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Frequently Asked Questions about LOIs for Grants

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Wondering if there is a diocesan grant available for your project? Please submit a one-page Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Grants Committee outlining your proposal. In your letter, please include: The full name of...

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Youth from Seven Dioceses Gather in Maine for Inaugural Climate Justice Event

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From June 29 through July 1, about 50 young people and their adult chaperones from Province 1 and beyond participated in the first-ever Climate Justice Youth Event (CJYE), held at the Schoodic Institute in Winter...

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Bishop Brown’s Address to the 205th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/bishop-browns-address-to-the-205th-convention-of-the-episcopal-diocese-of-maine/

Download a PDF Celebrated Maine author Elizabeth Strout, born in Portland and now living in Harpswell, is arguably best-known for introducing the world to her character, Olive Kitteridge, in 2008. Strout’s eight books aren’t exclusively set in...

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Conference on Homelessness: Solution Start with ME

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/conference-on-homelessness-solution-start-with-me/

Conference on Homelessness: Solutions Start with ME Homelessness is a crisis and is continuing to escalate throughout Maine. This crisis is driven by a wide range of complex factors including a lack of affordable housing and accessible...

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Episcopal Indigenous Justice Network Resources

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Resources and More Information Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery  The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery calls on the Christian Church to address the extinction, enslavement, and extraction done in the name...

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Diocesan Assessment Formula

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Normal Operating Income (NOI) Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Qualifying Normal Operating Income (QNOI) as reported on the Annual Parochial Report submitted two years prior to the assessment year. For example, 2026 assessments...

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An Advent Message from Bishop Brown 2023

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/an-advent-message-from-bishop-brown-2023/

In this Advent video, Bishop Brown says, “Let’s speak words and use sign language and every other tool we can to speak a word of hope and glory even if it feels out of place.”...

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Online Giving to Churches and Missions in Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/online-giving-info/

The Diocese of Maine uses the platform Vanco to collect donations for all of our churches! We established this system in order to provide an online giving resource to help facilitate stewardship in our churches. While every church and chapel is included in...

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Dio Maine Cooks: Better Than Boursin

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When I was growing up in Camden, St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church was an anchor for the community (and still is). The church motto: We are followers of Jesus who: “Worship in beauty, Question in faith,...

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The Pine Tree Essay: May 11, 2026

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/pine-tree-essay-may-11-2026/

Dear Friends in Christ, Wasn’t the clergy conference marvelous? At the “bishop’s time” I said, “there’s always something to receive from whomever the speaker or leader is, and there’s always something the speaker says or...