Resource

2022 Climate Justice Council Report to Convention

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e4Jv4-9lxSguJZNzLR63EutOboNpKl7C/view?usp=sharing

Resource

“Healing Our Hearts, Healing the Land” Ecumenical Creation Care Liturgy

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/healing-our-hearts-healing-the-land-ecumenical-creation-care-liturgy/

“Healing Our Hearts, Healing the Land” is a 90-minute, family-friendly liturgy from the Diocese of Massachusetts for Earth Sunday suitable for any creation care event.  It includes time for walking, outdoor cleanup and prayer. Follow...

Blog Post

2024 Weekly Legislative Update #3

https://episcopalmaine.org/2024-weekly-legislative-update-3/

February 5, 2024 LD 780 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect Personal Reproductive Autonomy was voted out of the Judiciary Committee with a divided report. Democrats on the committee supported...

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Labyrinth Prayer for Convocation 2023

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/labyrinth-prayer-for-convocation-2023/

Climate Justice Council

Event

Lament with Earth

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/lament-with-earth-may8/

Seasonal events honoring the pain of loss through the liturgical year Wednesdays  7:30 – 8:30 p.m. • Online “We know and feel in our bones that something primal is amiss. Our extended home is being...

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Community Support

https://episcopalmaine.org/ministries/social-justice-outreach/community-support/

Blog Post

Territorial and Land Acknowledgements used by congregations in Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/territorial-land-acknowledgements/

St. Alban, Cape Elizabeth Land Acknowledgement Our baptismal vows call us to respect the inherent dignity of Wabanaki people and culture and to lament the historic sins committed by governments and institutions against them. The...

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Lovett Fund Grants

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/lovett-fund-grants/

Lovett Fund Grants are to be used on the maintenance and improvement of mission churches.

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Peace

https://episcopalmaine.org/ministries/social-justice-outreach/peace/

Resource

Expressing the Mind of the House on Climate and Our Vocation in Christ GC80

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/expressing-the-mind-of-the-house-on-climate-and-our-vocation-in-christ/

Climate change and environmental degradation are manifestations of our turning away from God. The effects of this willful separation from God resonate across our collective lives: All areas of justice are either worsened or made better depending on the health of the planet. A changing climate and degraded environment worsen conflict, forces human migration, and causes food insecurity. These related crises increase the rate of violence, cause more natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and deepen the wounds of those already suffering from racism. People living in poverty are plunged further into poverty by the deteriorating condition of the planet.