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Advocacy Report – A Busy 90 Days Coming Up

https://episcopalmaine.org/advocacy-report-a-busy-90-days-coming-up/

Update March 18, 2023 The 131st Legislature was very slow to take off and is just now shifting into a quicker pace. As of March 17th, 1210, of an expected 2,000 +/- bills have been...

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Global Mission

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/global-mission-advocate/

Global mission is no longer the domain of professional missionaries, but has become the work of everyone in the church. We prayerfully work to build relationships across difference whether in local or international contexts. We...

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Permission to Officiate in Maine

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/clergy-new-to-maine-and-licensing/

Clergy licensing, serving in Maine as supply, marriages, funerals

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Bishop Brown’s Easter Message

https://episcopalmaine.org/bishop-easter-message-2023/

Did you know that demographers have categorized a new generation: the Star Wars Generation? These are people born between 1977 and 1983. They’re the younger siblings of GenXers and the older siblings of Millennials. When...

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Hymn: O Wondrous Souls

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/2022-convention-hymn-o-wondrous-souls/

The 2022 Virtual Choir will present a world premiere performance of  “O Wondrous Souls” on October 22.  The Rev. Victoria Sirota, a recently retired priest and professionally trained musician now living in Searsmont, Maine has...

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General Convention

https://episcopalmaine.org/about/governance/general-convention/

Maine’s 2027 General Convention Deputation Lay Deputies Mark Spahr, Chair – St. Patrick’s, Brewer Nancy Dymond – St. John’s, Bangor Christian Clough Julie Littlefield – St. George’s, York Harbor Clerical Deputies The Rev. Gwen Fry,...

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Graduating to the Next Chapter of Life

https://episcopalmaine.org/graduating-to-the-next-chapter-of-life/

Sarah Harris delivered this reflection at St. Columba’s, Boothbay Harbor’s service for Youth Sunday on May 24, 2026, to mark her graduation from Boothbay Region High School. The valedictorian of her class, she will attend...

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Bishop Brown’s Christmas Message 2024

https://episcopalmaine.org/bishop-browns-christmas-message-2024/

Merry Christmas from Bishop Thomas Brown! In these 12 Days of Christmas, more than at any other time of the year, we adore the Word made flesh, our hope is renewed, and our humanity is restored because Jesus Christ, ever ancient and ever new, is born. 

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Communications Overview and Guidelines

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/communications-overview-and-guidelines/

Mission Statement The mission of the Diocese of Maine Communications Department is to amplify the message of Jesus Christ beyond our worship spaces—both within the diocese and externally. We may be headquartered at Loring House,...

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Empty Chairs: Remembering Lewiston One Year Later (Rangeley)

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/empty-chairs-requiem-remembering-lewiston-one-year-later-rangeley/

The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley invites the community to a service of remembrance on the first anniversary of the Lewiston Shootings. The candle-light service will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October...