02.23.2017 Religion Community looks to preserve historic Orient church for public use It was unusual: The pews at the recently shuttered Orient United Methodist Church were filled this past weekend. Rather than gathering for a sermon, however, locals flocked there Saturday...
06.04.2016 Religion What’s next for Orient’s historic Methodist church? As of July, North Fork United Methodist Church will have officially absorbed all four local congregations — Southold, Cutchogue, Greenport and Orient — into one regional church. But what...
03.23.2016 Religion North Fork United Methodist Church may find a home in Southold North Fork United Methodist Church, founded in 2014 when congregations from Southold and Cutchogue merged, may soon be on the move again.
03.01.2016 Religion Orient Methodists vote to join North Fork congregation in Cutchogue Since the 1840s, parishioners have streamed through the doors of the United Methodist Church on Village Lane on their way to worship. On Monday, 16 of those worshipers once...
01.18.2016 Community Southold Anti-Bias Task Force event spreads message of MLK As snow fell silently outside the North Fork United Methodist Church in Cutchogue Sunday, cries of celebration could be heard inside, where the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force had...
12.22.2015 Religion Churches schedule Christmas services, special events The following is The Suffolk Times’ annual listing of Christmas services and special events hosted by local churches.
08.07.2015 Religion L.I. Opera Company closes $1 million deal to buy Southold church Longtime opera singer Anne-Julia Audray searched far and wide for the perfect location for a performance hall. She found a home in the former Southold United Methodist Church, a...
03.13.2015 The Arts Artists group eyes move to church, prays they can raise the money Unable to host winter meetings in their own building due to an inadequate heating system, members of the Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild have been gathering this season...
11.13.2014 Religion Cutchogue United Methodist Church’s building up for sale The Cutchogue United Methodist Church building is for sale. The historic Main Road structure, built in 1927, went on the market last week as part of an ongoing plan...
06.21.2014 Community Two congregations to combine as Methodist buildings are sold off After holding services in its Main Road sanctuary for 220 years, Southold United Methodist Church will close for good by month’s end as part of a plan to consolidate...