Event

The Advent Grace of Starting Over with Fr. Martin Smith

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/the-advent-grace-of-starting-over-with-fr-martin-smith/

All are invited to attend an advent gathering with Fr. Martin Smith for a short talk, contemplations, and personal mediation. Smith is the author of widely read books on contemporary spirituality and one of The Episcopal...

Resource

Clergy Annual Report to the Bishop

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/clergy-report-to-the-bishop/

The Clergy Annual Report is a requirement of Title I, Canon 6.2 of The Episcopal Church. In the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, we ask active, parochial and non-parochial, and retired clergy to complete the report. We also...

Event

Maliseet tribal ambassador to speak at Church of the Good Shepherd in Houlton

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/maliseet-tribal-ambassador-to-speak-at-church-of-the-good-shepherd-in-houlton/

Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald, tribal ambassador for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, will talk about the history of the relationship between the Maliseet Indians and Houlton-area settlers at the Church of the Good Shepherd on May...

Event

Becoming Beloved Community from an Indigenous Perspective

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/becoming-beloved-community-from-an-indigenous-perspective/

Online webinar offered by The Episcopal Church and United Thank Offering The Episcopal Church Indigenous Ministries Office and the United Thank Offering present this webinar at the start of Native American Heritage Month. Panelists will...

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Customary for Retiring Deacons

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/customary-for-retiring-deacons/

The Canons of The Episcopal Church require the retirement of deacons from all positions of active service in the Church, on reaching the age of 72. Deacons are required to submit their resignations, and bishops are...

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Parish Administrators’ Collaborative (PAC)

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/pac/

The Parish Administrators' Collaborative of the Diocese of Maine is a community of professionals who support one another, share knowledge and resources, and support the ministry of our congregations and the mission of the Church.

Blog Post

On Sacred Ground: Personal Transformation Leads to Sacred Ground Program Expansion

https://episcopalmaine.org/sacred-ground-russell/

The national “Becoming Beloved Community” newsletter recently included this column about Caroline Russell, a St. Paul’s, Brunswick parishioner until her death in December 2021, and her relationship with the Sacred Ground program. Sometimes a transformation...

Resource

Wild Church Network

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/wild-church-network/

WIld Church Network’s resources page offers ways to imagine worship in the natural world such as adapting liturgy and lectionary and includes outdoor wandering practices.

Event

Project Resource Online Stewardship Team Training

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/project-resource-online-stewardship-team-training/2024-09-08/

Project Resource, Fall 2024 Project Resource equips stewardship teams with strategic training and flexible resources to design and execute annual stewardship campaigns which can be replicated and adapted in future years. Project Resource is dedicated...

Blog Post

Special Message from The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing

https://episcopalmaine.org/special-message-from-the-absalom-jones-episcopal-center-for-racial-healing/

The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing is a church-wide resource which is primarily supported by the Diocese of Atlanta and The Episcopal Church, charged with providing tools and experiences to engage in racial healing, dismantling racism,...