ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS

2021 Information

The Christian Youth Conference will meet Sunday, August 8 through Saturday, August 21 as an ecumenical gathering providing high school teens opportunities for worship, learning, and fun in a supportive Christian community. Attend daily chapel services and other events. Teen OPA members are welcome as day students. We will also tentatively present a band concert at the Bandstand on August 13th at 7:30 pm featuring the band Live2Love, a popular worship band based in Somerville, MA. Contact Erica at emiller@cycop.org for details. All are welcome to any of the events.

Ocean Park Bates Club. In recognition of our common debt to our founders, the Free Will Baptists, and Oren Cheney, the Ocean Park Bates Club has met in Porter Hall every year - over one hundred now without a break until the onset of the Pandemic in 2020. We gather - alumni, current students, parents and friends - for a light meal, fellowship and updates from college representatives. The Annual Meeting in 2021 will not be held due to pandemic.

Ocean Park Conservation Society. The Conservation Society is a non-profit corporation founded in 1971 to foster, preserve, conserve and promote the natural physical beauty and setting of Ocean Park and its surroundings and to provide education in the ideals and goals of conservation.

Ocean Park Religious Society. Since 1889, the Religious Society of Ocean Park, Maine has been offering early season worship services on Sunday mornings. Due to some relaxed COVID restrictions, these services will be offered live at the Temple and will be live streamed. Services will be offered on May 30th, June 6th, 13th and 20th at 10:30 am. Providing an inspiring prelude to the summer season, these creative services will include the music and messages of a variety of gifted musicians and preachers. Rev. Jan Hryniewicz will be the liturgist. Everyone is welcome. Masks and social distancing required.

Oceanwood is a Christian Camp and Conference Center located in Ocean Park, Maine, adjacent to the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. We're a warm, friendly and fun destination where lives are transformed and hearts are renewed. Our community and culture are built on Christian human values, we're welcoming of everyone regardless of their race, physical ability, gender, sexual orientation/identity, or creed. Our summer 2021 camp runs from June 27 through August 21. Spots are limited so sign up today! Please visit our website at www.oceanwood.org for more information.

"The Pines" is the familiar designation for The Pines at Ocean Park and Pinewood Manor, senior living communities on Manor Street. Located across from Oceanwood's horse corrals, since 1972 The Pines' mission has been to provide safe, affordable and attractive housing with services for people age 62+ and under 62 with documented disabilities. In cooperation with the OPA and other local organizations, a number of programs and groups meet at The Pines Community Building.

Saco Bay Artists is an arts organization allied with the OPA that meets at the Saco Parks and Recreation Building, 75 Franklin Street, Saco, Maine. Dedicated to the promotion of art in and around the Saco Bay area, the group normally meets on Mondays from 10am – 2pm year round for open painting sessions. On the second Monday of each month there is a demonstration/talk by a local artist which is open to the public. You do not have to be a member of Saco Bay Artists to attend as all are welcome. Saco Bay Artists sponsors three art shows/sales on the Ocean Park Library lawn on July 5, August 7 and September 4. For more information about shows, contact Kathy Angel Lee at 207-937-2125 or kathyangellee@gmail.com. Check our website https://www.sacobayartists.org for show and membership information and COVID updates.

80th Annual Writers' Conference at Ocean Park. The Conference began in 1941 to provide "an informal meeting place of inspiration and instruction for all persons interested in the writing arts, whether prose or poetry, whether or not they themselves are writers." This statement, written by The Conference's co-founder, Del Jakeman, Sr., continues to set the tone of The Conference today. Find recognition, enthusiastic response, and kind encouragement to be the very best writer you can be. This year the conference is August 9-13 and will take place in Porter Hall. For a registration form contact Jim Brosnan, P.O. Box 172, Assonet, MA, 02702, tel. (401) 598-1424; or email opmewriter@gmail.com. More info can be found here > >