Living Peace, Practicing Nonviolence
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Saturday, September 28, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s College, 278 Whites Bridge Road, Standish, ME 04084.
Join renowned author, activist, and peace teacher Fr. John Dear for an inspiring and transformative event. Drawing from the wisdom of Jesus, Mahatma Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Fr. John will guide us in exploring the path of nonviolence as a powerful force for change in our world.
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NEUMC Annual Conference Award
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MCC Executive Director, Jane Field, attended the New England United Methodist Conference Annual Conference in Danvers, MA where she accepted the 2024 Ecumenical Award on behalf of the Maine Council of Churches.
MCC extends its gratitude to Bishop Peggy A. Johnson for thinking of MCC for this award and for all she did in the immediate aftermath of the Lewiston tragedy.
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Convocation 2024
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Hope in Small Places:
Becoming People of Refugia Faith
Thursday & Friday, September 26-27, 2024
Begins at 10:00 am on Thursday • Ends at 3:00 pm on Friday
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UNSUNG HEREO AWARD
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Congratulations to MCC Executive Director, Jane Filed, for receiving the 2024 Maine Public Health Association Unsung Hero Award
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MCC’s Spring 2024 Newsletter
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MCC’s Spring 2024 Newsletter
Whether you read the print edition that arrives in your mailbox, or the digital version available through the link, you’ll see that we let our work speak for itself through our newsletter.
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STAND-UP FOR MCC
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Comedy for A Cause!
Featuring Social Media Sensation Chip Leighton
One night only: Friday, May 10, 7:30pm
UUCB Hall, 1 Middle Street, Brunswick
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This morning MCC has issued a statement in response to remarks made on the floor of the Maine House of Representatives on Wednesday evening.
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The Maine Council of Churches unequivocally condemns those claims, and we join our voices with Rep. Henderson in countering that horrific, harmful theology with the clear message that God is a God of love and compassion.
READ THE FULL STATEMENT HERE
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“Building Hope”
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Online Panel Discussion
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The new documentary film, “BUILDING HOPE,” brings a compelling message to audiences around Maine and beyond: there is hope for ending the suffering of homelessness.
Click here to learn more and register
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
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Raising awareness is a critical and foundational step in preventing child abuse. Child Abuse Prevention Month is our opportunity to build support for what we know must happen year round: … learn more
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You can’t get to Easter without walking through a graveyard
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Though some say that Christians treat death as if it were just a simple freeing of the soul from the prison of the body, a quick transition to blissful immortality, because they believe Easter gives them some kind of cosmic “get out of jail free” card that spares true believers from the sting of death, nothing could be further from the truth.
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