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Advocacy Report – A Busy 90 Days Coming Up
Update March 18, 2023 The 131st Legislature was very slow to take off and is just now shifting into a quicker pace. As of March 17th, 1210, of an expected 2,000 +/- bills have been...
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The Gun Safety Day of Action, and What’s Next
Dozens of Episcopalians were among the hundreds of Mainers gathered at the Maine State House in Augusta on January 3—the first day of the new legislative session—to press for gun safety reform. Among them was...
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Bishop Brown’s Easter Message
Did you know that demographers have categorized a new generation: the Star Wars Generation? These are people born between 1977 and 1983. They’re the younger siblings of GenXers and the older siblings of Millennials. When...
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A Successful, Snowy, ‘Have Your Say’ Youth Retreat
Last weekend, middle and high school youth from both Maine and New Hampshire gathered for a winter retreat at Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in New Hampshire. Titled “Have Your Say,” what began...
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Joyce Kennedy Joins the Diocese as Stewardship Advisor
Bishop Brown is pleased to announce the appointment of Joyce Kennedy to the new consultant position of Stewardship Advisor, which is underwritten by the Trustees of Diocesan Funds for a period of two years. In...
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Together in Love: A Sermon for the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland, Maine
7 July 2024 Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 for the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland, Maine Jesus is teaching. Do we have ears to hear? Hello, friends. It’s good to...
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Diocesan Staff Update
22 February 2024 Dear Friends, Grace and peace be with you! I believe the collaboration among the Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont is a gift from God, and we will continue to collaborate...
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Canon to the Ordinary’s sabbatical results in formation of Restoration Laos
I fell in love with the tiny, distant country of Laos about twelve years ago, when I first visited on vacation. Laos is a sliver of mountain and river, with Vietnam on one side and...
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Vigil for Lives Lost to Gun Violence
Come together to remember lives lost to gun violence on Dec. 14, 2024 in Brunswick. We join locations nationwide recognizing victims and survivors of gun violence.
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Earth Day Sermon “To Till and Keep the Earth”
To Till and Keep the Earth A sermon preached at St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church, Deer Isle, MaineFirst Sunday after Easter, Year C, April 24 2022 Celebrating Earth Day (April 22) Texts: Genesis 2:4b-25...