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The Pine Tree Essay: June 8, 2026

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/the-pine-tree-essay-june-8-2026/

Dear Friends in Christ, Six days a week the spirit is alone, disregarded, forsaken, forgotten. Working under strain, beset with worries, enmeshed in anxieties, one has no mind for ethereal beauty. But the spirit is...

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Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/maine-paid-family-and-medical-leave/

Since January, 2025, both Maine employers and employees have helped to fund the payroll contributions for this new state program. Benefits for this program began on May 1, 2026. Employees will need to apply directly...

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Public Reading of MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/committed-to-listen/

Committed to Listen took place in 2021 when political and faith leaders, including Episcopal Diocese of Maine Bishop Thomas Brown, gathered to read aloud the words of MLK's Letter form a Birmingham Jail.

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Center for Racial Healing

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/absalom-jones-center-for-racial-healing/

We encourage you to visit the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing! Subscribe to their newsletter and you’ll gain access to the many resources that they’ve posted, helping them expand their work throughout the...

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For Earth Day, Honor the Wabanaki’s Response to the Climate Crisis

https://episcopalmaine.org/for-earth-day-honor-the-wabanakis-response-to-the-climate-crisis/

How should parishes celebrate Earth Day (April 22) and Earth Week (April 17-23) this year? The Diocese of Maine’s Creation Care Team suggests that we look to the Wabanaki experience as they respond to the...

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Creation Care Team Seeks New Members

https://episcopalmaine.org/creation-care-team-seeks-new-members/

The Diocesan Creation Care Team has an opportunity for new members to join us in our work. Our mission is to bear witness through the people of the Diocese of Maine to the need for justice in...

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Faithful Givers

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/faithful-givers/

Faithful Givers is a new initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine that will strengthen our capacity to engage God’s mission in our congregations and in our community-based ministries. This program will help us develop and sustain financial giving in seeking pledges, fundraising, and building endowments for the future.

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Prayers of Support and Solidarity for Our Immigrant Neighbors

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/prayers-of-support-and-solidarity-for-our-immigrant-neighbors/

Prayers from the Society of St. John the Evangelist: Compassionate God, as you hear the cry of every suffering creature, so hear the groans of our suffering nation. Pierce the hearts of those who sit...

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Remarks on Racial Justice to the 206th Annual Maine Diocesan Convention

https://episcopalmaine.org/remarks-on-racial-justice-to-the-206th-annual-maine-diocesan-convention/

The greatest question I ever heard was this: “What would your life look like if you followed Jesus?” Well, Jesus has led me to a mysterious beauty about racial justice that I could never have...

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Compilation of Prayer & Liturgy Resources for the Season of Creation

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/liturgical-resources-for-the-season-of-creation-care/

Websites: episcopalchurch.org/ministries/creation-care/loving-formation: you will find here a pdf with liturgies and prayers for the Season of Creation seasonofcreation.org: here are a number of resources from the various faith traditions as well as an interfaith resource btscenter.org:...