Blog Post

2024 Weekly Legislative Update #1

https://episcopalmaine.org/2024-weekly-legislative-update-1/

January 15, 2024 The second session of the Maine Legislature is off and running. Having carried over a record number of bills from the first session and adding another 100 or so “Emergency” bills, every...

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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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How to Worship When Your Priest is Sick

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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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Maine House of Representatives Weekly Legislative Report Index

https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/Documents/WLR?Legislature=129

Event

Water and Wilderness Church webinar

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/water-and-wilderness-church-webinar/

You are invited for an evening conversation with Rev. Pete Nunnally, coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay EcoRegion, about his ministry there. He is the founder of Water and Wilderness—an outdoor church that meets weekly for...

Event

Fall Religious Observance Security Briefing

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/fall-religious-observance-security-briefing/

Sponsored by the Dept. of Homeland Security and interagency partners, this webinar will provide participants with a threat briefing during the period of fall religious observances and the “Protecting Places of Worship National Weeks of...

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Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/maine-paid-family-and-medical-leave/

Since January, 2025, both Maine employers and employees have helped to fund the payroll contributions for this new state program. Benefits for this program began on May 1, 2026. Employees will need to apply directly...

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Bishop Brown Discusses Our Digital Museum

https://episcopalmaine.org/bishop-brown-discusses-our-digital-museum/

A few weeks ago, Bishop Brown sat in conversation with the Founder and CEO of HistoryIT, Kristen Gwinn-Becker, to discuss the diocese’s focus on digital preservation. Find more info and the link to explore our...

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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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...