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Getting Ready for Your 2025-2026 Annual Campaign Webinar
The diocese has a membership with The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) that allows our churches access to stewardship campaign materials and learning opportunities. Join them for a free webinar to help prepare lay and...
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Background Checks for Employees
Clergy background checks are conducted through Praesidium or Verified First by the diocese when there is a new priest called to serve a congregation. The results are sent to the diocese for the bishop’s review....
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Together in Love: A Sermon for the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland, Maine
7 July 2024 Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 for the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland, Maine Jesus is teaching. Do we have ears to hear? Hello, friends. It’s good to...
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Recap of the 206th Diocesan Convention (2025)
The 206th Convention of the Diocese of Maine Saturday, October 25 , 2025 The diocese met to conduct business and worship on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The Bishop’s...
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Love is the Point: A Multi-Faith Response to the Turning Point USA Event
With the support of Calvary Chapel Greater Portland, Turning Point USA is bringing their “Make Heaven Crowded Tour” to the Portland Expo on May 15. Turning Point USA, founded by the late Charlie Kirk, advocates...
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Planning for the Season of Creation, a Webinar
Would you like to start or expand your celebration of the Season of Creation, but looking for support? In this webinar Rev. John Lein, rector of St. Aidan’s, Machias, will discuss the Celebration Guide for...
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Johnson Amendment
The Johnson Amendment, established in 1954, prohibits 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations—including religious bodies—from intervening in political campaigns. In July 2025, in a court settlement with two specific churches, the IRS made a concession, agreeing that the...
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Project Resource Online Stewardship Team Training
Project Resource, Fall 2024 Project Resource equips stewardship teams with strategic training and flexible resources to design and execute annual stewardship campaigns which can be replicated and adapted in future years. Project Resource is dedicated...
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Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate of Emily Keniston and Maribeth Payne
By the Grace of God and with the consent of the people The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown Tenth Bishop of Maine will ordain Emily Ainsworth Keniston and Maribeth Anderson Payne Deacons (Transitional) in Christ’s...
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Dismantling Racism Trainings at the Center for Racial Healing
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...