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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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Christ Transfigured: Maine Artist Discusses Painting

https://episcopalmaine.org/christ-transfigured-painting/

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...
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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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The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown

https://episcopalmaine.org/about/bishop-and-staff/the-rt-rev-thomas-j-brown/

The Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown is the tenth bishop of Maine. A native of Michigan, Brown graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College in 1988. After receiving...
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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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Sample Emergency Action Plan for Churches

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/emergency-plan-for-churches/

The Safety Task Force of Christ Church, Norway developed the emergency plan and accompanying pamphlet below after a year of work. They wish to make both of these items available as samples for other congregations...
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FEMA Handbook – Developing Emergency Operations Plans for Houses of Worship

https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/developing-eops-for-houses-of-worship.pdf

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Commission on Ministry

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/commission-on-ministry/

The Commission on Ministry (COM) assists the bishop in developing, recruiting, forming, and assessing those called to ministry in the church. Their work encompasses those called to lay or ordained ministry.