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Committed to Listen: Observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025

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Committed to Listen: Observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025 Monday, Jan. 20, 12 p.m. Hope GateWay Church 515 Woodford St., Portland In honor of Martin Luther King Day, an in-person performance of “The Malaga...

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Celebration of Ministry: St. Bart’s and the Rev. Amanda Gerken-Nelson

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September 22nd Join St. Bartholomew’s in Yarmouth for a Celebration of Ministry on Sunday, September 22nd at 4 pm. This service will celebrate Amanda’s ministry in our midst as we acknowledge her becoming their Rector...

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Big Way of Love for Kids

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The Big Way of Love for Kids is a discipleship resource for kids and their beloved communities. It’s a set of playing cards and activities to help our kids become the BIG, beloved children God...

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Advent Resources

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A few of our favorite things for churches, families, and communities, updated for 2025… From The Episcopal Church: In Luke’s telling of the Christmas story, startled shepherds are the first to hear that good news...

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Sabbaticals for Clergy

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The sabbatical standard in the Diocese of Maine is set by canon, and it’s a generous one: four months every five years. See Canon22.4(2). The canonical benefit is time off with pay. Covering the financial costs for a sabbatical is the...

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Prayer to open the Maine State Senate, March 3, 2026

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Bishop Brown’s prayer opened the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. He was invited to offer the prayer by Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Cumberland).  We bless you, loving and gracious God, for being God,...

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Leave-Taking Protocol for Ministry Leaders in the Diocese of Maine

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A good beginning depends on a good ending. A church’s ability to call a successor depends on how well the rector, priest, or ministry leader and the wardens and vestry manage the leave-taking and on...

Blog Post

Remarks on Racial Justice to the 206th Annual Maine Diocesan Convention

https://episcopalmaine.org/remarks-on-racial-justice-to-the-206th-annual-maine-diocesan-convention/

The greatest question I ever heard was this: “What would your life look like if you followed Jesus?” Well, Jesus has led me to a mysterious beauty about racial justice that I could never have...

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Wabanaki Alliance Maine 129th Legislature Scorecard 2020 

https://wabanakialliance.com/maine-legislative-scorecard/

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Maine Labyrinth Locator

https://labyrinthlocator.com/locate-a-labyrinth?action=locate&country&state=ME