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2024 Weekly Legislative Update #1

https://episcopalmaine.org/2024-weekly-legislative-update-1/

January 15, 2024 The second session of the Maine Legislature is off and running. Having carried over a record number of bills from the first session and adding another 100 or so “Emergency” bills, every...

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2024 Weekly Legislative Update #3

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February 5, 2024 LD 780 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect Personal Reproductive Autonomy was voted out of the Judiciary Committee with a divided report. Democrats on the committee supported...

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Maine House of Representatives Weekly Legislative Report Index

https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/Documents/WLR?Legislature=129

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Spirit Chats

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/spirit-chats/2024-10-15/

Tuesdays, Oct. 15, 22, 29, and Nov. 5,12, 7 p.m. On Zoom Deepen your connection with God and fellow companions this Autumn through Spirit Chats, an exciting opportunity for small group faith sharing.  Have you ever...

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Read More About Climate Change and Environmental Issues

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/blogs-about-environmental-issues-mainers/

Mainers are writing about climate change and the environment: Sam Matey’s The Weekly Anthropocene: Dispatches from the wild, weird world of humanity and its biosphere Jason Anthony’s Field Guide to the Anthropocene: A weekly essay/newsletter on the transformed...

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Faithfully Supporting Our Vulnerable Neighbors – 2026

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/faithfully-supporting-our-vulnerable-neighbors-january-2026/

Walking Together People in our community remain fearful and in need due to the recent increased ICE presence and activity. Our faith calls us to care for the vulnerable among us, and as members of...

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Episcopal Church Immigration Call: ‘Effective Interventions’

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/episcopal-church-immigration-call-effective-interventions/

This weekly call hosted by Episcopal Migration Ministries will include a special 30-minute segment with guests from the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. Join Bishop Mark Edington, the Rev. Michael Rusk, and Guilia Bonoldi...

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Trinity Providing Housing to Asylum Seekers

https://episcopalmaine.org/trinity-providing-housing-to-asylum-seekers/

Trinity Church in Portland has begun hosting three families of asylum seekers. They will be sleeping and living at Trinity for two weeks in conjunction with the organization Family Promise. It is a joy that...

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Bishop Brown Discusses Our Digital Museum

https://episcopalmaine.org/bishop-brown-discusses-our-digital-museum/

A few weeks ago, Bishop Brown sat in conversation with the Founder and CEO of HistoryIT, Kristen Gwinn-Becker, to discuss the diocese’s focus on digital preservation. Find more info and the link to explore our...

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Advocacy Update – April 2023

https://episcopalmaine.org/advocacy-update-april-2023/

It has been a busy couple of weeks on the advocacy front now that the legislature has dealt with the statebudget. Speaking of the budget, you have heard the democratic majority passed a budget that...