Clergy background checks are conducted through Praesidium by the diocese when there is a new priest called to serve a congregation. The results are sent to the diocese for the bishop’s review. The diocese pays...
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...
There will be a Regional Confirmation on Sunday, June 1 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Portland. Priests with candidates should be in touch with the bishop’s Executive Assistant, Lauralee...
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
The 2022 Virtual Choir will present a world premiere performance of “O Wondrous Souls” on October 22. The Rev. Victoria Sirota, a recently retired priest and professionally trained musician now living in Searsmont, Maine has...
By the Grace of God and with the consent of the people The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown Tenth Bishop of Maine will ordain Emily Ainsworth Keniston and Maribeth Anderson Payne Deacons (Transitional) in Christ’s...
The diocese has a membership with The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) that allows our churches access to stewardship campaign materials and learning opportunities. Join them for a free webinar to help prepare lay and...
The JNCPB is composed of 20 people. Five bishops were elected by the House of Bishops, and five clergy and five lay people were elected by the House of Deputies (Canon I.2.1.a). Two members between ages 16-21 were appointed by the president of the House of Deputies (Canon I.2.1.a). Three members were jointly appointed by the presiding bishop and House of Deputies president to ensure the cultural and geographic diversity of the church and skillsets needed for effective service on the committee (Canon I.2.1.c). The members serve a three-year term that concludes with the close of 81st General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
Stewardship is an essential Christian practice to help your members understand the connection between gratitude and generosity. Year-round stewardship does not imply that we ask for money at every available opportunity, rather it suggests that...
