Maine Council of Churches

08/24/2026

Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm is a spiritual leader with hands-on experience in the connected practices of healing land, building community, and planting the seeds of tomorrow.

Leah is one of many wise and dynamic experts you'll get to learn from at Convocation 2026 at The Ecology School in S**o, ME, on Friday, September 18.

To learn more about Convocation and register before early-bird pricing ends, visit the link in the comments. We'd love to see you there!

08/04/2026

ICE Is Moving More Quietly. Clergy Resistance Is Not https://mailchi.mp/70ecc49a6094/news-from-mcc-16551166 MCC featured in Sojourners magazine! Click here to read

07/27/2026

Get your tickets now - https://mailchi.mp/42e55dc47595/news-from-mcc-16550988 BIshop Budde is coming to Maine!

07/23/2026

Faith leaders from Maine, Texas and Florida--the three states where ICE has murdered residents in recent days--gathered on Thursday to demand an end to the killing and violence and to call for transparent investigations, full accountability, and no more funding for ICE.

WATCH: Maine faith leaders call for an end to a 'pattern' of ICE violence at 10 a.m. in South Portland.

07/22/2026

MAINE FAITH LEADERS CALLED TO JOIN IN CONDEMNING ICE VIOLENCE
Thursday, July 23, 10am at Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, 2 Fort Road in South Portland (next to SMCC campus)
Faith leaders from Maine, Texas and Florida--the three states where ICE has murdered residents in recent days--are gathering on Thursday to demand an end to the killing and violence and to call for transparent investigations, full accountability, and no more funding for ICE. Standing in the shadow of "The Ellis Island of the North," local Maine speakers Sara Ewing Merrill, Fritz Weiss, Imam Abdullahi Ahmed, and Jarrett Kerbel, prophetic pastors and pastoral prophets, will speak truth to power and call all of us to faithful resistance.

Clergy are asked to wear clerical garb (e.g., collar, stole, yarmulke, prayer shawl, kufi, etc.). In somber remembrance of the life and death of our neighbor, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, and all those who have died at the hands of ICE agents, we will refrain from displaying protest signs at this solemn event.

07/14/2026

On Monday night, less than 12 hours after Joan Sebastian Guerrero was murdered by ICE agents in Biddeford, Mainers gathered for vigils in several locations, including Monument Square in Portland where MCC E.D. Rev Jane Field spoke to the gathering, expressing profound grief and righteous anger as she encouraged everyone to ground all they do in love of neighbor. The next morning, hundreds gathered outside the ICE offices in Scarborough to demand an end to ICE’s violence. MCC Board member and Director of Multifaith Justice Maine, Rev Dr Jodi Hayashida, opened the protest with words of comfort and challenge. MCC Board member Rob Levin served as part of the safety, security and de-escalation team who helped respond to an armed man who sought to disrupt the event.

07/13/2026

The Maine Council of Churches shares in the grief, outrage, and call for justice expressed by our valued, respected, and trusted partners at Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition. Here is their 7/13/26 statement in full:

Read our full statement on the ICE shooting in Biddeford:
https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/

07/13/2026

07/04/2026

As our nation marks its 250th year, let's pause to reflect honestly on our achievements and our failures, focused always forward on what God is calling us toward: a more just, compassionate, and peaceful world for all.

Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement.

04/08/2026

URGENT: Your action needed on threats to gun safety laws - https://mailchi.mp/ad24c2c45d4c/news-from-mcc-16547805 Help convince legislators in Augusta to do the right thing! Click the link to take action.