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Reciprocal Love and Being Seen with Holy Vision

https://episcopalmaine.org/reciprocal-love-and-being-seen-with-holy-vision/

Listen to the sermon preached at the Diocese of Maine Chrism Mass and renewal of baptismal and ordination vows on April 8, 2025 at Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church in Falmouth. Based on:  John 12: 1-8...
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Clergy Formation

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/clergy-formation-committee/

The Clergy Formation Committee is a group of presbyters and deacons working to offer opportunities to enrich the ongoing formation of Maine's clergy community.
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Bishop Brown’s Update on How We Are Helping Our Immigrant Neighbors

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/bishop-browns-update-on-how-we-are-helping-our-immigrant-neighbors/

Feb. 3, 2026 You are a spectacular church! Thank you for all the ways you’re praying, giving, feeding, demonstrating, and loving our neighbors. You often hear me say “God has already given us everything we...
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Clergy Disciplinary Process

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/clergy-discipline-titleiv/

All matters of clergy misconduct will be reported to an intake officer for the diocese.  Matters might then be resolved through pastoral care, mediation, an agreement with the bishop, an investigation or any combination of these.  An investigation may result in formal mediation, and, if necessary, a hearing.

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Responding to the Pandemic

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/pandemic-response/

Latest news, guidance, and resources regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and our churches
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Staff to Contact by Topic

https://episcopalmaine.org/whom-to-contact/

Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with diocesan staff with any questions, concerns, or requests. Reach any of us by phone by dialing 207-772-1953 and then “2” for a staff directory of extensions. Not...
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Safe Church Training in Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/safe-church-training/

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is committed to the prevention of abuse of all forms. We want to help the church to be a safe place and believe that requiring safe church training is one aspect of honoring our baptismal vows to “respect the dignity of every human being.”
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Province 1 Winter Conference

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/province-1-winter-conference/

Province 1 Conference and Budget Meeting Monday, Dec. 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., on Zoom Registration is now open for the Province 1 2024 Winter Conference, which will feature elections for Provincial Executive Committee and...
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The Pine Tree Essay: June 8, 2026

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/the-pine-tree-essay-june-8-2026/

Dear Friends in Christ, Six days a week the spirit is alone, disregarded, forsaken, forgotten. Working under strain, beset with worries, enmeshed in anxieties, one has no mind for ethereal beauty. But the spirit is...
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Cathedral Dean leaving Portland after 18 years of service

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The Very Rev. Dr. Benjamin Shambaugh, Dean of St. Luke’s Cathedral will complete 18 years of service to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, the City of Portland, and the state and Episcopal Diocese of...