Visit Bishop Stephen's blog at bishopstephen.wordpress.com

The December 2008 edition of The Northeast is available on-line.

The 2009 Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is now available.

Fear Factor - A workshop for clergy and wardens to help congregations thrive in a time of uncertainty and economic crisis.  February 6 at St. Paul's Church, Concord, NH and other New England locations.  Learn more here.

Read Bishop Stephen T. Lane's Statement on Racism here.

A Prayer for Maine
Thank you, God, for the state of Maine, reaching ever for the first light of day. As Thy people wake to eastern rays, what chowder of nourishment dost Thou prepare for body and soul: concocted so delectably of pine needles and potatoes, of herring and clams and lobsters in their rocky lairs, of blueberries and new-mown hay and a thousand lakes and little boats brave upon the deep.

Of such blessings did our fathers and mothers distill their rugged liberty: Grant us grace to win the same, along the country roads and on the fringed and tasseled coast of our wooded land; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.