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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!

Resource

Draft 2027 Assessment/Episcopate Worksheet

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tcm8F9KbAfpL90s13-bNZFa9hqxycT1_/view?usp=sharing

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St. David’s Next-Level Recycling Project Puts Textiles to Multiple Uses

https://episcopalmaine.org/st-davids-next-level-recycling-project-puts-textiles-to-multiple-uses/

The three-times-a-year textile drives also support church ministries. A primary goal of our commitment as Episcopalians to the care of creation is keeping items we no longer have use for out of landfills. For clothing...

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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

Event

Formation Conversation for the Diocese of Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/formation-conversation/2024-09-19/

“Formation” is the work of deepening our faith and learning about God, our faith tradition and ourselves throughout the course of our lives. And how we “form” Episcopalians is changing a lot as our churches and...

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Reconsider the Lilies: White Supremacy and Environmental Justice

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/reconsider-the-lilies-white-supremacy-and-environmental-justice/

The environmental issues facing society are deeply connected with lasting problems of racism, colonialism, and white supremacy. To be faithful to its calling, the church needs to rethink its environmental theology and confront these problems...