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How to Worship When Your Priest is Sick

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/supply-sunday-morning-plan-b/

COVID Continued: Sick Clergy and Sunday Morning Plan B In recent weeks we’ve been hearing frequent reports of people testing positive for COVID, including in many cases, clergy in charge of Sunday worship.  The good...

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Letter Writing Toolkit for Faithful Advocacy for the Trans Community

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L0DiR-wMNiHlZDP9BtYPrLW_ipMJ2EWa/view?usp=share_link

Blog Post

2024 Weekly Legislative Update #3

https://episcopalmaine.org/2024-weekly-legislative-update-3/

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...

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Vote Faithfully Election Engagement Toolkit 2024

https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/office-government-relations/election-engagement/#h-vote-faithfully-toolkit-2024

Event

Episcopal Church Immigration Call: ‘Effective Interventions’

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/episcopal-church-immigration-call-effective-interventions/

This weekly call hosted by Episcopal Migration Ministries will include a special 30-minute segment with guests from the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. Join Bishop Mark Edington, the Rev. Michael Rusk, and Guilia Bonoldi...

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2025 Johnson Amendment Ruling

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/johnson-amendment/

The Johnson Amendment, established in 1954, prohibits 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations—including religious bodies—from intervening in political campaigns. In July 2025, in a court settlement with two specific churches, the IRS made a concession, agreeing that the...

Event

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...

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Maine Eucharistic Prayer Porch Discussion

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/maine-eucharistic-prayer-porch-discussion/

Commissioned and authorized by The Rt. Rev. Thomas Brown, the Tenth Bishop of Maine, the Rev. Martin Smith wrote and copyrighted the Eucharistic Prayer for Maine now being used in Episcopal churches and summer chapels...

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Beyond Borders: Empowering Your Ministry with Immigrant Communities

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/beyond-borders-empowering-your-ministry-with-immigrant-communities/

How can churches move from hospitality to partnership with immigrant communities in their midst? This timely and practical webinar hosted by the Episcopal Parish Network will explore how Episcopal congregations can engage more faithfully and...

Blog Post

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...