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Diocesan Staff Launches New Parish Visitation Program

https://episcopalmaine.org/diocesan-staff-launches-new-parish-visitation-program/

Offering Maine Episcopal congregations practical assistance and spiritual encouragement is a collective mission of the diocesan staff, and we continually look for ways to better serve our churches. So, in December 2025 we decided to...

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Christian Climate Training

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/christian-climate-training/

The Episcopal Church is partnering with Blessed Tomorrow and eight other Christian denominations to offer online training for people of faith ready to respond to the climate crisis with hope, courage, and action. Those who...

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Retirement Benefits Update – January 2026

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/retirement-benefits-update-january-2026/

We are pleased to share an important update regarding retirement benefits for employees in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine. Effective immediately, employees who work fewer than 1,000 hours annually are now eligible to enroll in...

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Creation Justice Ministries Lenten 2023 Resource

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/creation-justice-ministries-lenten-2023-resource/

Prepare for Easter. In Lent, we reflect on Christ's ministry, death, and resurrection. We slow down, and examine our internal spiritual lives as well as the way we live out our Christian faith in the world. This Lenten reflection and action guide will help individuals take time to learn, reflect, repent, ask God for forgiveness, and take concrete steps to change course.

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Advocacy 101 for Individuals and Teams

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/advocacy-101-for-individuals-and-teams/2022-06-15/

Advocacy 101 for Individuals and Teams A six-week course offered by Bexley Seabury Seminary Online Taught by John Hennessy, Director of Public Advocacy for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine Sometimes we need to work to...

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A Guide to Civil Discourse from the Office of Government Relations

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/a-guide-to-civil-discourse-from-the-office-of-government-relations/

Equip yourself for more constructive political conversations using Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide to Civil Discourse. Help bridge partisan divides, learn from others, and enlarge the sacred space for debate. Brought to...

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“We Are Queer” on Community Radio WERU featuring The Rev. Douglas Beck

https://episcopalmaine.org/radio-interview-beck/

In the episode airing November 14 of “We Are Queer” on Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM, host Olivia Paruk interviewed The Rev. Douglas Beck who is the Rector at Saint Francis by the Sea Episcopal...

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Sacred Ground Program Year Launch with Presiding Bishop Rowe

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

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Advocacy 101 for Individuals and Teams

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/advocacy-101-for-individuals-and-teams/2022-06-22/

Advocacy 101 for Individuals and Teams A six-week course offered by Bexley Seabury Seminary Online Taught by John Hennessy, Director of Public Advocacy for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine Sometimes we need to work to...

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What is White Christian Nationalism?

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/what-is-white-christian-nationalism/

Resources from the Maine Council of Churches