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Marriage After Divorce

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/bishops-consent-for-marriage-after-divorce/

In the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, permission for marriage after divorce from the bishop is not necessary. Please direct questions or requests for advice in certain instances to the bishop’s executive assistant, Lauralee Raymond.

Blog Post

Diocese Working with Government Agencies to Address Current Homelessness Crisis

https://episcopalmaine.org/homeless-crisis-update/

Update February 20, 2023 Jane Field of the Maine Council of Churches and I participated in a call with state officials from the Governor’s office, the Department of Health and Human Services, Portland legislators, the...

Event

Safe Talk: Become Suicide-Alert

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/safe-talk-become-suicide-alert/

Come to be trained in the premiere international resource for suicide awareness and prevention. Led by Fr Nathan Ferrell of Saint Mary’s, this training provides practical tools for responding to your neighbors in need. Who?...

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Music that Transcends

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/music-that-transcends/

Music is in the air at St. Bart’s! Save the date for upcoming music events held in the beautiful sanctuary in Yarmouth: Lenten Choral Evensong, March 19 at 4 pm Hymn Sing, May 7 at...

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The Cross, The Tomb, and the Resurrection: A Journey to Easter

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/the-cross-the-tomb-and-the-resurrection-a-journey-to-easter/

The Cross, The Tomb, and the Resurrection: A Journey to Easter in the Ordinary with Fr. Bob Pecoraro SJ This retreat looks at the cross, the tomb, and the resurrection not as individual events but rather,...

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Summer Finale at Bishopswood

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/finale-at-bishopswood/2024-09-14/

Come to Summer Finale this September 13-15! This is the Episcopal Diocese of Maine’s annual celebration at Camp Bishopswood in Hope, ME located on Lake Megunticook, about five miles from Camden. All are welcome …...

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2025 Certificate of Average Sunday Attendance and Lay Delegates to Convention

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/certificate-of-average-sunday-attendance-and-lay-delegates-to-convention/

The 2025 Annual Convention of the Diocese of Maine will take place on Sat., Oct. 25, 2025 at Cross Arena in Bangor. Details will be announced in the spring. This Certificate of Delegates to Convention...

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Faith Climate Action Week April 19-28, 2024

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/faith-climate-action-week-april-19-28-2024/

Faith Climate Action Week is ten days in April during Earth Month when IPL congregations focus on how we can all take action to protect our climate. This year’s theme is Common Ground: Cultivating Connections...

Blog Post

Sacred Spaces and Thin Places: A conversation with John Bell

https://episcopalmaine.org/sacred-spaces-and-thin-places-a-conversation-with-john-bell/

The Rev. Holly Hoffmann, Priest in Charge of St. Saviour’s, Bar Harbor, Church of Our Father, Hulls Cove, and St. Andrew and St. John, Southwest Harbor, along with Pastor Rob Benson of Bar Harbor Congregational...

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Model Safe Church Policies

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/tec-safe-church-model-policies/

1 Corinthians 12:12, 26-27 Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many.  If one...