Video Recording Now Available
A conversation with author and theologian Carter Heyward
Co-hosted by the Maine Council of Churches and The BTS Center
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
4:00 pm-5:30 pm (Eastern) • Online
H.R.6707 – Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act
On July 14th, the U.S. House passed HR 6707, Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act, with strong bipartisan support, 277-150, as part of the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Click Here to read MCC’s Spring 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. The articles tell the story better than any fundraising appeal ever could: the Maine Council of Churches makes a difference—in the life of our congregations, in the lives of people of faith and good will, and in the lives of our most vulnerable neighbors who need trusted allies and advocates to stand with them for justice, compassion and peace.
Mainers find ways to send aid and support to the people of Ukraine
Mainers find ways to send aid and support to the people of Ukraine
MCC Executive Director Jane Field was a VIP caller on Maine Calling, 4/28/2022
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OUR MEMBER DENOMINATIONS RESPOND TO THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE
All seven of MCC’s member denominations are actively responding to the crisis in Ukraine and urgently requesting support for this work
Upisktwo* and the Art of Reimagining
An online conversation with Maine author Shirley Hager and her co-author Rev. Shirley Bowen about their book “The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations”
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Sabbath for Reproductive Justice
Click here to view videos of sermons preached for the Sabbath for Reproductive Justice, January 2022
Welcome!
MCC welcomes our newest Associate Member, HopeGateWay Church, Portland! This membership status is open to local congregations and communities of spiritual practice who are rooted in Hebrew and Christian scripture and have a demonstrated commitment to the purposes of the Council, but who are not part of one of our member denominations. HopeGateWay joins our other Associate Member, Union Church in Biddeford Pool.
“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution”
On Monday, January 17, 2022, at 12:15pm online, The Maine Council of Churches and The BTS Center will host a public reading of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sermon “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” This event will also include a reading of a new poem by Portland’s Poet Laureate Maya Williams commissioned for the occasion. Click here to register
An Invitation to Faith Leaders
An invitation to join faith leaders throughout Maine in prayerfully observing January 22-23, 2022, as a Sabbath for Reproductive Justice.
