The lower level of First United Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church was chock full of wonderful items for holiday shoppers' present lists.

Entering the event, the aromas included those of the church's famous lobster roll, complete with chips, beverage and choice of a sweet. 

"We had a good turnout for lunch," said church member Doris Welch. "We figured we did 40-45 lobster rolls, sold out of the chili, and had some of the chicken salad left."

Finds included a brand new food processor; glassware and other household tools and decor; skates and lots of Christmas decorations. The silent auction for three collector's item American Girl dolls yielded one sale at the event and another afterward. And the Yamaha keyboard advertised in the church press releases was sold the day after the event.

"We offer a lot of variety. Some would prefer to keep it just a real upscale sale, but we find the majority of people are coming in to look for small things," Welch said. "We sold all but two to three gift baskets. But I think the best part of the fair was being able to donate to a family in need in Newcastle with children. Someone from a center there that helps people out contacted Betty Lou (Townsend). So we gathered up all of the  items left geared toward children, from coloring books and books to stuffed animals, which were picked up the next day (Dec. 7)."

All of the volunteers belong to the church group, United Women of Faith, and they are: Laurie Bean, Donna Jones, Pastor Tammy Judkins, Maggie Tourtillotte, Trish Fallon, Cheryl Dilts, Peggy Peters, Betsy Dunton, Townsend and Welch.

"It's a team effort to bring something like this off. We use proceeds from this fair, the summer fair and pie sales for outreach programs," Welch said. "And the majority of those outreach programs are community based."