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Committee on Indian Relations Brochure

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MtFUQ6ZwEjRnV3boBB6TmWz37-hlef1s/view?usp=sharing

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Finance Committee

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/finance-committee/

Diocesan Finance Committee Julian Sheffield, Treasurer & Chair of the Finance Committee (2026), St. Margaret’s, Belfast Rev. John Balicki (2026), St. Luke’s, Wilton Theodore G. Fletcher (2026), St. Andrew and St. John, Southwest Harbor Rev....

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In Returning and Rest: A Learning Lunch for Summer Chapels – July 2, 2024

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/2024chapelevent/

Find materials from the presenters at the 2024 chapel learning lunch below. Insurance  2024 Presentation – Church Insurance Agency 2024 Vacant Properties Tip Sheet – Church Insurance  Future-Planning Future Committee: Transforming Congregational Culture Outline  Future...

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Nomination process opens for Episcopal Church leadership positions

https://episcopalmaine.org/nomination-process-opens-for-episcopal-church-leadership-positions/

The Joint Standing Committee on Nominations invites members from across The Episcopal Church to apply for the key churchwide leadership positions listed below. The priority deadline to apply online is June 15. Elections will take place at the 82nd...

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Tribal Sovereignty

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/tribal-sovereignty/

Tribal Sovereignty resources from the Committee on Indian Relations

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St. Margaret’s Leans In and Reaches Out for Refugee Sunday

https://episcopalmaine.org/st-margarets-leans-in-and-reaches-out-for-refugee-sunday/

In February, Bishop Brown announced that the diocese would show its support for the ministry of refugee resettlement by hosting a Refugee Sunday on the First Sunday of Lent, March 9. Realizing that churches might...

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Serving on the Vestry or Bishop’s Committee

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/vestry/

Serving on a vestry is an important ministry for the health and well-being of a church. It can bring with it questions and challenges, as well as rewards. The Diocese of Maine wants to help helps wardens and vestries find resources necessary to fulfill their responsibilities. Wardens and vestries are also encouraged to share ideas and to help one another.  

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Diocese of Maine’s Constitution and Canons Regarding Lay Delegates to Convention

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/diocese-of-maines-constitution-and-canons-regarding-lay-delegates-to-convention/

DIOCESE OF MAINE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE III Section 4. Each Parish in union with the Convention, or the Vestry thereof, and each Organized Mission in union with the Convention, or the Bishop’s Committee thereof, may, at...

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Episcopal Indigenous Justice Network Resources

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/episcopal-indigenous-justice-network-resources/

Resources and More Information Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery  The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery calls on the Christian Church to address the extinction, enslavement, and extraction done in the name...

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Recording of Restoring Wabanaki Tribal Sovereignty Forum held Feb. 20, 2022

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/tribal-sovereignty-forum-2022/

The Racial Justice Council and the Committee on Indian Relations of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine held a public forum in support of LD1626, “An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act" in February 2022. Maulian Dana, Ambassador of the Penobscot Nation will be the keynote speaker.