new addition in the back into 40 residences for low-income seniors.

“This is a time of new opportunity for Woodfords,” the Rev. Alyssa Lodewick said prior to an April 18 presentation about the committee’s proposal. READ FULL FORECASTER ARTICLE