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March 8, 2025
Ecumenical Youth Service Corps Builds Connection for Portland-Area Teens
The cheerful flyer with colorful graphics of winter hats, socks, and mittens invited Portland-area youth to spend an afternoon with the Youth Service Corps (YSC), shopping for warm accessories at Marden’s, followed by a visit...
March 3, 2025
‘This Changes Everything: A Chronicle of Courage, Hope, and Faith,’ by the Rev. Edward Dufresne
“This Changes Everything,” is the late Rev. Edward Dufresne’s moving and brave chronicle of his six-year journey with cancer. A Lutheran pastor for over 40 years, Dufresne’s journal of daily thoughts and reflections accompanied by...
February 23, 2025
Dio Maine Cooks: The ‘100’ Cookies
In this second installment of “Dio Maine Cooks: Recipes and Stories from Vintage Maine Church Cookbooks,” we honor St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Palmyra and the church’s new rector, the Rev. Christopher Warne, who are...
February 12, 2025
A Successful, Snowy, ‘Have Your Say’ Youth Retreat
Last weekend, middle and high school youth from both Maine and New Hampshire gathered for a winter retreat at Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in New Hampshire. Titled “Have Your Say,” what began...
January 25, 2025
Dio Maine Cooks: Banana Nut Bread
Welcome to the first installment of “Dio Maine Cooks: Recipes and Stories from Vintage Church Cookbooks.” Created as a way to fundraise and/or mark an anniversary, spiral-bound church cookbooks capture a moment in time, whether...
January 22, 2025
Thank God for Our Church Leaders
Dear Friends in Christ, the People of God called to be the diocese of Maine, The Psalmist sings, “no good thing will the Lord withhold from those who walk with integrity” (Psalm 84:11). Yesterday, the...
January 21, 2025
Take Action to Support Our Refugee and Immigrant Neighbors
On January 21, 2025, the Trump administration signed a range of executive Borders that will profoundly impact immigration in the U.S. and put the lives of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people at risk. Read...
January 15, 2025
Earth Keeper Update: Talkin’ About the Weather
I’m writing from sunshine and 22 degrees with temperatures expected to drop down to 16. Yes, it’s cold! But according to NOAA, the federal agency which has been making records of tides, wind and weather...
January 15, 2025
Bishop Brown Reflects on His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Have you ever been in the presence of a member of the clergy and thought to yourself, “Wow, he/she/they is clearly called”? That’s what happened for me during my recent visit with Archbishop Hosam E....
January 9, 2025
Earth Keeper Update from St. Peter’s in Portland
It’s been a quiet time during these dark months. Now that Winter Solstice is over, we can put our hearts and minds toward spring! We have a new member joining us, Meredith Tipton, and she is a...