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UTO Board President Offers Message to Maine – June 2022

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/uto-board-president-message/

Hear from UTO Board President Sherri Dietrich who lives and worships in Maine about United Thank Offering and working to cultivate gratitude in our diocese.

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Clergy Retreat: Loving Christ In & Through Creation

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/clergy-retreat-loving-christ-in-through-creation/

Clergy are invited to join us on Thursday, March 2 for a one-day retreat led by Br. Keith Nelson, SSJE, focused on loving Christ in and through creation. Br Keith Nelson, SSJE is a life-professed member...

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Clergy Annual Report to the Bishop

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/clergy-report-to-the-bishop/

The Clergy Annual Report is a requirement of Title I, Canon 6.2 of The Episcopal Church. In the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, we ask active, parochial and non-parochial, and retired clergy to complete the report. We also...

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Church Cybersecurity

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/church-cybersecurity/

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and others, offers this guide, “Mitigating Cyber Threats with Limited Resources: Guidance for Civil Society,” that is...

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CANON 15 Of the Diocesan Council

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/canon-15-of-the-diocesan-council/

Canon 15 Of the Diocesan Council Section 1: The congregations and the clergy of the Diocese shall be grouped in Areas in such number and manner as the Bishop and Diocesan Council, in consultation with...

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Financial Assistance for Deacons

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/financial-assistance-for-deacons/

The Fund for the Diaconate provides vital financial assistance for deacons and those in diaconal formation who have insufficient funds for their needs. Most deacons in The Episcopal Church serve as non-stipendiary ministry leaders, and...

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Courage to Thrive: Practical Steps You Can Start Today to Find Meaning, Joy, and Hope

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/courage-to-thrive-free-seminar/

St Bart’s Episcopal Church in Yarmouth is sponsoring a free seminar by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Flanagan: Courage to Thrive: Practical Steps You Can Start Today to Find Meaning, Joy, and Hope. Rev. Dr. Flanagan...

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Visitations from Bishop Brown

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/visitations/

Episcopal Visitations are required by Canon III every three years.  In the Diocese of Maine, episcopal visitations are scheduled in rotation about once every 28-30 months.  Other celebrations, special services/ mission leadership or pastoral care visits may be scheduled 'in between' official visitations by either the Priest in Charge/Sr. Warden or the Bishop.Episcopal Visitations are required by Canon III every three years.  In the Diocese of Maine, episcopal visitations are scheduled in rotation about once every 28-30 months.  Other celebrations, special services/ mission leadership or pastoral care visits may be scheduled 'in between' official visitations by either the Priest in Charge/Sr. Warden or the Bishop. You will be provided with visitation forms (available below) ahead of Bishop Brown's visit. Please complete these to help you to prepare for your time together. Here are few highlights: A visitation consists of four parts—a pre-visitation conversation, worship and congregational conversation, vestry/leadership meeting, and time with the clergy person. Please consider scheduling the vestry meeting to a weekday, about 90 minutes, either before or after the visitation. We'll find the time that’s most convenient for you and your leadership. The clergy-bishop time need not occur on Sunday, and when the visitation is online, we’ll likely have to use Zoom for this part. The Bishop's preference, whenever it’s safe and possible, is to have a meal together. Forms to read and complete before Bishop's visit: Bishop's Visitation Customary Notes for Vestry Visits Notes about Confirmation Visitation Planning Worksheet Visitation Schedule Please contact Lauralee Raymond, Executive Assistant to Bishop Brown will any questions.

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How to Author a Resolution

https://episcopalmaine.org/how-to-write-resolutions/

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine’s Resolutions Committee is now accepting proposed resolutions for the 2025  Diocesan Convention! Proposed resolutions may be submitted at any time by any parish or individual before the deadline of September...

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Celebration of Deacon Marcia Richardson

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/celebration-of-deacon-marcia-richardson/

The Wardens, Vestry and Congregation of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Wiscasset, Maine invite you to a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Ordination for Rev. Marcia Richardson as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church...