News & Events in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine |
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Volume 24, Number 20
October 20, 2022
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Dr. Meeks keynote address to be livestreamed |
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Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and a bright light in teaching about racial healing and justice, will be with the Episcopal Diocese of Maine thanks to the planning of the Clergy Formation Committee.
The entire diocesan community is invited to watch Dr. Meeks' keynote address on "Racialized Trauma and Healing" which will be livestreamed on YouTube on November 3 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.
The focus will be asking, "What does healing look like for oppressed people who have experienced racialized trauma?" This question will apply for the Wabanaki as well as for Latinx populations, for asylum seekers as well as African American populations, and Dr. Meeks' discussion of this topic will be broad and inclusive.
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Join an online panel discussion of the film Dawnland |
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Christ Church, Gardiner invites you to participate in a virtual panel discussion of the film Dawnland with Christ Church and others on October 27. Once you sign up, the video will be released to you to watch in advance
Online viewing can be anytime between October 22-28, The panel discussion will be on October 27 from 6-7 p.m.. Sign up here.
Dawnland is a documentary about cultural survival and stolen children, telling the story of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The panelists include Carol Wishcamper, Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, Esther Ann Wabanaki REACH founder and Passamaquoddy Citizen from Sipayik, and Heather Augustine Wabanaki REACH Community Organizer and M’ikmaq Citizen from Elsipogtog First Nation.
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News From Our Congregations |
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St. Alban's, Cape ELizabeth invites you to “Living into Death, Dying into Life: Planning for the End of Life”, an event designed to help prepare you for the spiritual journey, the Christian funeral, Advanced Medical Directives, obituary writing, Power of Attorneys, and more.
Join a panel of guides for this important conversation on November 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch served. Suggested donation $20 collected on site. RSVP by calling 207-799-4014 or emailing the church office. |
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Congratulations to the Rev. Gwen Fry and the people of St. Mark's, Waterville. Gwen has been called to serve as priest in charge. May God bless their ministry together! |
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Under the direction of St. Bartholomew's Music Director, Dr. Christina Edelen, the St. Bart's choir has prepared for its first Evensong service in three years, to take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 23. The service will include music from 16th-century England, by composers Thomas Morley, William Mundy, and Thomas Tallis. Evensong is a service of music and meditation, an hour of mindfulness. Free and open to all who desire such an hour, no religious affiliation necessary.
If you can't make it in person, click here to watch the livestream. |
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The Episcopal Church Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop invites all Episcopalians to participate in a survey. The responses will help the committee develop a profile of the skills, qualities, and gifts the church seeks in its next presiding bishop, considering what the church and world may look like in the next decade. The deadline for completing the survey—which can be found online here—is October 31. Please share this information and link with your church community. |
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A recent episode of The ChurchNext Podcast, "How (and Why) to Build a Farm Faith Partnership" explains how farm-faith partnerships connect faith communities with underserved farmers and farmers of color who are looking to increase their market opportunities. Partnerships help both parties work toward an equitable and just food system both in our communities and in our nation. As people of faith, we are called to imagine a world where everyone has enough and to be catalysts in making it happen. Listen here. |
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Please join us in praying for the faithful work of all assembling this Saturday, October 22 at 9:00 a.m. to help direct the future of the diocese at our 203rd Annual Convention. All are welcome to attend the livestream on YouTube. |
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We pray for the Rev. Christine Bennett who celebrated her last Sunday with the people of Saint Mary's, Falmouth as deacon on October 16. Christine has given many hours and years to pastoral care, ministering to others, tending the sick, visiting the dying, going to nursing homes, hospitals, and hospices. We thank her for her faithfulness. |
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Diocesan Council now accepting grant applications |
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Maine is invited to join New Hampshire for Curry's visit |
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The Diocese of New Hampshire invites us to worship with them and the Presiding Bishop on the morning of Saturday, November 5 at Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire.
The Presiding Bishop will join Bishop Rob Hirschfeld and the diocese of New Hampshire for a Eucharist and Panel Discussion. Coffee hour for attendees begins at 9 am. The event begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at 12:30 p.m. Register for the in-person event here! Registration closes this Friday, October 21. |
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Save these dates below! For the full events calendar, click here.
OCTOBER
22 Diocesan Convention
25 Town Hall at 7pm: Convention Debrief
NOVEMBER
3 Dr. Meeks "Racialized Trauma and Healing" Event
10 Deadline for Domestic and International Poverty and New Initiative Fund Grants
20 Diocese-wide, Belated Bicentennial Celebration
27 Advent Begins
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