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Sample Church Group Expectations and Confidentiality Policy

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/sample-church-group-expectations-and-confidentiality-policy/

Church Group Expectations We are welcoming, inclusive, open, and non-judgmental We arrive on time We stay focused on the purpose of the group We are welcome to share or not as is comfortable for us...

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Update on Use of the Common Cup

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/update-on-use-of-the-common-cup/

24 March 2023 Dear Friends in Christ, The late theologian, Louis Weil wrote, “When the Christian community meets to do the whole eucharistic action in obedience to the Lord, he comes. He gives himself to...

Blog Post

Episcopal Clergy and Lay People Fight Anti-Trans Legislation at the State House

https://episcopalmaine.org/fight-anti-trans-legislation/

Update June 16, 2025: The Maine legislature has defeated all eight of the anti-transgender bills! The Episcopal Church has taken an unequivocal and strong position in support of trans, non-binary, and two-spirit people. We have...

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Alcohol Policy of the Diocese of Maine

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LrIwmRWXHwIYR1v-xxNSPmZeHghAQ0CK/view?usp=sharing

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‘A Closer Look’ Webinar: Biodiversity Conservation and Policy

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/a-closer-look-webinar-biodiversity-conservation-and-policy/

As the Season of Creation begins, you are invited to join The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations for a discussion about the current landscape surrounding conservation, what recent federal policy changes mean, and how churches and...

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Earth Keeper Update from the Aroostook Cluster

https://episcopalmaine.org/earth-keeper-update-from-the-aroostook-cluster/

Aroostook Cluster’s Covenant to Care of Creation St. Paul’s, Fairfield Earth Keepers from our cluster of churches; St. Paul’s, Good Shepherd in Houlton, St. John’s in Presque Isle, are planning a combined gathering in September....

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Medical & Dental Insurance Information

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/health-insurance/

Details about the health and dental insurance offered to the diocese through the Episcopal Church Medical Trust and contact information for Quantum Health for benefit coordination

Blog Post

2023 Legislative Review

https://episcopalmaine.org/2023-legislative-review/

October 12, 2023   The Maine Council of Churches Public Policy Committee met yesterday to do a final debrief of the legislative session. I co-chair this group and was excited to meet, mostly in person,...

Blog Post

It’s an Open-Door Policy Between Bridging the Gap and Emmanuel Lutheran

https://episcopalmaine.org/its-an-open-door-policy-at-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...

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Migration, Refugees, & Immigration from OGR

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/migration-refugees-immigration-from-ogr/

Office of Government Relations (OGR) of The Episcopal Church Migration, Refugees, & Immigration As we look ahead to a new presidential administration and congress, we anticipate many changes in immigration policy that may cause a...