News & Events in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine |
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Volume 23, Number 21
November 4, 2021
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Worship online with the diocese on November 14 |
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Join us for a full diocese-wide service on Sunday, November 14! It will include music, a sermon by Bishop Brown, and participation from across Maine.
If you have questions or want to participate in the service for December 26, please email Katie Clark, Director of Communications.
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Episcopal Maine Youth of all ages are gathering online |
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All youth grades 6-12 are invited to join a fun and prayerful online space each month! The next meeting for this age group is Monday, November 18 at 6:30 pm.
No registration needed! Youth can just click here to join via Zoom to spend time getting to know one another, playing some games, and praying together.
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They can cick here to join on Zoom on the first Monday of each month. The next meeting is Monday, December 6 at 6:30 pm and then
The group will talk about current events, their faith, God, and everything in between - wherever the conversation goes!
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Regional Confirmation to take place on December 12 |
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A Regional Confirmation for the diocese is scheduled for Sunday, December 12 at 4:00 pm at St. Ann's, Windham. Priests in Charge who have candidates prepared for Confirmation, Reception, Reaffirmation or Baptism are asked to please be in touch with the Rev. Tim Higgins, Rector at St. Ann's, and to complete this form.
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News From Our Congregations |
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Saint Mary's, Falmouth has called the Rev. Jane Milliken Hague to serve as their Temporary Priest in Charge while their Rector, the Rev. Nathan Ferrell, is deployed to Bahrain with the US Navy from November 2021 to September 2022. Jane most recently served as the Interim Rector at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Maryland and has also served parishes in Washington, DC and New Hampshire. Her first Sunday will be November 14. |
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A crew at St. Margaret's, Belfast came together to bake homemade bread for Eucharist. The photo shows the outcome of their efforts. Watch video here.
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When the Middle School Book Club at St. Mark's, Waterville finished reading The Night Diary, which takes places in India during the struggle for independence from British rule, they loaded up their plates and gathered outside to enjoy a potluck Indian feast of the foods they had read about in the book.
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Project Grace, Scarborough Garden Club, and Jane and Nancy from St. Nicholas, Scarborough worked to put the Community Garden to rest for the winter after one last bountiful harvest of green peppers. |
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Trinity, York Harbor's Service Guild members were hard at work stuffing envelopes for their Fall appeal letter from Will Ethridge but fun was had along the way! |
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Welcome to the Rev. David Matson who has joined St. Matthew's, Lisbon Falls as their new Priest-in-Charge. May God bless their ministry together! |
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Children engage in Godly Play each Wednesday afternoon at St. Ann's, Windham. Look fun? Learn more about Godly Play here or contact Emily Keniston, our Diocesan Director of Faith Formation.
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“By God’s grace we are becoming a church that looks and acts, and maybe better yet, that loves like Jesus. A church that is his witness to his love and not to ourselves.” Read Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s opening remarks for Executive Council from October 25 here.
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The Rev. Tom Mousin and Merry Waters create an Advent Calendar each year and the 2021 calendar is now available! Find the calendar (feel free to reproduce, copy, distribute as you wish!) and more Advent resources here on episcopalmaine.org.
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Congratulations to the Elizabeth Burgess of Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal, Augusta who has been re-elected to serve on the Executive Board of Women of the ELCA, the churchwide women’s organization.
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We pray for the Rt. Rev. Stephen Lane newly elected to serve as Bishop Provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. His term will begin in February of 2022 and continue through the end of the diocese's period of discernment. Read his letter to the people of Rochester here.
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We offer prayers for the Rev. Nathan Ferrell and his family. The Navy has selected him to be mobilized for 9 months to serve as Chaplain to our combined uniformed services at Isa Air Base in Bahrain beginning this month. |
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Borderlands Virtual Experience open to all |
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A two-day Virtual Borderlands Experience (VBE) is being offered to everyone on Friday, November 12 - Saturday, November 13. The Episcopal Church's Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries considers this two-day class essential and informative. It's designed to expose participants to the border crossing experiences of immigrants, including their experiences with detention centers, and the work of churches and other organizations to support them. Presenters include individuals involved in immigration ministry and advocacy, as well as the immigrants themselves who have personally experienced the impact of our national immigration policies. Cost is $25. Register and learn more here.
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Register for UTO's Great EpisGOpal Virtual Race |
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The United Thank Offering’s Great EpisGOpal Virtual Race returns November 5-14, with multiple ways to participate and raise funds to support special ministries and missions. This year’s proceeds will help fund creation care grants and support Sawyerville, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama that provides free programs, mentoring and scholarships for children and youth. Participants can register online for $30, choosing their preferred mode, distance, and type of race, including “choose your own adventure" or create a team. Sign up here.
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