Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes updated for Lectionary Years A, B, and C In 2022, the Rev. John Elliott Lein (artist and priest in Downeast Maine) partnered with the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas (Creation Care leader in Massachusetts and Western Massachusetts) to assemble and present liturgical resources for this Season for the benefit of interested yet busy parish worship leaders. Year by year, contributions and diocesan endorsements have grown. Last year, the 2024 Season of Creation worship guide was authorized for use in 50 dioceses across The Episcopal Church.
Sunrise services on Easter morning are a Christian tradition that many believe started with the Moravian church in Germany in the 1730s. For Episcopalians, the practice arose from the Easter Vigil, which, according to The...
Come celebrate the joy of the Christmas season with a Christmas Sing Along hosted by St Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Yarmouth. We’ve put together a list of our favorites – It’s Beginning to Look a...
April 29 – May 1 Camp Bishopswood For the first time in two years, Episcopal Maine Youth will gather in person for an overnight retreat – and we want you to be there! REGISTER NOW to...
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...
The national “Becoming Beloved Community” newsletter recently included this column about Caroline Russell, a St. Paul’s, Brunswick parishioner until her death in December 2021, and her relationship with the Sacred Ground program. Sometimes a transformation...
Nominating Committee Calls for Names The Episcopal Church Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop issued a letter (see below) to the church announcing the availability of the “Profile for the Election...
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...
What: This is an event for middle and high school age Episcopalians to come to Maine to share in the beauty of Creation, and to work with faith leaders to learn about how to protect...
Music That Makes Community Geneva Point Center, Moultonborough, NH Sunday, Oct. 6, 4 p.m. – Tuesday, Oct. 8, lunch The Episcopal Church in New Hampshire is inviting clergy in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine to...
