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Diocesan Online Compline

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/diocesan-online-compline/2026-01-26/

Pray compline with the diocese for the next three Mondays (Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Feb. 9) at 7 p.m. led by our clergy and broadcast on our YouTube channel. We will join together throughout the...

Blog Post

Having ‘Bridged the Gap,’ George Cooper Finally Gets to Retire

https://episcopalmaine.org/having-bridged-the-gap-george-cooper-finally-gets-to-retire/

by Susan Sherrill Axelrod It’s not unusual for the career paths followed by Episcopal clergy to have taken a number of turns—sometimes sharp ones—before ending up at the church. For the Rev. George Cooper, who...

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Remembrance, Lamentation, Hope, and Re-dedication in Lewiston

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/lewiston-oct25/

Remembrance, Lamentation, Hope, and Re-dedication Friday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church and Commons, Lewiston As the community of Lewiston-Auburn commemorates the anniversary of last year’s horrific mass shooting, Trinity Episcopal Church and Commons...

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Recap of the 204th Diocesan Convention (2023)

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/convention2023/

The documents that make up the Journal of the 204th Annual Diocesan Convention can be accessed below: Agenda Budget Bishop Brown’s Address Rules of Order Consent Calendar Resolutions 1-3 Candidate information Report from the Trustees...

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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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Faithful Givers Roadshow

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/faithful-givers-roadshow/

The Faithful Givers Roadshow, an intensive, one-day immersion in all things giving will be held on Friday, May 29 in Bangor and Saturday, May 30 in Falmouth. Participants will choose one of the two days....

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Dismantling Racism Trainings at the Center for Racial Healing

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/dismantling-racism-trainings-at-the-center-for-racial-healing/2023-06-24/

Dismantling Racism training seeks to increase “racial understanding, healing and reconciliation.” It is offered several times throughout the year and is required for all parish clergy and all lay leaders, including vestry members. Trainings are...

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Funeral for Rev. Mary Ann Taylor

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The Rite of Christian Burial for the Rev. Mary Ann Taylor will be Thursday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Margaret’s. The Rev. Barbara Briggs, rector, the Rev. Mary Carson of St. James Episcopal...

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Celebration of New Ministry – St. Martin’s, Palmyra & Rev. Christopher Warne

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/celebration-of-new-ministry-st-martins-palmyra-rev-christopher-warne/

The Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown, Tenth Bishop of Maine, will celebrate the new ministry of the Reverend Christopher William Warne as Priest in Charge of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Palmyra on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 4...

Blog Post

Bishop Brown Reflects on His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

https://episcopalmaine.org/bishop-brown-reflects-on-his-pilgrimage-to-the-holy-land/

Have you ever been in the presence of a member of the clergy and thought to yourself, “Wow, he/she/they is clearly called”?  That’s what happened for me during my recent visit with Archbishop Hosam E....