The Episcopal Diocese of Maine’s Resolutions Committee is now accepting candidate resolutions for the 2024 Diocesan Convention! Proposed resolutions may be submitted at any time by any parish or individual before the deadline of October 7, 2024. All resolutions coming before the convention will be orchestrated through the resolutions committee. This brief guide along with the online submission form noted below will help those submitting resolutions consider important questions and formulate the resolution into language suitable for debate. What is a resolution? A resolution is a proposed actio ..read more

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The 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church (GC81) will take place June 23-28 in Louisville, Kentucky. Held every three years, the General Convention is more than a gathering of Episcopal church colleagues and friends—it is the primary governing and legislative body of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Except for the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Constitution and Canons, General Convention is the ultimate authority in The Episcopal Church. The decisions made at GC81 by voting on resolutions put forward by various legislative committees will shape the dir ..read more

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine will be screening “The Philadelphia Eleven” in person, in Portland, Maine on Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Nickelodeon Cinemas (1 Temple St.) in Portland at 7 p.m. Exclusion of women from ordination and other church leadership roles made headlines in 2023 when the Southern Baptist Convention banned women from the most senior leadership roles. Women in many parts of the Christian church continue a struggle for full inclusion in the sacraments and leadership of the church, a struggle that some women started 50 years ago. In 1974, there was a dramatic breakthrou ..read more

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Congratulations to Catherine Mansir of Christ  Church, Gardiner! She is one of eighteen young people from every province in The Episcopal Church will serve as the Official Youth Presence for the 81st General Convention, meeting June 23-28 in Louisville, Kentucky. The group gathered in Louisville from Feb. 16-19 for orientation and training. The Official Youth Presence was established by the 1982 General Convention; members have had seat and voice in the House of Deputies since 1997. “The Official Youth Presence in the House of Deputies brings diverse voices and fresh perspectives fro ..read more

Earlier today in a press briefing Governor Mills captured beautifully not only what we’re feeling, but also what we’re praying. 18 of our neighbors have died, and 13 others are injured.* This is a moment all of us will remember, and no matter how committed we have been to eradicating gun violence, the truth is we now join communities throughout our nation who are forever changed because of this evil. Lewiston didn’t deserve this, and as Governor Mills said, no city does, no state does, no people does. Tonight we sorrow with all whose loved ones died or were injured, and we commit to helping to ..read more

22 February 2024 Dear Friends, Grace and peace be with you!  I believe the collaboration among the Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont is a gift from God, and we will continue to collaborate not only for the sake of efficiency, but also because by doing so, we can join God to imagine what might be possible for God’s mission.  When the Bishop of New Hampshire, Rob Hirschfeld, and I first spoke about the possibility of Canon Tina Pickering serving in both dioceses we knew it was a “bold, new thing.” We also knew that it was an experiment. I was keenly aware that he was giving ..read more

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Eclipse News from Houlton Join Church of the Good Shepherd in Houlton, Maine to see one of the true wonders of living in this solar system of God’s creation! In celebration of the total eclipse of the sun on Mon., April 8, Good Shepherd will be serving “The Maine Experience” dinner with a lobster roll, bag of Aroostook County potato chips, a whoopie pie, and a bottle of water Saturday (April 6) , Sunday (April 7), and Monday (April 8) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Good Shepherd is also one of four churches in town with an organ listed in the National Registry of Historical Organs! Organist Susan Laur ..read more