Blog
August 11, 2026
Dio Maine Cooks: Baked Fish Chowder
The Communications Department launched “Dio Maine Cooks: Recipes and Stories from Vintage Church Cookbooks” in January 2025 as a way to explore the history of Maine’s Episcopal churches through the cookbooks in our diocesan archives....
August 10, 2026
The Unthinkable – A Prayer
Rev. Batterman wrote this prayer in response to the fatal shooting of Joan Sebastián Guerrero by ICE agents in Biddeford. The Unthinkable Lord, we thought we were safe from our own government. We believed that...
August 4, 2026
Visits with Maine Tribes Help Rebuild Connection for Council on Indigenous Relations
On July 1, five members of the Council on Indigenous Relations (CIR) and three members of the Friends Committee on Maine Public Policy met with leaders from the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq tribes. The day marked...
July 21, 2026
Season of Creation 2026 in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine
“Each year from September 1 to October 4, the Christian family unites for this worldwide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. It is a special season where we celebrate God as...
July 17, 2026
Play Maine Summer Chapel Bingo!
Did you know that Maine has the most summer chapels—17—of any state in the country?! To encourage you to visit them, we thought we’d channel both your Episcopal and your competitive spirit in a...
July 16, 2026
Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles Returning this Fall
Sacred Ground: An Exploration of Race and Faith is again being offered by the three dioceses of Northern New England on Zoom starting this fall. This is an 11-session curriculum developed by The Episcopal Church...
June 24, 2026
St. Francis by the Sea Offers Unused Vestments
St. Francis by the Sea is offering the vestments and other items pictured below to anyone in the diocese who can use them. Please reach out to St. Francis by email or phone, 207-374-5200, if...
June 18, 2026
It’s an Open-Door Policy Between Bridging the Gap and Emmanuel Lutheran
On a Tuesday morning in late April, the former parish hall at Augusta’s Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal Church is arranged much like a boutique, welcoming visitors to browse through carefully organized racks and baskets of gently...
June 18, 2026
St. David’s Next-Level Recycling Project Puts Textiles to Multiple Uses
The three-times-a-year textile drives also support church ministries. A primary goal of our commitment as Episcopalians to the care of creation is keeping items we no longer have use for out of landfills. For clothing...
June 16, 2026
Graduating to the Next Chapter of Life
Sarah Harris delivered this reflection at St. Columba’s, Boothbay Harbor’s service for Youth Sunday on May 24, 2026, to mark her graduation from Boothbay Region High School. The valedictorian of her class, she will attend...