Maine Council of Churches

The 2025 legislative session is in full swing, and critical decisions are being made about how to tackle climate change, move toward 100% clean electricity and universal electricity access, and cultivate healthier communities.

Are you feeling like the world, as you have known it, is unraveling around you? Are you struggling to figure out how to stay sane and engaged amidst so much change? If so, this is the one-day event for you.

The Protest(ant) Work Ethic
Work As A Spiritual Practice
This week’s Lenten “W” is work.* But not gerbil wheel kind of work.  Work as a spiritual discipline. People of faith call that kind of work vocation.

In exploring this week’s “W” of Lent—Waiting—Diana Butler Bass* paraphrases Luke 13:1-9 this way:
Jesus said, “The Kingdom of God is like a vineyard of young trees. A wicked ruler seized the land and tried to cut down all the trees because they were not profitable. They added no treasure to his stores; he was eager for the wealth the land would produce. But the faithful gardeners refused to wield the ax. Instead, they protected the trees, enriched the land, and trusted the trees would bear fruit. The Kingdom of God is like that — a vineyard worked with patience and manure.”