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Acolyte Festival

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/acolyte-festival/

Join other Province I acolytes on Saturday, Mar. 1 for a day of fun and learning to celebrate the unique ministry that is acolyting in The Episcopal Church! Participants can expect to arrive at Christ...

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Celebration of New Ministry: The Rev. Greg Baker and St. Mary’s, Falmouth

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/celebration-of-new-ministry-the-rev-greg-baker-and-st-marys-falmouth/

Celebration of New Ministry By the Grace of God the Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown Tenth Bishop of Maine will celebrate the new ministry of The Reverend Gregory Baker as Rector of The Episcopal Church...

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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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Clergy Retreat for Dioceses of NH, ME, and VT

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/clergy-retreat-for-dioceses-of-nh-me-vt-diowma/

Music That Makes Community Geneva Point Center, Moultonborough, NH Sunday, Oct. 6, 4 p.m. – Tuesday, Oct. 8, lunch The Episcopal Church in New Hampshire is inviting clergy in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine to...

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Democracy, Not Theocracy: A Training on How to Recognize and Resist Authoritarianism and White ‘Christian’ Nationalism

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/democracy-not-theocracy-a-training-on-how-to-recognize-and-resist-authoritarianism-and-white-christian-nationalism/

The Maine Council of Churches and Multifaith Justice Maine are co-hosting this free training, which is designed to equip you to speak and act with the moral clarity this moment demands. “Faith communities have superpowers in this...

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How to Update Your Church Listing on the Episcopal Asset Map

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/update-church-listing-on-the-episcopal-asset-map/

Update your church listing online for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.

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Sample Church Group Expectations and Confidentiality Policy

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/sample-church-group-expectations-and-confidentiality-policy/

Church Group Expectations We are welcoming, inclusive, open, and non-judgmental We arrive on time We stay focused on the purpose of the group We are welcome to share or not as is comfortable for us...

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Diocesan Lay Preaching Program

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/diocesan-lay-preaching-program/

Laity is essential to the life and health of our churches, so we need to support lay formation and access to quality learning experiences. This program was designed by lay preachers in Maine who wanted...

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Faithful Preaching in Changing Times: What the Recent IRS Interpretation of the Johnson Amendment Means for You

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/faithful-preaching-in-changing-times-what-the-recent-irs-interpretation-of-the-johnson-amendment-means-for-you/

In a pending case in Federal court in Texas, the IRS has reinterpreted the Johnson Amendment—potentially opening the door for churches to engage more directly with electoral politics during worship if they choose to. But...

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Territorial Lands and Waters Acknowledgement

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/territorial-lands-and-waters-acknowledgement/

2021 Diocesan Resolution 3 for Territorial Acknowledgement Wabanaki REACH Statement on Land Acknowledgement at https://www.mainewabanakireach.org/acknowledging_the_land Dawnland Signals program on WERU-FM about land acknowledgements (11/19/20) at https://archives.weru.org/?s=dawnland+signals Land (and water) acknowledgement by the University of Southern...