Over 100 years of history.

• 1890

  In 1890, Cornelia and Mary Prime commissioned a church to be built in Hulls Cove in memory of their parents, which gave it the name Church of Our Father. It was to be of stone in rural Gothic, and William Masters Canoe of Philadelphia was chosen as architect. The mason was G. L. Westcott of Bar Harbor.
  
  The cornerstone of Church of Our Father was laid on August 25, 1890, by Henry A. Neely, Bishop of the Diocese of Maine. During the same summer, a church bell of bronze was cast by Meneely of Troy, New York, and a font of Caen stone was created.

• 1891

  The first service in the new church building was held on May 31, 1891 and the church was consecrated on August 27, 1891 by Bishop Henry A. Neely, the second Episcopal bishop of Maine. The first clergyman to serve the new church was Canon Leffingwell, rector of St. Saviour's, who served for 15 years in Hulls Cove.

• 1959

  Church of Our Father's Downeast Fair began in 1959 and was held annually for 53 years. The Fair was a huge community event, most likely the largest church fair in the state. The Fair was known for its Children’s Midway, food booths, Downeast lobster rolls, antiques, crafts, Bean Supper, Evening Auction and music throughout the day. It took 140 volunteers to put on the event, and summer visitors would plan their vacations around the weekend of the Fair!

• 1987

  The Cursillo Weekend is a short course in Christian discipleship, taken over a three day period. This experience is extended through "Fourth Day," weekly small-group meetings with other who have completed the Cursillo Weekend to continue one’s Christian journey throughout the rest of life. From 1987 to 2014, seventy-eight members of Church of Our Father attended Cursillo.

• 1988

  In March 1988, the Episcopal Church Women discussed making a banner that would be repesentation of our life as a parish. The group felt that the Holy Spirit working in our lives, individually and corporately, is a most significant factor in our parish life. The Decending Dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit as described at Jesus' baptism in Matthew 3. The Tongues of Fire are mentioned in Acts 2 when the Spitir came upon the disciples at Pentecost. Flames are a symbol of the faith that the Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts, setting them on fire with God's peace, love, and joy.
  
  Church of Our Father, established as a mission sometime between 1901 and 1910, remained a diocesan mission until May 1988, when it became a parish.
  
  In July 1988, Church of Our Father participated for the first time in Bar Harbor's Independence Day parade.

• 1990/1991

  In August 1990 the parish began a yearlong centennial celebration, and on August 11, 1991, Bishop Edward Chalfant rededicated the building and its people.

• 2003

  The “Gospel Gents” was formed by a group of men who loved to sing and harmonize. Led by Bob Theriault and Tony Sousa for ten years, they sang at many venues in Downeast Maine, including Camp Farthest Out.

• 2008

  The Taizé experience is an interdenominational service made up of silence, prayers, Scripture readings and gently chanted music. Originating from the monastic community founded in the 1940s by Brother Roger Scholz in Taizé, France, the Taizé model has grown and gone worldwide. In the early 2000s, Bishop Chilton Knudsen introduced Taizé music to the Diocese of Maine at a winter service in Portland. Bob Theriault and Tony Sousa were excited by what they encountered and brought the program back to MDI. Church of Our Father continues to hold a Taizé service on the fourth Wednesday of every month, usually led by Mike Bullard.