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”
Click here to view the recording
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.
Maine Provides Leadership on Religion and Vaccines
A Q&A With Rev. Jane Field of the Maine Council of Churches
Returning to Church
In response to the rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19, churches across the state are reassessing their fall ministry plans. Many congregations are choosing to re-instate universal masking, go back outdoors, or go back online. The latest Returning to Church supplement created by our sister organization, the Wisconsin Council of Churches,
Overview of 130th Legislature 2021
MCC Board members, volunteer advocates, members of the Public Policy Committee, and our Executive Director have been testifying, writing editorials and letters to editors, and collaborating with our twelve partner organizations to be sure that the voice of faith is heard in the halls of the State House.
We have posted copies of written testimony on our website. Follow the link if your are interested in viewing https://mainecouncilofchurches.org/legislative-priorities/
Maine congregations wrestle with reopening in the wake of vaccinations
from the Portland Press Herald
Faith groups across the state are returning to ‘a new normal,’ knowing that some members may not be inoculated.
