Terry will also provide ample time for questions and answers. The workshops are open to all who have an interest in church finances.
Climate Revival 2013
An Ecumenical Festival to Embolden the Renewal of Creation
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Copley Square, Boston
Join Bishop Steve on this trip to Boston to learn more about our role in the renewal of creation.
Speakers include:
* The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
* The Rev. Geoffrey Black, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus South Africa and Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist, will send video messages.
Come together for an inspirational day of preaching, worship, prayers, and music as we celebrate the splendor of Creation, mourn its desecration, and advocate for restoration and renewal. Download an updated flyer here or visit www.province1.org for more information.
We have reserved a charter bus at the cost of $15 per person round trip from Portland to Boston. It will also stop for passengers in Portsmouth, NH. Seats are going fast! Click here to sign-up as soon as possible to guarantee a seat.
Saturday, April 27, Committee on Aging Workshop at St. Paul's, Brunswick
"Hidden from View: Preventing Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation"
What do we need to know and do to keep our elders safe? That's the topic Maine experts will discuss as they gather with congregational teams on Saturday, April 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration, including lunch catered by Wild Oats, is $12 payable at the door.
This will be an informative day for clergy, vestry persons and parish leaders. . For more information contact: Lin Peyton:
peytol@comcast.net or 865-4067 or Rachel Zoller: rachelzol@roadrunner.com or 563-5679.
Click here for a detailed brochure. Click here for a flyer.
Spring and Fall Eucharistic Visitor trainings
Registration for four Eucharistic Visitor trainings is now open.
April 20 - St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland
May 4, St. John's, Presque Isle
September 21, St. Thomas', Camden
November 16, St. Patrick's, Brewer
Eucharistic visitors are lay ministers licensed by the bishop to take the consecrated Sacrament to members of the congregations who are unable to be present at the celebration of Holy Eucharist. The training will fully prepare candidates for licensing.
Registrants are asked to bring their current Safe Church certificate to the training. (If that is not available, please provide the date and location where you received Safe Church training.) Eucharistic Visitor training will be offered by Archdeacon Mary Lee Wile, and include a copy of "A Manual for Eucharistic Visitors" by Beth Wickenberg Ely, along with copies of the approved service.
Registration open for the last Safe Church training until fall
Register for Safe Church training may be found online:
Trinity, Castine, on Saturday, May 11
To register, visit
Enneagram Spirituality Workshop offered on May 11 at Trinity, Portland
Spiritual teachers use enneagram typology to help their disciples know and love themselves and God more deeply through a dynamic spiritual process of movement toward wholeness. Co-sponsored by Trinity, Portland, and St. David's, Kennebunk, this workshop will be held on Saturday, May 11 at Trinity from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Workshop leaders are the Rev. Lyn G. Brakeman, Associate of Religious Sisters of Mercy, pastoral counselor, spiritual director, and currently priest associate at St. John's, Charlestown, MA, and the Rev. Richard Simeone, Associate of the Order of the Holy Cross, spiritual director, parish rector for 45 and currently priest associate, St. John's, Charlestown, MA.
Registration is $40 per person. Please bring a bag lunch; beverages and fruit will be provided. For information and registration, please contact: Lorae Boisvert at lboisvert1@roadrunner.com or 207 467-3085; or Ann Holliday Abbott at catlover3@midmaine.com, 207 775-5016.
Spirituality and S'Mores - for adults who teach or lead kids
Join other Christian Ed teachers, priests, deacons, youth leaders, pilgrimage leaders, diocesan volunteers - and other people interested in the spiritual growth of teens and kids - on May 31 to June 2 at Camp Bishopswood.
Come and enjoy nature, campfires, colleagues, discussions, new and old ideas. You'll gain skills at responding to kids' tough questions with an openness and faith that encourage spiritual growth, rather than with "right answers." We'll explore ways to help kids look at the world through Christ's eyes.
Lodging and meals provided. Stay for the weekend or join us for some of it. Invite your spouses and friends, or invite them to Bishopwood's Spring Work Weekend, with whom we'll share meals and fun. To register, contact Jane Hartwell at jhartwell@episcopalmaine.org. Click here for more info.
Save the Date for BION camp
Please share this BION Camp Application with kids in grades 6-12. BION will be Tuesday through Saturday, August 20-24, at Bishopswood. Staff and youth leaders begin on Monday, August 19. This is the 14th year of this popular camp. Register soon for a discount prior to June 20.
BION Teen Camp is a 5-day summer camp adventure where fun, friends, learning and God come together.
