Blog Post

Diocesan Creation Care Team Minutes – November 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sTvFWh4cpa6whku1pGnYYNROgKWFEOry/view?usp=drive_link

Resource

2024 Diocesan Budget

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l0xaGUI2NjImjGsbAqvWY-SxjyPBDSLb/view?usp=sharing

Event

Diocesan Staff Retreat

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/diocesan-staff-retreat/

Staff in Maine will travel to New Hampshire for a combined retreat, worship, and festive lunch!

Blog Post

Diocesan Creation Care Team Minutes – January 2026

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zfpllqhTqLPrR5Rzir0PvUMYwz0Q8Ibz/view?usp=sharing

Resource

Minutes of the 204th Annual Diocesan Convention (2023)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oNYlSNA7LCvpIjI2pGhGKic82pQGxsjE/view?usp=sharing

Event

Diocesan Office Closed for Holiday Break

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/diocesan-office-closed-for-holiday-break/2024-12-20/

The bishop’s staff will be on holiday break, and the offices at Loring House in Portland will be closed from Fri., Dec. 20, 2024 through Wed., Jan. 1, 2025. We wish you all a Merry...

Resource

Bishop Brown’s Address to the 206th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/bishop-browns-address-to-the-206th-annual-convention-of-the-episcopal-diocese-of-maine/

DOWNLOAD A PDF One day in a diocesan staff meeting, I asked, “What is it that you want to hear, or receive, from my convention address?” Among the 10 or so answers, two jumped out...

Blog Post

Cathedral Dean leaving Portland after 18 years of service

https://episcopalmaine.org/cathedral-dean-leaving-portland-after-18-years-of-service/

The Very Rev. Dr. Benjamin Shambaugh, Dean of St. Luke’s Cathedral will complete 18 years of service to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, the City of Portland, and the state and Episcopal Diocese of...

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Diocese of Maine Members Attend Global Episcopal Mission Network Conference

https://episcopalmaine.org/diocese-of-maine-members-attend-global-episcopal-mission-network-conference/

The last week in April, members of the Diocese of Maine traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras to engage in a conference hosted by the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), and to participate in their...

Event

Faithful Preaching in Changing Times: What the Recent IRS Interpretation of the Johnson Amendment Means for You

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/faithful-preaching-in-changing-times-what-the-recent-irs-interpretation-of-the-johnson-amendment-means-for-you/

In a pending case in Federal court in Texas, the IRS has reinterpreted the Johnson Amendment—potentially opening the door for churches to engage more directly with electoral politics during worship if they choose to. But...