We Light the Candle of Joy
We Light the Candle of Joy
The December I was 6 years old I had some unfinished business with Santa Claus. My mother took my brother and me to go see Santa at the mall and when it was my turn, I climbed into his lap, looked at him sternly and said, “Why did you put a rotten orange in my stocking last Christmas?”
We Light the Candle of Peace
We Light the Candle of Peace
During the second week of Advent, we light the candle of peace. We read the prophet Isaiah’s vision of a peaceable (click to read more…)
HOW YOUR CHURCH CAN OBSERVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH THIS OCTOBER
DID YOU KNOW: studies show that the first person a domestic violence victim is likely to turn to for help is their faith leader?
THE ELEANOR HUMES HANEY FUND GETS A NEW NAME
The Eleanor Humes Haney Fund, a generous supporter of MCC over the years, has been renamed the Haney-Leighton Fund in honor of Deborah Boies Leighton, a tireless advocate for the Fund and for radical social change. Debbie, Elly’s life partner, died August 14, 2021, at the age… Read More
PROTECTING HOUSES OF WORSHIP FORUMS OFFERED ACROSS STATE
MCC has partnered with the Maine office of the U.S. Attorney, Maine Emergency Management Agency, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency who are offering a forum to assist local congregations in Maine… Read More
WHY HAVE WE ASKED REV. DR. CARTER HEYWARD TO TEACH US ABOUT HER NEW BOOK, The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism
WHY HAVE WE ASKED REV. DR. CARTER HEYWARD TO TEACH US ABOUT HER NEW BOOK, The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism ? In 2019, the hate group Maine For Mainers (named as an homage to a Ku Klux… Read More
Legislative Updates / Spring 2022
The 2nd session of the 130th Legislature and our Public Policy Committee “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month,… Read More
LEARN. THINK. ACT.
Outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis there’s an outline of a body drawn on the street. It marks the place where George Floyd took his last breath two years ago, minutes after he was accused of using a counterfeit… Read More
