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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...

Event

Deacons Day in the Diocese of Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/deacons-day-2026/

Deacons Day in the Diocese of Maine Last Sunday each June Resolution 3 adopted by diocesan convention set aside the last Sunday in June for deacons in the diocese to travel to a parish that...

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Deacons Day adopted by the 203rd Convention

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/2022-convention-resolution-deacons-day/

Deacons Day in the Diocese of Maine! Remember Resolution 3 from Diocesan Convention in 2022? It sets aside the last Sunday in June for Deacons in the Diocese to travel to a parish that doesn’t...

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Province I School for Deacons Videos

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/province-i-school-for-deacons-videos/

Watch “Deacons Make a Meaningful Difference” (19-min video) and 5 short topical trailers (2-3 min each) in which we teach & share what being a Deacon in The Episcopal Church is all about! Please request...

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Financial Assistance for Deacons

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/financial-assistance-for-deacons/

The Fund for the Diaconate provides vital financial assistance for deacons and those in diaconal formation who have insufficient funds for their needs. Most deacons in The Episcopal Church serve as non-stipendiary ministry leaders, and...

Blog Post

Having ‘Bridged the Gap,’ George Cooper Finally Gets to Retire

https://episcopalmaine.org/having-bridged-the-gap-george-cooper-finally-gets-to-retire/

by Susan Sherrill Axelrod It’s not unusual for the career paths followed by Episcopal clergy to have taken a number of turns—sometimes sharp ones—before ending up at the church. For the Rev. George Cooper, who...

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Spiritual Direction

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/spiritual-direction-2/

Here is a list of spiritual directors working within the Diocese of Maine. This is not a list of vetted practitioners; it is merely a list of those who have let us know that they...

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Sample Letter of Agreement for a Deacon

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/sample-deacons-letter-of-agreement/

Letter of Agreement Deacon Template – WORD VERSION

Event

Invitation for Province I Deacons to Check-In Online

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/invitation-for-province-i-deacons-to-check-in-online/

Meet with your fellow deacons of Province I on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. online. Let’s share and hear what all of us are up to specifically around the social and emotional health of children...

Event

Deacons Zoom Gathering

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/deacons-zoom-gathering-2/

At our March 21 meeting, we agreed that the topic of deacon stipends and related benefits through the Church Pension Fund required more discussion, and that it needed to be sooner than our quarterly Zooms....