The cheerful flyer with colorful graphics of winter hats, socks, and mittens invited Portland-area youth to spend an afternoon with the Youth Service Corps (YSC), shopping for warm accessories at Marden’s, followed by a visit...
On July 1, five members of the Council on Indigenous Relations (CIR) and three members of the Friends Committee on Maine Public Policy met with leaders from the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq tribes. The day marked...
There are 17 summer chapels in Maine that have become communities of worship and friendship over the last 125 years.
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...
Christ Transfigured This image was created for the season of Epiphany, 2023. As I thought about the themes inherent to the season, and looked at the various gospel readings for this year, I found myself...
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...
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...
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...
Bishop Brown is on sabbatical June 24 and through October 2026. While he is away, Bishop Brown will neither receive nor be able to respond to emails, phone calls, or texts. He plans to spend...
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...
