New Mission, Vision, Values and Strategy statements

MCC’s Board of Directors adopted new mission, vision, values and strategy statements on June 22, 2023, enthusiastically committing to moving boldly forward into the organization’s future while treasuring its 85-year history of faithful ecumenical witness and work in… Read More

Let us all join our hearts in prayer and our hands in action

As our State begins the long and arduous journey toward healing and recovery after the devastating mass shooting that took place in Lewiston on October 25, we at MCC are especially mindful of the 15 local churches who are part of our member denominations and who are directly impacted by this tragedy.  Let us all join our hearts in prayer and our hands in action to support our grieving and traumatized siblings in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead: 

How long, O Lord?  How long?

MCC statement on Lewiston mass shooting
As Maine now joins the devastatingly long line of places that have suffered a mass shooting incident, we at the Maine Council of Churches lift our voices with the psalmist to lament, “How long, O Lord? How long?”  How long must this scourge of gun violence destroy lives and tear at the fabric of beloved community?  And we pray

Connect, Equip, Provide, Advocate

We’ve come to the last post in this series about MCC’s new mission, vision, values and strategy statements, adopted by our Board of Directors this past June.

Reflection by Marge Kilkelly

First Parish Church in BrunswickSeptember 17, 2023 I realize that many of my friends are not involved in religion, and some have been injured by religion. I understand that. However, for me, it is a critical part of… Read More

Reflection by Ed Rea

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Cape ElizabethAugust 20, 2023 From the first reading: “I tell you this to break your heart,by which I mean onlythat it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.” When your… Read More

“love of neighbor”

Last time in this blog series, we introduced you to our newly adopted mission, vision, values and strategy statements [ Blog #1] and did some unpacking of the new mission/vision statement.

This time, we’ll unpack the values undergirding and shaping MCC’s work and witness.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 

Following a year-long process of careful listening and deep discernment, MCC’s Board of Directors adopted new mission, vision, values and strategy statements on June 22, 2023, enthusiastically committing to moving boldly forward into the organization’s future while treasuring its 85-year history of faithful ecumenical witness and work in Maine.

HOLY WEEK 2023
An Easter Egg Hunt in the Shadow of the Cross

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“Dead Man Walking”

“This morning, during chore time, the student who was responsible for feeding the gerbils noticed that Whitey [I kid you not, so help me God, the classroom gerbils were named Whitey and Blackie!] …the child noticed that Whitey wasn’t moving around in his cage.