Field, a Presbyterian minister, has served Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopalian congregations throughout the northeast. She was the pastor at Faith Lutheran Church prior to becoming the executive director of the Maine Council of Churches.
Going online, promoting vaccines, and taking other steps is “how faith communities can best help reduce the spread of COVID, which is the only way to provide effective and meaningful relief and support to weary and overrun hospitals and their staff,” she said.
Maine’s hospitals are seeing close to record levels of Covid-19 hospitalization, with 380 people hospitalized. The Maine CDC reported 1,302 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday.
Maine has the third-highest Covid-19 vaccination rate in the country, with 76.1% of its total population fully vaccinated.
The Maine Council of Churches is led by a board of directors, and represents seven Protestant denominations in the state: Episcopalian, Unitarian-Universalist, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Evangelical Lutheran ,and Quaker.
The Diocese of Portland left the Maine Council of Churches in 2018. The diocese left after the council changed its policy to release statements approved by a majority vote, rather than unanimous consent of the then-eightcommunities.
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