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Faith-Based Response to Epidemics & Pandemics from ER&D

https://www.episcopalrelief.org/what-we-do/us-disaster-program/faith-based-response-to-epidemics/?fbclid=IwAR3IyIy7WBh3-djFDvHZtlA1fzxU03orY8DhU2tVER-JvHrmQcK-aYmKuRo

Event

ACLU of Maine Guide to Legislative Advocacy

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/aclu-of-maine-guide-to-legislative-advocacy/

Want to take action in Augusta? Policy Fellow Alicia Rea will host this webinar with her colleagues at ACLU of Maine to walk through some of the key bills being considered at the State House and share...

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Recap of the 205th Diocesan Convention (2024)

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/2024convention/

The 205th Convention of the Diocese of Maine “Building and Supporting Strong Communities of Faith” Saturday, November 16, 2024 The diocese met to conduct business on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at Holiday Inn by the...

Event

Democracy, Not Theocracy: A Training on How to Recognize and Resist Authoritarianism and White ‘Christian’ Nationalism

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/democracy-not-theocracy-a-training-on-how-to-recognize-and-resist-authoritarianism-and-white-christian-nationalism/

The Maine Council of Churches and Multifaith Justice Maine are co-hosting this free training, which is designed to equip you to speak and act with the moral clarity this moment demands. “Faith communities have superpowers in this...

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Sacred Ground Program Year Launch with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe

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

Blog Post

Collecting Signatures for the Safe Schools, Safe Communities Initiative

https://episcopalmaine.org/collecting-signatures-for-the-safe-schools-safe-communities-initiative/

You may have signed a petition for the Safe Schools, Safe Communities Initiative at your polling place on Election Day. While 60,000 signatures were gathered that day, more are still needed, and you can help...

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Active Bystander Intervention Training

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/active-bystander-intervention-training/

Communicating grace and mercy in moments of acute anxiety and confrontation takes preparation. This two-hour class, hosted by St. Paul’s, Brunswick with Prevention. Action. Change. Maine, and offered through Zoom, helps all participants to better...

Blog Post

Construction of New, Expanded Trinity Jubilee Center Underway in Lewiston

https://episcopalmaine.org/construction-of-new-expanded-trinity-jubilee-center-underway-in-lewiston/

On Thursday, Dec. 5, Trinity Jubilee Center broke ground for its new building at 123 Bates St. in Lewiston. From its beginning in 1991 as a project of Trinity Church in Lewiston serving three meals...

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Social Justice & Advocacy

https://episcopalmaine.org/ministries/advocacy/

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Faith Formation and Fun with Catherine Mansir

https://episcopalmaine.org/mainer-member-of-official-youth-presence-at-the-81st-general-convention/

Catherine Mansir of Christ  Church, Gardiner was one of eighteen young people from every province in The Episcopal Church who served as the Official Youth Presence for the 81st General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Official Youth Presence was established by the 1982 General Convention; members have had seat and voice in the House of Deputies since 1997. Sixty young people applied for the 2024 General Convention Official Youth Presence and were interviewed by a team of youth ministers and General Convention deputies from across The Episcopal Church. A team of adult mentors shepherded the group through convention.