Event

You Are Not Alone: Responding to Grief and Trauma by Building Relationships

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/you-are-not-alone-responding-to-grief-and-trauma-by-building-relationships/

The Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, has raised the alarm about what he refers to as a epidemic of loneliness and isolation. “You Are Not Alone” is an opportunity for learning,...

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Day of Prayer and Action in Augusta

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/day-of-prayer-and-action-in-augusta/

Find details about this day here: https://www.facebook.com/events/514397463980578/

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Discover Living Stories Sermons: An Introductory Webinar

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/discover-living-stories-sermons-an-introductory-webinar-2/

What if Sunday sermons weren’t just heard but seen, felt, and co-created by everyone in the room? Living Stories is an innovative approach to preaching that invites the whole congregation—kids and adults alike—into a shared...

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With Sighs too Deep for Words: Grace and Depression – Book Presentation

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/with-sighs-too-deep-for-words-grace-and-depression-book-presentation/

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Conversation and Screening: “Sugarcane”

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/conversation-and-screening-sugarcane/

The award-winning feature documentary “Sugarcane” is a groundbreaking investigation into an Indian residential school, shedding light on years of forced separation, assimilation and abuse that Indigenous children experienced at the hands of church and government....

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Ordination of Jonathan Radtke to the Priesthood

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/ordination-of-jonathan-radtke-to-the-priesthood/

By the Grace of God and with the consent of the people, The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown, Tenth Bishop of Maine, will ordain Jonathan Radtke to the Holy Order of Priests in Christ’s one...

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Lay Liturgical Ministry

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/lay-liturgical-ministry/

A communicant in good standing, may be licensed by the Bishop to serve as Worship Leader, Preacher, Eucharistic Minister, or Eucharistic Visitor. Requirements and guidelines for the selection, training, continuing education, and deployment of lay ministers, and the duration of licenses shall be established by the Bishop in consultation with the Commission on Ministry.

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...

Blog Post

A pastoral word from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on the death of Tyre Nichols

https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/a-pastoral-word-from-presiding-bishop-michael-curry-on-the-death-of-tyre-nichols/?mc_cid=eb3f1ce26a&mc_eid=a9ee3b300d

"Jesus once told a story to teach about what it looks like to love one’s neighbor, which Moses and Jesus both said is a commandment of God. It’s a story about a man beaten nearly to death and left on the side of the road to die by people who knew what Moses taught about love for God and neighbor—and what the prophet Micah taught when he said that God requires three things of us: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God." Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

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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...