ABOUT US
Reach The One
Our heart is to reach the one.
We have a deep passion to reach people with the hope of Christ. We believe that the power of Christ can transform every life.
CityReach Church Bangor is a place of healing, restoration, and second chances.
You are invited to visit with us this weekend for practical teaching, great music, an exciting kids program, and empowering church experience.
There’s a place for you at CityReach Church Bangor
Come as you are and experience what God has for you in a
comfortable and inviting environment.
Lively worship and relevant preaching.
Our music is dynamic and expressive. You also might see some people raising their hands as a biblical expression of worshipping God. Followed by worship, we dive into the Word of God and provide practical ways to live empowered and victorious lives.
Our beliefs shape how we live and serve.
We boldly share the gospel in order to lead others to a radical life-changing experience and believe that every individual has a God-given purpose and destiny. Sacrificial living, perseverance, humility, resiliency, and an undivided heart to the ways of God are some identifying values that are important to us.
Leadership & Staff
Bobby Bledsoe
Lead Pastor
In 2004, after stints in rehab, 19 months in juvenile detention, countless trips to the county jail, running the streets, and two weeks in a homeless shelter, Bobby Bledsoe’s out-of-control lifestyle finally came to an end.
Jesus came to Bobby in a vision and said, “With me there will be no fear.” Bobby went to church shortly after and had an encounter with the love of God. The heaviness that he carried for all those years was lifted. He finally felt free!
In 2014, Pastor Bobby and his wife Jade planted a church in Bangor, ME. They planted their second church in Ellsworth, ME in 2015. Bobby also serves as the Regional Pastor in New England.
Seth Dee
Worship/Youth Pastor
God encountered me at a young age, but I truly placed my life into His hands during my senior year of high school. By His grace He has kept me.
I have a passion for youth & music, so God is using me in those areas to work His will.
Troy York
Associate Pastor
I grew up in northern Maine where I began using drugs at the age of 14. I knew there had to be more to life, so I set my goals high and my dreams even higher. When I graduated high school, I moved to Boston and studied to become an Architect. I left college after being diagnosed by the doctors for having anxiety, depression and substance abuse issues. I moved back to Bangor and was put on several addictive medications. Throughout the next four years I was in and out of rehabs and outpatient programs.
It wasn’t until I experienced God’s grace and love that my life completely changed. Once I surrendered everything, God began a mighty work in my heart. It’s with a grateful heart I can say God has a plan and purpose for me in this ministry.
Katie Dee
Children’s Pastor
I grew up in a Christian home, and the church that I grew up in was so full of Religion, that was how I came to view God. At the age of 12, I got into alcohol and eventually into drugs. I was never happy living in that lifestyle and always felt out of place. When I was graduating high school, I realized I needed to make a change. God was constantly showing me his grace and love everywhere I went which eventually led me to Bible College where God transformed my life.
I have always enjoyed working with children and I have been blessed with this opportunity to be able to pour into their lives and show them His love.
Ashley Rawcliffe
Administrative Assistant
I grew up in Maine as an only child from a wonderful family. I had never necessarily been steered toward God, and in fact, as a young adult I ran very hard in the opposite direction. There are times in life when one has to lose it all in order to open their eyes and realize that life and life abundantly can be restored.
I will forever be grateful to have the epitome of a second chance at life. I am lucky to not only be back with my family, but I’m lucky to have gained an incredible second family here at CityReach Church Bangor.
Ali Mclaughlin
Women’s Home Director
I grew up here in Maine with my parents, four brothers, and four sister. There was alot of love, chaos, and anger when I was growing up. In my teenage years, I got involved with drugs, alcohol and relationships. This spiraled me down a dark path. I visited the CityReach church when I was 19 and it left an unremovable impression on me. I continued on this downward path for several more months until one day I went back to a Thursday night outreach service, where I surrendered my life to Jesus. The Lord began to supernaturally pursue me. I came into the women’s home a few months after that. I was lost, abused, addicted, and depressed.
Now, Jesus has set me free of all the bondage I was entangled in. I am no longer an addict, but a child of God. This has given me a great call and passion to go out and pull other women from the pits and confusion of sin. Jesus is able to break every chain and He is greater than any sin or shame.
Alfred Defeo
Men’s Home Director
Almost 11 months ago to the day I was dead. I overdosed on heroin in north Philly. I was dead for almost 5 minutes. When I was hit with the narcan shot and came to the first thing I remember was the paramedics asking me,” what are you doing with yourself?”
My life was a mess. The person I thought loved me, left me. We were together for 10 years. Not only did she leave me, but she got pregnant. That broke me, I wanted to die. I hurt so much, I couldn’t deal with the pain I felt at that time. I felt broken and alone. It took me a lot to trust someone it seemed as everyone I ever cared about hurt me. Sometimes it still feels that way. That relationship almost killed me.
My brokeness, my hurt, my pain almost put me to death. But God will take the very thing that we see as bad turn it to something good. God is searching for people to be use by him. He is searching for people that want to be used. I am currently the Director of the Men’s Home and I am in bible college.
God saw me for what I could be, Not what I was. By no means am I at my full potential, I don’t know if that is even possible. But God is using me, and I pray he never stops. Thank you to all who support us, to all who share in this vision of reaching ”the one”. I was the one. There are many of us. I am just one story. Thank you CityReach!
Kevin Mcguire
Public Relations
I grew up in Providence, Rhode Island in an Irish, Italian and Catholic neighborhood. I played sports and had a lot of neighborhood friends and family. I quickly fell into the wrong crowd which led to drinking and using drugs. I ended up becoming a ward of the state at age 14. I was in and out of trouble for a lot of years; smoking crack, shooting heroin and drinking alcohol until I was 48 years old. I became hopeless, jobless and homeless. I started crying out to God.
CityReach had begun evangelizing the streets of Bangor. I got information about the Hope homes and called Pastor Bobby Bledsoe. He picked me up, brought me to the home, and helped me become a passionate follower of Jesus. Today I am grateful to be born again and filled with the Holy Spirit. I have overcome so much and feel so blessed. The suffering is over. His blood is enough.
Our Network
CityReach Network is a church planting organization with a vision to aggressively reach cities with the hope of Jesus.
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