As congregation dwindles at coastal Maine church, members offer property to town

As congregation dwindles at coastal Maine church, members offer property to town

The First Baptist Church has overlooked Brooklin’s village center since 1853, almost since the town’s founding. Mike Sherman, president of its trustees, remembers countless community events in the sanctuary and a chapel behind it as a child in the 1960s: Sunday school classes with dozens of students, full services, suppers, community benefits, weddings, funerals. The pews were dedicated to local families and the stained glass windows bear some o…