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Legislative Update – February 5, 2023

https://episcopalmaine.org/legislative-update-february-5-2023/

Below you will find the first draft of the legislative tracking document and my notes from Advocacy Days. The tracking document is not set up with active links to the legislative documents – yet. I...
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2024 Weekly Legislative Update #1

https://episcopalmaine.org/2024-weekly-legislative-update-1/

January 15, 2024 The second session of the Maine Legislature is off and running. Having carried over a record number of bills from the first session and adding another 100 or so “Emergency” bills, every...
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Earth Keeper Update from St. Peter’s in Portland

https://episcopalmaine.org/earth-keeper-update-from-st-peters-in-portland/

It’s been a quiet time during these dark months. Now that Winter Solstice is over, we can put our hearts and minds toward spring!  We have a new member joining us, Meredith Tipton, and she is a...
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A pastoral word from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on the death of Tyre Nichols

https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/a-pastoral-word-from-presiding-bishop-michael-curry-on-the-death-of-tyre-nichols/?mc_cid=eb3f1ce26a&mc_eid=a9ee3b300d

"Jesus once told a story to teach about what it looks like to love one’s neighbor, which Moses and Jesus both said is a commandment of God. It’s a story about a man beaten nearly to death and left on the side of the road to die by people who knew what Moses taught about love for God and neighbor—and what the prophet Micah taught when he said that God requires three things of us: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God." Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

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Trinity Providing Housing to Asylum Seekers

https://episcopalmaine.org/trinity-providing-housing-to-asylum-seekers/

Trinity Church in Portland has begun hosting three families of asylum seekers. They will be sleeping and living at Trinity for two weeks in conjunction with the organization Family Promise. It is a joy that...
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Maine Episcopalians advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights

https://episcopalmaine.org/maine-episcopalians-advocate-for-lgbtqia-rights/

A group of Maine Episcopalians from three parishes (Trinity in Portland, St. Albans in Cape Elizabeth, and St. Ann’s in Windham) recently joined forces to express their faith-based support for gender justice to their legislators....
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Exciting Episcopalians Interview with Bishop Brown

https://episcopalmaine.org/exciting-episcopalians-interview-with-bishop-brown/

Bill Green of Trinity Church, Portland sat down to interview an exciting Episcopalian…our own Bishop Thomas Brown!
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Gun Safety Day of Action

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/gun-safety-day/

Join Gun Safety Day in Augusta on the first day of the legislative session to let the State House and the Governor know the strength of our commitment. Episcopalians of all ages are invited to...
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Faith and Citizenship: A Guide to Effective Advocacy for Episcopalians

https://www.episcopalchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/OGR-Faith-and-Citizenship.pdf

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Sacred Ground Program Year Launch with Presiding Bishop Rowe

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/sacred-ground-program-year-launch-with-presiding-bishop-rowe/

Episcopalians and all interfaith partners are invited to join a fall program year launch event for Sacred Ground, the church’s 11-part film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. Join on Zoom for...